MARS MOVEMENTS
Mars in Leo & the Building T-Square with Pluto, Jupiter & the NN
Mars has moved into Leo, and is thereby activating the peak of the t-square alignment between Mars, Pluto, Jupiter and the NN that has been building since mid-month…
Are you choosing fight or flight?
Are you confronting that which limits you?
Or are you being confronted by your own limitations—self-imposed or otherwise?
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Mars in Leo—
Mars likes Leo—these energies Leo needs to express feel natural to motivations demanded by Mars—in fact one could wonder if maybe Mars provides more of a more exceptional force through which these natural expressions of self are played out… a genuine boldness at play, which is all Leonine energies ever really want: to play.
Leonine energies need to find appropriate expression—appropriate being key here.
This, of course, makes much difference within one’s nativity—as to where everything else is, yada yada—though, in general, it is safe to understand that wherever Leo is within your nativity is where you require much more expression, much more attention.
Where Leo is found is where we naturally want more attention. And when Mars moves through Leo, through this sector of your life—this attention we need feels that much more enhanced, that much more motivated, that much more spotlighted.
Wherever Mars moves, however, tends to become somewhat separated, severed.
This could suggest, then, most naturally, that the spotlight you are seeking now is simply separating whatever it is its spotlighting from that which is not under the heat of such focus…
Or it could mean that what the focus is now being turned on—whatever is being confronted—needs cut from being expressed at all.
Or it could be indicating the potential damage possible should this area of your life continue to not be spotlighted or confronted, or more genuinely expressed…
It could also be manifesting as a golden opportunity to confront yourself in a most genuinely primal and honest manner—to address the inner lion within yourself… thereby fulfilling your higher frequencies and limiting those lower egoic vibrations.
And really, what is a confrontation, essentially?—it’s a front and center-stage spotlight.
It’s a vulnerable place to be… which is why it could be a place of utter fear.
All the more reason to see what you’re actually capable of…
“There can be no progress without head-on confrontation…”
—Christopher Hitchens
Mars/Pluto Opposition on May 20th—
Mars moved into Leo back on May 20th, immediately opposing Pluto through the first degree—a degree emphasizing determination.
A Mars/Pluto opposition can feel quite intense—offering a surging sort of drive, ambition, and urgency toward self-empowering motivations… as these, currently, have been ‘full of potentiality, full to bursting, [with] a pressing need to find suitable outlets for self-expression…’
This opposition can be challenging in that these energies can often manifest within an inner need to confront limitations, and, depending upon how this is navigated—it could go either way, particularly should you not wish to confront your limitations… your limitations will confront you. Further, as it is an opposition, this can suggest an inability to easily express these underlying motivations, or physical reactions—in other words, one might experience more of an impotence in the face of something large, like an opportunity, or something more powerfully confronting.
This degree also describes the notions of apoplexy, which, medically speaking, defines a stroke (which is the medical description of a severe limitation of oxygen), or hemorrhage (which is the medical description of an extreme loss of blood), or state of extreme anger (which can absolutely be described as an extreme primal instinct invoked when feeling threatened or under attack)… metaphorically, this refers more to the original meaning of ‘apoplexy’ or ‘apoplectic response’ which is: to cripple, or to strike—either way, extreme in either direction, though I think it is interesting that this term is suggested, of all terms, in that it also indicates a ‘sudden loss of consciousness’, as if to identify either something of a transcending, an elevation—or an avoidance…
As though we are suddenly, however momentarily, not in control.
Like when Dr Bruce Banner becomes angry, or too emotional otherwise—he turns into the Hulk—this apoplectic response that occurs within, when considering this metaphorically, offers something of a blind spot—an empowering to do that which may otherwise feel beyond your ability to navigate, or confront, or to freeze or flee.
It’s quite similar to our body’s natural fight-or-flight response/reaction…
Again—to suggest an apoplectic response or reaction is simply to suggest an otherwise severe limitation of something quite vital, familiar or currently necessary, or a severe loss of control.
Are you currently fighting forward through something, or taking flight to avoid something forwarding in on you?
Or are you freezing altogether?
What are your personal limitations, either way?
Is it your limitations that are, quite literally, limiting you?
In what ways are you, or your circumstances, feeling out of control?
“The only limitation is that which one sets up in one’s own mind.”
—Napoleon Hill
Mars/Jupiter Square on May 23rd—
This square exacts the ongoing t-square alignment that has been building since mid-month…
As Mars and its motivations now involve Jupiter—naturally, it expands upon whatever it is you’re confronting, or toward whatever it is confronting you.
