Mars Unfinished Business, Honey I’m Home

Mars/Ares stations retrograde at 27* Libra, on Friday, March 1, 2014 right after the new moon in Pisces at 10*.

Mars is action/passion/energy and of course with Pluto is ruling our sexual energy and expression. He rules war…the individual pursuit of I AM as the ruler of the first house and Aries.

But, he is travelling in Libra, so is already in detriment and not comfortable. Now the energy and action will be like holding the RAM back, the bull who is trying to play nice. It is like a wolf in sheep’s clothing; the velvet glove covering the iron fist.

Mars starts the retrograde with a square to Venus/Aphrodite in Capricorn. So the ride back may feel as though Ares has returned to rape his consort, there could be a lot of misplaced anger with this return period. 

I would caution making plans to go ahead right now, unless they are in review from previous arrangements. There will be lovers from our past entering our lives and that should be happening during the current time frame already, especially with Mercury retrograde as we travel in the shadow. People have an agenda; they are up to something and may not be forthcoming.

It might be harder to find the energy to move forward, and we must caution when handling fires, or things that could catch fire as well as all metal instruments, knives, etc.

This will be felt strongly by Cancers almost like a vise, if they are in the cross hairs, especially with

the Cardinal Cross in the works and the same thing for Libra, 27* and earlier as the warrior stops and turns as if he has forgotten his just due.

Love affairs and scandals will already be in the planning stages, people might make some big mistakes following passions of a clandestine nature, this they do under cover.

Partnerships will feel the test, as one of the partners may want to break free, this is doubly true for those who were under the Venus retrograde spell at the beginning of the year (end of Jan-Feb) as their partners begin to pull away, and they may feel a certain ‘change of heart’ too.

This is a tricky time, not one to make decisions. Regret will be the result when the time frame is passed. Hopefully, no undercover espionage will be working its way to instigate a war on the planet either.

And all of this is only the beginning of this retrograde, since Mars is the natural ruler of Aries, they will also feel the energy pulling back like blowback or backdraft, standing wondering what they were doing in the ‘first’ place, since Aries rules the beginnings.

This is all as Mars/Ares squeezes the collected energy back into the Cardinal Cross on April 21, 2014 when the real fireworks will explode.
He isn’t done yet either, he is going to take that energy out of the cardinal cross all the way back to 9* of Libra, when he stations direct on May 20^th, another powerful date this year…Oh boy,

Will be back to write more on that later.  The blades are being sharpened.  Remember to be wise as serpents, but GENTLE as doves.  Use ArcAncient's Stress Relief and 'Ascension' blend to help you rise to the occassion.

For more info, see my blog on the cardinal cross.