Mars retrograde in Sagittarius and Scorpio: how can this affect our lives? (6 photos).

Mars retrograde is a relatively rare phenomenon. The remaining planets loop more often (and, accordingly, more often confront us with problems characteristic of the phase of their retrograde movement).
Mars goes retrograde every two years or so. As expected, its proximity to the Earth at this time is maximum, and at the same time it is as far as possible from the Sun, the center of our planetary system.

At such times, it becomes difficult to continue to act in the same spirit and style in which we overcame previous barriers. Tactics that have worked successfully for a year or two begin to fail in places.
During the retrograde period, we fall out of the established world with its laws. We try to live either in the past or (being disappointed in the past or afraid of its return) in the future. It is much easier to make a mistake in this state than during the period of direct movement of Mars. Besides, Mars is a planet potentially destructive. Mistakes made under its influence can be quite expensive. True, they are remembered quite well.

What is the essence of the Mars loop, what does it draw our attention to first of all? What is its main meaning, if we ignore the eerie surroundings, which (not without reason) are usually mentioned every time in connection with its approach?
Due to the distance of retro-Mars from the Sun, we get an opportunity to look at your strategy and tactics from a new angle. For example, to separate your precious and unique “I” from those ways with which it expresses itself. Or - to separate the goal we are pursuing from funds, the use of which we consider justified to achieve it. The product we want to create is from tools which we use to make it. And so on.
This is how one of the typical functions of any retro planet manifests itself - a revaluation of things, phenomena, events, plans, resources and other life phenomena.

Active or passive?

During periods of retro-Mars, it turns out to be difficult, first of all, spontaneous and direct manifestation of our activity.
Sometimes, being in the loop of Mars is like a painful wandering in a labyrinth from which there is no way out. However, the closer the end of the loop is, the brighter the flame of hope burns, the clearer the order of actions and their direction becomes to us. In any case, this should be so if you lived through the period of the next retrograde of Mars fully, without shying away from the tasks set by it.

It is difficult to agree with those authors who consider passivity, lethargy, and stiffness to be obligatory attributes of the Mars loop. These qualities certainly exist. But they are most needed during periods of Mars stops. It is during these periods that Mars, turning around, inevitably extinguishes any impulses - after all, it needs additional energy to turn in a new direction, and he temporarily “takes away” this energy from us.

Another explanation for this far from typical phenomenon of retro-Mars is individual astrological indicators recorded in natal chart . What does it mean?
Suppose we are talking about a passive, timid or lazy person, initially not inclined to initiative and high mobility. Naturally, the reversals of Mars will only enhance its natural inertia.
Transit, directional and progressive situations of certain kinds can limit our mobility. You know this very well if, for example, in your chart during one of the periods of retro-Mars, the directional conjunction Mars-Saturn was activated somewhere in Taurus and in the 12th house, loaded with the relaxing influence of the trine of Venus. In such cases, the retrograde of transit Mars is just an aggravating factor.
Another class of people who perceive the proposals of retrograde Mars negatively are people who are nimble and hyperactive. Even a temporary need to stop seems to them a violation of their freedom. They react primarily to Mars stops; at this time they feel driven into a dead end.
Retro-Mars is difficult for people who adore blitz-krieg tactics to tolerate. If circumstances prohibit them from acting in a “come-see-conquer” style, they instantly lose enthusiasm and become despondent. After all, instead of achieving their goal instantly, they have to stumble at every step for several months! In this description, it is not difficult to recognize the owners of Mars in Aries (although representatives of other signs, especially cardinal and mutable ones, are often such). Therefore, if you read somewhere a sad saga about retro-Mars, slowing down all things and leading them to collapse, know in advance: its author himself most likely possesses just such a Mars. Unless, of course, you copied your creation from ready-made sources.
Finally, very purposeful people tend to feel stiffness, loss of spirit and even complete disorientation during retro-Mars periods. Their consciousness involuntarily registers any stop as an annoying delay on the way to the goal. And this happens even in cases where there is an obvious need to slow down the pace and make the necessary amendments to the action strategy, in the name of the shortest progress towards the same goal.

To refute the statement that the loop of Mars supposedly always means braking, one can do it in a simpler way: in a visual way. It is a well-known fact: during this period, accident rate And injuries. For an accident it is necessary energetic collision two or more multidirectional (heterogeneous) energy flows, to cause injury it is necessary intense, sharp, destructive influence – where do they come from if all retro-Mars does is limit the activity of living and inanimate objects?

Therefore, I suggest that, to begin with, do not confuse the concepts of “retrograde” and “passivity”. Especially in the case of Mars - the planet speakers.
It is much more logical to accept that Mars retrograde is temporarily redirects our energy. But to implement this process, it simply needs periods of braking, or even a complete stop (relatively short, if we take their ratio with general period retromovements). Agree, there is a difference, and a significant one.

Another thing is that if the situation requires it, you need to slow down correctly. And this usually has to be done during periods of parking.

What styles of action are most appropriate during the retro-Mars period? Let's talk about this a little later. In the meantime, let's review the likely events and trends that await us at this time.

“Gifts” from retrograde Mars

Things that have been started are suspended - and sometimes they stop dead in their tracks (it seems like forever).
In this, the manifestations of retro-Mars are outwardly similar to the manifestations of retro-Mercury.
However, stops under the influence of the Mars loop are longer and often more critical than those of Mercury. This happens for various reasons, which are not possible to describe in a short article.
I will give just 2 examples:
The efforts and resources invested in a business project do not bring instant recoil. Most often, the reason is outdated management methods, inappropriate technical equipment or inappropriate behavior of leaders (chief or local managers). Unlike an incorrectly executed document (which, under certain circumstances, can also cause a lot of trouble), these shortcomings are not corrected so quickly and easily; it is not enough to correct the numbers or re-collect signatures. It usually takes some time until the cause is found. And then some time is taken away by the necessary practical measures - for example, rethinking the external and internal policies of the enterprise, or replacing obsolete elements of production with new ones.
Accidents on retro-Mars require more time and effort to fix problems, and in addition - longer rehabilitation period. At the same time, the problems themselves, with additional aggravating circumstances, much more often have the status emergency situations, acute injuries and disasters, and not at all easy Mercurian misunderstandings.

At this time it is possible return to the previous field of activity or previous tools of work. Something you once did may interest you again.

