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astrowarrior

01-29-2010, 08:44 PM

I was let go Dec. 20(interesting, right?)

hey siren, yeah thats interesting. I'm triple leo and got let go a couple of days after you did.

IHow do all of you Leos keep the fire and enthusiasm spark going from now until Mars goes direct??

I am not trying to to be honest. I feel flat as a pancake in regards to socialising. But I think that is a good thing. Us 1st house leos have had the recent eclipses in the areas of health and psyche and I think that a bit of time out from the leo social schedule is going down just fine for me.

Ive quit drinking as of the 1st Jan so just going to let the body recover natually for a few months, get back into doing some martial arts and then hopefully will be in great physical and mental shape for mars going direct in a few months time :cool:

Neptune Rising

01-29-2010, 09:27 PM

DiDi

01-29-2010, 10:19 PM

hi guys
mars rx conjunct my moon on the mc.... opp venus on the ic:pouty:
My boss turned from loveing my work to interviewing for my job in front of me saying it was just to see" whats out there " the staff all had somethng to say to him about it and he dropped it.
then mid january he deceded to be so abusive towards me i would walk.. which i did! (not going to stay where im not wanted) typical mc moon in leo.
I feel really low and washed up quite honestly, loosing my relationhips and haveing no closeure with that along with now being very poor, haveing my daughter move in with me to help her out.. has caused my peacefull home to now be a noisy messy wreck.. so its like ive lost my haven from the world.. I have no where to run!

Im not going to blame mars on all that but, Im not enjoying the transit

astrowarrior

01-29-2010, 10:26 PM

wow DiDi -

thats a hell of a transit and a hell of an effect.

I hope you get something new sorted out. You may have needed that kick up the *** to go and find something much better, or it may turn out that your daughter really needs you around or your help in some yet unseen way.

gemini59

01-29-2010, 11:51 PM

Siren111, you will have the good fortune (or bad) of having three Mars returns this year. I too have mars in Leo with Venus and uranus all in the 5th so I did some reading on retrograde in returns.
The first pass is a point of initiation of energy. In the retrograde phase things go wrong. It is a time to rewrite, recoup, reproject..but the bottom line is you exam carefully your energy and your goal. You revise it or whatever or if you try to plunge or should I say blunder ahead you may run in to problems. The final pass or return is when the energy can move forward toward completion of the goal so to speak.
My energy has not been great. I look for others to help me in my motivation. I have Aries rising so mars is my planet ruling first house. I have noticed an increased irritation as mars is coming closer natal mars at 7'58. Of course natal Uranus is at 13'30 Leo. Watch for the full moon tonight as the moon is conjunct Mars increasiing tempers and domestic disputes.

DiDi

01-30-2010, 04:43 AM

hya astrowarrior

Yeah have had heeps to contend with and like most issues in our lives what doesnt break us makes us... I guess:unsure:

she does need me right now, and in return i now need her to be with me financially... I knew at the time it may mean something hummm..

You may have needed that kick up the *** to go and find something much better

so true:tongue: I need full time work and he wasnt going to give it to me, but since i wrote the last post ive heard he had to sign up someone full time under duress... That will teach him lol and yet made me very angry that she had more ****,* to get what she needed in the first place..

which i will endevour to do next time i go for a job... need to be firm with management.

C0rnholio

01-30-2010, 05:28 AM

Oh yeah. My *** had been on fire in October-November. Then around mid December everything calmed down drastically. I still have my job, actually working my asset off, but I have no energy, just enough of it at work and almost none at home. Even longer sleep hours aren't helping. No interest in social anything, I have even turned away sex multiple times, no interest. But, I as LionKing said, I have been organizing my life a little better. More spiritually and emotionally than physically though. Reading books.

R4VEN

01-30-2010, 01:23 PM

I have found it `interesting'. Mars rules my 4th house, but Rx Mars is transiting the 7th, currently closely conj Leo Sun, after stirring up leo Pluto.

I have found the Rx transit - er - cleansing, I think is the best word. A couple of weeks ago I cleaned out my wardrobe, sending around half my clothes and shoes to the second-hand shop or the bin, depending on condition. Now, the `wardrobe' is my life, but chiefly the state of my relationships with the world itself. My patterns of relating to others - most of which began early in life - have been exposed to me, and solutions have followed. It has been a bit like living my life in fast-forward. (Leo rules my 8th house)

astrowarrior

01-30-2010, 04:22 PM

O Even longer sleep hours aren't helping.
No interest in social anything, I have even turned away sex multiple times, no interest.
More spiritually and emotionally than physically though. Reading books.

can really relate to all of those comments Cornholio. its wierd. with the sex one its more like getting girls numbers after meeting them on nights out and juts having no interest in chasing it up / taking it further. I just can't be bothered to spare the effort! terrible really. :andy:

quiet time is good though. I think its good to regroup and get ourselves sorted for when that Mars energy goes direct again and life will somehow drag us back onto the merri-go-round :sideways:

Inside Out Orange

01-30-2010, 06:01 PM

can really relate to all of those comments Cornholio. its wierd. with the sex one its more like getting girls numbers after meeting them on nights out and juts having no interest in chasing it up / taking it further. I just can't be bothered to spare the effort! terrible really. :andy:

quiet time is good though. I think its good to regroup and get ourselves sorted for when that Mars energy goes direct again and life will somehow drag us back onto the merri-go-round :sideways:

Hmmm ... having similar symptoms although I was putting it down to tr Neptune opposition natal Venus applying.

Can't say I've had the opportunity to turn any sex down, but I can't say I'm that bothered.

On a similar sort of note, I haven't touched a drop of alcohol since Christmas. Prior to that I was happily having a bottle of beer most nights. Now though, I just have no desire or inclination for it.

This morning despite being rested after a good night's sleep, I could have laid in bed until midday even though it was a beautiful blue sky day outside. Fortunately I had some things to do that couldn't be missed. But otherwise I'd have just been sat reading all day.

astrowarrior

01-30-2010, 06:06 PM

On a similar sort of note, I haven't touched a drop of alcohol since Christmas.

me either, since new years

But otherwise I'd have just been sat reading all day.

i had a bath, then put my pyjamas back on and havent left the house or opened the curtains, and I'm quite happy :sleeping:

Inside Out Orange

01-30-2010, 06:28 PM

Alcohol wise ... I usually give it up for January ... and hardly drank at all for the rest of 2008 ... but it's usually something I consciously do. This here is a bit weird because I've just got no desire for it, yet in Oct/Nov/Dec I was loving the taste and would also buy some at the supermarket.

Well ... I forced myself out to do a 16-mile run ... so I was justified in spending the rest of my day in the bath and slobbing around ... but it would have been easy to just stay in. Only my Leo pride got me out there as I've entered a 20-mile run in March and really don't want to end up walking the last 5 miles ...

astrowarrior

01-30-2010, 06:33 PM

wow - 16 miles is quite a distance. I'm feeling extra lazy now!:joyful:

Inside Out Orange

01-30-2010, 07:09 PM

wow - 16 miles is quite a distance. I'm feeling extra lazy now!:joyful:

It is ... took about 2hr30.

I'm hitting 40 next year, so for a bunch of reasons life has challenged me to run a decent marathon. I've done three in the past but never really achieved my potential or trained very well - so I've started early in the hope that it'll work out this time ...

astrowarrior

01-30-2010, 07:42 PM

thats insipring. I indured my leg, by not building up and doing to much too soon in the summer after quitting smoknig and am dying for it to be better so I can get going again.

I have my reservations about doing that kinda distance though as almost everyone I know who has tried to do a marathon has sustained some fairly long term problems from doing so. I guess preperation and training is key.

Are you looking at any astrological influences for getting back into your running?

Inside Out Orange

01-30-2010, 08:12 PM

Are you looking at any astrological influences for getting back into your running?

Hadn't really thought to. I know that when I had my first big burst of running back in 1996 it was when Jupiter was in my 9th house. That's pretty easy symbolism to go with. And actually when I did my first marathon I had Jupiter pretty much on the midheaven.

