{"id":1963,"date":"2012-01-22T23:01:52","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T04:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/22\/mars-retrograde-january-23-2012\/"},"modified":"2012-01-22T23:01:52","modified_gmt":"2012-01-23T04:01:52","slug":"mars-retrograde-january-23-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/22\/mars-retrograde-january-23-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Mars Retrograde (January 23, 2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"

As men\u00adtioned in my overview for 2012<\/a>, today begins the ret\u00adro\u00adgrade of Mars until mid-April. Here is what I said then:<\/p>\n

Mars Ret\u00adro\u00adgrade (Jan\u00adu\u00adary 23 till April 13\u201314)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Where\u00adas Mer\u00adcury moves ret\u00adro\u00adgrade 3 times a year for about 23 days each time, and Venus ret\u00adro\u00adgrades about every 1.5 years for about 40 days, Mars will move ret\u00adro\u00adgrade about every 2 years and 2 months for about 80 days or so\u2026it is the plan\u00adet that goes ret\u00adro\u00adgrade the least so you should take advan\u00adtage of this opportunity.\u2026what opportunity?<\/em><\/p>\n

Mars rules your actions and desires, it serves your \u201cself\u201d (the Sun) by pro\u00advid\u00ading the dri\u00adve to secure your needs and wants. But when it turns ret\u00adro\u00adgrade it sig\u00adnals a time for you to turn inward, and offers you the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty (neces\u00adsi\u00adty) to re-exam\u00adine what exact\u00adly you do desire, and, just as impor\u00adtant\u00adly, re-con\u00adsid\u00ader how you should secure it. This time Mars is ret\u00adro\u00adgrad\u00ading through Vir\u00adgo, so the review of your desires and aims will be upon your need for greater clar\u00adi\u00adty, order and peace of mind\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

I would add that when\u00adev\u00ader a plan\u00adet is mov\u00ading ret\u00adro\u00adgrade it is actu\u00adal\u00adly mov\u00ading clos\u00ader to the Earth; Mars and Earth will make their clos\u00adest approach to one anoth\u00ader at such a time. The influ\u00adence and effects of Mars will not dimin\u00adish while ret\u00adro\u00adgrade but actu\u00adal\u00adly grow until ear\u00adly March. That is when Mars is exact\u00adly oppo\u00adsite to the Sun and its bright red light will be like a shin\u00ading bea\u00adcon in heavens.<\/p>\n

As Mars grows brighter, night after night, as you move towards that moment of greater rev\u00ade\u00adla\u00adtion, take time to re-con\u00adsid\u00ader where you are going and how you are get\u00adting there. Look more deeply with\u00adin your\u00adself and ask \u201cIs this what I should aim for, is this my way to move towards it wisely?<\/p>\n

The theme of Mars in Vir\u00adgo (the sign of heal\u00ading and whole\u00adness) will focus these reflec\u00adtions so that you may dis\u00adcern more clear\u00adly what aims and which actions move you along your bet\u00adter path of Inte\u00adgra\u00adtion, Sim\u00adplic\u00adi\u00adty and Well-being.<\/p>\n

Vir\u00adgo is the sign of the Vir\u00adgin, (prob\u00ada\u00adbly the most mis\u00adun\u00adder\u00adstood sym\u00adbol of our cul\u00adture); to be Vir\u00adginal accord\u00ading to the First Teach\u00adings or the Ancient Wis\u00addom means that one is whole and com\u00adplete, bal\u00adanced and inte\u00adgrat\u00aded in Body, Feel\u00ading, Mind and Spir\u00adit. It is only when a per\u00adson becomes so inte\u00adgrat\u00aded are they tru\u00adly ready and pre\u00adpared to enter into ful\u00adly func\u00adtion\u00adal relationships.<\/p>\n

With Mars ret\u00adro\u00adgrade in Vir\u00adgo you are learn\u00ading to Act with greater Vir\u00adtu\u00ados\u00adi\u00adty<\/em>, to be guid\u00aded by clear inten\u00adtions and graced by con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00adate acts. Nei\u00adther dis\u00adtrac\u00adtions of mind, nor wast\u00aded efforts for you\u2026now you are the will\u00ading appren\u00adtice seek\u00ading only self-mas\u00adtery. This is the true path of the Spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal Warrior.<\/p>\n

The one true and only goal\u2026is to find and secure that great\u00adest of trea\u00adsures, a trea\u00adsure sought by many and found by few\u2026<\/p>\n

To be at Peace.<\/p>\n

Cel\u00ade\u00adbrate the gift of Mars who lifts you up to your high\u00adest aspirations\u2026<\/p>\n

This, the path you must walk, the path of self-mas\u00adtery and peace\u2026<\/p>\n

This is your path.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As men\u00adtioned in my overview for 2012, today begins the ret\u00adro\u00adgrade of Mars until mid-April. Here is what I said then: Mars Ret\u00adro\u00adgrade (Jan\u00adu\u00adary 23 till April 13\u201314) Where\u00adas Mer\u00adcury moves ret\u00adro\u00adgrade 3 times a year for about 23 days each time, and Venus ret\u00adro\u00adgrades about every 1.5 years for about 40 days, Mars will move [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2fx6K-vF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}