In all areas related to Mars in one way or another, at this time the likelihood of restructuring and the appearance of significant figures in the past increases. The theme of the clash between the obsolete and the new is often raised, and in an acute form.
Sometimes workers in these areas have a lot of additional or atypical work, during which it turns out that they can perform other functions in addition to their current ones - or, conversely, bottlenecks in the organization of their standard work are revealed.
First of all, these are law enforcement and security workers, stuntmen, pyrotechnicians, athletes, wild animal trainers, surgeons, psychiatrists, sex therapists, rescuers of all kinds, marginalized individuals, drivers, entrepreneurs, transport and emergency services workers, sometimes also major leaders (politicians, managers).
If you find that your humble work is somewhat reminiscent of the work of a manager, security guard or ambulance service, prepare for a busy period fraught with surprises and read this article more carefully.

During periods of retrograde Mars it is not uncommon critical breakdowns of equipment, interruptions in the functioning of various technical means . Most often they come under attack vehicles, equipment items, production lines, weapons, cutting and stabbing tools. Computer scientists are more likely to encounter hardware problems than software problems. It seems that any equipment at this time “reacts poorly” to mistreatment. Therefore, everything related to urgent repairs, replacement, cleaning, and preventative maintenance of equipment and mechanisms is relevant.

As often happens during periods of planetary retrograde, your or other people’s old sins come to the surface. IN in this case, remind you of yourself shortcomings in the sphere of Mars– for example, careless work is discovered, as a result of which one or another structure regularly fails to function.
In this case, the emphasis is most often on the need to deal with technical details, or with links technological process . Both entire projects and their individual fragments have to be finalized based primarily on their functionality and competitiveness.

During the retro-Mars period, they may unexpectedly remind themselves again consequences of a quarrel, hostility, discussion, rivalry, "showdown", lawsuit. Maybe exacerbation of long-standing personal rivalries. You can start receiving again claims and even threats.
A number of astrologers have noted that (c) lawsuits and lawsuits initiated on retro-Mars tend to turn around against the plaintiff himself, and in a broader sense, aggression often turns against the aggressor himself.

The specific role of retrograde Mars is also exacerbation of existing diseases(for which, naturally, additional individual indicators are needed, natal, transit and others). In this case, typical sensations such as pain, shooting, sharp short spasms. The probability increases bruises, fractures, inflammatory processes . Often there is a general strong discomfort that interferes with leading a normal life and quickly performing necessary tasks.

The “return effect” of retrograde Mars can also affect another, more delicate area of your existence – the intimate one.
Sometimes they say that intimate relationships on retrograde Mars are dangerous and undesirable in principle. This is not entirely true, but there is some truth in this statement.
For temperamental and unrestrained people, the retro-Mars period is provocative, he often pushes you to cheat on your regular partner, to look for a new use for your activity. Mars (we repeat) is the planet of destruction, anger and aggression; its energy contradicts the peaceful, creative atmosphere of the family and easily becomes destructive for it. (The only consolation is that the “prodigal son or husband”\“prodigal daughter or wife” will most likely return to normal life after Mars leaves the retromotion. But how and with what will they and their loved ones pay for their voyage to the country of unsafe sexual adventures? It’s impossible to say in advance.)
At this time, your former sexual partner may appear in your field of vision, bringing former joys or, conversely, worries into your life. If you once mutually liked each other or the sympathy was one-sided, a short period of sudden erotic obsession on one or both sides is possible.

Psychological nuances of retro-Mars

Mars affects much more sharply than Mercury, it often causes irritation and stressful conditions. Its influence is also longer lasting - after all, its loop is much longer than the Mercurian one.
Mercury invites us to comprehend the situation and this most often becomes half the solution to the problem. Retrograde Mars, on the contrary, prefers action to thinking and does not allow us to calm down until we have done at least something. Therefore, if on retro-Mercury we are easily distracted by funny and curious little things that help us forget about temporary troubles, then on retro-Mars our frustration with circumstances grows like a snowball.

Some people (see the beginning of the article) during the period of retrograde Mars lose the meaning of life, because they lose sight of the course they have taken or do not see a quick adequate return on their efforts. However, they do not suspect that their test is temporary, and perceive the current situation almost as the end of the world. Religious virtue, which consists, among other things, in humbly accepting trials sent from above, to modern man is known less and less often, and in this case it plays against him.
People with a pronounced cardinal Mars suffer from this doubly. They need a clear incentive for action and instant results. When they don't get it, everything falls out of their hands. Depending on the characteristics of temperament and the situation, they fall either into depression or into aggressive irritability. The fewer movements they manage to make on the outside, the more actively the cauldron of discontent boils inside them.

Thus, one of the features of the Mars loop is psychological tension.
It easily transforms into bright flashes of feelings, but also in self-criticism, anger, aggression and other destructive manifestations. It is in this state that people more often commit irreversible, dangerous, illegal actions, get into accidents, quarrel with loved ones and even with random figures in their lives. The jealousy that grips people at this time is often caused by memories or temporary reasons, but it is also strong and quite capable of living up to its reputation as a blind permissive force.

In addition, after stress, we also need psychological or physical unloading. If the relaxation period is too short or we deny ourselves it for some reason, the unbalanced state strengthens and worsens.

Astrologically, Mars signifies not only representatives of certain professions, residents of certain territories and people prone to certain types of diseases, but also males aged approximately 17 to 37 years. Regardless of the location of their natal Mars, they are hypersensitive to the movements of transit Mars. What distinguishes them is a natural desire for leadership, caused by the desire to express oneself, an active sexual instinct, partiality to aggressive methods of gaining and maintaining one’s position. Therefore, they are able to experience periods of retrograde Mars much more deeply than other representatives of the human race.

The first sexual intercourse on retrograde Mars may leave not the most pleasant memories and even lay down an inappropriate scenario for intimate relationships, but individual indicators are also important here. It is advisable for parents whose children have entered puberty to know this information, and it would not hurt for teenagers themselves to know about these periods.

Social nuances during the retro-Mars period

As you may have guessed, retrograde Mars heats up the situation not only in our private life, but also in any team(in society, in the family). Mars is an outer planet, reaching much deeper than Mercury or Venus.