My inspiration this time around has come from two friends who recently did marathons on their 40th's and a third who spurred me into action with the comment about underachieving. So perhaps there's an 5th/11th house thing in there too.

I guess perhaps Saturn in Libra (my 6th house) is about me knuckling down and achieving what I should have. The Nov-09 transition into that house coincides with the time that I decided I was going to do the training for next year.

We'll see how it goes through the summer. I'm pretty prone to burnout if I'm not getting quick results. And I need to play some golf on the long summer evenings as that's part of my life direction too! (Again a 9th house sport).

astrowarrior

01-30-2010, 08:20 PM

And I need to play some golf on the long summer evenings as that's part of my life direction too! (Again a 9th house sport).

ninth house because there is a kind of journey involved in running and going round a golf course?

Inside Out Orange

01-30-2010, 08:56 PM

ninth house because there is a kind of journey involved in running and going round a golf course?

Ninth house because marathon running is a long distance journey.

Golf, I believe is a Sagitarian sport. It's out in the open, again it's a long journey and there's a certain freedom about it. But yes, I also believe it teaches you a lot about yourself. In the end it is purely about you trying to strike a little white ball into a hole. Sometimes there are difficult weather conditions or a tough course, but ultimately the ball is not moving and there are no opponents directly affecting your game. It's you vs yourself.

siren1111

01-31-2010, 01:21 AM

"...but chiefly the state of my relationships with the world itself"

Yes, this seems to be a common theme. I had to clean house badly. But in friendship, personal relationships and living spaces. None of this were matching my energy. So, all the low energy people were dumped, all the one-sided bulls&%$ stopped, and I moved out. So, yes, my physical surroundings have changed and the company has definitely changed. It was traumatic in some cases, but much warranted. And how can you let the new people in when this sad old energy is around. So, I now say, "Yes, The Tower card(Tarot) wants to fall. Let her fall, and clear away all the dead weight"! The feeling of liberation is at hand.

C0rnholio

02-07-2010, 04:42 PM

Inside Out Orange

02-07-2010, 05:20 PM

Guys, I am getting very horny again. I like it very much. Mars is now accelerating in the right direction. It is still speeding backwards, but accelerating forward (if you remember your high school physics). I think the speed and acceleration of the planets are also important, not just their position and direction of motion.

I remember the high school physics but I need you to explain your point more clearly for me.

As we know retrograde planets are always actually moving forwards they just appear to go backwards. But the current Mars still has some way to go before it becomes stationery at 0Leo in early March.

Looking at the ephemeris it still seems to take about 3 days to cover 1 degree of Leo, the same speed it was covering them in January. It seems to me that it'll be another 2 weeks before it reaches 2Leo and begins to take a longer time to make the transition back to forwards motion.

That said, I am beginning to find a bit of a return for the urges ... :)

C0rnholio

02-07-2010, 05:46 PM

I remember the high school physics but I need you to explain your point more clearly for me.
Acceleration is the derivative (the speed of change) of speed. Mars has been accelerating in the reverse direction for a long time since some time last fall, perhaps October. It slowed down and stopped in December and then went back, while still continuing accelerating in the direction opposite to its normal movement. This continued until about now. While it is still moving backwards, it is now accelerating forward. It will continue accelerating in the forward direction until it reached a constant forward speed. Then it will probably start decelerating again. Physics, or Dynamics to be exact.

I also wonder when the planet is more powerful -- when it is moving faster than average, or when it is moving slower than average? Like the typical Sun hanger-ons Mercury and Venus. On average they move at the speed of the Sun, but sometimes they move faster and sometimes they move slower.

.... Maybe it's the speed of the planets that matters. Now Mars is finally moving fast, but in the reverse direction!

Inside Out Orange

02-07-2010, 06:48 PM

I'm fascinated and intrigued by this ... but my Mercury in Virgo is also needing precision!

- Firstly I assume we're talking about the 'apparent' motion rather than actual motion.
- Secondly I assume Mars itself has a constant speed of orbit around the Sun.

Now ... looking back a year ago to Feb 09 ... Mars was covering 47 mins per day ... it took just 38 days to go through Aquarius ... and by the time it entered Pisces on Mar 14th ... it was still covering 47 mins per day which suggest that is its top speed!

Into Aries on April 22nd still covering 47 mins per day.
Into Taurus on Jun 1st .. but now only covering 45 mins per day.
Into Gemini on Jul 12th ... now 42 mins per day.
Into Cancer on Aug 25th ... now 38 mins per day.
Into Leo on Oct 17th ... now 30 mins per day .
By Nov 1st ... Mars was covering 26 mins per day in Leo.
By Dec 1st ... it was 13 mins per day.
Until Dec 22nd when Mars was stationery.

So now in retrograde motion it began to accelerate (backwards).
On Jan 1st ... it was covering 10 mins per day.
On Jan 11th .. it covered 17 mins.
On Jan 21st ... it covered 23 mins.
On Jan 26th ... it covered 24 mins.
On Jan 31st ... it covered 24 mins.
On Feb 1st ... it covered 23mins.
On Feb 6th ... it covered 22mins.
On Feb 11th ... it'll cover 20mins.
On Feb 16th ... it'll cover 16mins.

So I think I'm with you now ...
- we've seen Mars at a constant speed of 47 mins per day from last February until June.
- Then it decelerated (moved slower each day) over the 2nd half of the year until it reached stationery motion in December.
- Then as it went retrograde it accelerated up to 24 mins per day (going backwards).
- And now it's beginning to decelerate in readiness for going stationery to be followed by forward motion and acceleration back up to top speed again.

C0rnholio

02-07-2010, 07:09 PM

- Firstly I assume we're talking about the 'apparent' motion rather than actual motion.
- Secondly I assume Mars itself has a constant speed of orbit around the Sun.
Yes, correct. And thank you for digging up the details.

If the speed of the planets indeed does matter (in addition to the direction of travel), then I am thinking this may also extrapolate to the progressed planets. My natal Mars in Aries used to be aggressive, over-active, sometimes violent, destroying everything that gets in its way Mars. Now, recently I noticed that if is more calm, self-absorbed, and not that aggressive anymore. I checked my progressions and discovered that it only moved by 11 degrees over the 36 years of my life. In a few years it will soon stop and will start retrograding in Taurus. That Mars had been in Taurus since my age of 5, so being in Taurus itself can't explain that it is not as aggressive anymore. The upcoming retrograde is what I think is happening with it.

Inside Out Orange

02-07-2010, 08:22 PM

Another interesting point ... I'd never really looked at my progressions in detail but ... my Mars was retrograde in Aquarius when I was born. It went back to forward motion when I was 20, will be accelerating for the rest of my life, and is just this year returning to the point it was when I was born. In total this far into my 38 years of life it has so far only travelled 5 degrees! I don't have a clue whether any of that is relevant :)

siren1111

02-10-2010, 07:06 PM

God, I cannot wait for Mars to go direct! I've been sick, at home, feeling so low energy, and that's not a good way to feel! MARS go forward soon!

Moradiva

02-15-2010, 08:57 PM

But the current Mars still has some way to go before it becomes stationery at 0Leo in early March.
My vertex is at 0 Leo in the 8th. Mars (my Sun ruler) sits on my ASC. It rules my 5th & co-rules my 4th...Should I expect anything?

Also, since Mars went retrograde, I've had more male interaction. (which is good bc I am female :wink:).

LeadLeftHand

02-15-2010, 10:40 PM

Hello, how are all you Leos on the board doing? Mars in Leo from October 15 was quite nice and busy, busy until around December 20th. Now I see Mars has been Retrograde, and I have Mars in Leo naturally in my chart so I feel the delay. I was let go Dec. 20(interesting, right?) and am now looking for a part -time job. I have to work out everyday to keep my energy popping, and I don't feel inclined to be social either.

