{"id":75580,"date":"2014-04-07T13:20:16","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T17:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=75580"},"modified":"2014-04-07T13:20:16","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T17:20:16","slug":"be-real-with-others-and-with-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/be-real-with-others-and-with-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Real With Others, and With Yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"

The emphasis on boundaries, truth telling and assertiveness continues this week, as retrograde Mars in Libra opposes the Sun in Aries (exact 5:03 pm EDT Tuesday). If you\u2019ve often noticed a general reluctance to have an honest statement of opinions — whether in certain personal relationships or in society at large — the beginning of the week will likely bring the nature of confrontation and direct engagement into clearer focus.<\/p>\n

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Simplified chart section showing planets in Aries for the Sun-Mars opposition, from top: Mercury, Uranus, the Sun, Juno and the lunar South Node. Mars, ruler of Aries is directly across the wheel (not shown).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In astrology the Sun represents our so-called ego-consciousness, which is basically our awareness of self. <\/p>\n

Mars is the planet of volition and desire; it\u2019s the energy in astrology that gives us an internally based, self-directed push forward (as opposed to feeling as though something is acting upon you from the outside). <\/p>\n

In the signs Aries and Libra, we get an encounter between a very strong need to be independent and an equally strong investment in a relationship (or even the concept of \u2018relationship\u2019).<\/p>\n

Oppositional tension often manifests as feeling like you\u2019re pulled between two opposite desires or values. Planets in opposition also tend to express themselves in our interactions with other people, rather than simply being felt internally. <\/p>\n

Are you in a situation where what \u2018the relationship\u2019 asks for does not match up with the direction toward which you feel individually drawn? Notice when you’re not being real and then experiment with being real. It will take some courage, but that is different from perfect confidence. <\/p>\n

You don\u2019t have to know that things will be \u2018easy\u2019; you only need to feel sincerely that you\u2019re being honest with yourself. Once you establish that, you offer that honesty to the person you\u2019re relating to. What transpires next might bring you into contact with discomfort or the type of emotions many people work hard to avoid. But at least you\u2019ll know that what you\u2019re dealing with is real; that is where confidence follows from: knowing that you\u2019re standing on solid ground, in integrity. <\/p>\n

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Adding to the fire today, Mercury leaves Pisces and enters Aries at 11:35 am EDT. Mercury in Aries supports being real, because it’s about an impulse to say what you mean rather than everything you do not mean. <\/p>\n

Fire cleanses. Yes, it can also destroy if wielded irresponsibly, but this Aries fire has the potential to burn away some of the layers of mask we tend to hide behind. You can avoid that if you want. But really, why would you? As one friend declared on Facebook today: \u201cNot speaking our truths cheats everyone out of their growth!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The emphasis on boundaries, truth telling and assertiveness continues this week, as retrograde Mars in Libra opposes the Sun in Aries (exact 5:03 pm EDT Tuesday). If you\u2019ve often noticed a general reluctance to have an honest statement of opinions — whether in certain personal relationships or in society at large — the beginning of … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75580"}],"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\/191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75580\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}