Typical collective\social tendencies during periods of retrograde Mars:
Pop-up again consequences and details of some long-standing military action
Revision of legislative acts regulating the activities of entrepreneurs, law enforcement agencies, transport facilities, emergency and ambulance services
Implementation harsh punitive sanctions(making decisions about suppression, prohibition, punishment)
Exacerbation political debates on sensitive, topical topics
Emergence resonant situations of an acute, often destructive nature(for example, accidents, accidents, scandals, causing violent actions, local unrest and unrest, terrorist actions)
Escalation of confrontations, right up to the outbreak of wars
Personnel changes within enterprises, organizations, corporations, communities
Unclear distribution of roles among recognized (obvious) team leaders

It is worth adding to the last point: it is at this time that it becomes possible temporary change of leader, which does not necessarily translate into an official promotion. If you are that hero who has suddenly emerged from the gray masses, be careful: your power may not last long.

In 2016, Mars will be in retrograde motion from April 17 to June 30.

What are the most significant areas of life that will be affected by the influence of Mars retrograde in 2016? What psychological states will we experience at this time? What social processes will come into play? In what areas of life do you need to strengthen your security systems? About this and much more in the proposed material.

Retrograde of Mars is a relatively rare phenomenon. The remaining planets loop more often (and, accordingly, more often confront us with problems characteristic of the phase of their retrograde movement).

Mars goes retrograde every two years or so. As expected, its proximity to the Earth at this time is maximum, and at the same time it is as far as possible from the Sun, the center of our planetary system.

Active or passive?

Another explanation for this far from typical phenomenon of retro-Mars is individual astrological indicators recorded in the natal chart. What does it mean?
. Suppose we are talking about a passive, timid or lazy person, initially not inclined to initiative and high mobility. Naturally, the reversals of Mars will only enhance its natural inertia.
. Transit, directional and progressive situations of certain kinds can limit our mobility. You know this very well if, for example, in your chart during one of the periods of retro-Mars, the directional conjunction Mars-Saturn was activated somewhere in Taurus and in the 12th house, loaded with the relaxing influence of the trine of Venus. In such cases, the retrograde of transit Mars is just an aggravating factor.
. Another class of people who perceive the proposals of retrograde Mars negatively are people who are nimble and hyperactive. Even a temporary need to stop seems to them a violation of their freedom. They react primarily to Mars stops; at this time they feel driven into a dead end.
. Retro-Mars is difficult for people who adore blitz-krieg tactics to tolerate. If circumstances prohibit them from acting in a “come-see-conquer” style, they instantly lose enthusiasm and become despondent. After all, instead of achieving their goal instantly, they have to stumble at every step for several months! In this description, it is not difficult to recognize the owners of Mars in Aries (although representatives of other signs, especially cardinal and mutable ones, are often such). Therefore, if you read somewhere a sad saga about retro-Mars, slowing down all things and leading them to collapse, know in advance: its author himself most likely possesses just such a Mars. Unless, of course, you copied your creation from ready-made sources.
. Finally, very purposeful people tend to feel stiffness, loss of spirit and even complete disorientation during retro-Mars periods. Their consciousness involuntarily registers any stop as an annoying delay on the way to the goal. And this happens even in cases where there is an obvious need to slow down the pace and make the necessary amendments to the action strategy, in the name of the shortest progress towards the same goal.

The assertion that the loop of Mars supposedly always means braking can be refuted in a simpler, more visual way. It is a well-known fact: during this period, accident rate And injuries. For an accident it is necessary energetic collision two or more multidirectional (heterogeneous) energy flows, to cause injury it is necessary intense, sharp, destructive impact- where do they come from if all retro-Mars does is limit the activity of living and inanimate objects?

Therefore, I suggest that, to begin with, do not confuse the concepts of “retrograde” and “passivity”. Especially in the case of Mars - the planet speakers.
It is much more logical to accept that Mars retrograde is temporarily redirects our energy. But to implement this process, it simply needs periods of inhibition, or even a complete stop (relatively short, if we take their ratio with the general period of retromotion). Agree, there is a difference, and a significant one.

Another thing is that if the situation requires it, you need to slow down correctly. And this usually has to be done during periods of parking.

What styles of action are most appropriate during the retro-Mars period? Let's talk about this a little later. In the meantime, let's review the likely events and trends that await us at this time.

“Gifts” from retrograde Mars

Things that have started are suspended - and sometimes they stop dead in their tracks (it seems like forever).
In this, the manifestations of retro-Mars are outwardly similar to the manifestations of retro-Mercury.
However, stops under the influence of the Mars loop are longer and often more critical than those of Mercury. This happens for various reasons, which are not possible to describe in a short article.
I will give just 2 examples:
. The efforts and resources invested in a business project do not bring instant recoil. Most often, the reason is outdated management methods, inappropriate technical equipment or inappropriate behavior of leaders (chief or local managers). Unlike an incorrectly executed document (which, under certain circumstances, can also cause a lot of trouble), these shortcomings are not corrected so quickly and easily; it is not enough to correct the numbers or re-collect signatures. It usually takes some time until the cause is found. And then some time is taken away by the necessary practical measures - for example, rethinking the external and internal policies of the enterprise, or replacing obsolete elements of production with new ones.
. Accidents on retro-Mars require more time and effort to fix problems, and in addition - longer rehabilitation period. At the same time, the problems themselves, with additional aggravating circumstances, much more often have the status emergency situations, acute injuries and disasters, and not at all easy Mercurian misunderstandings.

At this time it is possible return to the previous field of activity or previous tools of work. Something you once did may interest you again.

During periods of retrograde Mars it is not uncommon critical breakdowns of equipment, interruptions in the functioning of various technical means. Most often they come under attack vehicles, equipment items, production lines, weapons, cutting and stabbing tools. Computer scientists are more likely to encounter hardware problems than software problems. It seems that any equipment at this time “reacts poorly” to mistreatment. Therefore, everything related to urgent repairs, replacement, cleaning, and preventative maintenance of equipment and mechanisms is relevant.

As often happens during periods of planetary retrograde, your or other people’s old sins come to the surface. In this case, remind yourself shortcomings in the sphere of Mars- for example, carelessly performed work is discovered, as a result of which one or another structure regularly fails to function.
In this case, the emphasis is most often on the need to deal with technical details, or with links technological process. Both entire projects and their individual fragments have to be finalized based primarily on their functionality and competitiveness.

The specific role of retrograde Mars is also exacerbation of existing diseases(for which, naturally, additional individual indicators are needed, natal, transit and others). In this case, typical sensations such as pain, shooting, sharp short spasms. The probability increases bruises, fractures, inflammatory processes. Often there is a general strong discomfort that interferes with leading a normal life and quickly performing necessary tasks.