How do all of you Leos keep the fire and enthusiasm spark going from now until Mars goes direct??

Hello Leos

I have absolutely nothing in Leo, loads in Aquarius, but I was let go also from work on 14th December and moved house 4 days later.

Mars is going through my 8th so thats digging up loads of things for me to sort through, not very social either, and Mars stations direct on my vertex.. :pouty:

hi guys
mars rx conjunct my moon on the mc.... opp venus on the ic:pouty:
My boss turned from loveing my work to interviewing for my job in front of me saying it was just to see" whats out there " the staff all had somethng to say to him about it and he dropped it.
then mid january he deceded to be so abusive towards me i would walk.. which i did! (not going to stay where im not wanted) typical mc moon in leo.
I feel really low and washed up quite honestly, loosing my relationhips and haveing no closeure with that along with now being very poor, haveing my daughter move in with me to help her out.. has caused my peacefull home to now be a noisy messy wreck.. so its like ive lost my haven from the world.. I have no where to run!

Im not going to blame mars on all that but, Im not enjoying the transitThree people:pouty:

I was sacked also. My Sun isn't even Leo.

DiDi

02-16-2010, 12:44 AM

Thats really bad news LeadLeftHand
I wonder when mars goes direct again it will majically return all we have lost..:unsure:

LeadLeftHand

02-16-2010, 02:37 AM

Thats really bad news LeadLeftHand
I wonder when mars goes direct again it will majically return all we have lost..:unsure:Yup. I was hired and "fired" right after the first day of work.:pouty:

Kerrie

02-16-2010, 05:44 AM

Mars turns direct on my Jupiter in my 4th. I am really interested to see what happens? As it turns direct around my bday its also conjunct my Jupiter in my solar return. So I think this might be special... well going retro it caused problems, maybe turning the right way will fix everything? Heres to hoping! :biggrin:

Inside Out Orange

02-16-2010, 08:13 PM

Some good description and discussion on the Mars retrograde over here ... http://www.astrologycom.com/marsret.html

Interestingly it says although forward motion resumes on March 10th, it's not until it gets back to its station (the point where it began retrograde motion 19Leo42) on May 17th that the effects of retrograde motion will stop.

And some graphics of how retrograde motion occurs here ... http://www.astrologycom.com/retroframe.html

Reyka

02-16-2010, 11:45 PM

Hi all, I am not a Leo; my Moon is in Leo (10°) in the V House, though.
I was wondering if any of you are experiencing the same as me regarding interaction with Aquariuses lately, and if what's happening can be ascribed to this Retrograde Mars...
I keep clashing with the Aquariuses I know these days, and it's not something I was looking for! It comes out of nowhere- the more they are friends with me, the more they hurt with what they come up with, or the way they approach me. It's weird.

I used to love love love Aquariuses in general, but now I feel I should take a break from them? :unsure:

tsquare

02-16-2010, 11:50 PM

Mars Rx

http://www.lynnkoiner.com/astrology-articles/mars-retrograde-2009-2010

http://www.cafeastrology.com/marsretrograde.html

Well....
I'm tired....

~10 Mar 2010 12:50 pm 00°http://www.cafeastrology.com/images/leo.gif18'http://www.cafeastrology.com/images/mars.gif Stationary Direct~

Amy Vir Sn Ari Mn Pis Ris

02-17-2010, 12:43 AM

My natal Mars is retrograde in Pisces 22 degrees when I have Pisces rising 18 degrees. Maybe it's because my Mars is backing into my rising but
I have a lot of energy.....but I don't ever want to expend it alone....I'll be able to keep up with the most active person if with folks but tend to be a homebody if alone. I also have Venus in Cancer tho so that would account for some of that.

How do I know how fast my Mars was when I was born? Where do you find that out?

And I also have Mercury in Virgo and like a nice detailed outline response that I can quickly pick up. lol. But I also know I don't always get what I want either. :biggrin:

Amy Vir Sn Ari Mn Pis Ris

02-17-2010, 12:44 AM

DiDi

02-17-2010, 02:38 AM

hi, Reyka and Amy Vir Sn Ari Mn Pis Ris

iam aquarius sun merc and venus is on the ic and opposed 5 deg leo moon on the mc.

I think my behaviour has been moody to those im closest to and people i keep at a distance im my normal self maybe even nicer... Its a facade im angry with life right now but i have split from my long term love and my job i loved..

I think we aquarians unless conflicet with asertive plannets and/or placements usually put up with a lot in life, we are happy to stand back, but I feel with the mars retro iam sick of being the doormat and putting up with the usual **** from people... and well thats why iu have no love or my job now becuase i just couldnt put up with it anymore.

when personalities are strong.. people get use to it.
but when they are not strong and they become strong... some people dont like it.

thats only my perception guys..

I m finding that the leo moon on the mc wants recognition and wont be treated less than what i deserve.. my venus on the ic well im not sure im feeling that aspect.. hope life is a bit erractic with my daughter staying for a while and im allways moondy cause its not clean and peacefull anymore but thats about all.

astrop86

02-17-2010, 07:11 AM

From cafeastrology, we see that:

17 Oct 2009 01:41 am 00°http://www.cafeastrology.com/images/leo.gif18' http://www.cafeastrology.com/images/mars.gif Enters Rx Zone
20 Dec 2009 08:30 am 19°http://www.cafeastrology.com/images/leo.gif42'Rx http://www.cafeastrology.com/images/mars.gif Stationary Retrograde
10 Mar 2010 12:50 pm 00°http://www.cafeastrology.com/images/leo.gif18'http://www.cafeastrology.com/images/mars.gif Stationary Direct
17 May 2010 06:46 am 19°http://www.cafeastrology.com/images/leo.gif42' http://www.cafeastrology.com/images/mars.gif Leaves Rx Zone

Natally, I've got a Leo Merc in the 11th house at 00°37'36" and a Leo Sun in the 12th house at 19°29'44" and personally, I cannot wait for this thing to be over with.

I am constantly tired, where I'm rarely able to be productive, especially during the day. I'm sleeping at least eight to ten hours with frequent naps through the day, where I used to only need about six hours of sleep. My thinking is often distracted more so than usual and I'm almost having a mini-quarter life crisis where my passion and enthusiasm for many of my hobbies and my work / school is just ... missing. I'm finding myself more argumentative and a bit touchy significantly more than usual.

Do I really have to make it to the end of May to get through this? Not cool.

DiDi

02-17-2010, 08:35 AM

astrop86
it does give us the opportunity to make changes in either our behaviour or show us what we are doing wrong so that we can change it for the better.:sad: I guess sob sob......

Inside Out Orange

02-17-2010, 08:54 AM

astrop86
it does give us the opportunity to make changes in either our behaviour or show us what we are doing wrong so that we can change it for the better.:sad: I guess sob sob......

I believe life is just meant to be a constant challenge to mature and evolve. Always feels like everybody else has it much better under control though ... :-)

DiDi

02-17-2010, 10:56 AM

life is a constant challenge and learning for sure
there are those that do deal with things differently, i know ive worked on this one myself, as in when you think differently you can change your outlook.
but i also believe some people have it pretty good to, i feel somethimes the world is out of wack.. too many people hurting and dying and so on and then there are those out there that have great jobs happy mariages and money to enjoy life, their problems to them seem big but in relation to others they are small...
so i think it goes back to our perseptions...
some people are strong some are not and some get up get knocked down then get up again... and some of us right now just dont have the energy to get up again... by the grace of god we will

Inside Out Orange

03-01-2010, 08:02 PM

We're almost there ... just one week to go until it goes direct again on the 9th.

I feel like if I can get through March, the next two weeks in particular, perhaps life will pick up a little. Chiron opp Sun tomorrow followed by Neptune opp Sun on the 14th ... just have to keep breathing deep and plodding through each day ...

Inside Out Orange

03-01-2010, 08:18 PM

I've read in some thread today that Mars is not going into Cancer. Is it going to stay where it is for some time?

