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Mars retrograde is quite rare in the sky to be analyzed with attention and carefully, the previous Mars retrograde took place in 2018 in Aquarius, I’d also like you to take a look at my article on How to live the Mars retrograde on a daily basis ? which will specify some general survival tips in case of a crisis situation… ?
“Mired” social dynamics
The Mars retrograde will occur as of mid-September 2020, later in the day, on the 9th, Paris time, at 28° of Aries (3rd decan), and while the planet is conjoint in the mean term since August at the transit of the Black moon…
As previously mentioned on the Lunations of July and August, the planet Mars was able to reactivate elements dating from February during its initial conjunction with the Capricorn stellium, and we can see that with its stationary phase, it still highlights a square to Saturn / Pluto in September.
This may directly suggest a “step to overcome”, as well as constraints, setbacks, which can clearly put your patience to the test !
Both Mars and Saturn are highly dignified here, both strong at home, which certainly favors a healthy and powerful expression of their strengths, but that does not take anything away from the power and symbolism of the quadrature, nor from the various introversions of retrograde motion…
Obviously, the underlying principle of action that is representative of Mars happens to dive straight into a “wall”, perhaps an authority, some dogma, an administration, something immutable, and this requires a subtle break, patience, a second look at things, and the acceptance of frustrating situations.
We get the feeling that what we want, our business abilities, should require more consideration, some fallback phase, which could be a step backwards to better jump for several weeks, but it remains complex and quite paradoxical to have this type of energies present in this case, when we are at the start of the new school year, supposedly requiring dynamic and active energies.
We can observe a very big introversion of all the social and transpersonal planets, all retrograde, which has already taken root with the Venus retrograde in the previous May (which could link these cycles).
That said, Jupiter will resume its direct motion quite quickly following the Mars retrograde on September 13, but it will definitely require some time to regain its rhythm; and Saturn will start again directly on the 29th of this month, so we’re still left with some rather “stuck” social dynamics during the month of September, there is a significant risk of falling asleep in inaction or in the logic of debates and parliamentary negotiations that drag on, without being able to clearly identify the forces of reform and transformation, without being able to decide and reach a consensus…
To the best of your ability, this month, you should refrain from taking up any new actions or creations (signing contracts), and instead try to sharpen, refine the existing ones. Your focus should clearly be on the issues that are the most important to you, and that are promising over the longer term ! (You should start thinking about the year 2021 now, because this Martian cycle will only fully come to an end at the beginning of 2021).
The notion of focus will be very crucial come this period, organisation and prioritisation will as well be of utmost necessity, as we all know : it’s better to direct your energy towards only one objective and achieve it, rather than chasing several hares at the same time and catching none at all !
The 3rd dekad of October will also feature elements and events which may date back to March 2020, representing a rapid phase, but which may play the role of a triggering factor, for example with a notion of “enough is enough”, not necessarily in an explosive and eruptive manner, but more fundamentally as a salutary awareness, of what we want to put in place, reform, and what we no longer want to put up with.
The Cardinal signs are obviously particularly impacted by these forces, especially every 3rd decan, which will be the most tense in the mean term and by all this Mars retrograde since September, I hope you have been able to take heed to my previous advice on the 2020 lunations, and especially for having committed the maximum of things during the 1st quarter.
Mars will resume direct motion on November 14, 2020, and it’s likely that from this date and throughout the end of the year, the 3rd decans of the Cardinal signs, Capricorn, Aries, Cancer, Libra, will be particularly energized, you will end up finding better social dynamics and take advantage of the wind of renewal that the year 2021 may already bring along, though you had to keep things on stand-by before, you can rest assured as the sky will be more favorable…
If you can, try to postpone things to this end of the year (plan them from November or December), as it seems more globally favorable for you, for a lot of people, perhaps everyone. You need to be cautious, particularly if you have an important planet setting itself in a 3rd decan of a Cardinal sign.
Over the very end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021, the planet Mars will have a rather violent charge, with Uranian energies particularly valued over the period, hence a charge of revolt and important reform, but we’ll get back to this in more detail during the important new moon of January 13, 2021 in Capricorn.