The “return effect” of retrograde Mars can also affect another, more delicate area of your existence - the intimate one.
Sometimes they say that intimate relationships on retrograde Mars are dangerous and undesirable in principle. This is not entirely true, but there is some truth in this statement.
For temperamental and unrestrained people, the retro-Mars period is provocative, he often pushes you to cheat on your regular partner, to look for a new use for your activity. Mars (we repeat) is the planet of destruction, anger and aggression; its energy contradicts the peaceful, creative atmosphere of the family and easily becomes destructive for it. (The only consolation is that the “prodigal son or husband”\“prodigal daughter or wife” will most likely return to normal life after Mars leaves the retromotion. But how and with what will they and their loved ones pay for their voyage to the country of unsafe sexual adventures? It’s impossible to say in advance.)
At this time, your former sexual partner may appear in your field of vision, bringing former joys or, conversely, worries into your life. If you once mutually liked each other or the sympathy was one-sided, a short period of sudden erotic obsession on one or both sides is possible.

Psychological nuances of retro-Mars

Mars affects much more sharply than Mercury, it more often causes irritation and stressful conditions. Its influence is also longer lasting - after all, its loop is much longer than the Mercurian one.
Mercury invites us to comprehend the situation and this most often becomes half the solution to the problem. Retrograde Mars, on the contrary, prefers action to thinking and does not allow us to calm down until we have done at least something. Therefore, if on retro-Mercury we are easily distracted by funny and curious little things that help us forget about temporary troubles, then on retro-Mars our frustration with circumstances grows like a snowball.

Some people (see the beginning of the article) during the period of retrograde Mars lose the meaning of life, because they lose sight of the course they have taken or do not see a quick adequate return on their efforts. However, they do not suspect that their test is temporary, and perceive the current situation almost as the end of the world. Religious virtue, which consists, among other things, in humbly accepting trials sent from above, is known less and less to modern man, and in this case it plays against him.
People with a pronounced cardinal Mars suffer from this doubly. They need a clear incentive for action and instant results. When they don't get it, everything falls out of their hands. Depending on the characteristics of temperament and the situation, they fall either into depression or into aggressive irritability. The fewer movements they manage to make on the outside, the more actively the cauldron of discontent boils inside them.

Thus, one of the features of the Mars loop is psychological tension. It easily transforms into bright flashes of feelings, but also in self-criticism, anger, aggression and other destructive manifestations. It is in this state that people more often commit irreversible, dangerous, illegal actions, get into accidents, quarrel with loved ones and even with random figures in their lives. The jealousy that grips people at this time is often caused by memories or temporary reasons, but it is also strong and quite capable of living up to its reputation as a blind permissive force.

Social nuances during the retro-Mars period

Typical collective\social tendencies during periods of retrograde Mars:
. Pop-up again consequences and details of some long-standing military action
. Revision of legislative acts regulating the activities of entrepreneurs, law enforcement agencies, transport facilities, emergency and ambulance services
. Implementation harsh punitive sanctions(making decisions about suppression, prohibition, punishment)
. Exacerbation political debates on sensitive, topical topics
. Emergence resonant situations of an acute, often destructive nature(for example, accidents, accidents, scandals, causing violent actions, local unrest and unrest, terrorist actions)
. Escalation of confrontations, right up to the outbreak of wars
. Personnel changes within enterprises, organizations, corporations, communities
. Unclear distribution of roles among recognized (obvious) team leaders

Alert.

Mars - planet potentially traumatic.
On the other hand, Mars often provokes urgent things that need to be done in any case, even if it means throwing yourself into the embrasure.

Thanks to this combination of the incongruous, Mars is a constant, classic astrological figure in those events that we classify as force majeure. These are events that clearly bring us a crisis of one kind or another, but it is almost impossible to avoid participating in them (if they concern us personally). Due to the reasons described in the first part of this article, retrograde Mars can become a catalyst for particularly powerful phenomena of this kind.

During the period of retro-Mars, it is recommended to exercise increased caution primarily for Mars people (or, as mentioned above, dangerous, energy-consuming and competitive) professions. More specifically, people whose profession is associated with the following components:

fire, high temperatures, explosions,

metals, metal structures, metal tools,

technology, creation, testing, maintenance and repair of mechanisms,

dynamics, entrepreneurship,

leadership or the desire for it,

competition and disputes of any kind,

high urgency, efficiency,

aggression, expansion, weapons,

danger, death or threat to life, saving other lives,

crime,

crisis situations, emergency situations (for example, emergency services)

taxation, insurance,

military affairs, law enforcement agencies,

medicine (surgery, resuscitation, traumatology, psychiatry, ambulance services).

It is advisable to be more vigilant for anyone who is sick, caring for sick people or looking after small children.

You should be careful while driving and generally while on the road, on transport routes.

It is recommended to be careful when working with sharp tools and hazardous work.

Retrograde Mars. It pays to be careful. During these periods, people are often impatient, tense, irritable, impulsive, passive-aggressive, or argumentative. Mechanical devices, purchased at this time, break down or suffer accidents more often than usual. Sexual activity may have harmful consequences. Lawsuits and lawsuits initiated during Mars retrograde tend to turn against the plaintiff. Aggression is often turned against the aggressor. Travel can be dangerous; the undertaking may be damaged by conflict or hostility. See also the article by Natalya Zhukovich “The period of retrograde Mars, or the calm before the storm” (section Library)