Yup ... it's currently at 0Leo47, slowing down to a stop at 0Leo17 next week ...

DiDi

03-01-2010, 11:19 PM

This transit is crazy and i dont think ive been affected like this so dramatically from a transit before.. that i know of anyway :(

I had no idea at the time mars was stationary as i didnt know about plannets going into shadow periods and i was thinking mars in leo would be good for me and my ex.. How dumb was I??

But around 18th of october i got angry with not being treated right and sick of him going backwards in our relationship, usually i would just wait it out.. cause it would normally sort itself out.. but a week later i really gave it to him and it resulted in a slpit.. I instigated it by anger he didnt stop me.

since then i have been hopeless and cryed daily i went into despeair and sobed over the lost hope and trust of our relationship....
.... that was till lastnight.. nothing happened i still havent heard from him or seen him but im angry again... and i feel like "how dare you have treated me like that" How dare you not love me enought to fix this"
.........so it must be true that all i was to him was conveniance for 8 years.... I have all this hate for him...( its really suprising me) of course i still love him and wish he would be man enought to contact me, but he isnt and i hate him more for it... im so angry.....
I just looked at this thread again and read how mars in now back in 0.leo

Just the same position as it was 17/18th october when i started getting angry with him...
:surprised:how bizzar

R4VEN

03-02-2010, 12:21 AM

I found this really comprehensive article on Mars Retrograde In Leo on Melanie Reinhart's website:

http://www.melaniereinhart.com/

The link may just take you to her homepage, and you have to look under `articles' to find the one written by her on Mars Rx. It is worth reading. For me, the whole marsRx `dance' has taken place within my 7th house, and includes natal Mercury, Sun and Pluto. The Rx point - 19 41' Leo - is very close to my 8th house cusp. To say this time has been illuminating would be a massive understatement.

C0rnholio

03-02-2010, 03:53 AM

I had been feeling Mars trying to go back direct with a full force already as early as Thursday last week. I am driving like a maniac again, not being patient with slow drivers, I cussed out and flipped a bird to a security guard at the airport immediately after he upset me, without any waiting or hesitation, like it should be done. I sent a well-edited nastygram to my boss today. Destroyed and threw away a few things that got in my way. And I am horny too. I am getting a lot of things done every day. Life is normal again, life is good. :)

LionKing

03-02-2010, 04:02 AM

Yea... lately I have been getting the Mars direct feeling... strange that it is on my natal Venus area. The ladies usually look at me quite a bit, but now it is even more than ever. I'm enjoying it.
V/r LionKing :w00t:

DiDi

03-02-2010, 04:09 AM

thanks r4ven that was a great link to read...

ive noticed crazy drivers since the weekend and mistook the moon for being in aries, but it wasnt... but moon was conjunct mars...hmmmm

LIONking... R*O*A*R...:love:

divine g

03-02-2010, 06:36 AM

Mars Retro has had me re-treating from the world, and thinking seriously of re-tiring from my music career. Mars stopped right on my natal Mars at 19leo, and has cooly "moonwalked" back to my Asc at 1leo.

I've even retreated from this forum, as things got pretty heated over a thread I started back around November, and I gave up and left. So it's been a good time to re-think how I express myself(leo), and re-view how others may view me.(1st)

It's interesting, Michael Jordan has Mars in Leo, and he says his championship drive comes from the fact that he hates losing.(Leo's pride). But I just heard there are alot of stories of him being an a-hole. So I've been re-flecting on my own habits and how ppl see me, and I'm coming to terms with the fact that I really have to re-fine my leadership skills. Actually, up until this retrograde, I never really saw myself as a leader(I'm a gemini, dont wanna grow up). But with Leo as my ascendant, I'm re-alizing ppl see me as a leader, so I have to get my **** together and start acting like one.

Lately, I'm re-viewing, re-visiting, and re-living my past romances, which is what this rx period involves. I actually had a terrible terrible ugly end to my last relationship mid-January. My Mars just wouldnt let her past transgressions go. Right around the time it went stationary in Dec, I did something nice for her, and she turned around and stabbed me in the back. Long story short, I've been having to re-evaluate what I want in romance, and whether I should waste time dating someone who I wouldn't have kids with(5th-Leo loves to pro-create). This retrograde is a great time to take a step back and see where we all went wrong in matters of the heart. My ex made some stupid mistakes, but the epically asinine decisions she made right after Mars went retrograde took the cake. She was progressing along just fine for a couple of months before that, but she re-verted, and re-lapsed back to the same "bs" that made us break up in the first place.

So, use this retrograde/stationary period to stop,and re-view what you've done wrong in love affairs,child-rearing,creative-work,etc, and make sure not to re-peat the same mistakes. And for all those hot-headed Mars-ruled ppl who feel like things are going too slow, trust me, you'll be thankful for this little bit of time to take care of the all the little details you need to get right before you go rushing off into battle without the necessary armor.

ps I underlined all the words that start with re- to help everyone focus on the keys to unlocking the meaning behind this retrograde. To Raven, thanks for that article, one line stood out that I'm finally putting into action is to "Relinquish fruitless striving". That's a great motto for everyone now, as Leo's bit of narcissm seems to be taking over even the most avg ppl.

pps Oh yea, the ex, (whose Sun has progressed from compassionate Pisces to hotheaded, all-about me Aries), has rushed off in all her vanity to try and be a model. Perfect example of fruitless striving bc she's been drinking, partying, clubbing, and bar-hopping since last March. So needless to say, it's taken a toll on her looks, and it's a shame bc we broke up over her drinking(how sad is that?). If she ever gets off the self-centered ego trip she's been on, she'll realize she didnt hurt me with all her drinking, she hurt herself. And Im probably the only one who'll have the heart to tell her that her drinking has made her face look terrible, but she doesnt wanna listen so guess she'll have to learn the hard way (sigh.there goes my mars again. Word to the wise, don't ever break a Mars in Leo's heart, or try to seek revenge on him..Playing games with his heart is like going against Jordan, you will most certainly lose..)

R4VEN

03-02-2010, 07:32 AM

Thanks for your post, divine g. I enjoyed it immensely. In particular, I enjoyed your ability to re-think, re-view and re-evaluate, and especially to take re-sponsibility for what is yours, and to leave others to their own fantasies. Your general tone has done a total turn-around from some of your eaarlier posts of a few months ago. This is a good thing I think.

I have found this time to be tremendously maturing - for myself as well as a lot of other people who are close to me. My eldest son has his natal Mars at 19 41' in Leo - the exact point at which Mars went Rx, and the Rx point of 0 17' in Leo is only 3' inside his 12th house cusp. He has made leaps and bounds during this time - all of it without the help of astrology. The theme of this Rx time for him has been `if I don't do it, then no-one will do it for me'. Much of what he has achieved is about self-acceptance, which I think is another way of describing what you were saying, divine.

Nexus7

03-02-2010, 08:16 AM

There have been some Moments with the Mars retro. The best were before the weeks before and during Christmas/new year, with that Mars stationary square natal Mars. Just a crazy timetable, and in the end, well....irritating. Merc retro and transiting Sun to Saturn do not normally leave me feeling neurotic about flights booked, but as this one involved a Jupiter square Jupiter too, somehow I know it would not be plain sailing this time. Or rather, plain flying. Well, my flight was cancelled, the next was delayed, no-one told us anything, finally we went to a different airport and at 3 in the morning, there were no busses or trains.....

I saw a horrible student before Christmas who had forgotten we were supposed to behaving a lesson and over the Christmas period and turned the 'conversation only' lesson into an anti-feminist debate in which I somehow seemed to get cast as an arrogant Western Bigmouth. I wonder what Mars transits they were having too.....Over the break there were then endless harrassing emails from the school that sent me to take various Papers yesterday, switching the dealine meanwhile. Not long off the plane I found queues in her office a mile long and dirty looks. I was told the 'they were asking for a replacement.' There was a delightful little altercation in which she offered to show me the door and called my general state of well-being into question, but I just wanted to...tenderly shake her and wish her lots of love and wonderful.....karma for her prosperous future with her school and exemplarary methods of handling new staff. I wonder if her middle name was Hitler, or Stalin, or maybe, even Irma Grese.

