Mars Retrograde 2024-25: Renew & Re-Source Your Heart's Passion, Purpose & Courage
Mars retrograde is a headlining influence for the next 6 months - join me for a live webinar to learn all about it!
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Mars is living large this weekend, forming a volatile opposition with Pluto. As I wrote in my Scorpio New Moon post:
Mars-Pluto stirs up fears and frustrations, anger and old resentments, feelings that have been repressed or hidden and are now being forced into awareness. “Cathartic release” is the theme – purging what needs to be shed in order to break through to another level of owning your power and living your destiny.
This is just the first of three Mars-Pluto oppositions, due to Mars’ upcoming retrograde - a headlining influence as we close out 2024 and enter 2025. The planet of action, power, desire and direction only goes retrograde every two years; it’s the rarest of planetary retrogrades.
Mars will appear to travel backwards from December 6th to February 23rd, but you’ll feel the effects for much longer – October 6th to May 3rd (the retrograde shadow).
When the red planet reverses, forward momentum slows, while motivation and vitality wane. You may feel confused about your goals and purpose, unsure about what you want and how to move forward. Mars retro is a time to slow down and turn inward to rethink where you’re headed, reconnect with your deeper sense of purpose, and regenerate your life force.
Mars begins its retrograde in Leo, asking: Do you have the courage to follow your heart’s passion? Do you know your power as a creator god/dess? Are you shining the light of your true self? Mars then reverses back into Cancer, inviting you to revisit your early childhood, family and ancestral past, and deep emotional life in order to heal the wounds that limit your confidence and self-expression.
I want to support you to make the most of Mars retrograde, in effect for the next 6 months. Join me for a live webinar on Saturday, November 9th. I’m going to break it all down, get into the nitty-gritty of the Mars retro cycle, and show you where it’s happening in your own birth chart and what that means.
If you are a paid subscriber on Substack, this webinar is FREE to you. No need to sign up - you’ll receive the Zoom info before the live event, and the replay afterwards. Just save the date: Saturday, November 9th, 9am Pacific/12pm Eastern, for about 90 minutes.
If you are not a paid subscriber, you can sign up here to participate in the workshop. Or, You can become a paid subscriber ($16/month or $155/year), get the Mars retro class for free, and receive my New and Full Moon audio transmissions every month.
Everyone who signs up by Tuesday, November 5th will be included in the drawing to have your chart used as an example in class (I’ll pick two).
