Just because Mars has gone direct doesn’t mean Mars is done with us.
If you remember, Mars went retrograde way back on December 6th at 6’Leo and will not return to the degree it went retrograde until May 1st when the post-retrograde closes out the Mars retrograde cycle. The next Mars retrograde will take place in January 2027.
While Mars was retrograde, I started researching and digging into the Mars retrograde cycle. I have some information to share. By now, you should have guessed that my goal is to empower people to use astrology to make their lives easier. I avoid grandstanding predictions—hooey fooey, New Age nonsense. I have a deep, abiding respect for astrology. Astrology does not make mistakes; humans can incorrectly interpret astrological messages. I believe the 2024-2025 Mars retrograde cycle fits a disturbing pattern.
Since its inception, the United States of America has repeatedly experienced an attack after a Mars retrograde has gone direct—not always, but enough times to be considered a pattern. Sometimes, the attack is from an outside adversary and other times, it is due to self-inflicted wounding. The pattern starts with the Battle of Lexington & Concord, which began the conflict between colonists and the British army on April 18, 1775. Mars had just gone station to direct on April 6 and was still in the post-shadow phase of the Mars retrograde cycle when the battle happened. The Whiskey Rebellion (1791-1794), America’s first Constitutional crisis, fits the pattern. Tax resistors upset over a new tax on whiskey led to an insurrection against the federal government. In 1792, a few weeks after Mars went direct, the rebellion turned violent.
The nascent country struggled with slavery by adopting a series of “compromises” that kept postponing the abolition of slavery, ultimately leading to the Civil War. Mars retrograde cycle is significant in the 1820 Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850, and the pattern occurs again in the 1854 Kansas – Nebraska Act, which resulted in violence between pro and anti-slavery groups. In Kansas, violence over slavery escalated during the retrograde cycle of 1856.
Reviewing significant dates in the 20th Century, the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the Oklahoma City Bombing in April 1995, and the attack on the Twin Towers in September 2001, I discovered that each event follows the same pattern.
I am concerned that the 2024- 2025 Mars Retrograde cycle will produce a significant event that will follow the historical pattern of America experiencing a violent attack after the Mars retrograde cycle has closed. The Mars retrograde cycle closes on May 1st when Mars leaves the retrograde shadow and returns to the degree it went retrograde. Not all post-retrograde shadows produce a verifiable historical event; sometimes, the event happens during the post-retrograde shadow. Sometimes, the event occurs a few weeks later. I think that it is wise to err on the side of caution.
Since October 2024, Mars and Pluto have been in an on-and-off opposition. There are three exact alignments: the first one was right before the United States national election on November 3rd, the second on January 2nd, and the third one will take place on April 26th. Mars opposite Pluto is a highly volatile Molotov cocktail of intensity, a combination of aggression, revenge, and destruction. Actions taken under a Mars opposite Pluto may not be logical and may revolve around an obsession for power and domination and a refusal to compromise or back down.
Though Mars will go direct on February 23rd, we should exercise caution as he slowly moves forward. Mars will be in Cancer for the next 52 days, a weak placement for the god of war. Mars in Cancer is debilitated, considered in Fall, in decline, weak, and hidden. When planets are in their Fall expression, they feel unheard, hidden away, or cast out. A planet in Fall may overcompensate and act oddly or unbalanced.
If, during the Mars retrograde, past emotional issues surfaced, use the Mars retrograde post-shadow phase to review and initiate mending what the retrograde might have broken. The energy will finally shift once Mars leaves emotionally exhausting Cancer and enters vibrant and energetic Leo on April 17th. All fixed signs, especially in early degrees, Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius, need to be careful when Mars in Leo opposes Pluto in Aquarius on April 26th.
SOURCES
https://www.britannica.com/event/Battles-of-Lexington-and-Concord
https://www.britannica.com/event/Whiskey-Rebellion
https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1286
https://www.britannica.com/event/Pearl-Harbor-attack
https://www.britannica.com/event/Oklahoma-City-bombing
https://www.britannica.com/video/attack-World-Trade-Center-New-York-City-September-11-2001/-160308
https://astropro.com/features/tables/geo/ma-sta/ma-sta09.html