It’s a tricky time. Mars is stationary and moves direct again on 24 Feb 2025 – 17 degrees Cancer. Mars has mixed dignity in Cancer. It is fallen but has triplicity rulership which is good. This is a Mars that wants to protect and yet it can be retaliatory. How do you protect those you care about without hurting others? How to we end these cycles of conflict and violence with more aggression and violence? Is it possible to find other ways to resolve conflicts?
This Mars opposes Moon in Capricorn. The Moon also has mixed dignity – detriment in Capricorn and yet also has triplicity rulership which is good. The Moon represents ordinary people especially women and children. It also represents our feelings and emotional responses. When we are hurt how do we respond? Is it possible at this time to find ways to resolve conflict and emotional hurt? Or does the cycle of hurt and anger keep expressing itself. How do we heal? Do we feel safe to trust the other?
There is real tension here. Mars and Moon square Venus in Aries. This is another planet with mixed dignity in Aries – detriment and term. Venus speaks about our value system connected to love and resources. Venus is also about to travel retrograde. We seem to need to go over so many things currently.
Mercury finds itself in Pisces – again with mixed dignity – fall and detriment and also term. Jupiter in Gemini is also in detriment and has dignity in term. Jupiter is making a square aspect to Mercury. These planets are in each other’s signs indicating a mutual reception. This is an opportunity to interrogate our beliefs with additional information. There are many misunderstandings and we seem to be speaking past one another. How do we find each other when our beliefs and information are at odds?
We are going to need to navigate these difficult topics to resolve conflicts. Mercury will soon connect with Saturn on 25 Feb indicating a need to take responsibility for what is said and published. We can’t speak fast and loose and hope to resolve conflicts.
Mercury travels retrograde on 15 March for a few weeks until 7 April 2025. More information will come to light and plans will need to change. This is certainly a challenging time as the personal planets have been struggling with mixed dignity and retrograde motion. We might just not be able to get things going until all issues are ironed out. SA government needs to present a revised budget on 12 March 2025 after the unprecedented postponement last week. With Saturn and Mercury connecting in 2nd house – it’s the economy stupid. Time to look at long term policy direction and what is affordable.
