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MARS TURNING DIRECT DECEMBER 9,2005--WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Right now, as of November 25, 2005, we are in the "shadow" time of Mars pulling out of retrograde motion and preparing to move direct or in forward motion on December 9, 2005. This shadow period is roughly two weeks before the actual turn of the planet. You can feel it right now. Please read the below information to understand what is going on and how to take full advantage of it. After all, timing IS everything!
Mars will turn direct at 8 degrees Taurus on December 9, 2005 at 8:04 p.m., PDT. this means anyone with a planet or angle at 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11 degrees of any sign, especially Taurus, which is the opposite astrological sign, is going to receive the full thrust of energy from this change-of-leads.
On the other side of that coin is the last degrees of Scorpio at 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11 degrees will also play prominently as well.
To make this simple, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11 degrees Taurus and Scorpio are most affected by Mars going direct.
HOLIDAY SPENDING
Retailers are going to find a sluggish start to sales will bound off the shelves after December 9, 2005. Much to their relief. However, people are still going to watch where they spend their money, so you can see aggressive sales as never before.
TAURUS PEOPLE: LIGHTS! ACTION! CAMERAS!
People born between April 24 through April 30th are MOST effected by Mars turning direct. Ground zero is April 27th (8 degrees Taurus). Since Mars is conjuncting in your sign, this portends to be a start of NEW projects, ventures, opportunities and decisions that will be made by you or by other people who you know or are in your life presently. Get your running shoes on! And be ready to burst out the gate and go for the brass ring!
SCORPIO PEOPLE: DECISION MAKING TIME
By opposite sign, those born between October 27 through November 2nd are equally effected. Ground zero for the opposition will be October 30th which is 8 degrees Scorpio. Mars will be in opposition to your sun sign, so this means things come to a head, literally and figuratively speaking--no more waiting around! There are going to be decisions made that spring you out of this hangman tarot kind of position. You're free to move about, finally!
DEGREES THAT MAY AFFECT YOUR NATAL CHART
You don't have to be one of these "sun signs" to be affected. If you have a natal planet at 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11 degrees, it will come into play with Mars going direct as well.
HOUSE ACTION?
Whatever house it is in, regarding your natal chart, that house will see a lot of "action", too.
A PROFESSIONAL READING CAN HELP
If you're really concerned about this, then I suggest you contact Rosemarie Brown at: starrose@sedona.net for a reading. You can check out her website at: http://www.rosemariebrown.com
WHAT DOES MARS RULE?
In order to ascertain what can happen when Mars, you must first understand what it rules:
1. The release of energy.
2. Our metabolism which burns off calories
3. Our thrust into Life and the world, our eagerness, our energy to go out there and get things done
4. Being a leader
5. Making things "happen"
6. Creating a new chapter in our life (a job change, a move, a birth, a death, a gift, the end of something, the beginning of something by our decision making process).
7. Impulsiveness
8. Our courage
9. Driving force (toward a goal/idea/ideal/vision)
10. Our self-will (our ability to will ourselves in the direction we see ourselves going
11. Being adventurous
12. Being assertive (take charge, take the bull by the horns, getting personally involved in some thing)
13. Our desire
14. Out going energy (this is RIGHT sided energy--it is energy, like an arrow shot from a bow, that we send out into our world to make things change or "happen.")
0. Being rash
16. Aggression
17. Warlike nature/violent/combative/raging
18. Being angry, the ability to express our anger (either positively or negatively)
19. Inflammation/high, sudden fever/rashes/sudden infection/killer epidemic. Pandemics.
20. Highly sexual; strong libido
21. Passionate (in an emotional sense) about your goals/ideas/dream and willing to throw yourself into it completely
22. Struggles within yourself; struggles/fighting with others/war of words or war of actions/resistance--standing one's ground and fighting for it
23. Executive ability--you can make decisions; no wavering; it's cut and dried
24. Our animal instinctual processes; being in touch with them, our sense of survival and making good decisions that keep us alive or safe
25. Injury around fire arms, fires, and machinery
26. Being forceful; pushing, bending, folding and creating your reality through your own desire/will/energy being focused
27. Our masculine energy (our RIGHT side of ourselves, regardless of our gender). Being in touch and integrating our masculine energy and using it when we need too (again, regardless of gender).
