Mars retrograde 2020 capricorn1/7/2024 If our values have mostly been directed towards career advancement, we could see the results of our efforts beginning to show now. If our values are primarily related to interpersonal dynamics or family relationships, then we have an opportunity to show up in those situations in a new way now. If our values have to do with financial stability and business, we may have to re-think our approach in that area. ![]() Venus also asks us to align to our TRUE VALUES and act from that place. So this retrograde period is certain to kick up themes along this dichotomy. But it is precisely this sense of internal safety, comfort, trust, self-acceptance and proactive action that Cancer urges us to create, especially in the face of ‘imposed rules’ (Capricorn). How well have we learned to care for ourselves? To truly listen to the needs of our hearts and bodies? That is no easy task given the constant bombardment of messaging that ‘we are not safe’. The antidote to Capricornian authority and restrictions is Cancerian self-nurturance and self-care. Now is our time to show up differently based on all we have learned in the past few years of heavy Cancer/Capricorn emphasis. And now, for the first time since winter 2013/2014 Venus is retrograde in Capricorn. We also had a number of eclipses in Cancer and Capricorn from 2018-2020. As I mentioned Capricorn has seen a lot of “action” in the past few years □ We had the hugely significant Saturn/Pluto conjunction at 22 degrees Capricorn on Janu(within days of the WHO naming a newly detected virus). We can think of this rather like a total re-attunement of the area of life Capricorn presides over in our charts, as well as Capricornian themes in general such as big business, government, authority, authority figures, bureaucracy, rules and restrictions. ![]() Venus first entered Capricorn on November 4th of 2021, and does not actually leave this sign until March 6th- a hugely long amount of time for Venus to be in any one sign (she normally spends about 3 weeks). By contrast, the retrograde in 2020 was in Gemini, an air sign, so around that time we had ‘reversals’ (a retrograde theme) around air sign and Gemini topics such as communication, media, collectives and social issues (*this timeframe coincided with the George Floyd murder and subsequent social media and protest movement). Furthermore, Capricorn is an earth sign which is concerned with practical matters (such as finances) and hence a retrograde here has a “double whammy” kind of impact. This retrograde is especially impactful since it is in Capricorn, one of the signs that has seen the most “action” in the past several year. Venus, the planet of beauty, love, money, possessions, and values retrogrades every 18 months or so, and hasn’t had a retrograde since May 13 – June 26 of 2020.
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