No more Mars retrograde. Phew.

[BlueIris]

Mars retrograde in my own sign of Taurus has been extremely...inhibiting. Of course, the main cosmic factor I feel is still stopping up my attempts at forward progress in my life is that I have this nasty Mars opposition Ascendant crap to deal with, which will continue until late December. I hate it. It's palpably frustrating.

However, this post was supposed to be about the good news, so, from AOL's Rick Levine this morning:

"On October 1st, Mars, the energetic red planet of direct confrontation, began its retrograde phase. Today, it resumes its regular direct motion. It's been a long couple of months, especially with Mercury also retrograde until last weekend. The pent-up energy has had nowhere to go, but relief is now on the way and the energy begins to move forward again. The Moon enters Mars' fiery sign Aries at 4:02 am EST, adding even more emphasis to this powerful shift. Remember, however, that Mars takes a few weeks to gather speed, so it still could take a while to see results."

For me, Mars direct plus Moon in Aries equals--well, trying to constructively release a rush of suppressed anger this morning--but other than that, a cleansing spiritual stretch after a stressful confinement. Ah.