Below I present to your attention an excerpt from the book. Stefana Arroyo, Retrograde planets
Retrograde Mars
The orbital period of Mars around the Sun is 22 months. Once during this time, it becomes "retrograde" or moves backward (as we see it) as it misses the Earth, which has a shorter orbit. This usually happens once every 22 months.
Negative influence retrograde Mars.
Basically, this is turning on the voltage. The first experience of people shows, especially if the transit of Mars turns out to be in conjunction or opposition to one of their natal planets in their astrological chart, is LOSS OF ENERGY. It's very real. You can think of Mars as a helium-filled balloon and a retrograde, pin-pierced balloon. All the "air" or "fire" leaves the balloon and it descends and falls limply to the ground. This is exactly how you will feel. Let's see what might happen with our Mars list:
1. Physical energy is not so accessible. Or, your energy is quickly depleted. You can't do as much as you did before. You should rest or nap more often and take breaks from work.
2. Things and undertakings are put off due to lack of energy necessary to achieve your goal/dream. You can't do anything. All the “steam” and flow of energy aimed at creating something suddenly disappears mysteriously and quickly.
3. No matter how hard you try to PROGRESS, nothing works. It's like anything that is stagnant or very slow to develop, or doesn't respond quickly as usual to your energy or your contribution to the project.
4. This is the WORST time to start a new business, start something new, a new idea, a book, because it will just waste you and deflate you like a leaking balloon. Nothing will work out.
5. Where life seemed to move at a fast pace and everything went on continuously - now it won’t go that way. Everything will slow down. It's like it's slowing down. But don't say that's a bad thing - when everything slows down, you get the opportunity to take a deeper sip, instead of just taking a quick, big sip of water and running away. Mars time gives you the opportunity to go much DEEPER into whatever it is that is holding your attention or responsibility. There is a reason for this and after, even if you or I don't know what that time is.
6. You won't have the "push", "kick" or "passion" that you had before Mars went retrograde. The volume is reduced - backward movement.
7. Your usual spontaneity comes second and simmers.
8. Your “engine” slows down.
9. You will need more rest than usual.
10. You will need more sleep than usual.
11. You will feel like the Hanged Man from the Tarot cards - suspended by your feet, hanging in the air and having no way to descend or change this position.
12. You will be like in a cocoon - in stagnation. This is a period of waiting for a push, a stimulus.
13. You will be less likely to fight, be aggressive, or be able to resist aggression. At this time, you will have the opportunity to live yourself and let others live.
14. Sexual activity may decrease; don't worry - it will come back when Mars goes direct. Consider it a vacation.
15. Your energy will be inhibited and accumulated instead of being spent as before. I call this time "paper bag". As if you are in a huge, invisible paper bag, for you now everything is not going according to schedule or is not correct.
16. Projects lag and creep. Things that were supposed to be done cannot be done. This is not the best time to start a new project either. It will fail, unfortunately. Wait and be patient until Mars turns direct.
17. Injury from weapons, fire, fire, and cars is likely during the retrograde and direct motion of Mars
18. It is time to switch Life from preference outside You turn inward (like a bear, you hibernate to connect with your powerful subconscious) and influence your inner “world.”
19. View this period of external stagnation as an opportunity to make homework at our own discretion. This is an excellent time for therapy, for identifying deeply, ingrained patterns of harmful behavior that you have been carrying like good friend. I reviewed a lot myself during this time.
20. Your animal instinct may not work as sensitively as before - so think 2 or 3 times before you agree to anything. REALLY appreciate it, be patient and ride it out, if you don't feel it, it's against you.
21. Your masculine energy will be inactive. This - good time to switch to your feminine energy(heightened sensitivity, intuition) blind as a bat You still know where you are going and use it. It will keep you out of trouble if you heed it. If you are a man; You probably won't listen, and you'll end up hitting a few brick walls before you learn to pay more attention to that little feminine voice inside of you.
22. The outside world, all its demands on you, will weaken significantly during this period. That's good news - it gives you time to finish a large number of neglected tasks that have been sitting and asking for attention for many months - so use this “quiet period” as a mop for the mess that you once made.....
23. You may be more vulnerable and vulnerable to STRESS -- so get out of it, take care of yourself, take advantage of the down time, cherish yourself and rest... if you don't do this, then...
24. Your immune system will be weakened during this period. You cannot cope with the normal workloads and demands life places on you. This is a good time to consider supplementing with Vitamin C (3,000 mg daily) and pantothenic acid (250 mg daily), which feed your adrenal glands directly so they can handle stress you can't handle as well. You did this usually. When Mars retrograde period ends, stop taking the above-mentioned vitamins. Your adrenal glands will then cope without help.
25. First of all, this is the time of maturation; similar to pregnancy. Powerful movement to deep, internal subconscious level. This is the reason why you are in the throwaway bag, suspended, and nothing seems to work out for you that you thought and hoped for. The internal energies now gestating within you need time to form and create external physical activity - which you will need when Mars becomes direct.
26. Most of all, during Mars retrograde, have patience with yourself, yourself and others. Patience is the key during this period. If you do this, you will have fun, lie in a hammock, watch the clouds float in the blue sky and use this energy properly
Overcoming retrograde Mars.
It's actually quite easy. You understand that you will not have everything, that the energy that you had before will decrease accordingly. You also know that nothing will go right in your life - either professionally or personally. There will be deviations, delays, changes - but if you remain flexible and in touch with your inner intuition, you will get through this period just fine.
Those, stubborn, persistent or simply stupid, who refuse to change their gait behind the walking drummer, who beats much less often now, can get into real trouble with this retrograde.

The period of Mars retrograde or the calm before the storm!
(Taken here: http://kometa.site.kz/article.php?ng_mars)
Author: Natalya Zhukovich
Retrograde motion is the visible (apparent) backward movement of the planet. A retrograde planet is perceived from Earth as moving backwards from its normal annual motion along the ecliptic. During the retrograde movement of the planet, you should not start something new or move forward in matters related to the retrograde planet. It is better to return to what has already been done, finish unfinished or correct shortcomings and review your achievements. Below is astrological forecast and recommendations for the retrograde period of each planet. But we must remember that the most powerful influence is exerted retrograde periods Mercury, Venus and Mars. Don't forget to make your plans with these retrograde planets in mind.

During Mars retrograde periods, people tend to be impatient, tense, irritable, impulsive, passive-aggressive, or argumentative. Lawsuits and lawsuits initiated during Mars retrograde tend to turn against the plaintiff. Aggression is turned against the aggressor. Travel can be dangerous. A new venture may be damaged by conflict or hostility. Sexual activity can have harmful consequences.
Mechanical devices purchased at this time break down or suffer accidents more often than usual. Mars retrograde is not suitable for buying a car.
When Mars is retrograde, it is advisable to avoid elective surgery, as the outcome of the operation may not be what you expect and is often unfavorable.

A person with retrograde Mars in his chart will face the problem throughout his entire life of the correct distribution of those minor forces that are given by such an arrangement. A retrograde planet indicates that in the past incarnation its energy was spent too wastefully and often thoughtlessly. One can imagine a warrior who left all his strength on the battlefield, destroying enemies, or a magician who used the same forces to prove and demonstrate his power, to achieve superiority over the world. It could also be a desperate duelist, looking for adventure and not always spending his energy wisely.

Knowing how to influence others through clearly demonstrated activity, demonstrating himself and putting his Ego forward, he did not think about the consequences and hoped for success, believing that the most important thing in life is strength. In any case, such actions disrupted the natural balance of forces in the system of energy connections - the system subtle bodies- and created tension both in the internal space of the subject and on external level. Possessing a huge amount of energy, constantly feeling an excess of strength within himself, the person, apparently, often used it without thinking about the consequences. He was never concerned about the meaning and quality of any of his active manifestations.