28. Temperature. When Mars is retrograde, there is no 'normal' seasonal temperature. Usually, it is lower than normal; but it can be higher than, too. One never really knows. All we do know is that the 'norm' weather-wise, is not going to be present until it turns direct--and then temperatures will be 'normal' and expected once more.
LOOKING AT MARS WHEN RETROGRADE AND WHEN IT GOES DIRECT
Basically, when the retrograde pulls the plug on all this Martian energy. The first thing people experience, especially if the transit of Mars is either conjunct or opposite one of their natal planets in their astrology chart, is a LOSS OF ENERGY. It's very real. You can see this as Mars being the helium-filled balloon and the retrograde as a pin puncturing the balloon. All the "air" or 'fire" goes out of the balloon and it deflates and falls listlessly to the earth. That is how you will feel during the retrograde and after it goes direct. The ** means that anything after it is information referring to Mars going DIRECT. Let's look at what can happen to our Mars list:
1. Physical energy is not as available. Or, your energy is depleted quickly. You cannot do as much as you did before. You need to rest or nap more often in between jobs/tasks.
** well, it will be back and we'll be a "full bore" again. We'll all feel a little more energetic, a little more bounce to our step, and we'll certainly feel like we're more focused on certain things in our life (and they are no longer murky and we're no longer doing a lot of "catch-up" on things/projects that have sorely needed our attention and only get it during a Mars R).
2. Energy needed to continue working toward your goal/dream/vision are put on "hold." Nothing works out for you. All the "steam" and stream of energy toward making things happen, dissolves mysteriously and quickly.
** Your life comes back into a laser-like focus now and you now know which way you want to go and what is your target/goal that you want to tackle next.
3. No matter how hard you try to PUSH, nothing will happen. It seems like everything is in stasis or is very sluggish or does not respond quickly or as usual to your energy or input that you place into the project.
** At last! Projects that have been hamstrung will finally MOVE! If you've had nothing but stalling, delays and blocks--well, they will be a thing of the past--expect word on your project, idea, etc. Everything that has been stuck now becomes freed up to move forward!
4. This is the WORSE time to start a new business, to start anything new, a new idea, trying to write a book, trying to pitch a new idea, because it simply will fritter away and deflate like a balloon with a leak in it. It just will go nowhere.
** Now you can start your business and it will go/move forward with typical Mars speed and panache. You'll be decisive, inspired, assertive and unafraid to take the risks and chances in order to succeed. Charge!
5. Where life seemed to be moving in rapid forward motion and things were happening and clicking right along--they won't now. They will slow down. As if in slow motion. But that's not to say it's bad--when things slow down, you get to sip more deeply from the well instead of just taking a quick gulp of water and speeding off. Take the time Mars is giving you and go DEEPER into whatever it is that holds your attention or responsibility. There is a reason for it and behind it, even if you or I don't know what it is at the time.
** Forget the slow downs--they are a thing of the past! Everything is forward motion, big time. You won't be walking, you'll be running! Now is the time to move and project your awareness to the outer, external world around you. It is time to ground yourself squarely into the 3rd dimensional reality.
6. You will not have the "push", "shove" or "passion" you had before Mars went retrograde. The volume is turned down--way down. Your get-up-and-go, got-up-and-went....
** Your passion is back! You will no longer feel like you're slogging through molasses or peanut butter. Your pep is back, too. You are your old, feisty self. Sic 'em!
7. Your usual spontaneity is going to go on the back burner and simmer
** Spontaneity is back with a bang. You'll feel more outgoing, more extroverted, more willing to share and communicate. You're coming out of your shell and you're no longer feeling like or wanting to be a hermit.
8. Your "drive" is going to be cut back.
** Your drive is back with a vengeance. Just don't over do it! You'll want to burn the candle at both ends, but that can get you into trouble, too. Try to moderate and don't do extreme.
