© Diane Lang
Even though Mars in Virgo won’t be stationing retrograde at 23° 05′ Virgo until 23 January (the same day as the New Moon in Aquarius), it is starting to noticeably slow down. Usually Mars takes about two days to move a degree and now it’s up to six days and will spend ten days at its station degree. When we need patience the most, it will be hardest to come by.
Mars is currently transiting my tenth and is in the process of making the first of three passes sextile my natal Mars-Mercury conjunction in Scorpio. By the weekend I will be experiencing the first of three passes of Mars squaring my natal Uranus . . . triggering my natal Uranus inconjunct Mars-Mercury. The “twitches” have already commenced and I need to take extra care to move with deliberation thus avoiding accidents. I foresee a few bumps and bruises in the days ahead. **sigh**
The sextile is great! It keeps things moving without going completely overboard and sharpens my mind wonderfully. The catch is Uranus and its need to push the envelope. What can happen is my mind runs way ahead of my tongue and my speech can be a bit garbled. Writing is not so bad because it can be edited though mistakes may slip by unnoticed because I get in too big a hurry.
If you have planets and Angles around 21 to 23 degrees in the mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces), this Mars station will get your attention. You could be flooded with urgent communications or need to deal with mountains of nitpicky paperwork, have the urge to fly the country or just want to strangle your overly amped partner. Whatever comes your way, please do your best to be patient and kind in dealing with your own feelings of exasperation or other people’s foibles. Here’s wishing us all luck with that! 
Mars is moving over my Mercury. I started out the year with a flurry of communication from my Aries who has gone back to being out of communication. Cell phone was being weird over Christmas/New Year it was cross referencing phone numbers to the wrong ones. It may be straightened out now. We will see how the New Moon plays out since it will be conjuncting my Natal moon opp Uranus.
Hi William,
Mercury left Sagittarius for Capricorn last night & hopefully you will find that change much more congenial. Of course, it will be squaring Mercury in Aries . . .
BTW, I’m only looking at September’s Uranus-Pluto square at 6 degrees affecting both our Aries’s Sun out of the corner of my eye. *sigh*
xoxo diane~
Mars passed over my Saturn and NN in the 2nd house but will go back for a revisit during the retrograde. It’s certainly imbuing me with a surge of energy, pushing me to do things I’ve been procrastinating on…
Welcome Maxy!
Mars passed over my Saturn and NN in the 2nd house but will go back for a revisit during the retrograde. It’s certainly imbuing me with a surge of energy, pushing me to do things I’ve been procrastinating on…
Now that’s a good result! Do your Saturn/NN aspect any of your personal planets?
xo diane~
Yup, definitely noticing this! Especially today I have been in such a rush! I have been dropping and bumping into things a lot more than usual. Definitely more irritability as well. I have 22 degree Pisces Jupiter. All this energy is a nice change of pace though, my Aries moon likes it:-)
Hey Autumn!
Especially today I have been in such a rush! I have been dropping and bumping into things a lot more than usual. Definitely more irritability as well. I have 22 degree Pisces Jupiter. All this energy is a nice change of pace though, my Aries moon likes it:-)
Nothing like Jupiter to help exaggerate the energy!
Yeah, Aries Moon thrives on action . . . 
xoxo diane~
I’d love to know your thoughts on this. My natal Mars is retrograde and I tend to feel its retrograde movements differently than my friends, I get more active and dont feel its slowing effects.
This time it will go back and pass over the midpoint between my natal square between Venus and Saturn. Any advice?
Forgot to say it will be opposing my Moon!
Welcome Ana!
My natal Mars is retrograde and I tend to feel its retrograde movements differently than my friends, I get more active and dont feel its slowing effects.
This time it will go back and pass over the midpoint between my natal square between Venus and Saturn.
I have heard feedback from others with natal retrograde personal planets confirming your experience. Astrologer Richard Noelle feels retrograde periods intensify the influence of the planet rather than lessen it.
Opposing your Moon? In general, the opposing planet can be people or situations, so you run into short tempered people under this transit.
diane~
Ugh, good luck with the square to Uranus! Find someplace to channel that/burn it off! Glad that the sextile is working for you at least. Mars transiting my Sun square Saturn was horrendous. It has helped that it’s moved a few degrees past. I’m hoping the retrograde over them will be less difficult and I can work on my career planning.
Hey Les!
The exact Mars sq Uranus brought mild insomnia & a sharp reminder why it’s a very bad idea to eat store bought cookies.
I was dragging for a few days but am bouncing back. Uranus funnels the energy right into my body via Mars/Mercury conj ASC.
Mars transiting my Sun square Saturn was horrendous. It has helped that it’s moved a few degrees past. I’m hoping the retrograde over them will be less difficult and I can work on my career planning.
Thankfully Mars will be picking up speed by the time he gets back to your Sun and it will probably be like a normal Mars transit – short & sweet. *grin*
xoxoxo diane~
This transit is pretty cool for me – my Mars is at 27 deg. Virgo, it will have 3 extended conjuncts with my Venus (at 21 deg. Virgo), and will sextile my Jupiter (at 22 deg. Cancer) for an extended period, while it stations retrograde. And the crazy thing is this entire Mars in Virgo period is in my 1st house – it will station direct smack dab on my Ascendent.
The question is, what exactly does all this mean?
Welcome Jessica!
Sounds to me like this is a great transit for you. Unless your Mars and Venus are part of irritating aspect patterns, you should have plenty of energy to run with. Conjunctions just intensify what’s already there. Enjoy!
xo diane~