While Mars in direct motion is direct, straightforward, assertive, and aggressive, with Mars in retrograde motion, Mars energy is essentially turned inward–it’s internalized, intensified, personalized, and perhaps pressurized. Rather than directly assert our desires, we tend towards introspection. When Mars is in its retrograde cycle, we are forced to re-assess our current projects, our approach to getting what we want, and our desire nature. Mars is in its shadow from July 25th, 2020, forward, and then until January 2nd, 2021.
Mars spends its full retrograde cycle in the sign of Aries.ĭetails: September 9th, 2020 Mars turns retrograde at 28 degrees Aries 08′ and is retrograde until November 13th, 2020, at 15 degrees Aries 14′.
Thus, if you stand up for yourself, you now tend to hesitate, back down, or even be plagued with fears of retaliation.” In any case, the message that was impressed upon you was that forceful action is wrong or dangerous. If Mars is retrograde in the natal chart, this is what the Karmic Insight report has to say about this position: “Asserting yourself vigorously and directly is complicated by the fact that you had a prior lifetime or lifetimes in which aggression was either misused (by you, or against you) and/or all personal initiative and self-will was insistently discouraged (perhaps due to a belief system that advocated passivity). Mars is Retrograde approximately 58-81 days every 2+ years. Retrograde-station-direct cycles are essentially illusions that result from our point of view from Earth, simply because the Earth is also orbiting the Sun at a different speed than the other planets. “Appears” is the keyword here, because, technically speaking, no planet actually moves backward in their orbits around the Sun. What is Mars Retrograde? Occasionally, Mars appears to be moving backward in the sky. The Mars Retrograde cycle is lesser known, and it occurs less frequently than Mercury Retrograde, but it is certainly no less significant nevertheless. “Mercury Retrograde” has certainly become a buzzword – or buzz phrase – these days. How this Mars Retrograde cycle affects each sign of the zodiac.Indicators in the charts of people especially sensitive to the Mars Retrograde cycle.
The next Mars Retrograde after this 2020 one is from October 30th, 2022, to Jan 12, 2023, in the sign of Gemini. NOTE – There are NO retrograde periods for Mars in the year 2021. Mars Retrograde in Aries 2020: September 9, 2020, to November 13th, 2020