Mars Retrograde
Have you been lucky enough to look up in the night sky and see the planet Mars shining bright. It has a beautiful red color and from my understanding, Mars is as close to Earth right now than it has been in a really long time. (since 2003) I am not an astrologer and I do not claim to know a lot about astrology, however, I really love to listen to astrologers (mainly on YouTube) to learn about what is going on with the energy in the world to help me better function through life challenges.
Something cool I learned yesterday has to do Mars & its retrograde. The planet Mars can influence the following qualities of our lives: anger, hostility, assertiveness, and helps penetrate boundaries. There are a few good & not so good views on this planet: the not so good is we can be triggered into anger and hostility more easily, but the good side of Mars is it helps us to be more assertive and get things done in our lives as well. There is a good and bad or opposite effect for pretty much everything in life. Yesterday, for the first time I had the best explanation of what "retrograde" means when it is referring to a planet.
When a planet is in retrograde, it is getting closer to the earth. This intensifies the effects of that planet on Earth and in the planet Mars case - we are even more susceptible to the energies of anger, hostility, assertiveness, and pushing boundaries. I am going to use this to my advantage by being more assertive in getting things resolved in my life. I want to use the energy to accomplish task and put an end to old habits and start new supportive habits in my day to day life. On the other hand, something I have had to do during this Mars Retrograde period is keep my mouth shut when I feel frustrated or when something upsets me. I have tried to be more aware of the energy that is inside me and take a closer look at it. This has been very helpful at school when surrounded by young people. and while learning new challenging information. I am trying to be a better listener during this period instead of spraying my "frustrated opinion" all over the place. Mars will be retrograde until 27th of August, so until then I will continue to practice mindful breathing and awareness in what comes up for me when I am operating in life.
On top of all of that nonsense, the planet Mercury started to retrograde July 25th which means it is getting closer to earth and in turn that intensifies its energy. Mercury affects communications, contracts, deals, technology or anything having to do with those types of things. During a Mercury retrograde period there could possibly miscommunication, equipment not working or something to do with technology not working out the way you want it to. I absolutely find all of this fascinating and wanted to share a little toe dip of what I listened to yesterday. I am trying to take my energy and use it to plan out an assertive plan for the next few weeks to ensure that I tie up all loose ends on my part of moving out of my home and effectively get my life on the road (or in nature) up an running smoothly to support a change of lifestyle.
If you are feeling affected, or triggered during these cycles you are not alone. I have caught myself feeling frustrated and having difficulty communicating or receiving communication from others (mainly at school) I am realizing this is a wonderful time to practice patience and compassion for myself and others. I realize that we are all trying to balance and heal ourselves and our energies. We are all coming from different backgrounds of life and we all learned in different ways from different people. Our role here as a human is to grow, learn, love, and evolve our soul. We all need each other's support and help during different times in life. Today a classmate at school took the time to help me learn to use the bus system in the city of Seattle. It was so nice of her, and she even drew me a little map for when I leave school. I didn't know how to use the bus since I have always rode my bike to school. Because of my pain I had been experiencing, I wanted to start walking and taking the bus. She is younger than me, however, I had a lot to learn from her. I have learned a lot about humility and patience this year, but I still have lots more to learn. Thank goodness with the help of astrologers on the internet, we have another wonderful tool to help us understand what the hell is going on in our lives.
