Sun in Sagittarius is moving to square Mars in Virgo at the end of the week. Since aspects involving Mars tend to express well in advance, we should start looking at it now. It all starts with the Sun, source of our daylight, archetype of your consciousness. It is largely when signs host the Sun that they reveal their characteristics and an aspect to the Sun is a defining baseline for other objects in astrology. This week’s solar aspect to Mars may be defining for you, implying a choice or set of choices that will reveal the true nature of your focus and give you a chance to think about it.
It is natural to check in with yourself when Sol is in Sagittarius. Its mutable quality is about preparing for a new season, in this case initiated by a solstice, when the Sun’s apparent motion on the horizon stops and changes direction. The fire element energizes those preparations for initiative and stimulates us to imagine a new direction for our conscious action. The Sun’s presence prioritizes acting with awareness, as do some other long term constants unique to Sagittarius.
For centuries, Sagittarius has been the home of two distant points beyond our ken. From the middle of the sign, what we can only call a Great Attractor humbles us in contemplation of the unknowable. In a later degree is the homing signal of our place in creation, the galactic core. Over a generation, Sagittarius has been the home of a disproportionate number of Centaur planets, encouraging us to go where we fear to tread. This year brought the lunar north node, with its eclipses, reminding us to be responsible for what steps we do take. Finally, the recent solar ingress to Sagittarius took place during the stormy prelude to Mercury’s retrograde station in the same sign. That’s a lot. It probably corresponds to a lot on your mind, and it does not include the other eleven signs and their resident objects to which Sun is connecting by aspect. Virgo is one of those signs; Mars is there.