Aries and Cancer Alert! Act Now!

If you're an Aries, you've probably been getting your house in order, literally, since early in the month. Moving furniture for yourself or your extended family, getting the domestic finances in order and helping your parents out as much as possible has most likely been the order of the day, every day, for you Aries natives. This is because Mars, your fiery ruling planet, has been in Cancer, illuminating your 4th house of domesticity and family and inspiring you to TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS and clean house in every possible way.

If you're a Cancer, chances are you've been focusing on partnerships all month long. Whether you've become half of a dynamic duo in a business venture (especially if its a family affair) or intimate relationship, you've been pouring your heart and soul into forming or solidifying a strong alliance. If you've been actively extending an olive branch, your efforts have been bearing fruit and you've been appreciated for you suave diplomacy. Mars has been beaming its powerhouse energy onto you and you've been bouncing off the walls, and lucky you, you'll have Mars in your sign until next May, while most of us only enjoy its direct effect for 2 weeks, every other year.

Well, all of this is about to slow down. Here's why:

Mars, the soldier planet of outward action that inspires all of us to DO EVERYTHING WE CAN RIGHT! NOW! is about to go retrograde in crabby Cancer. This means if you are an Aries or Cancer (or a fellow Cardinal sign of Capricorn or Libra) you have until November 15th to put those wheels in motion before getting started becomes a little bit more difficult (or if you're a double Aries like me, a LOT more difficult). Get to it this very second! Be advised: during the retrograde period, which will last until January 30th, you'll feel like riding things out rather than struggling mightily to roll the stone of your ambition uphill both ways, cause that's what it will feel like to get new pet projects going. The major upswing is you'll gain the insight to shed your old mode of being and doing. You'll have a whole new game plan in February, and you'll be stronger than ever.

So don't view this retrograde as a bad thing-- just remember every aspect of nature is cyclical, and that goes for the stars, too. You can't avoid or will away a season of retrograde, so it's best to view it as an ebb and flow situation. High tide will come again, don't worry! Think of it this way: bears need to hibernate, and the last thing they do is waste valuable preparation time railing against the coming winter. Bears know springtime will come, and with it an awakening. Without a period of hibernation, bears wouldn't survive, and they take it as a matter of course. In our hearts, we humans know there are times we also need to be still and go underground. Use your energy wisely and obey those instincts and you'll be top shape when Mars goes direct.

xo,

Sybilla