The most important thing was the process of action itself, which allowed one to clearly express oneself. At the same time, a person did not always clearly understand the destruction his activity could lead to; he lived by the principle: action for the sake of action itself. In this incarnation, retrograde Mars indicates weak energy in all bodies, distorted perception eigenstates, a person’s inability to correctly assess their capabilities and wisely use what the planet offers. Any retrograde planet, as mentioned earlier, is a kind of conductor of force, working actively only in one direction - from outer space to the center, i.e. to the subjective sphere.

Accordingly, when we are talking about Mars, the planet that governs, first of all, any manifested action, then this action, in its retrograde position, will always be clearly indicated only in the internal reality of a person and perceived correctly only by himself, but not by the outside world. We must remember that every action we take is a natural reaction to the changes happening around us. Moreover, such a reaction is always formed with the help of Mars and looks like some kind of manifested activity. At the same time, the first moment of our inclusion in action is very important, that very impulse that encourages open manifestation, born inside and carried out outward with the help of this planet. With Mars retrograde, a person will always seem to be active, but external space will not perceive such activity due to the fact that the impulse, as already mentioned, is very weak and the flow of force carrying it is directed inward.

This is the main feature of this situation, which does not allow us to correctly correlate internal state, their own strengths with the demands of objective reality, and a person often simply does not understand and does not accept the manifestations of the external world in relation to himself. The state of his Ego is such that it needs constant active expression of itself, but since not much energy is given for this, this is where distortions in the world’s perception of it arise, and sometimes irritation coming from outside.

Dedicated to Katya Rogova, a sincere fighter against retrograde

People's affairs are like the waves of the ocean,
Subject to ebb and flow.
Take advantage of the tide - and success
He will answer you with a smile;
With the ebb of the tide all your sailing
It will turn into a hard struggle
With shallows and hardships.

Shakespeare "Julius Caesar"

When it rains in the upper reaches, the river foams. If you want to cross, wait until the river calms down.

Sun Tzu "The Art of War"

Mars is responsible for the power aspect of our existence, including our ability to purposefully invest energy to achieve our goals. But once every twenty-two months it reverses its movement, changing the course of our lives. As a rule, this naturally coincides with those moments when we have exhausted the potential for moving forward and need renewed energy and a change of course. However, the effects that occur when the planet slows down, stops and moves backward are most often perceived by us negatively.

It is natural for us to overcome obstacles by building a movement from the past to the future, and Mars helps us by filling us with the strength that we expend. But during the period of retrograde, Mars works in a different mode, it seems to create a vacuum ahead, which deprives us of strength if we continue to stubbornly move forward. And when we are waiting for a new portion of Martian energy to replace the spent energy, we count on it, it, having deceived our expectations, does not come.

Inhibition of processes, the return of seemingly completed plots, the inability to quickly obtain the desired result, can cause various feelings: irritation, despair, aggression towards oneself and others. the world. It is important to remember that this state of affairs is, firstly, inevitable, and secondly, temporary.

In the event sphere

The retrograde of Mars is the longest among personal planets, so it stops for quite a long time and manages to gain high speed during its retrograde. Because of this, the braking process goes unnoticed at first (and we have time to make many mistakes), and then the high speed in the loop causes us to quickly accumulate tension, which leads to aggression and conflicts. Therefore, it is important for us to remember the signs of the beginning of the retro movement of the planet:

A pause in current affairs, sometimes conscious and planned, but more often forced. Or a noticeable slowdown in usual activities.
An atypical course of events, unforeseen circumstances arise that require additional energy expenditure.
The direction of movement is lost, goals become unclear, and it is not possible to get a quick, adequate return on your efforts.
Events from the past occur, situations are created that are similar to those in which we were active participants. Often we feel the need or need to partially relive past stories.
Long-time rivals, competitors, partners appear - those who once stimulated our activity.
Unfinished tasks are activated that require rework or correction of errors.
Performance decreases, we need more rest and sleep than usual
Sexual activity decreases, male energy goes into hibernation.
Diseases become protracted and sluggish. Injuries require a longer recovery period
More often than usual, engines and power mechanisms break down and fail. Accidents and breakdowns require more time to diagnose and effort to troubleshoot

Psychological characteristics

Retrograde Mars creates strong internal tension, which we cannot realize in the usual way, and, thus, seems to deprive us of energy. We can feel like a balloon pierced with a pin, physically feel how our life force, and we remain completely de-energized. However, in reality, the energy level remains very high, so this position of Mars is dangerous.

Hence the high incidence of accidents and conflicts during the retrograde period, when suppressed energy suddenly breaks out. But, since we do not have the skill to manage such energy, aggression shown on retro-Mars is often turned against the aggressor himself, who failed to calculate his strength.

We may experience severe discomfort from our energetic inadequacy, inefficiency, inability to implement our plans, lead a normal life and promptly carry out current affairs. The reaction to this is often auto-aggression, which leads to injuries and exacerbations of chronic diseases.

Situations that arise during this period reveal unresolved internal conflicts, accumulated tension and dead-end approaches to solving problems. In conditions when the usual “forceful” approach does not work, we are forced to look for a different way of action.

Very often during the period of retrograde we experience states and behave in ways that we have not experienced for many years, which we have not behaved for many years. This return to past stereotypes can lead to depression, as we have the feeling that all our achievements recent years were in vain.

Inner meaning

It is important to understand that the energy flow that a retrograde planet gives is different. In fact, Martian energy does not disappear anywhere; we can say that its flow changes direction and begins to push us back, helping us return to our past and do certain work there.

This opportunity is unique in many ways, because correcting past experience under normal conditions requires special techniques and states, but here the corresponding circumstances develop on their own. On the other hand, it is precisely at the moments of slow Mars, when the influence external forces on us is minimal, we can gather sufficient potential within us to change the direction of our movement, to re-set ourselves tasks that we were once unable to solve.

Thus, the lethargy that occurs during this period is a normal phenomenon, since at the stage of changing directions, a revision of the achieved results, understanding and correction of previous mistakes are required, and not the usual movement forward. Moreover, increasing momentum, trying to force one’s strength at this moment is a refusal to do unusual, but now important work.

