One of my main focuses is examining how the astro weather plays out in the lives of regular people. Sometimes it can help to tangibly see how placements manifest. Here are some examples of what happened during this summer's Mars retrograde: My nephew broke his arm (Mars retrograde in his 1st house of the physical body/health). Injuries = Mars. Got cast off when Mars went direct. His mom (my sister) had the Mars retrograde in her 5th house of ...
Thought I had nothing to worry about since Mercury isn't a main Time Lord for me this year. But when I got locked out of my laptop on the first day of the retrograde via BitLocker encryption (something I never initiated), I had second thoughts. Mercury retrograde was indeed afoot. After two hours of research, seeing every BitLocker thread unsolved, with people losing all their data, I discovered that Windows 10 initiates BitLocker automatically, & I was signed into the Microsoft account for my other laptop, not the broken one. Once I signed into the 2nd Microsoft account, I found the ...
Mars retrograde is already unique; it only happens once every two years or so. This one is made more volatile with Mars out-of-bounds for most of it (July 7-September 24). The retrograde began on June 26, 2018, 5:04 pm ET, at 9º13' Aquarius, & stations on August 27, 10:05 am at 28º37' Capricorn. Aquarius is a fixed Air sign ruled by Saturn that values progress, efficiency, & innovation. Mars can totally get on board with those things, but when retrograde, both Mars & his ruler may experience rising frustrations/irritations. Mars may want to accomplish Saturn's goals, yet run int ...
