Starcodes Dec 6, 2024

Let life be a mindful dance of attention and grace this week. Be extra careful wherever there’s a potential for accidents or serious misunderstandings. Mars, the planet of chi, action, anger, ambitions, and boundaries, turns retrograde on Friday while Mercury, arbiter of communications and transportation, is already retrograde.

Take it slow and easy, be kind and thoughtful. It furthers to review old plans, campaigns, and ambitions, old resentments, and opinions; decide what needs to be released and composted. Find strengths and skills from the past that now need to be revived for a more productive future.

Mars retrograde from December 6th through February 23rd of next year, it turns retrograde about every 26 months for a bit more than two months. Mars, like Mercury, is associated with movement and doesn’t like appearing to hold still at the beginning and end of its retrograde cycle, spinning its wheels and drilling down.

A retrograde cycle asks us to inventory and assess, pick up dropped pieces and catch up on work related to that planet. Review the lessons learned. We could have time to do so because the ordinary work of that planet just doesn’t go forward as planned. With Mars retrograde In Leo, it’s time to assess the role of the Mars/male ego (in both men and women) in our recent political process and watch it act out in the great global political…