9. You'll need more rest than usual
** You'll need your normal amount of rest, now.
10. You'll need more sleep than usual
** You'll need your "normal" amount of sleep. No more naps.
11. You will feel like the Hanged Man of the Tarot deck--hung by your feet, suspended in midair, dangling there and no way to get down or get out of it.
** No more suspension. Things are grounded and manifesting like crazy all around you. You're going to feel busier than a one-armed-paper-hangar.
12. Your life will go into a kind of cocoon-like stasis. This is a waiting and developing period--not a pushing, shoving, let's-build-a-nation kind of time
** Thank goodness, constipation is OVER with! No more stasis. Things flow in a forward, timely manner.
13. You'll feel less inclined to fight, be combative or stand up to aggression. You may get a more live-and-let-live attitude during this time frame
** You'll have more aggression as it turns direct. Use it wisely.
14. Sexual drive may wane; don't worry--it will be back when Mars goes direct. Consider it a reproductive vacation.
** Sex drive is back full bore. Have fun!
15. Your energy will be held and contained; not outgoing as before. I call this 'paper bag time.' You feel like you're in a huge, invisible paper bag and nothing is going on schedule or right for you now. This is "hermit" time. Leave me alone. Go away!
** You will feel more social; more communicative with your spouse, friends and coworkers. Your energy is now being poured out and its up to you to focus it and put it where you want it to go.
16. Projects lag to a crawl. Things that were supposed to get done, don't. This isn't a good time to take on a new project, either. It will fail--miserably. Wait and be patient until Mars turns direct.
** Decisions, at last! No more stalls, no more delays, etc. Anything that has been held up will now get an approval or disapproval. At least you'll know about it very soon.
17. Injury around fire arms, fire, and machinery are very likely around the retrograde and direct period
** This increases as Mars turns direct--so watch yourself. With Mars glaring at us in September/2003, with its baleful eye the closest it has been in 50,000 years (or thereabouts), Earth has been getting the hair on her head singed off with droughts, record-breaking temperatures (15,000 elderly French died because France doesn't believe in air conditioners.....whose in the Dark Ages here?????), forest fires eating up continents that haven't had any for decades, tempers flaring, assassination, war....all of this is exacerbated right NOW. In 2005, Mars also made a 'close' pass to Earth, but not as close as in 2003. Nothing burned up as it did in 2003.
18. This is a time to switch of Life outside yourself to a large degree and go inward (like a bear goes into hibernation to connect with its powerful dream life) and work on your inner "stuff."
** You're coming out of internalized hibernation. It is now time to turn your eyes outward, to the external world.
19. Consider this period a time of outer, external calm so you can do homework on your inner self. It's an excellent time for therapy, for digging out deep, rooted patterns of harmful behavior that you've been carrying around like a good friend. Many aha's about one's self are made at this time.
** The calm's gone and the usual craziness/stress/demands are going to fall four-square back on everyone's shoulders shortly.
20. Your instinctual, animal self may not be operating as keenly as before--so think 2 or 3 times before you commit yourself to anything. REALLY size it up, be patient and wait it out if it doesn't quite feel right to you.
** The animal in you is back, in full force. Your instincts are good; and so is your timing and sense of self. Grrrrrr.....
21. Your masculine energy is going into hibernation. This is a good time to switch over to your feminine energy (the touchy, feely, blind-as-a-bat-yet-you-know-where-you're-going intuition, and use it. It will keep you out of trouble if you listen to it. If you're male; you probably will not, and you will hit a few brick walls as a result before you learn to pay more attention to that little feminine voice inside yourself.
** Masculine energy takes a front seat now; but let's not suppress our feminine energy just because its back! Have them work together for the best of all worlds inside and outside yourself!
22. The outer world, all the demands on you, will ease up to a degree during this period. That's good news--it gives you time to catch up on a lot of loose ends (like filing...) that have been sitting around and begging for attention for months--so use this "quiet period" to mop up some messes you've been letting go for sometime.....
