Reflecting on Mars in Cancer going direct this Sunday

Before we get into today’s episode, I want to remind those listening in that I’m hosting our 1st ever live workshop this coming week on the Pisces New Moon on Thursday, Feb 27th at 5 PM PST. If the past few months, maybe even the past few years, have felt like trudging through wet sand, where every step forward is met with resistance…especially when it comes to the creative projects you swore you’d bring to life this year then this one’s especially for you.

Or maybe you’ve been holding back on making a huge life change due to fear of uncertainty. Maybe you’ve been holding tightly onto the safety of the known. The warmth of what’s familiar. Even if that familiarity has grown stale, even if it no longer fits. If that resonates, I encourage you to join me live. Or, if you can’t make it, sign up as a paid subscriber to access the recording and the workbook I’ll be sharing exclusively on Substack.

I’ll include the link below where you can learn more about the workshop and I hope to see you there!

Mars finally goes direct in Cancer

This past week, something subtle yet undeniable has shifted. You’ve felt it, even if you can’t quite name it. A slow return of energy, a hint of momentum. Not all at once. Not a flood. But enough to notice. Enough to know that something inside you is reawakening. That’s Mars, finally preparing to station direct tomorrow. And before it does, it forms a trine with Mercury.

If decisions have been stalled. Of you’ve been feeling tired, protective of your energy, needing to retreat away from others - we will start to see some improvement in the weeks to come.

If the past few weeks have felt like wading through indecision, exhaustion, the need to withdraw—know that relief is coming. But not all at once. Mars in Cancer is still an uneasy placement.

By mid-April, we start to feel something shift. Mars gathers strength, no longer second-guessing itself, no longer lingering in hesitation. Mars enters the sign of Leo on April 17th. That’s when the fire returns. When confidence comes back like a long-lost instinct. When the urge to shrink, to hesitate, to overprotect dissipates into something sharper, something bolder.

But until then, we still have all of March to get through. I like that at the end of February, we have this New Moon in Pisces. By then, you may have clarity on what intentions you truly want to call in for this year with the north node being in this same sign. If there’s a situation you’re in that feels insurmountable - this is the New Moon to manifest something that requires the muscle of your faith. This is the new moon to do automatic writing - channeling the wisdom of your higher self. Your ancestors. Live script as if you’ve fast forwarded yourself into the timeline of life you believe so strongly in. Even if it’s not your current reality.

What Could’ve Came Up for You During Mars Rx in Cancer

During the mars rx cycle in Cancer, anger may not have erupted in clear or decisive ways. Frustrations can stem from just an overall feeling of emotional unrest that’s hard to pinpoint or name.

Home. What it means and it’s many different forms came up for question. Questions around our sense of belonging. Do we feel at home within our family? Do we feel safe around other family members? Our community? Do we feel safe in our country? How do we feel being rooted where we are?

Mars Rx Cancer also unearthed old conflicts with family, generational expectations that now has evolved into unrest/resentment. Tension. Walking on eggshells. No one knew how to quite address the underlying discomfort. Maybe it wasn’t even talked about. But the feeling is there.

For me, I have a natal mars in Cancer. During this retrograde cycle, I’ve been processing what moving abroad would look like with my husband and 2 cats. And what that would mean for my parents, the rest of my family, my grandmother. I’m