First, my apologies!
Yesterday, the RSS feed for my blog sent out an old post from the Fall Equinox of it’s own volition. The first line said, ”September is a time of transition.” Most folks, I suspect, just deleted the email and went on about their day.
A few sent me emails saying, “Did you mean to send this?” or “I’m confused.” My immediate thought was, “Oh no! Did my website get attacked”
I went and looked. No. Everything looked fine. I have no idea how it happened.
One thing I believe is that the Universe is always communicating with and guiding us. I also read energy and am enormously curious. So when something unusual happens or catches my eye, I pay attention. I want to know what’s up. I ask questions. In essence, I follow the energy.
Mars just went retrograde on Monday. It will not go direct again until April 14. I can feel what a big deal this is, but I’ve hesitated sharing about it. Frankly I am NOT an astrologer. I am however quit fascinated with the natural cycles we are all inextricably a part. And this is definitely one of those.
Traditionally when planets go retrograde, (this means they appear to move backward from our vantage point on the earth) it signals a time to slow down and assimilate all that we’ve been doing, learning and taking in. This is simply part of the natural and very normal rhythm of life, similar to winter, which is the time of rest and assimilation for the earth and her inhabitants.
Retrograde is a great time to sift through things on all levels: mentally, emotionally, physically, spiritually and energetically.
Anything with and “re” in front of it: re-flect, re-do, re-align, re-evaluate, re-think, re-arrange are all appropriate when planets go retrograde. It signals a time to look back. Time to slow down. Rest.
This is what I began to think about.
However most of us, if we think about it at all, have a negative take on retrograde planets. We have a collective belief that when planets go retrograde it means negative outcomes and hassles. Things will get difficult and hard. This is not such a useful belief. All it does is amp up our fear and create a sense of survival and lack. It ignites our lizard brain into hyper over-drive. We move out of the natural flow and into resistance against.
Many years ago when I learned astrology from Grandmother Bernice, she also taught me a very valuable way of looking at the world. She believed that if you had something that could be construed as negative in your chart, you could also “use that energy up” in a positive way. It was simply energy…we got to choose how we would use it. We could be victims or we could be leaders and empowered in our own lives. We don’t always get to choose the energy we are presented with. We do get to choose what we believe and how we act on it.
Grandmother taught us to engage whatever energy we were presented with and turn in to our advantage. Embrace it. Allow it to work for us and with us, instead of moving into resistance against it.
The post that mysteriously went out yesterday was about, guess what? Resistance. Resistance to the energy that life is presenting to us. I went back and read it again. It was a great reminder to go WITH the energy, the flow. To let go of the fight. Just put it down and walk away. Fighting and resistance squanders our own precious life-force energy. And as my daughter recently said so eloquently, “Wow! Resistance hurts!” Want to go back and re-read the post too? The link’s at the bottom of the page.
Just a tad more about Mars…
Mars is all about energy. Every single thing is energy first before it moves into 3-D and becomes form. Everything.
Here are a few questions to ponder, if you choose, as Mars takes us into a time of re-flection and re-evaluation.
What am I putting my energy into?
What is it creating? Is it what I want?
In what ways can I re-direct my energy to create more of what I do want?
And less of what I don’t?
What next small action or step can I take right now, to move me in that direction?
What are you in resistance against in your life…right now? How can you stop? Right now.
I would love to know.
Here’s the link for the post with a life of it’s own.
Photo credits: Melani Marx
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