MARS RETROGRADE WEEK: THE RAGING FIRE BELOW
This week brings a First Quarter Moon in Cancer on the 13th, but the fire down below is still on a slow but serious burn! Use the middle section of the week to check in with your gut on your new dream and life direction. Are your feelings in alignment with love or fear? Rework the latter to avoid crash and burn moments over the next few weeks! Emotions are building to a fever pitch with the upcoming Full Moon in Scorpio next week plus three major retrograde stations.
Fight or Flight?
Mars is stationing to go retrograde this Sunday. I will be posting a full article on this during the week, so stay tuned. Aries, Scorpios and other Mars-dominant mamas and papas could especially be in that classic Mars-Saturn: "driving with the brakes on" hell ride. Being a quadruple Scorp, and bonafide Mars gal, the archetypal domain of breakthrough changes, anger management and ride or die courage is my speciality! I am happy to be offering a special series of these Mars Retrograde readings at a special discount of $108 (normally my rates are $250 an hour) to celebrate my new home with the same magical numerology! Find out how the next 3 months of Mars backing up from Sagittarius to Scorpio (where Saturn just gutted us) will affect your life.Sign-up here: MARS RX: RIDE OR DIE READINGS I am only offering a total of 10 because of the next P40 starting in May (see below), so if you want one don't fall into the retro-spell and procrastinate! Mars retrogrades far less frequently (once every 18 months) than say the upcoming Mercury (3-4 x a year) or Pluto (once a year), so the impact is often more direct and immediate.
The ongoing watery triple-threat of Chiron, Neptune and South Node in Pisces continues to flood us with essential messages from the unconscious. Are we listening. The next P40:32: DREAM LIFE (check out the P40 Podcast here) starting May 9th with my Dream CoLab partner, Stephanie Gailing is devoted to uncovering and decoding the magic, mystery and messages that are streaming through our nightly dream life. Imagine 40 Days and 40 nights devoted to finally unlocking the power of your unconscious as if you were in old-school psychoanalysis/dream analysis on a daily basis! Get on my mailing list to the right for more info about this and other upcoming spring workshops online in San Francisco and NYC.
April 11-17 Weekly
Aries:
The big news of the week is the Mars Retrograde, Aries. You are feeling the intensity of having your ruling planet slow down and switch directions in your world of travel and higher ideals. Expect a mix of anger, frustration, delays and pent up aggressions on the daily. Breathe and burn through that anxiety, Ramie. Be sure to give yourself plenty of physical outlets (but not the high accident-potential kind). You’ll be craving time at home or with family during the middle of the week when the First Quarter Moon lands in your domestic zone. By the weekend, it’s all about your love life and creativity. Sunday gets strange, as it’s the official first day of Mars Retrograde. Watch for adrenal burnout, baby!
Taurus:
This week is an odd mix of super dynamo level action and instant burnout! The planet ruling action and aggression (Mars) is turning retrograde which is a rather rare occurrence compared than other retrogrades such as Mercury (also backing up and in your own sign at the end of the month). This means you'll really be feeling this one in your body and in your blood. If anger, frustration or total depletion of physical energy has taken place, it's a Mars thing. It’s essential to channel your energy into something expressive and uplifting while Mars is still in Sadge (until May 27). The official Mars Retro happens on Sunday, but you’ll be feeling the shift all week. Your mind races for the early part of the week but you can ground in your feelings after this Wednesday's First Quarter Moon. Love arrives just in time for the weekend.
Gemini:
The week kicks off with the Moon in your stars on Monday. This sets a nice chatty, conversational and witty tone for the rest of the week. Energies are a bit off due to the upcoming Mars Retrograde which officially happens starting on Sunday. The wonky physical expression and potential frustrations building are due to big planetary change. Relationships could shift direction completely over the next several months depending on their current status. You may be going back to old loves or starting over with new ones. There is a feeling of returning to old, unresolved issues around competition and anger that need some higher wisdom now.
Cancer: This week is quite intense on many levels, Cancer. There is a First Quarter Moon arriving in your stars on Wednesday to set the stage for next week's Scorpio Full Moon. The emotional and physical extremes are the most striking now! Take note. You'll require plenty of outlets in order to maintain your cool. Everyone seems to be so tightly wound at the moment, it's not just you. There is a sense of imminent explosion. The key is not to escalate situations. Despite the tensions you may be feeling, release and burn through them quickly so they don’t erupt. The Moon will move through your sweet and sensitive stars on Tuesday and Wednesday. Look forward to connecting to your gut level of truth and a sense of home.
