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What are Retrogrades?
Retrograde cycles regularly repeat in our lives; the doomy-gloomy feelings that can be a by-product of them need not drag us down into the depths of despair. Just as there are times for recognizing and celebrating all the things we do well and all our successes, there needs to also be a time to be brutally honest with ourselves and recognize the areas that need improvement. 
If we never paid attention to our weaknesses, we would never have the opportunity to grow them into strengths. I recommend that you seize this opportunity to study your Self, note where improvements are needed, and then start to make those improvements.
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If you would like to be added to Kate's e-mail list please send your message to: kate_braun2000@yahoo.com. This list receives the Seasonal Messages Kate send out 8 times a year, reminders of not only ways to celebrate the solstices, equinoxes, and cross-quarters, but also reminders of upcoming events in which Kate will be participating. Moon Musings will also be sent to Kate's mailing list. These messages will help readers tune-in to lunar energies and recognize how lunar cycles can be utilized in our lives. This list is for Kate's exclusive use; it will never be sold to or shared with any other person or group. | Mars: 1/14-12 - 4/13/12: When Mars, the War Planet, retrogrades, it tends to make us more easily angered, more ready to respond with anger, more easy for our actions and/or words to trigger anger in others. Mars does not retrograde each year as most of the other planets do, so we are not as accustomed to the surge of anger in ourselves as we would be if this were a yearly event. The best way to cope with a Mars retrograde is to do your best to not react with anger to someone else's anger, do your best to diffuse any anger directed towards you, do your best to maintain your calm and objectivity towards others' actions during this period. This does not mean you will not get angry, just that you will need to find a way to release your anger in a way that does not trigger more anger in another. As with all retrogrades, it won't last forever. Saturn: 2/7/12 - 6/24/12: A Saturn retrograde brings feelings of heaviness and blockages. This is a time when it is all too easy to see difficulties, impediments, blockages, and lack of accomplishment. Combined with the Mars retrograde, this Saturn retrograde can also lead to an angry response directed at whomever or whatever is perceived as responsible for the difficulties. I urge you to not give in to anger. It will serve no purpose and may, in fact, make things more difficult. The better choice is to just "slog on". If you keep in mind that any progress made during a Saturn retrograde is good; if you stay focused on goals and note the progress you are making, no matter how small; if you are patient and persevere, the odds are good that you will get through this Saturn retrograde with a minimum of difficulty. |
