Mars retrograde · 2025
Mars retrograde slows action down: energy turns inward, motivation hesitates, swallowed anger comes back up. About every two years, two and a half months to review where your strength goes, how you fight and what for.
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In Leo, this retrograde reviews radiance, creativity and generosity. If you have a planet or an angle between 17°00' Cancer and 6°10' Leo, this retrograde concerns you closely: Mars passes over it three times.
About one person in five is born with Mercury retrograde, fewer with Venus or Mars. During the sky’s retrogrades these people are often more at ease than others: it is their native mode.
Mars retrograde natal →From December 6, 2024 to February 24, 2025 in Leo.
Review a strategy rather than force a result. Finish what drags on, repair, restore. Maintain the body gently: endurance rather than performance. Name irritations before they become conflicts.
The degrees the planet covers three times: once before the retrograde station, once backwards, once after the direct station. Entering the shadow announces the themes, leaving it concludes them.