In fact, the only way we can help the planet, which is reviewing the experience we have accumulated, is to track incoming events, record our energy states, and look for answers to emerging questions. One way or another, whether we want it or not, the direction of our movement will still change. We can, if we wish, find the most comfortable way for ourselves to implement this task and, if possible, remove the reasons that prevent our energy from flowing in a given direction.

You can compare the retrograde period to a similarity to pregnancy. The powerful internal energies being cultivated within us at this moment need time to form and create the external physical reality that will be needed when Mars becomes direct.

Special points

There are three stages of retrograde. The first is when the planet slows down to a complete stop. The second is when it moves in the opposite direction. The third is when she stops again and returns to straight motion.

At the first stage, we discover that we are no longer satisfied with the way of action to which we are accustomed. We may find ourselves faced with global problem, which cannot be solved in our usual way.

At the second stage, a revision of the experience accumulated in the past begins in order to search for the reasons for the current situation. At this stage we formulate and accept for execution new approach to the implementation of our Martian energy, which will become our program for at least two years.

At the third stage, we gradually expand our program, learn to act in a new way, and hone the stereotype we have developed.

The points at which Mars is practically stationary are especially important, because at these moments we have practically no strength, and therefore we react to very subtle influences. It is at these moments that the most subtle aspects of our problems become visible to us, key points, on which in normal periods, having high energy, we are not able to concentrate. At the same time, there is a disconnection from some and connection to other energy sources.

Starting a new project that requires active action or long-term effort
Register a new enterprise or organization, hire employees
Perform elective surgeries
Buy and send for repairs devices and mechanisms
Start construction or renovation
Organize sporting events or team trainings
File lawsuits, initiate confrontation
Change job
Make long-distance business trips
Start courtship, win a partner

Instead it will be useful:

Maintain a gentle regime at work, give yourself more rest - every “forward” movement now takes away more strength that needs to be restored.
Put things in order, finish unfinished projects, perform routine, well-known operations.
Try to create a training project that may never be completed.
Get a temporary job to try yourself in some other capacity.
Use a relaxing massage and relaxation techniques to relieve accumulated physical and mental stress.
Resume yoga classes to regulate energy.
Practice meditation as a way to find internal solutions to problems.
Keep a diary and record current events, feelings, thoughts in order to understand in which direction to move next.
Accept your uncertainty, inhibition, lack of perspective as normal phenomena, and do not punish yourself for your inability to achieve results.

Retrograde marks a rare, very important period when we accumulate energetic potential, preparing to change the course of our lives. During the period when we are practically deprived of the opportunity to act, a change in our energy occurs, so after the planet leaves the loop, we discover that we have become different. Something came, something went irreversibly, forever. Along the way, we manage to live through a certain number of situations and emotions that possessed us in the past. Living them again now, we finally part with this fragment of our history, freeing ourselves from the blocks and tensions associated with it.

When Mars begins its normal movement, we naturally expect that the “attack!” signal will now sound, our energy level will increase, and everything will be fine. In reality, we need some time to feel our new energy, get used to it and understand what we are going to do now. But we must be prepared that after some time, Mars, which has picked up speed, can give us a very sharp push in the chosen direction.

When leaving the loop, Mars will give the opportunity

Try again to achieve goals that once seemed unattainable.
Deal with trouble areas that have come to our attention
See new promising projects and tools for their implementation
Attract new partners for these tasks
Change the area of application of forces, including changing jobs
Men – to unlock their masculine potential in a new way
Women - to understand what type of male partner they need now

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7. Eileen Nauman. Retrograde Mars. Translation by O. Smirnova

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Mars retrograde cools down the ardor, slows down any activity and draws attention to unresolved issues. I’ll tell you further how not to get bogged down in laziness and survive.

What does Mars Retrograde mean?

All planets go through a retrograde phase from time to time. Retrograde is the movement of a planet in its orbit reverse side, although in reality it can move backwards, this is just an optical illusion.

Mars goes through a retrograde phase once every two years. The phase itself lasts approximately 2.5 months, but there is a “before” and “after” period. This is when the planet stops and turns into retrograde or direct (direct) motion. Thus, the full retrograde cycle of Mars can be up to 80 days.

What should you not do during this period?

💎 You shouldn’t buy a car this time. You will be disappointed in him. You will be haunted by breakdowns and various delays. Much more nerves and money will be spent than you previously expected. If you made an installment purchase before the retro period began, this will not affect you. It is allowed to deposit part of the amount before the retrograde, and the rest after.

This applies to any innovations or service work. If you buy spare parts, perform replacements and any other work, then be prepared that these spare parts will break, and you will have to repeat the process several times.

💎 Do not open firms, enterprises, services, organizations and associations. Postpone registration of individual entrepreneurs, LLCs and other types legal entity for another time. Mars, as the planet of activity and risk, will play against you.

💎 Any production is under the auspices of Mars. If you have a business, then be prepared for slowdowns, procrastination, ambiguous results, and slowdowns. money supply and less profit. Often business is related to transportation and delivery. Be prepared that your suppliers may let you down. Specify the longest possible lead time for orders, because circumstances will play against you.

If you are going to buy equipment, spare parts, some equipment (even a drill), then postpone the purchase.You will be disappointed, it will break, you will find something better and cheaper after purchase, or the need will simply disappear.

💎 Do not sue during this period. You will lose. If you are sued, your opponents will lose and you will win. Be smart and don't get into trouble.

💎 Forget about repairs. If you were going to quickly change something in the house, re-glue the wallpaper or quickly install a heated floor, then you just have to sympathize and look at this action from the outside. You will constantly have problems, mistakes, failures in purchasing materials, shortcomings and your own crooked hands. You can do the repairs, but when the retrograde period passes, you will see a million shortcomings and collapse on the floor in disappointment. If you decide to hire someone, then stretch out the deadline for completing the work as much as possible. This way there will be fewer errors.

💎 – Spring has come, it’s time to get ready for summer! - they said you bought a gym membership. I bet you'll quit soon. Retrograde Mars has lost its sense of purpose and has become more lazy and stubborn. It is better to reduce the load, but exercise as systematically as possible. This way, you will continue to go to the gym and get small results without wanting to send it all away.

💎 No weddings. Mars is still lazy and inert. A man will not be able to enter into family relationships and show your masculine qualities to the fullest. Conflicts may break out on this basis.

💎 Set aside surgical operations , since later you risk going under the knife again.

How to survive?

🗝 Learn to rest more. I'm not talking about relaxing on the couch listening to TNT. Get outside more often, take yourself on a date with yourself, show yourself the city.