Luckily, Not Everyone is Like That. Mars has been on all four of Ebertin's Big Four midpoints recently, but so far, the only real adversary in the last week, luckily, was a cold.

divine g

03-02-2010, 08:27 AM

Thanks Raven, I got such a good laugh reading your imitation of me, I had to re-read it :lol:

if I don't do it, then no-one will do it for me'.You're totally right, I'm learning to depend totally on myself, without complaining or expecting help from anyone else. Mars is actually moving through the 12th house of my progressed chart, so I've really been having to face my unconscious demons by myself, and have won some pretty tough battles recently. I guess it's no coincidence that I'm back on the forum as Mars slows down and starts gearing up to move forward again. I love the 12th house, there are definitely many secrets about life hidden there.

As for Mars in Leo, it can be pretty fiery and agressive, being a fire planet in a fire sign so I've become self-aware and realized I definitely needed to cool down for a while. I'm also the eldest son, and also got a bit of a tough love kick in the butt from my mom recently. I kind of had to go through spiritual boot camp, so to speak, what with Mars ruling soldiers and masculinity, so...I've had to "man up", not just in a superficial 1st house way, but deep deep down in that 12th house of mine that only I can really access.

So, your son and I have some things in common, my n.Mars is 19deg11'.
Luckily I have Saturn right behind it at 24degrees, so usually my temper is held in check, but it tends to build up frustration and comes out even more forcefully when I lose it. It has its pluses and minuses, but it definitely keeps ppl from messing with me :) All in all, Mars in Leo is a "man's man" so kudoes to you, you're lucky to have one for a son

R4VEN

03-02-2010, 08:43 AM

Thanks Raven, I got such a good laugh reading your imitation of me, I had to re-read it :lol:
Just happy that I can still entertain another!!! (that's my Merc in Leo)

It has its pluses and minuses, but it definitely keeps ppl from messing with me :) All in all, Mars in Leo is a "man's man" so kudoes to you, you're lucky to have one for a son
There were times when I did not think that at all - our respective Leo energies clashed horribly.

Yes, my son is a man's man, and is very capable of taking care of himself in a tricky situation. His natal Mars is in 12th, so some Father Issues there, which he has dealt with very well. He was an appalling teenager, but is a delightful man, I'm proud to say.

Gwenyhfair

03-02-2010, 10:58 AM

Mars rules my fifth house.

Never ever has there been such a "desert" in my life concerning all this house rules.

No joy, romance, fun :pinched:

5House generally ruled by leo, my mars in aqua. D-Oh!

When mars opposition mars is exact I felt like dying, and one more to go. Althou the first hit in autumn was worst...?

vanila

03-02-2010, 11:54 AM

I was wondering ....when Mars goes direct ..is it going to be better time for sports, and for loоsing weight...because I'm on a diet now...and just waiting the weather to become better....to start with jogging...:unsure:
T Mars is in my 7th house.....in natal is in 6th conjunct Sun Cancer.....may be it will help me :smile:

I'm not sure about the effect on me...while retrograde....:whistling:

Good luck to all with Mars direct..... :smile::smile:

LionKing

03-02-2010, 02:23 PM

Devine G when you mentioned Michael Jordan it reminded me of a conversation I had with a friend a few days back about Mr. Jordan. Recently Michael Jordan has become a percentage owner of Charlotte Bobcats.

I don't know how much attention any of my fellow astrologers made according to the timing of the anouncement of his percent ownership, but it was a curious note. If you went back a few days, the Sun was cazimi with Jupiter. Coincident on the timing? Hmm... it'll make you think on who gives Mr. Jordan advice.

Just a thought.
V/r LionKing

Inside Out Orange

03-02-2010, 05:22 PM

But around 18th of october i got angry with not being treated right and sick of him going backwards in our relationship, usually i would just wait it out.. cause it would normally sort itself out.. but a week later i really gave it to him and it resulted in a slpit.. I instigated it by anger he didnt stop me.

since then i have been hopeless and cryed daily i went into despeair and sobed over the lost hope and trust of our relationship....
.... that was till lastnight.. nothing happened i still havent heard from him or seen him but im angry again... and i feel like "how dare you have treated me like that" How dare you not love me enought to fix this"
.........so it must be true that all i was to him was conveniance for 8 years....

Interesting because that's similar to my ex- and I, except I'm the him! Our split happened during the two weeks before your split. I've said elsewhere that the trigger came out of nowhere, a real surprise to me. Looking back it's hard to see any warnings signs but there were one or subtle ones. I did try to talk to her, but she kept saying she was angry and needed space to think about things. In my heart I saw it as an fait accompli that we would be splitting up. If at any time she had said "What's your opinion?" or "We need to talk about this" or "I'm not sure about us" I would have been trying to keep us together. But she didn't and I thought she was running away from me feeling overwhelmed by life.

I did contact her after about a month and we did email a few times but she never, ever enquired about how I was. She never initiated any contact between us. I've never been a pushy person and my natural instinct is to back away when I'm rejected. I really felt she was shutting me out and couldn't handle even thinking about me. I thought that by keeping in regular but not too close contact things might rekindle. They never did. She's now met someone else and while I'd like to remain friends, it just seems more difficult than ever.

Perhaps I could have done nothing but it's only in the last few weeks that I've come to realise that I needed to reach out to her even more than I did when things first triggered off. That I didn't help her to feel safe about what had happened between us. I guess that's my moral of the story, men don't always realise that they need to make that move. I've learned the hard way and lost someone I cared about. I don't say it's the same for your boyfriend as only you know what type of person he is, and how those kinds of situation have played out in the past.

siren1111

03-02-2010, 06:35 PM

Well,, we have 9+ days to go now. I haven't had those faint hints of energies increasing yet.. but I did go through enough RE to last me another year. Rethinking, Revision, Recreate. My health is slowing coming to balance and that's a good sign. Now, Mars will give us that fire to get new projects off the ground, look for a new job, have better success with the romance, and in just about every aspect of it. If you are a Leo, double that! So, let's go! I cant wait.

astrowarrior

03-02-2010, 10:22 PM

i am a triple leo and i can feel it stirring deep beneath! I have been out of the game for far to long and have had plenty of time to work on my masterplan.

watch out world. things are about to get moving :wink:

DiDi

03-03-2010, 02:22 AM

hi Inside Out Orange

my wanting to push the boundry came out of no where to, but if he had said lets talk i would have.

Its just that we have a uncommitted relationship because he doesnt know if he wants to be committed, if we have no label were great no one else in the picture and only with each other but once a label comes into it i think he doesnt like it.
He has said he is not ready as being in a labeled relationship means (formal committment) to him where we would be involved with family and friends and i think he just doesnt want to work at being a couple.. he likes doing what he wants when he wants and even thou he knows im cool with it as im like it to.. I dont know, i just dont know... he retreats from admitting his love for me to "I like you" or "I love lots of people" meaning friends. its been years i had enough!

he looks into my house as he drives past (its a main rd) and im starting to think its all to late now, he may be weak cause he wont call me but if I think, if a man doesnt call its for a reason.
and ive annalysed it all so much i have nothing left. when i see his face pass me in the car i still cant see us apart... but we are.

I think the mars leo retrograd is makeing us re evaluate our relationships (and all types to) its my moon on the mc and thats why i feel desrespected.
he has cancer asc with leo in there also.. but no plannets there, i think he tryed to come across firm and wanting to make a freedom stand and it backfired into a real freedom stand one im not sure he really really knew was ready for.

we have a moon mars conjunction in 1-5deg leo...in the 11th house.. sun being the ruler of that house at the time was exactly 0 deg scorpio squaring transiting stationary mars in leo...
i think thats what has hit us.. the hopes and wishes of ther relationship and our moon mars (ultimate passion) being re-evaluated into "is it real or not"...

