Rolling forward with fire

This post is a bit late, but I wanted to share another important astrological happening that will be relevant for a few weeks or months. Mars in Libra went retrograde back on March 1. Everything ruled by Mars stopped, stationed, then started rolling the other way. Like anything rolling backwards, it came right back over the SAME ground it had just rolled forward on. Ideas ruled by Mars include men, power, action, sex, war, confidence, courage and competion. And things ruled by Libra are love, relationships (any kind), judiciousness, balance, and harmony. So we may have seen some of these aspects of our lives slow down or we may have reassessed some of these things this Spring.

It is time to hold on to your hats (or really last week you shoulda started holdin' on to your hats) because Mars has now started moving forward. As of May 20th, this firey planet in the sign of love and partnerships changed directions once again to make us go back over the same ground we did in the Spring but this time with action, confidence and courage fully engaged!

I wrote about the eclipse a few weeks back that put us in /on new soil. Some of us might feel like we've entered a new phase of our lives. The Spring was a review of our lives or a topic in our lives . As Anne Ortelee explains (to paraphrase) Think reading a phrase in a book, then going back over to highlight it. Now we open up the book once again and skim to find those highlighted phrases and put them into action. (Check out Anne's awesome weekly weather at www.anneortelee.com and her post from May 28th).

A power struggle made productive

Mars is in the sign of Libra and has been since the Fall. The Mars retrograde period was a silent mulling over and possible build up of thoughts and feelings. Well, as Mars gains momentum and moves forward to go over the same ground YET AGAIN, many of these thing BURST to the surface to play out. How can they not! We've been over this ground 3 times and now we do so with power! With the combination of Mars and Libra (one very masculine and one very feminine), we can expect power issues in relationships (romantic, business, and family) resulting in learned cooperation OR else bursting into chaos. We can expect that taking action in relationships will lead to love and harmony OR (as 'celestial space' blog says) when that action is based in fear, it can just cause a big ole mess. How will your power struggle play out? Move forward in LOVE, understanding and respect and get the better outcome!

In the last paragraph, I am summing up an article below.
Please read it. Such an amazing outline of power, and the male and female of Mars vs. Libra.

http://celestialspace.wordpress.com/2014/05/19/mars-in-libra-direct-motion-may-19th-2014/

Onward with Mars!!! Good Luck!

Look, Listen, HEAR - Gemini NEW Moon

Without having looked at astrological websites, I could already feel that the last week and this current week are both meaningful and charged. (That's speaking for myself at least).
Last week we had Mars start to move forward (look for a post tomorrow on that).

And . . .

Today, May 28th, the moon is NEW in the sign of Gemini (the twins). Remember on our New Moons, we start new projects or try to embrace new habits that are reflective of all that the sign of Gemini encompasses - expression, communication, and mental activity.

While researching this post, I read something that very much resonated with me and is in line with Gemini communication....about not only learning to express yourself but making sure you do the second side of communication which is to ingest, learn, HEAR, take in. Sometimes I think I do that, but there are times when we have to realize that taking IN information is actually a huge challenge communicating with someone not as skilled at expressing themselves. It takes patience and uh . . . patience. Thanks Gemini exposing two sides to the coin yet again. This time on communication. Twins indeed. But definitely something to think about as we embrace new habits at this new moon.



There is an astrological aspect with Neptune coming in to play as well....Neptune is the sign of illusion. We've all been there when seemingly shocking information comes to the surface. We never saw it coming (but we would have if we were looking). Also Neptune is FAMOUS for showing up in Love situations. He's the guy that encourages us to pull the wool over our eyes and to believe what we want as opposed to listening to what others say. We've all worn those proverbial rose colored glasses until we were ready to embrace the truth (a Piscean trait).
Then BAM. We see it all so clearly.

And to continue this listening and communication theme which is clearly supported by the Gemini New Moon, I had a conversation with my new boss today about this very idea of trying to let your gut tell you the truth. Despite popular belief, intuition is NOT a 6th sense. It is an observing and taking in the physical, verbal and energetic communication that people put out there and taking it at face value. It's true that someone will tell you who they are in the first few mintues of meeting them. It is our job to LISTEN! So yes, always work to express yourself maturely and compassionately and firmly BUT for those folks who may already do so . . . take the energy of this new moon and let it support you on a new habit of listening. And usually your gut has the answer.

So in short. The New Moon is asking us to focus on starting new communication habits and putting a spotlight on where we might improve.