Leo:
This is a powerful and insanely intense week, Leo. The planets are building up with an undeniable emotional tension that is almost palpable. The biggest influence is the upcoming Mars retrograde on Sunday. This dynamic and rather physical energy is wrestling with you all week long. You may feel it as frustration or aggression around love and creativity. Of course if you can channel the tension into something pleasurable, you’ll actually enjoy and appreciate the intensity level. The Moon will move into your stars on Thursday and Friday getting you back to your fiery and fabulous regal element. Let yourself shine straight through the weekend, baby!
Virgo:
This is one potent week, Virgo with many unexpected twists and turns. If you thought last week was fiery, this week is both fierce and emotional. The biggest shift if this Sunday’s Mars Retrograde getting ready to take you on a wild ride down memory lane over the next several weeks. Anger you never even knew you had or were capable of could be surfacing now, so try not to overreact. You’re especially feeling feisty from Thursday to Sunday. The Moon will move through your stars over the weekend to put you in total perfection and world domination mode-- despite the Mars Retrograde trying to slow you down.
Libra:
The big focus of the week is communication, Libra. If you’ve felt totally confused and upside down with the way ideas, thoughts and feelings are getting transmitted, you can blame it on the upcoming Mars Retrograde in your talk and texting zone. You may feel less patient and more pissed off than usual as a result. Just think twice before firing off any angry missives written or spoken in the heat of the moment. You prefer peace and words cannot be taken back so easily. Your insistence on getting to the truth is admirable but don’t forget you’re the consummate diplomat of the zodiac. There are prettier ways to make your point.
Scorpio:
This is surely one hell of a week to remember, Scorpio. If you thought last week was one for the record books of intensity, just wait. Between this Sunday’s upcoming Mars Retrograde and next week’s Full Moon in your stars, you’re feeling everything times a thousand. Life and love are amplified to the hilt. If you haven’t been a fan or practioner of deep breathing, now is the time to make that a daily ritual. It will save your sanity and any stress wear or tear on your body. Plus, you need ample amounts of physical exercise just to stay grounded and relatively calm under so much planetary pressure. Deep exhales and often, darling.
Sagittarius:
Fasten your seat belts this week, Sagittarius! You are in for one of the most wild and fiery rides of the month. It’s rare for the planet of mojo and war to go retrograde, but alas this Sunday Mars is not only going retro but in your very stars. No wonder you feel everything backing up and upside down. Your life is not coming to a full stop, you are just being asked to slow down and collect your energies. Know your limits and stop spreading yourself so thin no matter what the temptation. You only have one body and one nervous system. Treat it like its precious and priceless, because it is.
Capricorn:
This is the week of non-stop intensity and a feeling like you just want to slam on the brakes all at the same time. The pressure could feel quite unbearable at times if you don’t give yourself plenty of outlets for working out and even screaming. Yes, it’s that kind of insane pressure-cooker week where people in adult bodies are ripping their hair out and insisting on getting their way. If you feel like you’ve lost your last shred of patience, you’re not alone. Of course you’ll still appear like the cool, calm and collected one in the room of reckless maniacs, especially on Sunday.
Aquarius:
This week is chock full of insanity and intensity, Aquarius. Luckily, you are always ready for the unexpected and handle shock better than any sign. In fact, very little even fazes you at this stage in your life. That said, this is a week off the charts in terms of powerful energy, Mars, the mojo and fighting planet will go retrograde on Sunday for a few months in your house of friendships and goals. Expect a lot of re-thinking how much energy you want to give to those who all seem to be in desperate need of your help and assistance. You can say no and change the rules now.
Pisces:
This is not a week for the faint of heart. You may feel like your nervous system is overwrought from the get-go due to this week’s planetary mayhem. You’re not alone, Pisces. Plus you’re picking up on everyone else’s maxed out energies as the Mars Retrograde approaches. This Sunday brings such an extreme shift in energy around your career goals and higher vision, that you may be questioning everything. It could feel at a standstill but it’s simply a reversal in process to bring in brand new energy for your professional goals over the next few months. The key to survival is not to take anything personally and heaps of salt baths.