I guess that's my moral of the story, men don't always realise that they need to make that move. I've learned the hard way and lost someone I cared about.

I think thats true in my case, only he hasnt contacted me at all which leads me to feel he is happy with the way things are.

You at least did make contact, she rejected your need to communicate with her and perhaps she is the type to move on straight away to get over the pain... Only you know that... Im not i wont move on till i have dealt with it all, and for me will take years... i had resigned myself to being with this man forever the first time i ever felt that way and im no teenager.. stupid on my behalf cause you should only feel that way if the other person does to... I thought we were headed that way then he emotionally retreated.

and how those kinds of situation have played out in the past.

we only had one situation like that before and we just spoke about our feelings for each other, we assessed our relationship and he messaged me so we could talk about things so we know where we stand.. this time was different he said he would have sex with someone if he had the chance... ( he has all the chances in the world every weekend with his mates going out if he wants it.. but he hasnt ) so to me thats was like saying, i want my freedom and back off he knew by saying that what i would say..
so i feel he "thought" was ready to face that...
so thats why i say i was used..

usually a girl would love the chance to talk it out, i dont know how long you were together but im thinking around 2nd week in march we will get our chance.

dreamtimez

03-03-2010, 02:40 AM

It has been a quiet phase for me ... waiting for March 10. :whistling:

Kerrie

03-03-2010, 06:41 AM

Finally its about to turn. My ex left when Mars started turning retro.

Didi lets hope we hear something from our ex's in the next week? Im still waiting and it looks like you are too?

Im better now not as weak, not a sad case and I am getting my life back on track getting a job but it would still be nice for him to be in my life. I cant stop loving him, I dont think its possible.

DiDi

03-03-2010, 07:22 AM

hi kerrie
I have given up thinking anything will be good again cause i was obviously a joke to him and the big wait for mars to go forward... Im not expecting anything to change.
miricles just dont happen to me. its not a self put down its just reality
You would think someone would have to have feelings for someone you spent so long with and didnt have any fights with or problems to speak of... so whats left? just someone convieniantly used someone else cause they could for years and years. more fool me!

Kerrie

03-03-2010, 10:43 AM

Im sorry Didi that you feel that way... Mars is affecting your Moon at the moment. There is nothing worse than Mars on Moon or Mars square Moon, I can remember times where I was very emotional when these transits happen. It doesnt make it any easier too that Mars is stationary causing the affect to be worse for you!

I think you need my favourite saying at the moment... nothing ever stays the same... the planets will move... eventually :sad: Maybe after Mars goes direct past your Moon... it might take a couple of weeks. Get some exercise - go for a walk, exercise is good for Mars on Moon moments :whistling:

Inside Out Orange

03-03-2010, 06:45 PM

Its just that we have a uncommitted relationship because he doesnt know if he wants to be committed, if we have no label were great no one else in the picture and only with each other but once a label comes into it i think he doesnt like it.
He has said he is not ready as being in a labeled relationship means (formal committment) to him where we would be involved with family and friends and i think he just doesnt want to work at being a couple.. he likes doing what he wants when he wants and even thou he knows im cool with it as im like it to.. I dont know, i just dont know... he retreats from admitting his love for me to "I like you" or "I love lots of people" meaning friends. its been years i had enough!

Ahhh **** him. If you want a committed relationship, and you sound like you do, stop wasting your time on him. He's never going to give it to you. For women, time is your enemy. There are many men out there who are willing to commit - go find one of them.

if a man doesnt call its for a reason.

Absolutely it is, but you can't begin to know what that reason is.

You at least did make contact, she rejected your need to communicate with her and perhaps she is the type to move on straight away to get over the pain...

She's an Aries and attractive so would have got some good offers ... so yup I think so ... But also I think that I really hurt her emotionally ... not deliberately just through lack of knowledge and my wrong instincts ... I think she was still carrying the scars from her marriage where her husband cheated on her ...

usually a girl would love the chance to talk it out, i dont know how long you were together but im thinking around 2nd week in march we will get our chance.

Well ... unless something happens to split her up with her new beau ... I think it'll be a few years before we talk properly ... time will heal it but by then who knows what our situations will be ...

Anyway ... my Neptune opp Venus/Moon/Sun is overidealising us. We did have a great chemistry and similar values but I'm sure there were also some things that were wrong and I've already forgotten them!

DiDi

03-04-2010, 12:24 AM

thanks Kerrie, I just thought also that mars just conjuncted his 26deg cancer moon in the asc so he coped it first around the time we had that awfull conversation... but then it went into leo on my moon and well like you said its worse because of the rx perriod.

Its hard when you never been isolated from them before and I just think hes accepted this as ive not heard from him. I just tryed this week to move on by a few offers of dates ive had but i just cant do it.

Get some exercise - go for a walk, exercise is good for Mars on Moon moments
Kerrie ive been walking for an hour a day and im so stiff lol my body feels like im 80... I know... im hearing you say keep on walking..
:andy: i am

Inside Out Orange... I only wanted a committed relationship with him.. im not the commitment type easily. And that was only because we grew that way together towards it... well he stopped!

Absolutely it is, but you can't begin to know what that reason is.

could one of them be "He thinks hes doing me a favour"?

She's an Aries and attractive so would have got some good offer

mine is an aries to, They leep before they look.... If she hasnt been with him for that long.. it usually takes 4 months or make or break a new relationship, someone once told me this long ago and it seems to be true in my opionion.
I do not want to seem an egomaniac but i have no trouble getting male attention either but i cant go from one person to another for anyreason, mlaybe its my 6 fixed plannets not sure. Its just that if i move on, for me i know i will not be back.

IF SHE was cheated on, by her ex ! she will allways feel that pain again with anyone that does it to her.. im not sure they will get another chance.. well who knows in time.. right?

Anyway ... my Neptune opp Venus/Moon/Sun is overidealising us. We did have a great chemistry and similar values but I'm sure there were also some things that were wrong and I've already forgotten them!

funny how we forget the bad... :love:

Inside Out Orange

03-09-2010, 05:59 PM

Are we nearly there yet? Indeed just a few more hours before Mars goes direct. Already beginning to positive and regain some momentum ...

Nexus7

03-09-2010, 06:54 PM

Going direct, is it?

Haveto admit, with or without Mars retro on all those blessed Big Four midpoints, I cannot claim to have been feeling the most mellow I have ever felt in the last 2 weeks.

dperez3894

03-10-2010, 11:38 PM

Not only did things slow down for Leos but for us Arians as well since it's our ruling planet. In my case when Mars went direct today, it was opposite my natal Mars at 47 minutes Aquarius.

DiDi

03-11-2010, 01:46 AM

thats a interesting chat you have dperez3894
how did you find the rx transit effect you and in what way?

C0rnholio

03-11-2010, 05:36 AM

Not only did things slow down for Leos but for us Arians as well since it's our ruling planet. In my case when Mars went direct today, it was opposite my natal Mars at 47 minutes Aquarius.
Yes, sure, the Arians were affected just as much, if not more by this Retrograde. I remember last year there was a Venus Retrograde. All of a sudden Libras and Tauruses started feeling so unloved and needy. Before the Venus Retrograde I had not have even a single Libra, or so many Tauruses at once, hit on me in such quantities. It was like one a day for a whole month of the retrograde. I think my Libra ascendant felt unloved too, but at least I knew what was going on. And I enjoyed it. :cool:

DiDi

03-11-2010, 10:54 AM

thanks for the feeback COrnholio

C0rnholio

03-11-2010, 03:19 PM

You guys just reminded me of my best Arian friend. She has just gone through a very tough time with her self, house, love life, and career -- all in a course of the last ~3 months. It was a big mess, and I did not recognize how she acted during this time. She felt weak and insecure in all areas. Wanted to abandon her business, sell her $1M house in California and move to Pennsylvania, with a lower cost of living, and get a secure government job, while parallel to this, she tried to upgrade her love life. I looked at her solar arcs chart and didn't see any of these changes, I thought she could not possibly be serious. Sure enough, she emailed me yesterday with the news. Everything is back to normal in her life, she did not move anywhere, working a new market trader job, paying her mortgage, dating a new boyfriend, and enjoying her life again. So the Mars Retrograde must have been all it was.

