Message for Week of February 8-15, 2025

Reversal, review, r Message for Week of February 8-15, 2025
□ Ch-ch-ch Changes □elapse, revival? Removal, reconstruction? What is going on? Mars has been retrograde (from our geocentric perspective) since December 6, until February 24. From a broader viewpoint, a Dark Martial Epoch began October 5, 2024, continuing till May 17, 2025, a period of seven months. Then a "normal" Bright Martial Epoch shall prevail until November 5, 2026 (eighteen months). A little reflection can reveal what this is all about, as well as invite further questions. October 5 was a month before the election of Donald Trump. He was re-elected after being out of office, a rare event--granted a re-prise. He is an orange-haired, brash, grandfatherly figure, virtually re-born after much persecution through lawfare. A re-turn and a re-vival. Mars was going backward to take up the threads of old karma and dharma. Trump is a fitting Martian figure because his chart has Mars rising near the ascendant, although thankfully he ran and won on an anti-war platform--Mars after all is going backward. And Steve Bannon says now that the defense budget, full of waste, has to be cut back drastically. On January 7, the Los Angeles fires began, while Mars Retrograde went from 0 Leo (a fire sign) to 29 Cancer (sign of homes). Thousands are having to re-build or re-locate. At the same time, many in North Carolina have lost their homes, living in tents or temporary housing. This is not even to mention population disruption in the Mideast, and the fact that thousands of illegal migrants to the US are being deported. Mars in Cancer the sign of the home, while retrograde, is totally in evidence. It is traditionally the sign of Mars's fall. Many are changing their home base in one way or another. I am not, but had to work through a dispute about rent in the past few weeks. Mars turns direct on February 24 but remains slow until early May. Most of us are REorganizing our lives in one way or another. Meanwhile, Venus is slowing down to remain in a "dark" or slow stage until as late as May 17. More about that later. From this week until mid-March Venus shall be in a favorable sextile aspect with Jupiter. Expect at least mild forms of festivity, pleasure, indulgence, and graciousness. □ Week of February 8-15 □ Ch-ch-ch- Changes □ Saturday 8: Moon enters Cancer at 3:05a PT / 6;05a ET Sunday 9: Moon in Cancer