Hello Chichi!!! How did you manage your energy? Do you recognize yourself in your actions? Are you true to yourself in your decisions? What makes you react? Mars goes retrograde on December 6! and it will raise these kinds of pointed questions.
When is Mars retrograde and how long does it last?
Mars goes retrograde this December 6. It will remain stationary for a few more days at 6º Leo, but from then on it will slowly move back to 17º Cancer, where it will enter directly on February 24. Of course, including the shadow periods, this martial journey has been preparing since October 5, and will not fully end until May 2.
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Who is affected?
When a personal planet retrogrades, it’s noticeable, and in the case of Mars, which retrogrades every two years, even more so! Mars’ last retrograde was in October 2022, in Gemini. Do you remember this energy? In this case, if you have planets or cusps in the second half of the cardinal signs or at the beginning of the fixed signs, you will feel it more.
When was the last time Mars retrograde in Leo?
If we had to go back to the last times Mars retrograded in Leo, we would have to go back to December 2009, April 1980, December 1962 or December 1945. As you can see, this is not very common! In fact, the next time will be… in 2041.
How do you feel?
One might now feel that the realization of a desire or personal experience is truncated, experiencing resistance or delays. This could test our motivation, or generate all kinds of reactions, from irritation to reluctance! Let’s also prepare for leadership conflicts, conflicts over visibility or importance, and defensive attitudes of pride.
Great energies in confrontation
Additionally, with Pluto directly in front of Mars, feelings of confrontation or wind against us can cause doubt. Will I be able to handle this, or will it handle me? By January 3, when the Mars and Pluto retro opposition in Aquarius is perfect, we will understand much better what it is.
The good side
For now, is there anything positive to come from this demotion? Of course! How about slowing down a little and resting, regaining your strength? Aren’t you tired of pulling the cart and always looking ahead? Sometimes stopping to digest what we’ve already done helps us understand. Do we identify with what we do? What do the facts say about who we are?
How to benefit from it?
We can also take the opportunity to energize the areas of our chart where the second half of Cancer and the beginning of Leo are located, by exercising our strength, courage and resistance. It’s time to prepare for when it’s time to fight! For the moment, the strategy requires following a slower progression and taking indirect, less explicit or conflicting paths.
Prepare yourself when the time comes
The time to fight will surely be when Mars goes direct, starting February 24. When, in addition, the eclipse season begins. The month of March 2025 is going to be completely crazy, and Mars is the guest of honor! By then, we will have already developed the research.
To find out more…
The Lion region is already a region with some history. In mid-2023, this sign welcomed the retrograde of Venus, and in August 2024, that of Mercury. This implies that this retrograde of Mars activates a very personal story that we have been developing in this zone for a year and a half, and which coincides in time with the passage of the North Node through Aries. Perhaps, with this retrograde, we should understand something about the belligerence that the North Node in Aries has fostered?
👉 You can listen to this extended article on Spotify, YouTube.
Additionally, a few months ago I left you an article on retrogrades of personal planets in Leo. You can listen to it in YouTube, Spotify and below:
