January 6, 2025 • 55 mins
This episode explores the complexities and challenges of Mars retrograde in Cancer, focusing on emotional sensitivity, familial conflicts, and stress management strategies. We provide insights on how this period can be navigated to prepare for a successful 2025.
• Overview of Mars retrograde in Cancer
• Emotional sensitivity and family dynamics during the retrograde
• Importance of stress management and assertiveness
• Critical peak dates for heightened sensitivity and potential conflicts
• Zodiac-specific insights on how each sign is affected
• Emphasis on learning and healing within family structures
• Considerations for preparing for future challenges and opportunities
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
Hey, there, it's Abinathaniel Grimm, and welcome
to the latest episode ofAstrology Unbound, and today we
are going to dive into Marsretrograde in Cancer.
We have reached the next stagein Mars' retrograde cycle.
So it has been retrograde inLeo since December 6th and now
in a few hours, after I'mfilming this or recording this,
it will go into Cancer, and so Iwill divulge the impact on the
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zodiac signs, on society and,yeah, we're going to jump into
that.
And this is a very importantretrograde to navigate, navigate
, you know, just to make surethat your 2025 is off to a great
start, because I do think we'resort of starting the year with
some of the most challengingtransits, actually.
So if you get through thesenext two months, then I think
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the rest of the year isdefinitely set up for success
for you, and I did a webinarpresentation today about the
astrology of 2025, by the way,which you can access by becoming
a paid Substack subscriber andin that I was talking about how
it is a year of, you know,really broad, sweeping changes
and your manifestation journeycan be even more successful, to
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a point where something you'reworking on can become an
overnight success because wehave so many planets shifting
into new signs at the same time,but also we have the
proliferation of technology andnew, potentially new social
media platforms.
But all of this, all of thisenergy, is really showing that
you know you can reach the rightperson at the right time with
your message or your product oryour business idea, your
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creative work, and you know itcan happen for you really quick
Success can happeninstantaneously in a way, even
though there are other aspectsof the year that are very
volatile and very combustible.
But we're all working with itright.
We're turning up thetemperature and the molecules
are moving more quickly andthey're wondering what's going
to happen next and it's atransformation, in that analogy,
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from maybe a liquid to a gas orsomething like that.
So all of these changes arehappening simultaneously, but we
are starting the year with, inall honesty, kind of a
frustrating retrograde.
But this is not unfamiliarterritory, because Mars again
has been retrograde for a monthnow, but I'm going to guide you
through the impact of itsretrograde in the sign of Cancer
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.
So it's traced its steps backinto cancer.
And also just a quick reminderthat you know there's still time
to download the 2025 horoscopesthat I've created for each
zodiac sign.
These videos are anywhere from75 to 90 minutes and they go
into detail about every new andfull moon, the retrograde cycles
and so on all the key trends,timelines of when you're going
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to have more momentum based onyour sign.
So definitely download those.
About 9,000 people havedownloaded a video so far and
the reviews have beenconsistently positive, so it's
not too late to download those.
You know, we're only a few daysinto the year and we have many
new and full moons to cover,obviously in the upcoming year,
so you'll definitely stillsqueeze a lot of value out of
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that.
And yeah, but let's, uh, let's,get into this.
So Mars, mars retrograde.
Before I even get into that,it's like well, what, what,
what's, what's up with Marsretrograde?
How do we even, you know,arrive at that?
What is, um, you know, I didn'tlike maybe some of you were
like I didn't know other planetsretrograded besides Mercury,
right.
So like Mercury, retrograde isthe most famous of all, or
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infamous retrograde.
This is when people immediatelyblame it for any mishap or bad
decision, and so that's sort ofthe popularized retrograde.
But we got to show love to theother planets which also
retrograde, right?
So Venus, for example.
Venus retrogrades every yearand a half.
Mercury retrogrades every threemonths or so.
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The social and outer planetsretrograde every year for a
pretty good chunk of time, andChiron retrogrades, and with
Mars, though, it's a special onebecause it only retrogrades
every two years, and two monthsor so, or two, just over two
years really.
So every so, for example, likeMars retrograded previously in a
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cycle where that started onaround Halloween of 2022.
So, around Halloween of 2022,mars started retrograding in
Gemini, carrying it into aretrograde path all the way into
January 2023.
Then, you know, fast forward toDecember of 2024, retrogrades
again.
That's just over two yearsbetween the initiation of each
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retrograde cycle there.
So, like I outlined for theother planets, mars retrograde
is the most rare.
Only Venus would have a moresort of a wider window between
retrogrades.
So, again to give you thatexample, venus went retrograde
in July of 2023.
It will go retrograde again inMarch of 2025.
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So that's a pretty.
So that's well over a year,obviously, and the point is that
, regardless, though, of howrare or common something is,
when a planet retrogrades, it isexpressed in a less natural way
.
It typically deserves a bit of arepair process.
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I mean, think about it,retrograde is like a bit of a
kink in the system relative tothat planet, and it's not a
reason to be afraid, though.
It's just that we are tendingto something where maybe there
is a bit of a breakdown, thereis a bit of a misuse of that
planet's energy, and when wetend to it, we fix it and we
actually work with that planeteven more effectively and
efficiently.
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So when Mercury is retrograde,yes, sometimes people say the
wrong thing at the wrong time.
Sometimes, when Venus isretrograde, people experience a
lot of frustration in theirpartnerships.
When Venus is retrograde,people experience a lot of
frustration in theirpartnerships.
When Saturn is retrograde,people feel as though their
professional plans are beingsort of evaluated and audited
almost more closely.
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When Uranus is retrograde, wehave to reflect on, you know,
our process of reinvention.
I mean so, as you've alsonoticed when I'm describing this
, it's not just a breakdown.
It's like sometimes it's justan internalization of something.
So, again, despite what youmight read in the headlines or
on websites or on social mediaplatforms, retrogrades are not a
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cause to run for the hills.
It's actually a really nicemoment to reconsider how you've
been using this planet, soyou're not on autopilot anymore.
The retrograde forces you outof autopilot and you're like, oh
, let me check all these otherknobs you know and control
systems and make sure that youknow I could manage this planet
well in a crisis or somethinglike that.
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And sometimes the retrograde issort of associated with a crisis
, you know, in the domain ofthat planet.
So, meaning you know, eachplanet represents a different
area of our psyche essentially,and sometimes when a planet
retrogrades, we experience acrisis in that area of the
psyche.
So with Mercury, with ourcommunication with Mars, with
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our aggression or stressmanagement, with our aggression
or stress management.
And I mean it does matter, bythe way, that Mars is the rarest
of all retrogrades, becauseit's the retrograde that we are
least familiar with in thatsense.
So everyone, every human beingwho ever lived, experienced the
least amount of Mars retrogradescompared to the other planets,
you know, by definition.
So we don't have as many sortof attempts at managing Mars
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retrograde in our lifetimes.
So let's zero in on Mars.
Mars is our ability.
I think Mars is actually ourability to withstand either
challenge or competition or evenoutside aggression.
I mean, you know, mars isreally what allows us to fight
back and Mars is what allows usto take life by the horns in key
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situations.
So if you are trying to really,I mean think about just managing
any stressful situation whereyou have to apply force and I
don't mean that necessarilyphysically, but like the force
of your will.
Force of your will, so like, ifyou have I don't know, like
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I'll just random example, butover this past summer, you know,
I was walking my dog outsideand Smokey courts and you know,
smokey ended up stepping on likesome kind of pine, pine cone
sort of shard and it got rightinto his paw and you know it was
a a, it was a stressfulsituation because he was like
limping and I was like, oh god,I have to find like a pair of
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tweezers and I have to, like,you know, I have to pluck this
out, even though it's going tobe stressful for him.
So it's like, as I'm navigatingthat crisis, I have to use my
mars sign, I have to use my marsenergy, which is again the
ability to kind of take a, takea risk, basically, cause, like,
you're taking a risk in any kindof situation like that, whether
you are trying to uh, you know,uh help your pet through a
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stressful situation, or ifyou're trying to get your car
out of a narrow driveway that itcan barely fit through, which
is also something I experienceevery day.
Um, but Mars is your ability torespond to these things with a
sense of like direction anddecisiveness.
Experience, you know, this sortof imbalance of stress responses
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where, like, your stressresponse system can be a little
bit skewed or again out ofbalance.
Meaning, let's say, somebody Idon't know leaves the somewhat
dirty plate beside the sinkinstead of immediately putting
it in the dishwasher, and then,like you know, for some reason,
you blow up at them about thatand you're like, how could you
do that?
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How could you leave the plateby the sink instead of putting
it away?
Or, you know, maybe you're at abar and somebody steps on you
and you're, and you like can'tkeep your cool.
Like that's sort of like amisfiring of Mars, because
ideally, mars is forceful at the, at the right time, and then,
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and then it's, it's composed.
It's or not really composed,because Mars is, by definition,
isn't really, but like you'recomposed in situations that are
a little bit more minor.
Um, so if you're born with Marsretrograde, then you know what
I'm talking about.
Um, you know that you've hadmoments where you blow up when
it's not really called for oryou find yourself stressed about
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something that is, again,relatively minor.
But Mars retrograde people withMars retrograde natally myself
included we learn how to.
I mean, I do think we learn howto manage that stress like
really well, to a point whereyou know people actually look to
us for you know, for help in acrisis and so, like you know,
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anytime you have a retrogradeplanet natally, it's like a call
to master that planet's energy,because you definitely didn't
in your past life.
So I think, if you believe inastrology, it's hard to make a
case against reincarnation.
I think that the chart willshow past lives, it will show
the reason why you came back andit will show where the
imbalances are.
So, if you have Mars retrogradein your chart, then you
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probably lashed out in a pastlife or you probably were overly
aggressive or, to be honest,there may have been moments
where you were a bit of a coward.
I mean, that kind of stuff canhappen.
So, like a Mars retrograde, mayhave experienced a situation in
a past life where they were ina battle, they were in a war and
they fled their whatever, theirgroup, or maybe someone with
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Mars retrograde was extremelyunhinged in a past life and just
sort of creating conflict atevery turn.
But in this lifetime it's likeevery time you try to operate in
those ways it just sort of likethe negative consequences are
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twofold or threefold.
So if you decide not to partakein something when a decision is
needed and you practicecowardice like that will really
be known by others.
And if you practice or if youhave poor anger management, that
will also be noticed by others.
But again, like over time youend up refining that.
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But when Mars is retrograde inthe transits, everybody in the
collective is suddenly presentedwith this sort of different
operating system where it's likesuddenly a circuit is broke or
whatever and a wire has notconnected all of a sudden or is
disconnected and again stressmanagement capabilities just
sort of decrease.
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So but you know again, fornatal Mars retrogrades, if you
have it natally, this isn'tnecessarily the most challenging
time.
But remember there areexternalities where other people
around you are experiencing themore sort of negative side
effects.
But I've talked about Marsretrograde and Leo on my sub
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stack before, so you can alwaysreference that.
I'm not going to talk aboutthat because we are getting
through that retrograde, thatportion of the retrograde, but
now it is going into the sign ofcancer and it's a totally
different ball game.
I mean Mars retrograde and Leois not Christmas retrograde in
Leo is not so bad, I mean it isdefinitely.
You know, it's in a fire sign,fixed fire.
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So I think it's fairly pridefuland confident and charismatic
there, even when it's retrograde.
And I would assume, especiallywith the alignment with the
holidays, that some of you maybegot back in touch with your own
inner child.
I know I did.
I mean I ended up decorating anentire Christmas tree for the
first time in like 20 yearsbecause because I was I mean,
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well, it's a long story, I wasbasically I was when I was like
nine or 10 years old we foundout that I'm allergic to like
actual Christmas trees, like theactual tree and, um, I don't
know.
Because of that, we juststopped having Christmas trees
at the house, which soundsreally lame because it is.
But I've basically outgrown myallergies over time by doing,
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honestly, breathwork helped mereally flush out a lot of
allergy related issues the pastcouple of years.
But I learned this year thatI'm still somehow allergic to
the actual pine tree in thehouse.
There's something about thearoma I think that just really
gets to me, but I'm not allergicto anything else outdoors that
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I know of at this point.
So, anyways, at one point overthe holidays I did decorate a
Christmas tree from scratch andit was actually really, and it
was sort of illuminating to mebecause it kind of shined a
light on an era or an aspect ofmy childhood that I'd honestly,
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mostly forgotten about, forwhatever reason.
So I don't know, this is just asmall example of how Mars
retrograde and Leo could havebenefited you.
Toy shop um, you know,obviously like shopping for the
holidays and, um, you know,being at the toy store just
reminded me of like, again thatsame era, 9, 10, 11 when I was
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collecting pokemon cards and,like you know, just relishing
the opportunity to go to thestore, you know, after school to
buy a pack of like threemystery pokemon cards to see if
I got like a holographic Mew orsomething like that.
So, anyways, mars will go intoCancer January 6th a few hours
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after I'm recording this, and itwill be retrograde in Cancer
until February 23rd.
So it's a pretty long stretchstill to go.
I mean, it's a very longretrograde cycle, as always, and
you know, in cancer, I think itis more challenging.
I mean, it's partly becauseMars is actually fallen in
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cancer, so it's exalted inCapricorn, where it is very
poised and it is veryconsiderate of the long term.
In cancer, though, I wouldthink about it as almost like
disrupted hormones, becausecancer is ruled by the moon and
the cycles of the moon reallydictate our hormone levels for
both genders.
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I mean, cancer, as a sign, isreally about our daily rhythms
and regulations.
Like how does our body ebb andflow along with the moon?
I mean, every human being isbiologically aware of the
lunation cycle, even at asubconscious level.
We don't have to cognize that.
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We don't have to.
You know, it doesn't matter ifyou're skeptical of astrology or
not.
Like it is a form of astrologythough, though, to basically
observe how the patterns of themoon influence and exercise,
influence on, you know, ourbody's regulatory system,
hormones, endocrine system.
I mean there's all kinds of uhstudies that have been done
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about this and you know bloodflow changes during certain
lunation phases.
So that's why astrologers neverI mean they always advise
against.
You know, for example, likedoing procedures during a full
moon.
I mean uh, you know, and Iwould obviously, just as a quick
caveat, like rec, I wouldrecommend, like consulting with
an astrologer if you have aquestion like that.
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You know, and I've doneconsultations like that where
people ask me, you know whenshould I go in for a procedure,
and that, like very much, is adelicate process that factors in
not just the lunation phase but, like your natal moon and, uh,
you know, obviously all theplanets involved.
So, anyways, um, marsretrograde and cancer, it's just
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a tough retrograde.
I I mean ask anyone who wasborn in like late 1992 what
that's like.
You know, because the late 92folks have Mars retrograde in
Cancer and you know thatretrograde was actually
especially difficult in a waybecause it was opposing Neptune
and Uranus.
But you know, mars retrogradeand Cancer definitely makes us
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more likely to become kind ofmoody, emotional and also maybe
a little bit bitter about thingsfrom our past, because Cancer
again ruled by the moon.
Cancer naturally would be anostalgic sign, or it's
associated with idyllic eras orit's associated with, you know,
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even in a way, those sort ofearly years.
But I've noticed that, likecancer placements, people with a
lot of cancer placements willcontinually pull back or draw
upon their past.
You know, like if you've everdated a cancer, you know you'll
notice that they do somethingwhere they keep, you know, their
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exes around, like they'llinsist that oh yeah, I can be
friends with my ex, even thoughwe had a thing at one point,
like it's all good, like that'sjust how Cancers are, because
they are comforted by thefamiliar.
It doesn't have to be literallyjust about family with the sign
of Cancer.
It can be anything that'sfamiliar.
It doesn't have to be literallyjust about family with the sign
of cancer, it can be anythingthat's familiar.
But the problem with Mars andCancer retrograde is that things
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that typically are familiar andsources of comfort become
sources of strife and strain.
So it's almost like the blanketthat keeps you warm every night
is suddenly kind of prickly andmakes you itchy all over.
You know that's sort of theanalogy I would give.
Or you know someone in yourfamily who typically is very
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caring and you know a source ofcomfort for you, is suddenly
fighting with you aboutsomething and you know this
probably will, for many people,spark conflict within families
or with roommates or landlordsor anyone that's under the same
roof as you.
So it'll impact every sign inthese ways.
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By the way, it's not just thecardinal signs which I'll talk
about, signs which I'll talkabout.
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So my advice, basically, is tonot expect your usual sources of
comfort to be there.
Honestly, like, don Don'tassume that again, your roommate
is just going to play nice.
And with Mars retrograde though,it's an opportunity to you know
, demonstrate leadership duringa crisis, especially within your
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family and with your roommates,or, honestly, with anyone that
you're surrounded by but, likeeveryone else, will be
emotionally dysregulated prettymuch during this phase of Mars
retrograde.
So, by listening to thispodcast or watching astrology
videos, or however you consumeastrology, it's like you, you
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know you can step up, you canfill that void or you can
counterbalance that.
So, as other people are moody,as other people become maybe
bitter about something fromtheir past, you can sidestep
that, I mean, and bysidestepping it you can focus
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your energy on the things thatactually matter.
I mean, and I'm not going tolike paint with a broad brush
and say and generalize and belike, well, you're not going to
have any problems if you listento this podcast, like, it's not
that simple, it's just that like, just know that you will have
to manage a crisis during thistime, that you will have to
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manage a crisis during this time, and so it's like why not just
have as much energy as possibleto actually address those
concerns, instead of scatteringyour energy, which is, I think,
what people are going to betempted to do here?
You know, scattering theirenergy by calling their mother
and then fighting with her foran hour, hanging up the phone,
calling your nephew or callingyour cousin or calling your
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sibling or whoever, and fightingwith them and then emailing
your landlord and saying whyhaven't you fixed this yet?
I mean and again, like you canrank these things Like there's
probably certain things in thislist that are more important
than others.
For example, if you have, like,a repair that needs to be done
in your apartment or something,and it's overdue like a month
overdue and your landlord stillhasn't addressed it, okay, let's
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put that towards the top.
That is a crisis that you wouldhave to manage.
But do you really have to beyapping away with your mother
for an hour about something thatmaybe isn't marginal?
Maybe it's not, but you justhave to be insofar as you can be
, insofar as it's realistic, youhave to be the emotionally
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regulated one, especially infamilial contexts as well as
familiar contexts, and it's notVenus retrograde yet, but Venus
will be in pre-shadow duringparts of this Mars retrograde.
And if Venus is in pre-shadowwhile Mars is retrograde yet,
but Venus will be in pre-shadowduring parts of this Mars
retrograde, and if Venus is inpre-shadow while Mars is
retrograde, in Cancer especially, I mean I could see how some
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people might resent somethingfrom the past in a relationship
context where they send thisstrange text or email to their
ex and say you know, hey, I'mstill not over what happened
here.
You know, like you know, I wouldsay most likely that's a bad
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idea.
You know, like you don't reallyhave to resolve right, you
don't really have to do that,you don't have to resolve things
from the past, like.
I think like what's done isdone is probably gonna be the
lesson for a lot of peopleduring this Mars retrograding
cancer.
Because again, with this cancerenergy, it's like people are
really tempted to almost derivetheir anger from past situations
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that cannot be controlledanymore or changed.
So like if your partner,ex-partner, did something you
don't like, didn't like, and youfeel like they kind of walked
away with kind of a chummy grinand they were, like you know,
like kind of walking away almostlike, oh yeah, I totally showed
them.
Or I walked away on top, likedon't, don't go back to them
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yelling at them about it ortrying to, you know, gain
vengeance.
I mean you know that that's tome not, that's just going to
drain you and it's going toteach you some really tough
lessons that again you can'tchange the course of time, uh,
of the past.
I mean you know the othercontext could be again that you
are hung up on something in yourfamily, like maybe there's a
family feud about something,whether it be over an
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inheritance or property or who'staking care of mom, like
whatever the scenario is.
You know, again, expect alittle bit more sensitivity in
those areas.
People will be more sensitivein those environments and you
will be more sensitive to stressduring this time, in these
contexts.
And, by the way, in the houseof your chart that's ruled by
cancer and use a whole signhouse system, by the way.
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So if you are and we'll gothrough that, I mean we might as
well go through that right now.
But just quickly, the timelineagain January 6th through Feb
23,.
Mars is retrograding cancer.
That's when you will be moresensitive to stress.
But you can also find yourstrength, find your inner sort
of autonomy and your innerleader, such that you can either
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take charge, manage the crisisin that family context or in
some other context, or you canset better boundaries in these
areas and say, hey, I don'tagain, I don't need to have the
hour-long conversation with myparents, I can just set a time
limit on it or hang up if it'sstarting to go into sort of
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negative territory.
And another quick mention Iguess piece of this timeline is
that you know a lot of stressthat you would have experienced
or may have experienced betweenOctober 4th and November 3rd.
That, like anything thathappened in that timeline, is
most likely the terrain thatyou'll be kind of reworking here
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, because Mars retrograde is notnecessarily bringing up always
new situations.
It can be a rehash of thingsfrom that era or that time
period, I should say.
So, whatever challenges gothrough, do the inventory.
What challenges did Iexperience between October 4th
and November 3rd?
Whatever it was?
What challenges did Iexperience between October 4th
and November 3rd?
Whatever it was?
You probably are continuing torehash it and there is a
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post-shadow phase, but I'm notgoing to get into that on this
podcast.
The peak of the retrograde isaround January 15th, when Mars,
you know, opposes the sun.
Exactly that is when that isthe day, I think, when all
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cardinal signs will be feared bypeople.
But that's January 13th through15th to me is the toughest
point in the retrograde, as wellas January 23rd actually, when
Mercury opposes Mars and squaresChiron, which I talked about on
my YouTube for my Januarypredictions.
That is very challengingT-square, where there's just
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arguments galore, very vitrioliclanguage being used, you know,
just fighting words, and a lotof statements being made there
that are kind of non-negotiablesfor the other person, where
someone will say something thatjust like makes the relationship
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untenable or makes thesituation untenable, like, yeah,
I just think that a lot ofrelationships will be very
frayed and kind of fraught withall kinds of challenges because
of the things people are saying.
So, you know, just be verycareful with your language
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around January 23rd and plus orminus a few days on either side
of that.
So I'm going to jump in for thesort of horoscopes and I'm going
to start off with the cardinalsigns, because Mars is
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activating either an angularhouse of their birth chart or
it's forming a hard aspect tothese signs.
But for Aries, mars is in theopening square in the fourth
house there, and this is goingto make you more sensitive to
stress in your home or with yourfamily.
You are the most likely sign,in a lot of ways, to have to
navigate stressful situations inthe family or at home.
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But remember, this is anopportunity to be extremely
decisive, bold, and I mean sortof elite in this area.
Like you can really impresspeople with the sort of gravitas
and and and or sort of thepoise and the composure that you
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yeah, you can impress peoplewith your composure, basically
in any of those stressfulsituations Um and uh.
You know, for cancer, thoughthis is in the first house or in
your sign, and and for cancers.
Arguably, though, this is themost frustrating of all for you.
Like you are the sign that ismost likely to become frustrated
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by the retrograde, especiallyaround january 13th, that full
moon in your sign.
I think you're getting a little, I don't know, aggressive or
something, and it's it is likeyou are in the foreground there
of like this Mars retrogradestoryline.
Like you are the main characterand that means that you are
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bearing the brunt of this.
I mean, you are the most likelyto again have stressful
situations arise, you will haveto prove your toughness in a way
or your strength.
And with the full moonjuxtaposed, you know, with this
retrograde here in cancer it'slike also an opportunity to
release, release stress, let itgo Again, especially stress
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about the past.
A lot of cancers right now arefeeling almost like there's an
invisible string or cord maybestill connecting them to
something from the past and theyhave to cut that cord.
Maybe you've already cut thatcord in years past and you're
like, eh, it's back.
That happens, cords regrow.
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And, by the way, again, if youare a paid Substack subscriber,
I have a cord-cutting ritual andrecording on my Substack from
March, during the lunar eclipsein Libra from March 25th of 2024
.
And I really enjoyed doing thatlive ceremony and the recording
really is an intuitivenavigation of a shamanic journey
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.
Basically, that can really helpyou pull out some of these
negative forces that still havetheir hooks in you.
But yeah, for Cancer, as you'reletting go, you're ultimately
letting go of something from thepast that's been frustrating
you.
Now Mars for Libras isretrograde in the 10th.
Mars retrograde in the 10th forLibras is showing a sensitivity
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to stress in the domain ofcareer or with authority figures
or as a parent or with parents.
So, as a Libra, you're morelikely to, you know, encounter a
lot of frustration with anyoneyou report to, anyone you look
up to again, a parentpotentially.
Or you might make emotionallydriven choices in your career
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and you might be unnecessarilyrisk-loving or taking risks.
You might be.
Yeah, your risk tolerance issort of I mean again, again,
like it's sort of hard toexplain but, like in some
situations, you arehypersensitive with mars
retrograde, to stress where it'slike you kind of cower away
when something is more likecalling again, calling on you to
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be a badass.
And there's other situationswhere nobody is asking you to do
anything and you decide to bebold.
Again, it's sort of like a meme, it's like no one, you, hey,
I'm going to go knock on theCEO's door and demand a raise
while they're eating lunch.
It's like the timing matters,right, and, by the way, I'm not
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saying you can't ask for a raisewhen Mars is retrograde, but
I'm just saying there'smiscalculations potentially in
terms of how you assert yourself.
But for Libras, this is achance to set boundaries with
your family, like for Aries aswell.
Aries and Libra, you both havea chance to really set
boundaries with your family andto again prove your mettle, so
to speak, in this context.
But I think for Librasespecially, it's about the
career really.
Now.
For Capricorns, it's retrogradein the seventh house, so
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similar to Cancers.
If you're still not fully oversomething about your past
relationships, it might festerin you a little bit where you
feel like, yeah, that personreally betrayed me and I don't
know why I let them get awaywith that or whatever.
Like you might be kind of hungup on something from from the
past, from a past relationship,um, and in general the seventh
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house is open enemies.
So I mean, yeah, it's not easy.
You're going to basically likeany, any sort of like bad energy
you experience with people whomaybe resent you or don't like
you or judge you, like thatenergy is going to be amplified.
I mean it's going to feel likeuh, it's just accented Like
anyone who you clash with andbutt heads with you might just,
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um, they might egg you on alittle bit.
So don't take the bait, don'tjust accept those conflicts,
don't, you know, fuel themfurther.
But you know, if you reallyfeel like you have to explain
something to a past partner, Idon't know, I'm not going to
stop you If you have to vocalizesomething.
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I think that maybe that's okay.
But others in relationshipsalready, if you're in an
existing one, yeah, you mightexperience some stress there.
But around January 13thespecially, some Capricorns
might let someone go, might letgo of a relationship, but it is
a great opportunity to, I think,to negotiate something that is
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still lingering, like a contract, or to sell something that you
weren't able to sell in theprevious months.
If you're still trying to pushlike a big sale through to
somebody, big contract through,I think that's actually a great
timeexisting.
And maybe in a relationship youjust set better boundaries with
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someone where I don't know,maybe you have like a great
partnership but your partnerconsistently calls you
throughout the day,indiscriminately, while you're
working.
That would be a greatretrograde to be like, or a
great full moon, I guess, on the13th to be like.
Well, hey, like I love you, butI don't.
I just think you know sometimesyou could be more mindful of my
schedule when you decide tocall me.
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So let's go into the other signsand admittedly I'm going to go
through this a little bitquicker because for the other
signs, it's not that the impactis entirely muted, but it's not.
You know, it's not going to berelatively as significant and
again, I'm going to do anewsletter on this in more
detail.
Plus, you know, obviously, ifyou want more details on how
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Mars retrograde affects you,it's like you can always also
consult an astrologer and theycan walk you through exactly how
Mars retrograde is influencingall the planets in the birth
chart.
So for Taurus, I'll go in orderfrom Taurus through Pisces and
skip over the cardinal signs.
So for Taurus, it is very mucha time where you are resolving
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unresolved arguments, but youare also more argumentative than
usual.
However, you can again resolvethose arguments or solve
problems or crises with anysiblings.
And for Gemini, it's in thesecond house.
So you're really advocating foryour self-worth more firmly,
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maybe experiencing some stresswith either your possessions or
money, but also, through thatexperience, being more forceful
about hey, I want to hit thisfinancial goal or I want this
raise.
I think you're the sign that'smost likely to ask for a raise
actually.
Financial goal, or I want thisraise, Like, I think you're the
sign that's most likely to askfor a raise actually, or you
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will, you know, reevaluate thathow you chase material success.
Maybe you'll realize that yourego is too wrapped up in it and
you'll pull back from it.
But I think for a lot of you,it's about advocating for.
You know you're stepping up,showing yourself worth, also
showing and demanding that yoube compensated for your natural
abilities and talents and thingslike that.
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So, um, you know, somefinancial disputes could arise
also with that retrograde foryou, but you know it could be
one that's a little subtle foryou.
You might even evaluate,reevaluate, uh, your motivations
for indulging in certainmaterial pleasures.
Leo, it's in your 12th house.
So for you, you know this istough.
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I mean in the 12th house, and Italked about this in my 2025
horoscopes.
So if you've downloaded those,it's nothing new for you.
But you know, for you it'sreally about sleep cycles.
Your sleep cycle is way offright.
So, like, if you're a Leorising, you know, maybe, maybe
you're a Leo rising who's inBali right now.
It's like you know that's fine,you know, have fun.
But Mars retrograde in the 12th.
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I mean I think that there is acall here over the next few
weeks to like really get into aclear circadian rhythm.
Leos might have like kind ofinsane dreams as well, kind of
vivid dreams, maybe even violentdreams, to be honest, but I
have Mars retrograde in my 12thhouse, natally, so I can
corroborate that I mean mydreams are pretty insane, but
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also this can help you create adivine channel.
You can become a divine channel, maybe, engage in more
thoughtful spiritual practicesand again get your sleep in
check.
And also, you know, with thatretrograde, though, don't get
too stressed out at night.
If you're going to like anykind of like nighttime venues,
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like bars, like really reallymake sure that you don't inflame
people in those scenarios, likedon't pick a bar fight or
something.
And yeah, I think, as long asyou make your home a sanctuary
of sorts and you get your sleepin order, it should be pretty
good for you, though, virgo,you're experiencing the stress
in the 11th house of, likefriends, communities,
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humanitarian groups, socialmedia.
So if you're a Virgo, you know,just make sure that you're not
barking or biting too much onsocial media.
Make sure that you aremaintaining poise there,
addressing legitimate conflictor issues with any friends, but
not taking it so far where youlash out at a friend.
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But yeah, I mean it is again,the retrograde is here and it is
a challenge, objectively, thatwe have to meet that moment.
And meeting the moment couldlook like for Virgo, for example
, like being really being aleader right in those
communities or in that friendgroup and managing that crisis
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with aplomb.
For Scorpios, it's in the ninthhouse house.
Some of you are doing some longdistance traveling right now or
in the next couple weeks.
I think that's okay, as long asyou recognize that too much
travel would probably frustrateyou or lead to burnout.
A lot of Scorpios, I think,right now are feeling like, hey,
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I want to go all over the place, I want to travel at least a
few hundred miles away fromwhere I am now and, um, again,
that's, that's fine.
But uh, just like anything, uh,do it in moderation.
Some of you are also maybetrying to push for, like, a
publishing deal.
I mean I'm, I just finished mybook, so you know I'm trying to
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do that and you're revisitingmaybe someone you know in the
publishing industry or justadvocating for your book or
advocating for anything media ormarketing-related that you've
done.
You're reconsidering how younavigate the publishing world,
the media world, the PR world orthe higher educational world or
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your travel plans.
But like specifically with mars, it's not like a mercury
retrograde, like mars retrograde, is showing that you're kind of
like finding a different way tobe assertive in those areas,
right, um, or with scorpio, Imean, it could even be like
you're reevaluating, you'reyou're pushing to like really
really assemble your owncoursework together, become a
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teacher in a different way andto kind of be a pioneer in that
realm, because Mars can be ourkind of pioneering spirit,
because Mars wants to be firstand wants to win the competition
.
For Sagittarius.
It's in the eighth house, avery complicated house.
This is definitely a bit of atriggering transit.
You might feel frustrated bythings that you can't explain.
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There might be these sort ofevents or conversations or
moments that sort of writhearound, like wiggle their way
into your subconscious andgenerate a reaction you didn't
expect.
So that's an excuse to doshadow work.
Basically, you should be doingshadow work at this time, but
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also you are reevaluating yourmotivations for sex or anything
taboo, or maybe you'rereflecting on your finances or
an inheritance situation.
I think a lot of Sages, though,are actually navigating a lot
of convoluted financialsituations in their family.
I actually know a Sage who'sdoing that right now.
So now for Aquarius is in thesixth house, so this is a call
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to reevaluate your strengthtraining and look at really your
lifestyle, your muscularstrength.
Are there muscles you're nottargeting?
Do you feel like I'm makingthis up?
But like, do you feel like youare maybe sitting down all day
and then just going to the gymand doing a bunch of arms and
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bicep curls and then going backhome and sitting and working all
day?
Therefore, maybe your corestrength or your lower body
strength is not great.
This is the time to evaluatethings like that.
But also, if you have anycoworkers who you don't get
along with, I would just try tominimize interactions with them
during this time.
And if you have any pets I meanthe sixth house is pets To be
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honest you might experience somechallenge with pets.
So, just you know, be mindfulof that.
And then with Pisces, it's inthe fifth.
So if you have children, youknow there might be some
lingering conflict you'reresolving with your children.
I don't know if it necessarilywould have to do with like
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custody battles, but you know itcertainly can, you know, create
some frustration within thefamily.
Others will be kind of, youknow, trying to rethink, like
really trying to rediscovertheir creativity actually and
use their creativity as energyand, you know, look to your
creativity to find and capturemore energy, even though it's an
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area where you might findfrustration.
I mean, you know some Piscesmight be arguing or disputing a
creative project, for example,like you know, a Pisces, at the
same time could turn to acreative endeavor to find that
motivation again and find thatfuel.
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And, yeah, I mean the Marsretrograde in the 5th, I don't
find it to be all thatchallenging per se.
It is the house of good fortune.
So you know, even though Marsis a malefic planet, meaning it
can, you know, it couldtheoretically create conflicts
for a Pisces that ruin orundermine the good fortune that
could have come.
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But, like, at the same time,mars is, you know again, the
force of our will and you knowit's.
It's.
Mars is sex and the fifth houseis romance.
So I mean, you know, if you'rea Pisces who you know is still
attracted to somebody who youwent on a few dates with, maybe
you will go on more dates withthem and you'll, or some Pisces
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will evaluate, like, maybe I'msort of just in this rat race
with the dating scene, I don'twant to be part of it anymore.
So some Pisces might experiencefrustration within a casual
relationship, or they'll want togo back to it just for the
physical gratification of it, ora Pisces will find their
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motivation again to finish acreative project.
But yeah, I don't think it'sinherently a bad transit.
So before I wrap up, though, Ijust want to mention one other
thing that I've noticed on thesort of social media pages.
I mean, astrologers arenotorious for not agreeing on.
You know how a year is going toaffect a sign or something like
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that.
But you know I did a rankinglast week on the podcast, which
I uh was the most popularepisode so far in the season,
which I really appreciate allyour support and and definitely
you know, continue to sharethese podcasts, episodes and, um
, engage with them, but uh, butyou know the ranking that I gave
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about, you know, virgo wascontroversial, I think, for a
lot of people, and Aries youknow I put Virgo at 11th this
upcoming year, aries at 12th,and you know people were saying,
oh, I heard this otherastrologer giving Virgos like
one of the best years, and so Iwent to the video and I was like
watching it and I won't namethe astrologer, but you know I
found it to be sort of suspect.
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You know, like the methodologydidn't really make any sense to
me.
So a lot of astrologers,especially the inexperienced
ones, are and I'm not liketrying to throw any shade, I
mean I was an inexperiencedtechnically.
I didn't even, you know, openan astrology book until you know
what is it now, four years ago.
So I don't want to be thatperson, right?
I'm not like a gatekeeper, I'mnot in some ivory tower, I'm not
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one of those astrologers, right, and I know those.
I've heard of those astrologerswho rip any astrologer who's
like on TikTok and I thinkthat's bullshit.
But you know, I just think thatsome astrologers are a little
bit quick, though maybe in thefirst couple of years, first
year or two years, or even intheir later years of experience,
like they're a little bit quickto jump on the train of like.
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Well, you know, I learned thatJupiter is growth and abundance.
So I'm going to like really usethat as the spear point in
determining my rankings.
Or, you know, I heard thatVenus, again, is another
positive planet, and that's fine, there's merit to these things.
But over time you realize thatJupiter just inflates, doesn't
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necessarily create the mostpositive scenario every time.
So you know, I would just say Iwould just be cautious about
that.
If you see an astrologer saylike, oh, virgos are going to
have a great year because theyhave Jupiter in the 10th, I
would just take that with agrain of salt, because and I'm
not saying that Virgos aredestined to have a bad year, by
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the way, nor Aries but it wouldbe very naive, I think, and
misleading, to say that you know, oh, you don't have anything to
worry about, your career isgoing to be totally fine,
because you know, we got tofigure it.
We have to factor in everythingelse and like for Virgos, it's
like the South Node is going tobe in Virgo.
And like ask Libras what it waslike with the South node in
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their sign the past year and ahalf.
Ask Scorpios what it was liketo have the South node in their
sign in 2022 and part of 2023.
Like, even if those years hadsome success for those signs,
they were still reallychallenging.
You know, I had the South nodeon my Venus, my Sun, my Pluto,
my Moon over that time when theSouth node was in Scorpio.
And it's like yeah, I mean, Istarted my business, I, you know
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, found my footing as anastrologer.
But at the same time, you know,it's like I entered into
situations that presented a lotof promise but ended up being
these like karmic contracts thatI just had to finish off like
finish out, and like that wasreally frustrating.
So I just had to finish offlike finish out and like that
was really frustrating.
So, you know, I think the Southnode is is a bit of a uh, it's
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like a cup that you're fillingup but there's like a bit of a
puncture at the bottom and soyou start to realize that
there's a leak in here.
Ah, you know, I might I feellike I have something in this
cup, but I'm also losing it andin a way that's kind of tragic.
It's sort of like being aMinnesota Vikings fan, where you
know you have a high winpercentage every year but you've
never won the Super Bowl.
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It's like you kind of get someopportunity but then it's not
clear if it's sticking around.
The south node is kind of adrain, but you know it can bring
these pivotal situations fromyour past lives that pay off for
you at the same time, likemaybe you helped someone out in
a past life, you saved them from, you know, a wild animal.
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And then they come back aroundwhen Venus transits your south
node and they help you get, youknow, some kind of media deal
because you saved them in a pastlife and neither party
understands that that that'shappening.
But maybe that is happeningduring a South Node-Alt-Transit.
So I'm not saying that Virgosare all going to have a bad year
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or something.
It's just that, relativelyspeaking, if you just average it
out probabilistically based onall the factors, it's like
Virgos, you've got Saturnopposing your sign, still
Neptune opposing your sign,south Node in your sign, pluto
in your sixth, I mean Chiron inthe eighth.
There's a lot of complextransits there that you can use
in your favor.
But like Jupiter in the 10thisn't inherently just going to
guarantee you a great year.
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Jupiter can just merely inflate, cause you to underestimate the
risks of something,overestimate the benefits.
So again, I just find thatweird that astrologers were
ranking Virgo so high.
It doesn't make any sense andagain, if we're in the business
of ranking, it's purely athought experiment.
So don't hate me if I say thatsuch a sign is going to have
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10th, 11th, 12th, best year,aries.
It's really hard to give you ahigh ranking either because
you've got all these planets inyour 12th house right now, which
is the house of bad spirit.
It's a really liminal, abstracthouse that is hard to grasp.
If you're an Aries who is anexpert in shamanistic healing,
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meditation, yoga, well thenthat's great.
If you are a JK Rowling type,who, you know, writes all day,
every day I don't know if sheactually does that in terms of
her routine, but, like you know,if you're like a famous writer
who basically all you do iswrite and you dream, and then
you write, and you dream and youwrite, then I mean this is a
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great year for you.
But for most Aries who like tostay grounded, I think, in their
bodies and like in competitionin the physical plane with
people, it's kind of a yearwithout a clear anchor, if I'm
being honest.
But again, my 2025 horoscopeshave details where, like they
have, I basically unveil all thekey dates when you actually
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will find success and can findsuccess If you're aware of those
transits and work with them.
But you know, aries, like youmight have an ego death this
year, like Saturn, neptuneconjoining in your sign and into
2026.
You might transcend the ego andrealize that separateness is an
illusion and therefore, youknow, eliminate the separation
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between you and your dreams.
So, like I said, even being the12th sign in the ranking still
gives you a ticket to paradise,or whatever, or luck, or success
.
It's just that, on balance, ifI'm in the business of ranking
the signs in 2025, I think itwould be a violation of policy
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basically to say that Virgo andAries would be at the top of the
list but at the same time,you'll meet a Virgo who had the
best year and you'll meet aGemini who even though I put
Geminis at the top who had aterrible year.
But that's all based on how youwork with the transits that,
hopefully, you're conscious of.
You have to be conscious of thetransits, work with them wisely
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and apply a positive mindsetonto those transits.
But you can't escape the musicof the spheres.
Like the music is happening,the symphony is happening.
So, like you know, it's notenough to just be like I don't
care about astrology.
I can just, you know, wish itaway, and it doesn't work that
way.
The planets are literally partof our reality and our frequency
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and our vibrations.
So, yeah, work with theastrology.
Anyways, I just wanted tomention that which could just be
my Mars Gemini complainingabout nothing.
I don't know, maybe not thatmany astrologers put Virgo high,
but I've seen a lot of commentsabout it that Virgos will have
a great year, or how could yousay this.
Virgos were supposed to havethe perfect 2025.
I don't know.
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I only watched one video of anastrologer, kind of like,
implying that, but because ofthe amount of comments I've
gotten, I'm just kind of I'm notsure where those other
astrologers are.
I mean, do they?
I don't know who the otherastrologers are, but because of
the volume of comments I'vegotten about it, I'm imagining a
lot of astrologers have pickedVirgos to have the best year and
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it's and Aries, and, like Aries, you have the North node in
your signs.
You have self actualized insome ways, but I still think you
have a lot of work to do, a lotof reflecting to do in the 12th
house.
So, anyways, thank you so much.
Definitely subscribe to the substack, check out those
horoscopes that are stillavailable, and my readings for
2025 are sold out at this time,I believe.
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So I'm doing yeah, so I'm doinga hundred readings in 2025.
I have left a few spots stillto be plugged into the schedule,
though, so there's still like avery, very, a very small amount
of spots.
I want to say about five that Iwill drop at certain points in
the upcoming months, so justlook out for that through my
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social media.
But anyways, thank you so much.
This is Astrology Unbound.
I'm Nathaniel Grimm and I hopeyou have a great Mars retrograde
experience.
Take care.
Hey, there, it's Abinathaniel Grimm, and welcome
to the latest episode ofAstrology Unbound, and today we
are going to dive into Marsretrograde in Cancer.
We have reached the next stagein Mars' retrograde cycle.
So it has been retrograde inLeo since December 6th and now
in a few hours, after I'mfilming this or recording this,
it will go into Cancer, and so Iwill divulge the impact on the
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zodiac signs, on society and,yeah, we're going to jump into
that.
And this is a very importantretrograde to navigate, navigate
, you know, just to make surethat your 2025 is off to a great
start, because I do think we'resort of starting the year with
some of the most challengingtransits, actually.
So if you get through thesenext two months, then I think
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the rest of the year isdefinitely set up for success
for you, and I did a webinarpresentation today about the
astrology of 2025, by the way,which you can access by becoming
a paid Substack subscriber andin that I was talking about how
it is a year of, you know,really broad, sweeping changes
and your manifestation journeycan be even more successful, to
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a point where something you'reworking on can become an
overnight success because wehave so many planets shifting
into new signs at the same time,but also we have the
proliferation of technology andnew, potentially new social
media platforms.
But all of this, all of thisenergy, is really showing that
you know you can reach the rightperson at the right time with
your message or your product oryour business idea, your
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creative work, and you know itcan happen for you really quick
Success can happeninstantaneously in a way, even
though there are other aspectsof the year that are very
volatile and very combustible.
But we're all working with itright.
We're turning up thetemperature and the molecules
are moving more quickly andthey're wondering what's going
to happen next and it's atransformation, in that analogy,
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from maybe a liquid to a gas orsomething like that.
So all of these changes arehappening simultaneously, but we
are starting the year with, inall honesty, kind of a
frustrating retrograde.
But this is not unfamiliarterritory, because Mars again
has been retrograde for a monthnow, but I'm going to guide you
through the impact of itsretrograde in the sign of Cancer
(02:23):
.
So it's traced its steps backinto cancer.
And also just a quick reminderthat you know there's still time
to download the 2025 horoscopesthat I've created for each
zodiac sign.
These videos are anywhere from75 to 90 minutes and they go
into detail about every new andfull moon, the retrograde cycles
and so on all the key trends,timelines of when you're going
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to have more momentum based onyour sign.
So definitely download those.
About 9,000 people havedownloaded a video so far and
the reviews have beenconsistently positive, so it's
not too late to download those.
You know, we're only a few daysinto the year and we have many
new and full moons to cover,obviously in the upcoming year,
so you'll definitely stillsqueeze a lot of value out of
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that.
And yeah, but let's, uh, let's,get into this.
So Mars, mars retrograde.
Before I even get into that,it's like well, what, what,
what's, what's up with Marsretrograde?
How do we even, you know,arrive at that?
What is, um, you know, I didn'tlike maybe some of you were
like I didn't know other planetsretrograded besides Mercury,
right.
So like Mercury, retrograde isthe most famous of all, or
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infamous retrograde.
This is when people immediatelyblame it for any mishap or bad
decision, and so that's sort ofthe popularized retrograde.
But we got to show love to theother planets which also
retrograde, right?
So Venus, for example.
Venus retrogrades every yearand a half.
Mercury retrogrades every threemonths or so.
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The social and outer planetsretrograde every year for a
pretty good chunk of time, andChiron retrogrades, and with
Mars, though, it's a special onebecause it only retrogrades
every two years, and two monthsor so, or two, just over two
years really.
So every so, for example, likeMars retrograded previously in a
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cycle where that started onaround Halloween of 2022.
So, around Halloween of 2022,mars started retrograding in
Gemini, carrying it into aretrograde path all the way into
January 2023.
Then, you know, fast forward toDecember of 2024, retrogrades
again.
That's just over two yearsbetween the initiation of each
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retrograde cycle there.
So, like I outlined for theother planets, mars retrograde
is the most rare.
Only Venus would have a moresort of a wider window between
retrogrades.
So, again to give you thatexample, venus went retrograde
in July of 2023.
It will go retrograde again inMarch of 2025.
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So that's a pretty.
So that's well over a year,obviously, and the point is that
, regardless, though, of howrare or common something is,
when a planet retrogrades, it isexpressed in a less natural way
.
It typically deserves a bit of arepair process.
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I mean, think about it,retrograde is like a bit of a
kink in the system relative tothat planet, and it's not a
reason to be afraid, though.
It's just that we are tendingto something where maybe there
is a bit of a breakdown, thereis a bit of a misuse of that
planet's energy, and when wetend to it, we fix it and we
actually work with that planeteven more effectively and
efficiently.
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So when Mercury is retrograde,yes, sometimes people say the
wrong thing at the wrong time.
Sometimes, when Venus isretrograde, people experience a
lot of frustration in theirpartnerships.
When Venus is retrograde,people experience a lot of
frustration in theirpartnerships.
When Saturn is retrograde,people feel as though their
professional plans are beingsort of evaluated and audited
almost more closely.
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When Uranus is retrograde, wehave to reflect on, you know,
our process of reinvention.
I mean so, as you've alsonoticed when I'm describing this
, it's not just a breakdown.
It's like sometimes it's justan internalization of something.
So, again, despite what youmight read in the headlines or
on websites or on social mediaplatforms, retrogrades are not a
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cause to run for the hills.
It's actually a really nicemoment to reconsider how you've
been using this planet, soyou're not on autopilot anymore.
The retrograde forces you outof autopilot and you're like, oh
, let me check all these otherknobs you know and control
systems and make sure that youknow I could manage this planet
well in a crisis or somethinglike that.
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And sometimes the retrograde issort of associated with a crisis
, you know, in the domain ofthat planet.
So, meaning you know, eachplanet represents a different
area of our psyche essentially,and sometimes when a planet
retrogrades, we experience acrisis in that area of the
psyche.
So with Mercury, with ourcommunication with Mars, with
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our aggression or stressmanagement, with our aggression
or stress management.
And I mean it does matter, bythe way, that Mars is the rarest
of all retrogrades, becauseit's the retrograde that we are
least familiar with in thatsense.
So everyone, every human beingwho ever lived, experienced the
least amount of Mars retrogradescompared to the other planets,
you know, by definition.
So we don't have as many sortof attempts at managing Mars
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retrograde in our lifetimes.
So let's zero in on Mars.
Mars is our ability.
I think Mars is actually ourability to withstand either
challenge or competition or evenoutside aggression.
I mean, you know, mars isreally what allows us to fight
back and Mars is what allows usto take life by the horns in key
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situations.
So if you are trying to really,I mean think about just managing
any stressful situation whereyou have to apply force and I
don't mean that necessarilyphysically, but like the force
of your will.
Force of your will, so like, ifyou have I don't know, like
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I'll just random example, butover this past summer, you know,
I was walking my dog outsideand Smokey courts and you know,
smokey ended up stepping on likesome kind of pine, pine cone
sort of shard and it got rightinto his paw and you know it was
a a, it was a stressfulsituation because he was like
limping and I was like, oh god,I have to find like a pair of
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tweezers and I have to, like,you know, I have to pluck this
out, even though it's going tobe stressful for him.
So it's like, as I'm navigatingthat crisis, I have to use my
mars sign, I have to use my marsenergy, which is again the
ability to kind of take a, takea risk, basically, cause, like,
you're taking a risk in any kindof situation like that, whether
you are trying to uh, you know,uh help your pet through a
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stressful situation, or ifyou're trying to get your car
out of a narrow driveway that itcan barely fit through, which
is also something I experienceevery day.
Um, but Mars is your ability torespond to these things with a
sense of like direction anddecisiveness.
Experience, you know, this sortof imbalance of stress responses
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where, like, your stressresponse system can be a little
bit skewed or again out ofbalance.
Meaning, let's say, somebody Idon't know leaves the somewhat
dirty plate beside the sinkinstead of immediately putting
it in the dishwasher, and then,like you know, for some reason,
you blow up at them about thatand you're like, how could you
do that?
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How could you leave the plateby the sink instead of putting
it away?
Or, you know, maybe you're at abar and somebody steps on you
and you're, and you like can'tkeep your cool.
Like that's sort of like amisfiring of Mars, because
ideally, mars is forceful at the, at the right time, and then,
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and then it's, it's composed.
It's or not really composed,because Mars is, by definition,
isn't really, but like you'recomposed in situations that are
a little bit more minor.
Um, so if you're born with Marsretrograde, then you know what
I'm talking about.
Um, you know that you've hadmoments where you blow up when
it's not really called for oryou find yourself stressed about
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something that is, again,relatively minor.
But Mars retrograde people withMars retrograde natally myself
included we learn how to.
I mean, I do think we learn howto manage that stress like
really well, to a point whereyou know people actually look to
us for you know, for help in acrisis and so, like you know,
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anytime you have a retrogradeplanet natally, it's like a call
to master that planet's energy,because you definitely didn't
in your past life.
So I think, if you believe inastrology, it's hard to make a
case against reincarnation.
I think that the chart willshow past lives, it will show
the reason why you came back andit will show where the
imbalances are.
So, if you have Mars retrogradein your chart, then you
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probably lashed out in a pastlife or you probably were overly
aggressive or, to be honest,there may have been moments
where you were a bit of a coward.
I mean, that kind of stuff canhappen.
So, like a Mars retrograde, mayhave experienced a situation in
a past life where they were ina battle, they were in a war and
they fled their whatever, theirgroup, or maybe someone with
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Mars retrograde was extremelyunhinged in a past life and just
sort of creating conflict atevery turn.
But in this lifetime it's likeevery time you try to operate in
those ways it just sort of likethe negative consequences are
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twofold or threefold.
So if you decide not to partakein something when a decision is
needed and you practicecowardice like that will really
be known by others.
And if you practice or if youhave poor anger management, that
will also be noticed by others.
But again, like over time youend up refining that.
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But when Mars is retrograde inthe transits, everybody in the
collective is suddenly presentedwith this sort of different
operating system where it's likesuddenly a circuit is broke or
whatever and a wire has notconnected all of a sudden or is
disconnected and again stressmanagement capabilities just
sort of decrease.
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So but you know again, fornatal Mars retrogrades, if you
have it natally, this isn'tnecessarily the most challenging
time.
But remember there areexternalities where other people
around you are experiencing themore sort of negative side
effects.
But I've talked about Marsretrograde and Leo on my sub
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stack before, so you can alwaysreference that.
I'm not going to talk aboutthat because we are getting
through that retrograde, thatportion of the retrograde, but
now it is going into the sign ofcancer and it's a totally
different ball game.
I mean Mars retrograde and Leois not Christmas retrograde in
Leo is not so bad, I mean it isdefinitely.
You know, it's in a fire sign,fixed fire.
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So I think it's fairly pridefuland confident and charismatic
there, even when it's retrograde.
And I would assume, especiallywith the alignment with the
holidays, that some of you maybegot back in touch with your own
inner child.
I know I did.
I mean I ended up decorating anentire Christmas tree for the
first time in like 20 yearsbecause because I was I mean,
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well, it's a long story, I wasbasically I was when I was like
nine or 10 years old we foundout that I'm allergic to like
actual Christmas trees, like theactual tree and, um, I don't
know.
Because of that, we juststopped having Christmas trees
at the house, which soundsreally lame because it is.
But I've basically outgrown myallergies over time by doing,
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honestly, breathwork helped mereally flush out a lot of
allergy related issues the pastcouple of years.
But I learned this year thatI'm still somehow allergic to
the actual pine tree in thehouse.
There's something about thearoma I think that just really
gets to me, but I'm not allergicto anything else outdoors that
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I know of at this point.
So, anyways, at one point overthe holidays I did decorate a
Christmas tree from scratch andit was actually really, and it
was sort of illuminating to mebecause it kind of shined a
light on an era or an aspect ofmy childhood that I'd honestly,
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mostly forgotten about, forwhatever reason.
So I don't know, this is just asmall example of how Mars
retrograde and Leo could havebenefited you.
Toy shop um, you know,obviously like shopping for the
holidays and, um, you know,being at the toy store just
reminded me of like, again thatsame era, 9, 10, 11 when I was
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collecting pokemon cards and,like you know, just relishing
the opportunity to go to thestore, you know, after school to
buy a pack of like threemystery pokemon cards to see if
I got like a holographic Mew orsomething like that.
So, anyways, mars will go intoCancer January 6th a few hours
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after I'm recording this, and itwill be retrograde in Cancer
until February 23rd.
So it's a pretty long stretchstill to go.
I mean, it's a very longretrograde cycle, as always, and
you know, in cancer, I think itis more challenging.
I mean, it's partly becauseMars is actually fallen in
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cancer, so it's exalted inCapricorn, where it is very
poised and it is veryconsiderate of the long term.
In cancer, though, I wouldthink about it as almost like
disrupted hormones, becausecancer is ruled by the moon and
the cycles of the moon reallydictate our hormone levels for
both genders.
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I mean, cancer, as a sign, isreally about our daily rhythms
and regulations.
Like how does our body ebb andflow along with the moon?
I mean, every human being isbiologically aware of the
lunation cycle, even at asubconscious level.
We don't have to cognize that.
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We don't have to.
You know, it doesn't matter ifyou're skeptical of astrology or
not.
Like it is a form of astrologythough, though, to basically
observe how the patterns of themoon influence and exercise,
influence on, you know, ourbody's regulatory system,
hormones, endocrine system.
I mean there's all kinds of uhstudies that have been done
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about this and you know bloodflow changes during certain
lunation phases.
So that's why astrologers neverI mean they always advise
against.
You know, for example, likedoing procedures during a full
moon.
I mean uh, you know, and Iwould obviously, just as a quick
caveat, like rec, I wouldrecommend, like consulting with
an astrologer if you have aquestion like that.
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You know, and I've doneconsultations like that where
people ask me, you know whenshould I go in for a procedure,
and that, like very much, is adelicate process that factors in
not just the lunation phase but, like your natal moon and, uh,
you know, obviously all theplanets involved.
So, anyways, um, marsretrograde and cancer, it's just
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a tough retrograde.
I I mean ask anyone who wasborn in like late 1992 what
that's like.
You know, because the late 92folks have Mars retrograde in
Cancer and you know thatretrograde was actually
especially difficult in a waybecause it was opposing Neptune
and Uranus.
But you know, mars retrogradeand Cancer definitely makes us
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more likely to become kind ofmoody, emotional and also maybe
a little bit bitter about thingsfrom our past, because Cancer
again ruled by the moon.
Cancer naturally would be anostalgic sign, or it's
associated with idyllic eras orit's associated with, you know,
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even in a way, those sort ofearly years.
But I've noticed that, likecancer placements, people with a
lot of cancer placements willcontinually pull back or draw
upon their past.
You know, like if you've everdated a cancer, you know you'll
notice that they do somethingwhere they keep, you know, their
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exes around, like they'llinsist that oh yeah, I can be
friends with my ex, even thoughwe had a thing at one point,
like it's all good, like that'sjust how Cancers are, because
they are comforted by thefamiliar.
It doesn't have to be literallyjust about family with the sign
of Cancer.
It can be anything that'sfamiliar.
It doesn't have to be literallyjust about family with the sign
of cancer, it can be anythingthat's familiar.
But the problem with Mars andCancer retrograde is that things
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that typically are familiar andsources of comfort become
sources of strife and strain.
So it's almost like the blanketthat keeps you warm every night
is suddenly kind of prickly andmakes you itchy all over.
You know that's sort of theanalogy I would give.
Or you know someone in yourfamily who typically is very
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caring and you know a source ofcomfort for you, is suddenly
fighting with you aboutsomething and you know this
probably will, for many people,spark conflict within families
or with roommates or landlordsor anyone that's under the same
roof as you.
So it'll impact every sign inthese ways.
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By the way, it's not just thecardinal signs which I'll talk
about, signs which I'll talkabout.
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So my advice, basically, is tonot expect your usual sources of
comfort to be there.
Honestly, like, don Don'tassume that again, your roommate
is just going to play nice.
And with Mars retrograde though,it's an opportunity to you know
, demonstrate leadership duringa crisis, especially within your
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family and with your roommates,or, honestly, with anyone that
you're surrounded by but, likeeveryone else, will be
emotionally dysregulated prettymuch during this phase of Mars
retrograde.
So, by listening to thispodcast or watching astrology
videos, or however you consumeastrology, it's like you, you
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know you can step up, you canfill that void or you can
counterbalance that.
So, as other people are moody,as other people become maybe
bitter about something fromtheir past, you can sidestep
that, I mean, and bysidestepping it you can focus
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your energy on the things thatactually matter.
I mean, and I'm not going tolike paint with a broad brush
and say and generalize and belike, well, you're not going to
have any problems if you listento this podcast, like, it's not
that simple, it's just that like, just know that you will have
to manage a crisis during thistime, that you will have to
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manage a crisis during this time, and so it's like why not just
have as much energy as possibleto actually address those
concerns, instead of scatteringyour energy, which is, I think,
what people are going to betempted to do here?
You know, scattering theirenergy by calling their mother
and then fighting with her foran hour, hanging up the phone,
calling your nephew or callingyour cousin or calling your
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sibling or whoever, and fightingwith them and then emailing
your landlord and saying whyhaven't you fixed this yet?
I mean and again, like you canrank these things Like there's
probably certain things in thislist that are more important
than others.
For example, if you have, like,a repair that needs to be done
in your apartment or something,and it's overdue like a month
overdue and your landlord stillhasn't addressed it, okay, let's
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put that towards the top.
That is a crisis that you wouldhave to manage.
But do you really have to beyapping away with your mother
for an hour about something thatmaybe isn't marginal?
Maybe it's not, but you justhave to be insofar as you can be
, insofar as it's realistic, youhave to be the emotionally
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regulated one, especially infamilial contexts as well as
familiar contexts, and it's notVenus retrograde yet, but Venus
will be in pre-shadow duringparts of this Mars retrograde.
And if Venus is in pre-shadowwhile Mars is retrograde yet,
but Venus will be in pre-shadowduring parts of this Mars
retrograde, and if Venus is inpre-shadow while Mars is
retrograde, in Cancer especially, I mean I could see how some
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people might resent somethingfrom the past in a relationship
context where they send thisstrange text or email to their
ex and say you know, hey, I'mstill not over what happened
here.
You know, like you know, I wouldsay most likely that's a bad
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idea.
You know, like you don't reallyhave to resolve right, you
don't really have to do that,you don't have to resolve things
from the past, like.
I think like what's done isdone is probably gonna be the
lesson for a lot of peopleduring this Mars retrograding
cancer.
Because again, with this cancerenergy, it's like people are
really tempted to almost derivetheir anger from past situations
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that cannot be controlledanymore or changed.
So like if your partner,ex-partner, did something you
don't like, didn't like, and youfeel like they kind of walked
away with kind of a chummy grinand they were, like you know,
like kind of walking away almostlike, oh yeah, I totally showed
them.
Or I walked away on top, likedon't, don't go back to them
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yelling at them about it ortrying to, you know, gain
vengeance.
I mean you know that that's tome not, that's just going to
drain you and it's going toteach you some really tough
lessons that again you can'tchange the course of time, uh,
of the past.
I mean you know the othercontext could be again that you
are hung up on something in yourfamily, like maybe there's a
family feud about something,whether it be over an
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inheritance or property or who'staking care of mom, like
whatever the scenario is.
You know, again, expect alittle bit more sensitivity in
those areas.
People will be more sensitivein those environments and you
will be more sensitive to stressduring this time, in these
contexts.
And, by the way, in the houseof your chart that's ruled by
cancer and use a whole signhouse system, by the way.
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So if you are and we'll gothrough that, I mean we might as
well go through that right now.
But just quickly, the timelineagain January 6th through Feb
23,.
Mars is retrograding cancer.
That's when you will be moresensitive to stress.
But you can also find yourstrength, find your inner sort
of autonomy and your innerleader, such that you can either
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take charge, manage the crisisin that family context or in
some other context, or you canset better boundaries in these
areas and say, hey, I don'tagain, I don't need to have the
hour-long conversation with myparents, I can just set a time
limit on it or hang up if it'sstarting to go into sort of
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negative territory.
And another quick mention Iguess piece of this timeline is
that you know a lot of stressthat you would have experienced
or may have experienced betweenOctober 4th and November 3rd.
That, like anything thathappened in that timeline, is
most likely the terrain thatyou'll be kind of reworking here
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, because Mars retrograde is notnecessarily bringing up always
new situations.
It can be a rehash of thingsfrom that era or that time
period, I should say.
So, whatever challenges gothrough, do the inventory.
What challenges did Iexperience between October 4th
and November 3rd?
Whatever it was?
What challenges did Iexperience between October 4th
and November 3rd?
Whatever it was?
You probably are continuing torehash it and there is a
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post-shadow phase, but I'm notgoing to get into that on this
podcast.
The peak of the retrograde isaround January 15th, when Mars,
you know, opposes the sun.
Exactly that is when that isthe day, I think, when all
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cardinal signs will be feared bypeople.
But that's January 13th through15th to me is the toughest
point in the retrograde, as wellas January 23rd actually, when
Mercury opposes Mars and squaresChiron, which I talked about on
my YouTube for my Januarypredictions.
That is very challengingT-square, where there's just
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arguments galore, very vitrioliclanguage being used, you know,
just fighting words, and a lotof statements being made there
that are kind of non-negotiablesfor the other person, where
someone will say something thatjust like makes the relationship
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untenable or makes thesituation untenable, like, yeah,
I just think that a lot ofrelationships will be very
frayed and kind of fraught withall kinds of challenges because
of the things people are saying.
So, you know, just be verycareful with your language
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around January 23rd and plus orminus a few days on either side
of that.
So I'm going to jump in for thesort of horoscopes and I'm going
to start off with the cardinalsigns, because Mars is
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activating either an angularhouse of their birth chart or
it's forming a hard aspect tothese signs.
But for Aries, mars is in theopening square in the fourth
house there, and this is goingto make you more sensitive to
stress in your home or with yourfamily.
You are the most likely sign,in a lot of ways, to have to
navigate stressful situations inthe family or at home.
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But remember, this is anopportunity to be extremely
decisive, bold, and I mean sortof elite in this area.
Like you can really impresspeople with the sort of gravitas
and and and or sort of thepoise and the composure that you
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yeah, you can impress peoplewith your composure, basically
in any of those stressfulsituations Um and uh.
You know, for cancer, thoughthis is in the first house or in
your sign, and and for cancers.
Arguably, though, this is themost frustrating of all for you.
Like you are the sign that ismost likely to become frustrated
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by the retrograde, especiallyaround january 13th, that full
moon in your sign.
I think you're getting a little, I don't know, aggressive or
something, and it's it is likeyou are in the foreground there
of like this Mars retrogradestoryline.
Like you are the main characterand that means that you are
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bearing the brunt of this.
I mean, you are the most likelyto again have stressful
situations arise, you will haveto prove your toughness in a way
or your strength.
And with the full moonjuxtaposed, you know, with this
retrograde here in cancer it'slike also an opportunity to
release, release stress, let itgo Again, especially stress
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about the past.
A lot of cancers right now arefeeling almost like there's an
invisible string or cord maybestill connecting them to
something from the past and theyhave to cut that cord.
Maybe you've already cut thatcord in years past and you're
like, eh, it's back.
That happens, cords regrow.
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And, by the way, again, if youare a paid Substack subscriber,
I have a cord-cutting ritual andrecording on my Substack from
March, during the lunar eclipsein Libra from March 25th of 2024
.
And I really enjoyed doing thatlive ceremony and the recording
really is an intuitivenavigation of a shamanic journey
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.
Basically, that can really helpyou pull out some of these
negative forces that still havetheir hooks in you.
But yeah, for Cancer, as you'reletting go, you're ultimately
letting go of something from thepast that's been frustrating
you.
Now Mars for Libras isretrograde in the 10th.
Mars retrograde in the 10th forLibras is showing a sensitivity
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to stress in the domain ofcareer or with authority figures
or as a parent or with parents.
So, as a Libra, you're morelikely to, you know, encounter a
lot of frustration with anyoneyou report to, anyone you look
up to again, a parentpotentially.
Or you might make emotionallydriven choices in your career
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and you might be unnecessarilyrisk-loving or taking risks.
You might be.
Yeah, your risk tolerance issort of I mean again, again,
like it's sort of hard toexplain but, like in some
situations, you arehypersensitive with mars
retrograde, to stress where it'slike you kind of cower away
when something is more likecalling again, calling on you to
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be a badass.
And there's other situationswhere nobody is asking you to do
anything and you decide to bebold.
Again, it's sort of like a meme, it's like no one, you, hey,
I'm going to go knock on theCEO's door and demand a raise
while they're eating lunch.
It's like the timing matters,right, and, by the way, I'm not
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saying you can't ask for a raisewhen Mars is retrograde, but
I'm just saying there'smiscalculations potentially in
terms of how you assert yourself.
But for Libras, this is achance to set boundaries with
your family, like for Aries aswell.
Aries and Libra, you both havea chance to really set
boundaries with your family andto again prove your mettle, so
to speak, in this context.
But I think for Librasespecially, it's about the
career really.
Now.
For Capricorns, it's retrogradein the seventh house, so
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similar to Cancers.
If you're still not fully oversomething about your past
relationships, it might festerin you a little bit where you
feel like, yeah, that personreally betrayed me and I don't
know why I let them get awaywith that or whatever.
Like you might be kind of hungup on something from from the
past, from a past relationship,um, and in general the seventh
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house is open enemies.
So I mean, yeah, it's not easy.
You're going to basically likeany, any sort of like bad energy
you experience with people whomaybe resent you or don't like
you or judge you, like thatenergy is going to be amplified.
I mean it's going to feel likeuh, it's just accented Like
anyone who you clash with andbutt heads with you might just,
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um, they might egg you on alittle bit.
So don't take the bait, don'tjust accept those conflicts,
don't, you know, fuel themfurther.
But you know, if you reallyfeel like you have to explain
something to a past partner, Idon't know, I'm not going to
stop you If you have to vocalizesomething.
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I think that maybe that's okay.
But others in relationshipsalready, if you're in an
existing one, yeah, you mightexperience some stress there.
But around January 13thespecially, some Capricorns
might let someone go, might letgo of a relationship, but it is
a great opportunity to, I think,to negotiate something that is
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still lingering, like a contract, or to sell something that you
weren't able to sell in theprevious months.
If you're still trying to pushlike a big sale through to
somebody, big contract through,I think that's actually a great
timeexisting.
And maybe in a relationship youjust set better boundaries with
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someone where I don't know,maybe you have like a great
partnership but your partnerconsistently calls you
throughout the day,indiscriminately, while you're
working.
That would be a greatretrograde to be like, or a
great full moon, I guess, on the13th to be like.
Well, hey, like I love you, butI don't.
I just think you know sometimesyou could be more mindful of my
schedule when you decide tocall me.
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So let's go into the other signsand admittedly I'm going to go
through this a little bitquicker because for the other
signs, it's not that the impactis entirely muted, but it's not.
You know, it's not going to berelatively as significant and
again, I'm going to do anewsletter on this in more
detail.
Plus, you know, obviously, ifyou want more details on how
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Mars retrograde affects you,it's like you can always also
consult an astrologer and theycan walk you through exactly how
Mars retrograde is influencingall the planets in the birth
chart.
So for Taurus, I'll go in orderfrom Taurus through Pisces and
skip over the cardinal signs.
So for Taurus, it is very mucha time where you are resolving
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unresolved arguments, but youare also more argumentative than
usual.
However, you can again resolvethose arguments or solve
problems or crises with anysiblings.
And for Gemini, it's in thesecond house.
So you're really advocating foryour self-worth more firmly,
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maybe experiencing some stresswith either your possessions or
money, but also, through thatexperience, being more forceful
about hey, I want to hit thisfinancial goal or I want this
raise.
I think you're the sign that'smost likely to ask for a raise
actually.
Financial goal, or I want thisraise, Like, I think you're the
sign that's most likely to askfor a raise actually, or you
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will, you know, reevaluate thathow you chase material success.
Maybe you'll realize that yourego is too wrapped up in it and
you'll pull back from it.
But I think for a lot of you,it's about advocating for.
You know you're stepping up,showing yourself worth, also
showing and demanding that yoube compensated for your natural
abilities and talents and thingslike that.
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So, um, you know, somefinancial disputes could arise
also with that retrograde foryou, but you know it could be
one that's a little subtle foryou.
You might even evaluate,reevaluate, uh, your motivations
for indulging in certainmaterial pleasures.
Leo, it's in your 12th house.
So for you, you know this istough.
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I mean in the 12th house, and Italked about this in my 2025
horoscopes.
So if you've downloaded those,it's nothing new for you.
But you know, for you it'sreally about sleep cycles.
Your sleep cycle is way offright.
So, like, if you're a Leorising, you know, maybe, maybe
you're a Leo rising who's inBali right now.
It's like you know that's fine,you know, have fun.
But Mars retrograde in the 12th.
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I mean I think that there is acall here over the next few
weeks to like really get into aclear circadian rhythm.
Leos might have like kind ofinsane dreams as well, kind of
vivid dreams, maybe even violentdreams, to be honest, but I
have Mars retrograde in my 12thhouse, natally, so I can
corroborate that I mean mydreams are pretty insane, but
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also this can help you create adivine channel.
You can become a divine channel, maybe, engage in more
thoughtful spiritual practicesand again get your sleep in
check.
And also, you know, with thatretrograde, though, don't get
too stressed out at night.
If you're going to like anykind of like nighttime venues,
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like bars, like really reallymake sure that you don't inflame
people in those scenarios, likedon't pick a bar fight or
something.
And yeah, I think, as long asyou make your home a sanctuary
of sorts and you get your sleepin order, it should be pretty
good for you, though, virgo,you're experiencing the stress
in the 11th house of, likefriends, communities,
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humanitarian groups, socialmedia.
So if you're a Virgo, you know,just make sure that you're not
barking or biting too much onsocial media.
Make sure that you aremaintaining poise there,
addressing legitimate conflictor issues with any friends, but
not taking it so far where youlash out at a friend.
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But yeah, I mean it is again,the retrograde is here and it is
a challenge, objectively, thatwe have to meet that moment.
And meeting the moment couldlook like for Virgo, for example
, like being really being aleader right in those
communities or in that friendgroup and managing that crisis
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with aplomb.
For Scorpios, it's in the ninthhouse house.
Some of you are doing some longdistance traveling right now or
in the next couple weeks.
I think that's okay, as long asyou recognize that too much
travel would probably frustrateyou or lead to burnout.
A lot of Scorpios, I think,right now are feeling like, hey,
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I want to go all over the place, I want to travel at least a
few hundred miles away fromwhere I am now and, um, again,
that's, that's fine.
But uh, just like anything, uh,do it in moderation.
Some of you are also maybetrying to push for, like, a
publishing deal.
I mean I'm, I just finished mybook, so you know I'm trying to
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do that and you're revisitingmaybe someone you know in the
publishing industry or justadvocating for your book or
advocating for anything media ormarketing-related that you've
done.
You're reconsidering how younavigate the publishing world,
the media world, the PR world orthe higher educational world or
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your travel plans.
But like specifically with mars, it's not like a mercury
retrograde, like mars retrograde, is showing that you're kind of
like finding a different way tobe assertive in those areas,
right, um, or with scorpio, Imean, it could even be like
you're reevaluating, you'reyou're pushing to like really
really assemble your owncoursework together, become a
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teacher in a different way andto kind of be a pioneer in that
realm, because Mars can be ourkind of pioneering spirit,
because Mars wants to be firstand wants to win the competition
.
For Sagittarius.
It's in the eighth house, avery complicated house.
This is definitely a bit of atriggering transit.
You might feel frustrated bythings that you can't explain.
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There might be these sort ofevents or conversations or
moments that sort of writhearound, like wiggle their way
into your subconscious andgenerate a reaction you didn't
expect.
So that's an excuse to doshadow work.
Basically, you should be doingshadow work at this time, but
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also you are reevaluating yourmotivations for sex or anything
taboo, or maybe you'rereflecting on your finances or
an inheritance situation.
I think a lot of Sages, though,are actually navigating a lot
of convoluted financialsituations in their family.
I actually know a Sage who'sdoing that right now.
So now for Aquarius is in thesixth house, so this is a call
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to reevaluate your strengthtraining and look at really your
lifestyle, your muscularstrength.
Are there muscles you're nottargeting?
Do you feel like I'm makingthis up?
But like, do you feel like youare maybe sitting down all day
and then just going to the gymand doing a bunch of arms and
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bicep curls and then going backhome and sitting and working all
day?
Therefore, maybe your corestrength or your lower body
strength is not great.
This is the time to evaluatethings like that.
But also, if you have anycoworkers who you don't get
along with, I would just try tominimize interactions with them
during this time.
And if you have any pets I meanthe sixth house is pets To be
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honest you might experience somechallenge with pets.
So, just you know, be mindfulof that.
And then with Pisces, it's inthe fifth.
So if you have children, youknow there might be some
lingering conflict you'reresolving with your children.
I don't know if it necessarilywould have to do with like
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custody battles, but you know itcertainly can, you know, create
some frustration within thefamily.
Others will be kind of, youknow, trying to rethink, like
really trying to rediscovertheir creativity actually and
use their creativity as energyand, you know, look to your
creativity to find and capturemore energy, even though it's an
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area where you might findfrustration.
I mean, you know some Piscesmight be arguing or disputing a
creative project, for example,like you know, a Pisces, at the
same time could turn to acreative endeavor to find that
motivation again and find thatfuel.
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And, yeah, I mean the Marsretrograde in the 5th, I don't
find it to be all thatchallenging per se.
It is the house of good fortune.
So you know, even though Marsis a malefic planet, meaning it
can, you know, it couldtheoretically create conflicts
for a Pisces that ruin orundermine the good fortune that
could have come.
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But, like, at the same time,mars is, you know again, the
force of our will and you knowit's.
It's.
Mars is sex and the fifth houseis romance.
So I mean, you know, if you'rea Pisces who you know is still
attracted to somebody who youwent on a few dates with, maybe
you will go on more dates withthem and you'll, or some Pisces
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will evaluate, like, maybe I'msort of just in this rat race
with the dating scene, I don'twant to be part of it anymore.
So some Pisces might experiencefrustration within a casual
relationship, or they'll want togo back to it just for the
physical gratification of it, ora Pisces will find their
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motivation again to finish acreative project.
But yeah, I don't think it'sinherently a bad transit.
So before I wrap up, though, Ijust want to mention one other
thing that I've noticed on thesort of social media pages.
I mean, astrologers arenotorious for not agreeing on.
You know how a year is going toaffect a sign or something like
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that.
But you know I did a rankinglast week on the podcast, which
I uh was the most popularepisode so far in the season,
which I really appreciate allyour support and and definitely
you know, continue to sharethese podcasts, episodes and, um
, engage with them, but uh, butyou know the ranking that I gave
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about, you know, virgo wascontroversial, I think, for a
lot of people, and Aries youknow I put Virgo at 11th this
upcoming year, aries at 12th,and you know people were saying,
oh, I heard this otherastrologer giving Virgos like
one of the best years, and so Iwent to the video and I was like
watching it and I won't namethe astrologer, but you know I
found it to be sort of suspect.
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You know, like the methodologydidn't really make any sense to
me.
So a lot of astrologers,especially the inexperienced
ones, are and I'm not liketrying to throw any shade, I
mean I was an inexperiencedtechnically.
I didn't even, you know, openan astrology book until you know
what is it now, four years ago.
So I don't want to be thatperson, right?
I'm not like a gatekeeper, I'mnot in some ivory tower, I'm not
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one of those astrologers, right, and I know those.
I've heard of those astrologerswho rip any astrologer who's
like on TikTok and I thinkthat's bullshit.
But you know, I just think thatsome astrologers are a little
bit quick, though maybe in thefirst couple of years, first
year or two years, or even intheir later years of experience,
like they're a little bit quickto jump on the train of like.
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Well, you know, I learned thatJupiter is growth and abundance.
So I'm going to like really usethat as the spear point in
determining my rankings.
Or, you know, I heard thatVenus, again, is another
positive planet, and that's fine, there's merit to these things.
But over time you realize thatJupiter just inflates, doesn't
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necessarily create the mostpositive scenario every time.
So you know, I would just say Iwould just be cautious about
that.
If you see an astrologer saylike, oh, virgos are going to
have a great year because theyhave Jupiter in the 10th, I
would just take that with agrain of salt, because and I'm
not saying that Virgos aredestined to have a bad year, by
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the way, nor Aries but it wouldbe very naive, I think, and
misleading, to say that you know, oh, you don't have anything to
worry about, your career isgoing to be totally fine,
because you know, we got tofigure it.
We have to factor in everythingelse and like for Virgos, it's
like the South Node is going tobe in Virgo.
And like ask Libras what it waslike with the South node in
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their sign the past year and ahalf.
Ask Scorpios what it was liketo have the South node in their
sign in 2022 and part of 2023.
Like, even if those years hadsome success for those signs,
they were still reallychallenging.
You know, I had the South nodeon my Venus, my Sun, my Pluto,
my Moon over that time when theSouth node was in Scorpio.
And it's like yeah, I mean, Istarted my business, I, you know
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, found my footing as anastrologer.
But at the same time, you know,it's like I entered into
situations that presented a lotof promise but ended up being
these like karmic contracts thatI just had to finish off like
finish out, and like that wasreally frustrating.
So I just had to finish offlike finish out and like that
was really frustrating.
So, you know, I think the Southnode is is a bit of a uh, it's
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like a cup that you're fillingup but there's like a bit of a
puncture at the bottom and soyou start to realize that
there's a leak in here.
Ah, you know, I might I feellike I have something in this
cup, but I'm also losing it andin a way that's kind of tragic.
It's sort of like being aMinnesota Vikings fan, where you
know you have a high winpercentage every year but you've
never won the Super Bowl.
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It's like you kind of get someopportunity but then it's not
clear if it's sticking around.
The south node is kind of adrain, but you know it can bring
these pivotal situations fromyour past lives that pay off for
you at the same time, likemaybe you helped someone out in
a past life, you saved them from, you know, a wild animal.
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And then they come back aroundwhen Venus transits your south
node and they help you get, youknow, some kind of media deal
because you saved them in a pastlife and neither party
understands that that that'shappening.
But maybe that is happeningduring a South Node-Alt-Transit.
So I'm not saying that Virgosare all going to have a bad year
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or something.
It's just that, relativelyspeaking, if you just average it
out probabilistically based onall the factors, it's like
Virgos, you've got Saturnopposing your sign, still
Neptune opposing your sign,south Node in your sign, pluto
in your sixth, I mean Chiron inthe eighth.
There's a lot of complextransits there that you can use
in your favor.
But like Jupiter in the 10thisn't inherently just going to
guarantee you a great year.
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Jupiter can just merely inflate, cause you to underestimate the
risks of something,overestimate the benefits.
So again, I just find thatweird that astrologers were
ranking Virgo so high.
It doesn't make any sense andagain, if we're in the business
of ranking, it's purely athought experiment.
So don't hate me if I say thatsuch a sign is going to have
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10th, 11th, 12th, best year,aries.
It's really hard to give you ahigh ranking either because
you've got all these planets inyour 12th house right now, which
is the house of bad spirit.
It's a really liminal, abstracthouse that is hard to grasp.
If you're an Aries who is anexpert in shamanistic healing,
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meditation, yoga, well thenthat's great.
If you are a JK Rowling type,who, you know, writes all day,
every day I don't know if sheactually does that in terms of
her routine, but, like you know,if you're like a famous writer
who basically all you do iswrite and you dream, and then
you write, and you dream and youwrite, then I mean this is a
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great year for you.
But for most Aries who like tostay grounded, I think, in their
bodies and like in competitionin the physical plane with
people, it's kind of a yearwithout a clear anchor, if I'm
being honest.
But again, my 2025 horoscopeshave details where, like they
have, I basically unveil all thekey dates when you actually
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will find success and can findsuccess If you're aware of those
transits and work with them.
But you know, aries, like youmight have an ego death this
year, like Saturn, neptuneconjoining in your sign and into
2026.
You might transcend the ego andrealize that separateness is an
illusion and therefore, youknow, eliminate the separation
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between you and your dreams.
So, like I said, even being the12th sign in the ranking still
gives you a ticket to paradise,or whatever, or luck, or success
.
It's just that, on balance, ifI'm in the business of ranking
the signs in 2025, I think itwould be a violation of policy
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basically to say that Virgo andAries would be at the top of the
list but at the same time,you'll meet a Virgo who had the
best year and you'll meet aGemini who even though I put
Geminis at the top who had aterrible year.
But that's all based on how youwork with the transits that,
hopefully, you're conscious of.
You have to be conscious of thetransits, work with them wisely
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and apply a positive mindsetonto those transits.
But you can't escape the musicof the spheres.
Like the music is happening,the symphony is happening.
So, like you know, it's notenough to just be like I don't
care about astrology.
I can just, you know, wish itaway, and it doesn't work that
way.
The planets are literally partof our reality and our frequency
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and our vibrations.
So, yeah, work with theastrology.
Anyways, I just wanted tomention that which could just be
my Mars Gemini complainingabout nothing.
I don't know, maybe not thatmany astrologers put Virgo high,
but I've seen a lot of commentsabout it that Virgos will have
a great year, or how could yousay this.
Virgos were supposed to havethe perfect 2025.
I don't know.
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I only watched one video of anastrologer, kind of like,
implying that, but because ofthe amount of comments I've
gotten, I'm just kind of I'm notsure where those other
astrologers are.
I mean, do they?
I don't know who the otherastrologers are, but because of
the volume of comments I'vegotten about it, I'm imagining a
lot of astrologers have pickedVirgos to have the best year and
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it's and Aries, and, like Aries, you have the North node in
your signs.
You have self actualized insome ways, but I still think you
have a lot of work to do, a lotof reflecting to do in the 12th
house.
So, anyways, thank you so much.
Definitely subscribe to the substack, check out those
horoscopes that are stillavailable, and my readings for
2025 are sold out at this time,I believe.
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So I'm doing yeah, so I'm doinga hundred readings in 2025.
I have left a few spots stillto be plugged into the schedule,
though, so there's still like avery, very, a very small amount
of spots.
I want to say about five that Iwill drop at certain points in
the upcoming months, so justlook out for that through my
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social media.
But anyways, thank you so much.
This is Astrology Unbound.
I'm Nathaniel Grimm and I hopeyou have a great Mars retrograde
experience.
Take care.
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