DiDi

03-12-2010, 12:22 AM

i still cant get over the ordeal that mars rx gave us..... it was huge, noting has changed for me yet.. but my changes happened when mars went into the shaddow period in october.. so i may have to wait till may to see what happens... its been very quiet for me and no change either...
those poor taurean and librans last year when venus went rx.. now i realise how harsh the transits are.

Neptune Rising

03-12-2010, 01:04 AM

Mars is now stationary on my natal vertex, I was seeing someone who's Sun/Venus conjuncts my vertex. Mars going direct may have brought a few buried emotions to the surface, and changed the course of our experience together. Mars crossing my vertex has brought one guy into my life last autumn, that finished. Now Mars on the vertex stationing and I ended it with the second guy! I guess I'll have to wait until Mars is out of its shadow to assimilate everything its taught me, end of May the time of enlightenment! :sideways:

dreamtimez

03-13-2010, 05:40 PM

Mars is direct and feel a lot better ! :biggrin:

Gwenyhfair

04-08-2010, 08:30 AM

Hi, anybody else still feels awful althou mars is direct? I most certainly do, with mars in aquarius. And my two best friends have mars in aqu/leo so we have a hard time even trying to support each other.

It´s all about a man for me. He kept on calling but end oct I got completely locked up, could not contact him even thou he begged me to do so, and I´ve been alone for ages and really always wanted somebody to say call me someday, I´d be glad to hear from you/see you. But no, suddenly my old ghost, fear of being dumped came to haunt me as mars went into the shadow zone... This brings up old fears and restlessness, insomnia, frustration, unability to focus, sadness, hopelessness. T mars has also been square my venus but that was actually the best phase in this retro period. And a little better I felt too when t. mars was the farthest away from my natal degree of mars. But now as he is approachin the spot I "could kill myself" :pinched:

On the other hand I know someone with venus in leo who met a woman, moved in 2gether, decided to get married and she was pregnant during mars retro period. Huh, whatya say?!? Or they actually met in june but did not start dating until august and moved in in oct and then it just went from zero to 100. When he told everybody about this he had jupiter opposition sun, talk about expansion.

Inside Out Orange

04-08-2010, 06:40 PM

I'm still getting some struggles for motivation with Mars. Things definitely improved at the start of March when it returned to direct motion, but there's still a bit of a lag there.

Life really hasn't been very good since Christmas, although some of that has to do with Neptune & Chiron, but perhaps once May 17th arrives and mars gets past its station at 19Leo everything will kick back into action.

I noticed that I get transit Mars opposition natal Mars (14Aqu) on pretty much the same day (May 5th) that I have a conjunction of progressed Venus and Uranus and Saturn conjunct natal Pluto. Interesting times!

astrowarrior

04-08-2010, 06:52 PM

I'm still getting some struggles for motivation with Mars.

i am exhausted all the time. I feel very unmotivated. I am doing way more physical stuff than I have been and wonder if maybe too much and I am just overdoing it!?

I am not sure I really understand the may 17th station stuff? are there any resources to read to understand this?

Inside Out Orange

04-08-2010, 07:08 PM

I am not sure I really understand the may 17th station stuff? are there any resources to read to understand this?

It's really very simple ...
- Mars moved into Leo last October.
- On Dec 19th it reached 19Leo42 ... stopped going forwards and turned retrograde. This is referred to as its retrograde station.
- By March 10th, it had gone all the way back to 0Leo. It then returned to direct / forwards motion.
- It will now go forwards through Leo until on May 17th it reaches 19Leo the point where it turned retrograde and therefore after that date it will begin to cover new ground e.g. 20Leo, 21Leo, 22Leo etc.

I think there were some good links earlier on this thread to a site which has diagrams showing how retrograde motion is perceived etc.

astrowarrior

04-08-2010, 07:12 PM

ah - i get you. thanks IOO :biggrin: gonna hit my jupiter, merc and moon during that time. - Again!!

Inside Out Orange

04-08-2010, 07:28 PM

ah - i get you. thanks IOO :biggrin: gonna hit my jupiter, merc and moon during that time. - Again!!

And your Ascendent too by the looks of it. You've had Mars in the 12th house since the start of Feb.

I suppose the thing I didn't explicitly stay in that last post is that although Mars is now going forwards it still covering the old ground that it's been on since Dec. At least this is how I understand it.

astrowarrior

04-08-2010, 07:54 PM

...You've had Mars in the 12th house since the start of Feb...

yep. made some massive breakthroughs with some pretty intensive psychotherapy sessions due to quitting drinking and dealing with some big emotional problems from my past. Been a tough but very very liberating 6 months for me :joyful:

Inside Out Orange

04-08-2010, 08:13 PM

yep. made some massive breakthroughs with some pretty intensive psychotherapy sessions due to quitting drinking and dealing with some big emotional problems from my past. Been a tough but very very liberating 6 months for me :joyful:

Well done! I guess with the Leo Sun and Cancer Venus in the 12th you were prone to taking the negative escapism route? You've also had Neptune/Chiron entering your 8th house since last year. I'd suggest Chiron's presence there may have been a big part of your successful therapy.

astrowarrior

04-08-2010, 09:00 PM

Well done! I guess with the Leo Sun and Cancer Venus in the 12th you were prone to taking the negative escapism route? You've also had Neptune/Chiron entering your 8th house since last year. I'd suggest Chiron's presence there may have been a big part of your successful therapy.

thanks IOO - yeah I remember noting the neptune chiron with interest. Solar eclipse hit my solar return sun in the 12th as well to kick the whole process off back in end of july last year. phew!

Gwenyhfair

04-09-2010, 07:20 AM

Hmm, almost forgot. I started seeing a new therapist last autumn. This has been all about bringing up the dead and at the same time building sth new. I´m building a new home. This has been the strangest time in my life, for years. I moved into a temporary apartment in nov and guess I´ll be out of there until end of may. I did not even plan this, it just happened. Now this is the freakiest, I lived temporarily in the same town in 1992-93 when mars was retro in cancer! That period too was life changing. I sure must have left something undone then, that I had to go back to that place alone and reassess myself.

However, I wonder about saturn going retro now and mercury soon, when mars is not yet on new ground? Pluto went retro too a few days ago :unsure:

Inside Out Orange

05-05-2010, 07:49 PM

divine g

05-05-2010, 10:24 PM

Well I'm a natal Mars in Leo at 19, and one word on how I feel is HOT! I have a bit of a temper with Mars here, but surprisingly, I've been doing well with it, since I learned my lessons from the retrograde period.

I did throw a fit the other day, I asked my neighbors upstairs politely to keep the music down about 3 times in the past month or 2, each time with increasing firmness. Finally this last time, my body literally felt hot, and there was no holding back, I had to raise my voice for them to get the message. And you know Leo is the Lion, so just raising my voice a little bit can seem like a roar. But sure enough, that's what it took for them to get the message. I don't feel bad because I did ask politely 3 times.:innocent:

Another thing, which I realized on this forum with another Mars in Leo thread is, this is a pretty sexually attractive position. Mars has been transiting my 12th, so I've been retreating from going out a lot, but since my internet was down for a while, I was forced to get out and about a bit. For some reason, I've been literally turning heads!
It's kind of cool, but it's making it hard to focus on business with so many women giving me suggestive glances, or downright staring. But I also have Saturn on my natal Mars so he's right there to cool things down and say "party over" get back to work.:rightful:

But I'm sure right now most Mars in Leo ppl are like MAGNETS to the opposite sex :cool:

LionKing

05-06-2010, 12:36 AM

You too?! Yea the ladies are looking my way quite a bit. But naaa....I'm calming down from that stuff. I had a weird dream, I got married in the dream. Naaa....I don't want to ever be married again. Ha!
V/r LionKing

Inside Out Orange

05-06-2010, 06:23 AM

But I'm sure right now most Mars in Leo ppl are like MAGNETS to the opposite sex :cool:

That's probably why my Mars in Aquarius is repellent to them all! :biggrin:

Actually you got me thinking ... Mars in Leo is in my 4th house ... it's been a time of famine and drought for my love life ... same as when Saturn was in there from 2005 - 2007 ... perhaps that's why. All I've wanted to do is sit at home on the sofa ...

