Mars & Rahu in Aries (June 26th-August 10th)

Can you feel things heating up?? Mars has entered sidereal Aries on June 26th, joining the North Node, Rahu,  and will remain in his own sign of New Beginnings until August 10th. Mars is the planet of Discipline, Courage, Action and yes, Anger. In his own sign of Aries he is strong, yet can also make harsh and quick choices that come from a black and white perspective. This can easily lead to fighting and disciplining others, instead of the strong personal courage and regular, repeated action that truly strengthens our own Self. Rahu is the wily North Node that is but a head without a body. Here we devour whatever area of life he is in, and do not have the full capacity to learn from our mistakes. We are “new” at whatever area of life Aries is for you (scroll down to get your FREE report for each Rising Sign) and we have a tendency to act without taking advice. While Mars is fiery, direct and even militant, Rahu is airy, dispersive and mired in illusion. The combination can be quite intense, as we might get angry based on misperceptions and act out immediately, without regard for the consequences, or even the truth.

Rahu in Aries is already creating a more self-centric atmosphere, where we are not as concerned about others or getting along. Joined Mars, the action in this regard is more cutting, harsh and confident. Confidence is great if we know where we are coming from is right, at least for us, but when mixed with the confusion and delusion of the node, the potential for blowing up unnecessarily is high. This can lead to arguments, abruptly ending relationships and fighting, as well as social and geological catastrophes.

With Saturn heading back into Capricorn, our fear is also building and as Retrograde, it is internalized. So rather than expressing our fear, we are feeling it intensely within ourselves but acting out with our anger instead. This is going to continue to build until on August 1st, Mars and Rahu will be exactly conjunct. The potential for militance and external expressions of this wild fire is going to be at a pitch. Mercury will move into Leo on this day, also moving us into verbal dominance and Saturn will be giving a one-way dristhi (gaze) to Jupiter in Pisces, bringing fear to even our beliefs and capacity for wisdom!

The good news is we have some time before this alignment really heats up to really build our daily discipline and to work on releasing our triggers in the moment. We can use calming and cooling pranayama like sithali, Nadi shodhana, counted breaths to tame the flames, rather than fanning them with rajasic practices like breath of fire. We can show up on our yoga mat, or our surf board or in other ways that ground us and cool us off. We can really notice our triggers and take space and time before reacting or acting. And we can take time for ourselves, and off of media, to avoid getting riled up by other people’s fire works. Hydration is key here, drinking water and swimming in it if possible, as well as spending plenty of time in the earth element!

The other news, is that for each of us this will be exploding in a different house and Mars is ruling 2 different areas of our life. This can be an incredibly transformative time, with a lot of intelligence running for those on a path towards self-betterment, and a massive fast-forward in certain areas of your life!

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