{"id":48562,"date":"2011-11-10T12:40:05","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T17:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=48562"},"modified":"2011-11-10T16:00:36","modified_gmt":"2011-11-10T21:00:36","slug":"first-dance-mars-enters-virgo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astrology-with-len-wallick\/first-dance-mars-enters-virgo\/","title":{"rendered":"First Dance – Mars Enters Virgo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mars enters Virgo ’round midnight EST (11:15 pm). It will remain in Virgo for nearly eight months, four times the usual tenure, because of a retrograde period early next year. We won’t need to wait that long, however, to know that Mars has changed signs. Over the next five days, the red planet moves through three powerful aspects. You may experience those aspects as something analogous to a dance — a first dance. Whether through conscious intent or unanticipated consequence, that first dance has the potential to open a new phase in your life. The trick will be to get into the rhythm after an awkward start.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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In the words of Robert Hand, Mars “rules the energy that an individual uses to maintain himself in the face of pressures from his environment.” The optimal employment of that energy is dictated by the sign that contains it. The transition from fiery Leo to grounded Virgo entails a change of emphasis from expression to purpose. <\/p>\n

It is one of the more drastic departures astrology has to offer, a challenging stage of growth. The first Martian aspect from Virgo may likewise feel like the first steps with a new partner not of your choosing.<\/p>\n

The sign opposing Virgo is Pisces. In the first degree of Pisces, Chiron has recently resumed direct motion. The day after Mars enters Virgo, Earth will be positioned directly between Mars and Chiron. That physical arrangement is called an opposition. Oppositions represent you and another face to face with a choice, conflict or negotiation. Because we often feel Mars aspects in advance, your volition may already have encountered such an option. You would know it as something that cannot be ignored.<\/p>\n

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Chiron was discovered only 34 years ago. It is distant and small with an eccentric orbit. Unlike countless other bits of data that came to light in the information age, it refused to go away. Charles Kowal, the astronomer who discovered Chiron, dubbed it “a maverick.” The maverick astrologer, Al Morrison called it “the inconvenient benefic.” Robert Hand likened it to the proverbial nail, without which an entire kingdom could be lost. Every take on Chiron implies that it must be dealt with, regardless. If Mars entering Virgo means redirecting your defining energy, then the nearly concurrent opposition of Mars to Chiron means initiating that reformation will be contingent on how well you dance with a partner who chooses you. Another, larger planet promptly reinforces that notion.<\/p>\n

Uranus, still retrograde in early Aries, will encounter Mars over the weekend from the not-quite opposition called a quincunx. That aspect indicates an adjustment is in order. On the heels of Chiron’s insistence, the irresistible and galvanizing nature of the Uranus archetype may cause accommodation to seem more like coercion. If we can persist through next Wednesday, however, we may finally find the rhythm through a common element.<\/p>\n

Four elements of ancient natural science (fire, earth, air and water) are an integral part of how the twelve signs of astrology are organized and distinguished. Each of four elements becomes part of the identity of three equally distributed signs. Signs characterized by the same element share a flowing and knowing relationship reminiscent of the most accomplished dance partners. Planets in signs of the same element benefit from that relationship through an aspect called a trine.<\/p>\n

Mars will conclude its first dance in Virgo with a trine to Jupiter in Taurus next Wednesday. The Jovian archetype is expansive encouragement, open arms and long, easy strides. The earthy sympathy between Taurus and Virgo provides a stable platform. It is a good match for Martian energy re-tasking and, after nearly a week of acquiescence, a chance to finally relax into a new modulation that will be home for a long time to come.<\/p>\n

Like many a first dance, it may come to nothing, thwarted by anxiety and discomfort, endured but not enjoyed. It takes something more to work through that, something shared. As you feel the push and pull in your life over the next week, see if you can sense a new rhythm and instead of resisting it, try it on for size. It could be the beginning of a long and beautiful relationship.<\/p>\n

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Mars enters Virgo ’round midnight EST (11:15 pm). It will remain in Virgo for nearly eight months, four times the usual tenure, because of a retrograde period early next year. We won’t need to wait that long, however, to know that Mars has changed signs. Over the next five days, the red planet moves through … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":537,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1714],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48562"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/537"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}