Mars Retrograde

Mars looking glum!!

The planet Mars has been experiencing a dust storm. Maybe that is why he has been appearing so red in the past few days; so fiery and angry. 

If you are having trouble getting anything done in the usual way or even experiencing a terrible go slow, it may be because Mars is in his retrograde phase - that phase in his orbit where he appears to us on Earth to be moving backwards! What happens when you try to walk backwards? Yep, you have to go much slower and even try to intuit what lies behind you or in your path because you cannot see it with your physical eyes! Try not to trip and fall as you retrace old ground.

There is always a purpose to everything and the purpose of this period of moving more slowly may be needed so that we can get a better perspective on the bigger picture of life and your actions.

Mars is retrograde in the sign Aquarius until mid August and then retrograde in the sign of Capricorn until the end of August before changing to his regular and direct motion so that he can move back through Capricorn and return to Aquarius in his forward motion.

Whilst Mars is going backwards in Aquarius try to become more detached about your humanitarian ideas and pursuits rather than staying myopic, awkward and difficult in the pursuit of what you think is right.

Whilst Mars is going backwards in Capricorn try to be more respectful of authority, the elderly and not too caught up in your own importance.

Then reverse the process through September and throw out all the old stuff and ways of thinking and look to the future and a better way of doing things. But be very careful not to 'throw the baby out with the bath water', hang on to what has proved too valuable to lose.