When Mars is Retrograde

Your Natal Chart and in Transit

Reconsidering before expressing anger
Finding competitive situations hard to handle
Tending to repress emotions and things
Can become depressed

Date	Time	Station	Zodiac Sign
December 20, 2009	1:26 PM	Mars Rx	Leo
March 10, 2010	5:09 PM	Mars Direct	Leo
January 24, 2012	12:54 AM	Mars Rx
April 14, 2012	3:53 AM	Mars Direct

Mars represents direct energy, physical expression, individual action and assertiveness, as well as anger, desire, sexuality, competitiveness and motivation for self interest. Mars energies tend to burst forward exerted in short duration. Every two years Mars goes retrograde for two to two-and-a-half months. What often results are upsets and frustrations in daily life as emotions which should be externalized becoming internalized, a kind of chewing up one's self. When you finally explode, it is likely as not that in doing so you will be acting out aggressively against your own self interest.

If you have Mars in retrograde in your natal chart, you may find that you are waging an internal battle causing you difficulty in asserting yourself because you are afraid of the consequences of releasing your anger. You may tend to over think before you act. You may find that you have a tendency to hold back. In karmic terms, you are likely to be attempting to make up for some vaguely recollected but deeply influential past misdeeds you now regret. Whatever the cause, you are holding yourself back instead of standing up directly for your own interests. This works directly against the life lesson that you are here to accomplish. Your are learning about yourself, defining who you are by what actions you take. You will need to let go of timidity or a lack of direction in order to work out how you can initiate actions without creating a chaos of needless destruction. Here is a key indicated by your 7th House Sign and its natural ruler Venus.