** Forget the quiet. It's gone. And no more phones not ringing or the business being in a slump. All of that is passé.
23. You are going to be more open and vulnerable to STRESS--so get out of the way of it, take care of yourself, get your downtime, nurture yourself and rest...if you don't, then....
** You got your armor back and stress isn't going to be taking such a toll on you. Still... take time out to nurture yourself.
24. Your immune system will be lowered during this period. You cannot take the normal stresses and demands life places on you. It's a good time to think about extra Vitamin C (3,000 mg daily) and pantothenic acid (250 mg a day) to feed your adrenal glands directly so they can juggle the stresses that you're not coping with as well as you usually do. Once the Mars retrograde period is over, stop taking the above vitamins. Your adrenals will go back online at that time without help.
** Your immune system is back as strong as ever. You can ease off the stress vitamins now....
25. Above all, this is a time of gestation; sort of like a pregnancy. There is much movement on the deep, inner structure of yourselves at a subconscious level. There is a reason why you are in "bag-time" and you're suspended and nothing seems to be working out like you thought or hoped it would. The internal energies that are now gestating within you need time to form and create the outer physical reality--which will come and introduce itself to you when Mars goes direct.
** Well, it's time to birth (again). Something. Whatever is going on in your life, you will now give birth and move on with things. Baby steps now that you have been released back to your own recognizance.
26. Most of all, during a Mars retrograde, have patience with yourself and others. Patience is the key to this period. If you do that, you'll kick back, lay in the hammock, watch the clouds scud by in the blue sky and be utilizing this energy properly.
** You're going to have less patience and tolerance, which isn't a great thing to trade in. So, strive to continue to be patient.
The 'shadow' of Mars going direct begins November 25th through December 8, 2005. Look for a lot of "loose cannons" out there on the decks of the world between now and December 9, 2005.
HELP WITH THE TRANSFORMATION PROCESS
I don't believe we have to SUFFER endlessly through change. The people below are, in my opinion, the best in their particular business and are skillful catalysts to help people to help themselves. Utilize this energy in the BEST and most healthy of ways... check out this group and choose which tools resonate most strongly with you and contact them. You won't be sorry you did!
ASTROLOGICAL COUNSELORS:
You can engaged the services of the medicinegarden.com's professional astrologer and find out. Our own Rosemarie Brown is a natal counselor. Just contact her at: starrose@sedona.net
If you are wanting to move and aren't sure where or you have a place in mind, but aren't sure if it's "right" for you, Gail and Michael have locale information available. If health is your consideration, both are trained medical astrologers. To contact them: Gail Carswell at rockdoc@mindspring.com or Michael Foltz at solardoc@mindspring.com. Better yet, visit their website: http://www.owlswebnest.com, for more information on all the services they provide.
I'm sure one of these three professionals will be able to shed considerable light in what is going on in your life and the many choices you have available to you to institute and use.
UN-CONFUSE YOURSELF:
NEED A "Coach", some serious therapy that gets to the "heart" of your angst or what you're wrestling with? We recommend Rosemarie Brown. Please contact her at: http://www.rosemariebrown.com or by email at: starrose@sedona.net
VOICE ANALYSIS--THE MISSING NOTE:
I've had my voice analyzed by Ani Williams and I can tell you from personal experience that we all have a "missing note" in our life. So what? Well, consider this. Without this missing note back in our life, we aren't working off of 8 cylinders. We're working on 6--or less! Please go to Ani's website for more information. This is a life-changing "tool" that you should include in your personal Mercury transformation kit. http://www.aniwilliams.com or contact her via email at: songaia@earthlink.net
SPIRITUAL UPKEEP RENOVATION: NEED A SHAMAN?
Gail Carswell, Michael Foltz, Grace Verte (grace@graceverte.com) and Rosemarie Brown are all trained shamanic facilitators who can help you through your spiritual transformation.
FOR CARE OF BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT: HOMEOPATHY
Our favorite classically trained homeopath is Yolande Grill of Cave Creek, Arizona. She does long-distance case taking by phone and I consider her one of the best we've got in the USA. So, don't delay! She is also a shamanic facilitator, as well. Get a hold of Yolande at: y.grill@att.net
