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<\/dt>\nSafe drivers gather awareness, signal their intent, and boldly commit without hesitation. Unsafe drivers often neglect awareness, fail to signal, and move recklessly.<\/p>\n
Just as in heavy traffic, there are no guarantees of safety in your world. It’s a matter of participating, and boldly working probabilities so as to enhance the possibility of favorable outcome.<\/p>\n
By the same token, it will not pay to go to the other extreme of recklessness. Energetic Mars in fiery, mutable Sagittarius (a sign ruled by expansive, amplifying Jupiter) just doesn’t add up to favor being timid, hiding out, holding out or sitting out, even if it feels like you should be doing just that when Mars enters Sagittarius this weekend.<\/p>\n
The reason you may feel tempted to practice avoidance when (and after) Mars makes ingress to Sagittarius is that the Moon, according to many astrologers, will be ‘void of course’ (or just about to become so) at the time.<\/p>\n
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While the definition varies, it’s workable to consider the Moon void of course during the period of time after the Moon in its current zodiac sign has made its last major aspect (conjunction, sextile, square, trine or opposition) to a sign ruler (Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune or Pluto) before entering the next sign.<\/p>\n
When Mars enters Sagittarius this weekend, the Moon will be at 25+ Taurus, separating from an earth trine with the Sun at 21+ Virgo. It will make no more major aspects to sign rulers until it enters Gemini to oppose Mars about nine hours later.<\/p>\n
During the period of time the Moon is void of course, many astrologers counsel initiating as little of significance as possible, lest your efforts have little (or at least uncertain) consequence. In addition, some would extend that advice to say that anything that does begin during a lunar void is bound to be insignificant in and of itself.<\/p>\n
Yet, when you consider that the Martian tenure in Sagittarius (Sept. 13 to Oct. 26) will contain within it a Mercury retrograde (Oct. 4 to Oct. 25), which will in turn contain within it a pair of eclipses (Oct. 8 and Oct. 23), there is no way even the strongest proponent of Moon voids is going to be able to justify writing that whole time off.<\/p>\n
Instead, it will be both realistic and practical to consider this year’s Martian traversal of Sagittarius to be both a busy time and a period of uncertainty — not unlike driving in heavy traffic. And what sane person would recommend that you snooze while doing that?<\/p>\n
Obviously, the entrance of Mars into Sagittarius will not initiate a time to snooze, lest you lose. There is no way you will not be involved in what life has to offer over the next six weeks.<\/p>\n
Even if you could avoid participating for so long, you wouldn’t want to. This is Mars in Sagittarius, not Scorpio. This is an adventure, so you may as well make your participation intentional and have a destination in mind.<\/p>\n
Also, and just as obviously, you are not entering a time to be reckless. The actual events in your life that correlate with the metaphor of traffic will have you too busy to indulge either impulsiveness or unnecessary risks.<\/p>\n
Rather, you are entering a time to decide where you want to go, be aware, signal your intent, make commitments and boldly follow through to enhance the probability of reasonable and safe progress in the unprecedented adventure that your life is becoming.<\/p>\n
Yes, by the way; yes you can, and yes you will be glad you did.<\/p>\n
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