🗝 Monitor the duration and quality of your sleep. Sleepy, lazy Mars will help you normalize your internal clock.

🗝Find a way to let off steam, cope with difficult memories and heaviness in your chest from accumulated grievances.

🗝If you previously had problems with initiative and achieving goals, now you will find the right path to realizing your plans.

🗝 Finish things that you started before the retrograde period began. You can't start something, but you can finish it.

🗝 Make sure your subscriptions and accounts are being maintained. If you have problems with the bank, solve them in advance. Because during the Retro Mars period, payment systems will freeze, the Internet will disappear, and records of bill payments will be lost.

🗝 Walk more or take a bike. Huge traffic jams and crowds are expected in the metro.

🗝 Double check all your events, trips, reservations and tickets. Flight delays and cancellations, loss of important documents, and lack of tickets for necessary events are possible.

This week, Mars will enter its retrograde phase. In fact, of course, it will not “enter” anywhere - simply because of the difference in the speeds of movement of different planets in their orbits, it seems to an observer on Earth that the neighboring planet is “moving back” back. However, astrologers are not so dismissive of this optical effect: from their point of view, the retrograde movement of Mars is important factor influencing the behavior of every person.

Our astrologer Safira Nizamova tells what to do during this period for those who compare their lives by the stars.

Safira, you recently told us about the impact of retrograde Saturn on people’s lives. Perhaps retrograde Mars manifests itself in a similar way?

No, that's not entirely true. The influence of Saturn on the fate of an individual is implicit and difficult to track. We often do not perceive events that stretch over years as events. You need a special arrangement of planets in the natal chart in order to feel its heavy tread on certain days or even hours.

” - Another thing is Mars. His influence is obvious, undeniable and felt by everyone.

- And how does the influence of retrograde Mars manifest itself?

First of all, is the effect of Mars manifested? Despite the reputation of the “god of war”, it can also be quite positive. For example, remember the expression “sports anger” - this is the most accurate description of active Mars. The desire to win, perseverance in achieving goals, willingness to make sacrifices, endure difficulties for the sake of great achievements, ambition and determination - this is all Mars.

” - It is the desire to win that dominates, and not the desire to humiliate or even destroy an opponent.

Retrograde is a distorting mirror in which all the weaknesses of the planet are displayed in an exaggerated form. The desire to win does not disappear anywhere, but the determination, activity, and desire to act that are needed to achieve the goal disappear. Instead, unproductive aggression appears, directed both at the opponent and at oneself. Often people act out of spite precisely during the period of Mars retrograde.

” - The difference between direct and retrograde Mars is approximately like between a street fight and a boxing match.

- And we will all inevitably become aggressive?

Not really. Firstly, sometimes the lifestyle itself provokes an outburst. negative energy. This is a particularly dangerous period for employees of any law enforcement agencies: military, police, rescue workers, as well as employees of those professions whose duties stand between life and death, for example, surgeons. This is also an unfavorable period for athletes - we sympathize in advance with the participants of the World Cup, extreme travelers, politicians... The list goes on, I think everyone can assess the influence of Mars on their field of professional activity.

” - I would like to draw the attention of motorists that this is also an unfavorable period for them: be careful on the road, do not drive recklessly, do not break the rules, even when you are completely confident in your abilities. You may feel like you have the situation under control, but this is just an illusion created by Mars retrograde.

Secondly, Mars plays a special role in the lives of people born under the signs of Aries and Scorpio, signs where it is the senior and junior ruler. During the period of Mars retrograde, Aries amazes loved ones with uncharacteristic apathy, an unwillingness to occupy themselves with anything, to do anything. At the same time, Aries begins to look for those to blame, they can take out anger on others, provoke meaningless conflicts that are not worth a damn. Sometimes their loved ones even suspect that Aries has depression... However, it goes away as if by magic magic wand, once Mars returns to its previous path.

Scorpios react to retrograde Mars less clearly, but here the influence of the red planet is undeniable. It is especially noticeable in personal relationships; it is possible that you will even suspect that your Scorpio spouse “has someone.” But in fact, he “has” only retrograde Mars, which kills love passion, replacing it with coldness and indifference.

When discussing Saturn's retrograde recently, we paid a lot of attention to the fact that it is now moving backward through the sign of Capricorn. And Mars?

Mars will also visit the sign of Capricorn again in its return movement in 2018! And, imagine, he, like Saturn, feels great there, because Capricorn is a sign of his exaltation. The concept of the sign of exaltation is often unfamiliar to people who are superficially familiar with astrology, so I will explain: if in the sign of the abode the planet is “at home” and manifests itself most fully, then in the sign of exaltation it is “a favorite employee in a promising workplace”, it manifests itself perhaps , not so comfortable, but bright.

” - Direct Mars in Capricorn is the time of careerists. Decisiveness and ambition combined with strict structure and orderliness are simply ideal for taking a new position or starting a new project.

Everything that went with a plus sign with direct Mars came with a minus sign with retrograde Mars. Ambitions do not correspond to abilities or capabilities. The projects are “hat-kicking”. Conflicts with colleagues can arise over the most insignificant issues...

- A logical question: what to avoid during the period of Mars retrograde, or perhaps something to strive for?

Of course, there are no uniquely negative situations! Retrograde Mars, like most retro periods, is good for “pulling up your tails” - completing some old things. Auto-aggression can be used to your advantage by forcing yourself to return to the gym. Of course, the slogan “you’re a fat cow, go ahead!” - not the best motivation, but the main thing is that you returned to the fitness center, and positive motivation will follow... Finally, retrograde Mars - good reason take a break and go on vacation. As long as you are lying somewhere under Turkish palm trees (and even on the sofa at home), its retrograde will not harm you in any way.

You should not start any long-term projects that involve development: registering a company, starting construction, concluding a long-term cooperation agreement... If possible, you should avoid contact with weapons, and definitely not do it for fun.

” - In general, handle any equipment and machinery with care. A lot of dangerous and ridiculous everyday injuries like “cutting a salad - cutting off a finger” happen during the period of Mars retrograde!

Finally, you should not get involved in any activities that are perceived at the associative level as military actions. Litigation, sports competitions, even heated discussions on the Internet - all this can harm your position, health or reputation.

- So, we declare the period of retrograde Mars a time of peace and friendship?

What a good idea! Tolerance and friendliness, and before you know it, you will survive these two months without any losses!

Interviewed by Ekaterina Ershova