Interestingly, this degree somewhat supports the Mars/Pluto opposition in that it describes an ‘opportunity for expansion…’, though, speaking more toward ‘one or more aspects of the self getting completely out of control, and to the tendency of man to want to escape or avoid facing reality when life gets unpleasant and there is no understanding of what needs to be done, or what is needed or required, to bring about a healing or restoration of health, balance, and/or organic integrity…’
As it’s Jupiter, it could be indicating an ideal or where you are currently settling within your personal reality—and so, in other words, this could manifest as a challenge between yourself and your own goals and/or challenges—and might even identify that which you want requiring you confronting something you might not want to, even if it means achieving your goal and/or obtaining that which you want.
Please take this seriously—wherever Jupiter goes is where within our lives we need to examine how we might be settling, how we might be allowing ‘less than’, and because this particular square is occurring within Leo, through Mars, it immediately spotlights whatever it may be, and centers in on it, and through Taurus, where Jupiter is, this spotlight may be centering in and shining on something rather valuable to you, something either sacred or essential, or toward something that has become way too comfortable… so comfortable and routine that it’s potentially becoming harmful.
It could be an action, an attitude, a defense mechanism, a routine, a habit… whatever.
Though, it’s so essential for you to understand that Mars in Leo energies aren’t too hip about weakness, or routines that run stagnant, or anything ‘less than’, for Mars in Leo, settling is a huge no-no, a larger-than-life sort of blasphemy to self… and you’ll either feel it within your sense of self-pride or self-worth—or it’ll come to you demanding the opportunity to change this for yourself, either way.
Further, this degree forewarns of ‘a temporary inability to continue in some present wished-for activity and a need to understand that while momentum has been restricted in one direction it has opened up the opportunity for expansion in another.’
So, again, there’s potential here—either way—within your personal reality.
It’s merely a matter of whether you want to take advantage of this, or not.
And either way—whether you are willing to confront or not—there may be something of a pause, as if Life Itself is taking a breath, taking a moment, and thereby inadvertently seemingly ‘forcing’ you to acknowledge this moment, this impact, this rawness of what it means sometimes to be alive—this severe vulnerability of the heart.
Furthermore, this particular degree also pinpoints ‘dis-ease and momentum…’ so, again, quite extreme in its options either way, though through these energies you should be able to more fully ‘understand the greater purpose being served by a difficult drama being played out… be sensitive to the opportunities being revealed.’
Keep in mind, too, that as Mars is connecting to Jupiter by square—Jupiter is applying a conjunction to the NN, which suggests that these ‘difficult dramas’ being served will either open to or severely impede movements forward, or further potentials altogether.
If you are choosing to confront whatever it is for you—you’ll likely begin to feel more like the Hulk: much more capable, powerful, and/or motivated than you might otherwise.
If you are being confronted by something similar to the Hulk—you’ll likely begin to feel that much more restricted, limited, and/or otherwise, against a better judgment, choosing flight…
“You get diminishing returns when you are restricted to your comfort zone.”
—Sunday Adelaja
Mars/NN Square on May 24th—
When Mars squares the NN it can evoke influences that inspire, again—either fight or flight, to grow and manage through or to flee and continue living within limitations.
You have an opportunity here…
And, unsurprisingly, this degree describes ‘decisions’ and ‘the courage to change…’
The emphasis here, though, is on self-examination… ‘and the avoidance of crystallization, and a willingness to examine the self and take whatever steps are necessary to facilitate personal growth…’
Further, ‘the transformation implied is sudden, rather than gradual, and the implication here is of sudden realizations that change is necessary.’
{ALL OF A SUDDEN—BAM!—YOU KNOW SOMETHING NEEDS TO CHANGE.}
{ALL OF A SUDDEN—BAM!—SOMETHING HAS CHANGED ENTIRELY.}
You know what you need to do, or what needs to be done in order for you to do what you need to do—it’s now only a matter of you opening to the willingness of working with these energies—whether what needs to be done is familiar or not, rather than resisting change.
Feelings of self-worth are heightened now, as are feelings of inadequacy… but through this equally heightened emphasis of directed energy—toward that which limits you—you are able, and capable, of confronting these issues most directly, and thrive…
Again—something will likely need to be cut, or broken through—a sacrifice or surrendering may need to occur for you to move forward more boldly, without something that keeps you down. Either way, whether you’re confronting something big or being confronted—change is now nonnegotiable—something must give.
And my advice?—listen to your heart or aim toward what is heart-centered… it will not only inspire courageousness, however subtle, it will blossom, and bloom, and become something incredibly amazing that wouldn’t even be had you not been bold.
“The straight line, a respectable optical illusion which ruins many a man.”
—Victor Hugo
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Roche, D. ‘Sabian Symbols.’ Astrology Classics; 2010.