Gwenyhfair

05-06-2010, 11:44 AM

Haven´t you felt things speeding up? I read in some monthly horoscope (maybe Susan Miller´s) that things will be movin on rapidly now in may when mars goes faster and out of the shadow area. I almost do not dare say it, but here goes. I think I might have something cooking. And that would be the first time in YEARS. :whistling:Not only mars retro opp natal mars causing trouble for me.

Actually, a friend of mine with mars in aqua, moon in leo has been a sex magnet. She was surprised that during this period ( from august ´09 til now) she only had ONS, she counted about 50! But nothin serious at all.

So it´s differnet for us all then. Maybe I told you about the person with venus in leo who went from zero to 100 in a relationship during mars retro?

C0rnholio

05-06-2010, 11:44 PM

Well... Mars is now only a half degree from my natal Sun. I have too much energy, but I do not like it all that much. I sleep very little, and I had a headache today because of that. I drive like crazy, and make unusual (unusual even for me) risky moves in traffic. Yesterday I reprimanded my boss for something that he did wrong a week ago, and he agreed with me and apologized. Today I scolded a co-worker, who has been known for trying to sound important, and getting off-topic in staff meetings, and thus stretching these meetings and making them longer than they should be. I scolded him publicly in front of everyone (not the best way of making friends!), but after the meeting I got a few high-fives from my co-workers. Strength is respected.

Yes, I too feel hot and dehydrated. Sleep is bad too. I drink a lot of water but that does not help much. And I perhaps appear more sexy than usual because my new g/f has been giving me tons of attention, and characterized me as macho yesterday, whoaa! Never thought that I would be called that, considering my Libra ascendant, LOL.

Gwenyhfair

05-07-2010, 06:49 AM

No sleep, speeding in traffic, hot, restless, sexual harrassment at work :sad:

A man I know suddenly has become a superhero in my eyes ...

dperez3894

05-09-2010, 06:46 AM

Just wondered how people are doing with Mars in Leo? There's still a couple of weeks to go before Mars gets back to its station at 19Leo

I'm still not feeling at full-force but think that's probably the Saturn-Uranus opposition occurring so close to my natal Pluto.

I don't know about Leos but I know things are still sluggish for me until Mars gets back to where it was last December.

As for the Saturn/Uranus opposition, it might be good for me since Saturn will be exalted in Libra(my ascendant) while conjuncting my natal Pluto and Uranus is considered good in Aries(my Sun sign) as well as Jupiter while both of them are conjuncting my Venus(ruler of my Libra Ascendant) and Sun in Aries.

The conjunction of Uranus/Jupiter leading up to the Saturn opposition with Uranus will occur at the Aries Point(0 degrees Aries) and affect my 7th house. The Aries point has to do with "fame" and the 7th house is relationships. So I don't know if this is supposed to indicate becoming famous or what.

The last time I had a major Saturn/Jupiter opposition in Air and Fire signs was when I got my scholarship to college. Saturn was in Aquarius at the time conjuncting my natal Jupiter while transiting Jupiter was opposite in Leo.

Something big and positive has to be coming after all the stuff I've been through in the last few years.

Nexus7

05-09-2010, 09:31 AM

Well with Mars making the opposition to Moon again, things have been sluggish - not. It has been extraordinarily, unfeasibly busy again, but at least this, there has been a little loot to play around with as well. This is probablymore like Jupiter/Uranus on the IC, but the yearly custom here of everyone throwing out their old furniture and other unwanted items onto the street has loomed again, so it really is 'old with the old, in with the new.' I have new things to put together, old stuff to ditch - soooo pleased the Time has Come.

divine g

05-09-2010, 01:44 PM

Hey guys,
Let's not forget that both Saturn and Mercury are both stationing now, so things are kind of slow across the board, especially with both the sun and mercury in slow-moving Taurus. I'm telling you, if I wasn't aware of that, I would have lost it! Things for me business-wise are at a stand still, but personally, things are coming together pretty quickly with Mars picking up speed.

Nexus, it's funny you mention that, just a few days ago, walking down my block I noticed a whole lot of nice furniture being thrown out.

Gwenyhfair, I'm curious as to the story behind the super-hero guy? Mars in Leo definitely fits that stereotype, as Leo represents the solar-hero, and warrior -Mars doubles that kind of fire. I know Mars loves a good fight, and Leo loves to make a good show out of it(see Floyd "Money" Mayweather, the boxer..loves to brag and boast before and after the fight. His showmanship earns him big bucks, thus his nickname.) He just won a big fight last weekend, I think he's a great example of what Mars in Leo is about. (Mars rules sports, Leo rules the stage).

I would expect more egotistical displays of machismo, anger, sex appeal and things of that nature to play out in more grandiose fashion once Mercury goes direct this week, and even more from our "stars" in the world of entertainment when Saturn goes direct at the end of the month. I will say though, Mars doesn't get enough credit for being a "sexy" planet until he "dances" through Leo (reminds me of nfl players etc trying their hand on Dancing with the stars):pinched: Kind of painful to watch but bless their hearts lol

(ps Tiger Woods returning to golf in light of the sexual scandals is also indicative of Mars rx Leo. Going to check out his chart right now). So it seems Mars in Leo rules popular athletes who win big on the world stage(Michael Jordan was Mars in Leo, and like a superhero,was known to save the day. Tiger's return has been tough, but as a Capricorn, his ruling planet Saturn, is at a standstill. Ironically, this may help in the long run, as he is being made tougher. Things should be a breeze once Saturn goes direct and he gets back into the "swing" of things")

Inside Out Orange

05-16-2010, 09:13 PM

Almost there ... the elusive 19Leo42 ... out of the retrograde zone ... by lunchtime tomorrow - hurrah!

astrowarrior

05-18-2010, 08:05 PM

looks like we are in action again then. Its funny, I think all of that movement through my 1st and 12 house and against all those planets should have left me feeling more relieved that mars is out of retrograde, but I guess I feel very indifferent about it.

Maybe I am slightly confused about the significance of mars finally leaving the retrograde shadow period and what it really means for us all. Maybe one more learn'ed could elaborate a bit? Pretty please!

Inside Out Orange

05-18-2010, 09:05 PM

Just that it's been covering the same ground over and over ... now it's going forward into new places. (New places for this cycle of Mars that is).

R4VEN

05-20-2010, 08:05 AM

ive noticed crazy drivers since the weekend and mistook the moon for being in aries, but it wasnt... but moon was conjunct mars...hmmmm

LIONking... R*O*A*R...:love:

This was written a few months ago. I notice today that tr Moon and Mars are again conjunct. I was out and about on the roads, so took it easy. I was with my youngest son, and he had a lot of deeply-buried anger surface, so was a good thing he was not the one driving. Better out than in I say.

Maybe I am slightly confused about the significance of mars finally leaving the retrograde shadow period and what it really means for us all. Maybe one more learn'ed could elaborate a bit? Pretty please!
As I have experienced it, the Rx period, then the transit direct through the Rx `shadow' has been akin to back-hoeing the back yard, searching for buried treasure, but more often finding old dog bones and stinky rubbish, some of which had to be named and then put in the correct bin - recycling, or kitchen rubbish. Once out of the Rx shadow, it is now possible to plant some seedlings in the soil. The `digging up' time is past.