With the Red Planet having just entered the sign of the Lion and staying there for the foreseeable future (early January 2025; when it backtracks into the Crab’s cosmic turf), have you ever heard of the expression “Play stupid games, win stupid prizes”? Well this is what we’re NOT doing during Mars Retrograde 2024-2025! To clarify, a so-called “stupid game” in this particular Mars Retrograde case equates to anything we might otherwise be inclined to do to stir up drama, ego-driven or entitlement-fueled actions, defending our pride as if life & limb depended upon it, and/or anything that might generally reek of some kind of metaphorical big cat pissing contest. No, no; we’re not doing any of this AT ALL – remember, you can’t “win” if you don’t play, and I assure you the prizes are not worth the headaches.
What are we doing instead? We’re following urges to act in accordance with our noblest impulses. We’re scratching that itch for entertainment and excitement through healthier – and far less messy – avenues such as creative pursuits & hobbies. We’re wrangling our tempers so we are truly self-sovereign in this regard; never deigning to lower ourselves in anger at paltry things nor trifling peasants. We are mustering the full presence of our Being to command – not demand – admiration via the strength of our character. There is a reason why the Rider-Waite-Smith tarot depicts the Strength card as a nameless maiden of no particular renown gently closing the jaws of a lion. They did not use, say, an illustration of Hercules – a name practically synonymous with physical strength – wrestling the Nemean Lion into submission; no. They were smart enough to understand that true strength emanates from within at our core and does not depend on whether we were noble-born nor even if we were born with a pair of testicles.
In closing: This Mars in Leo season (and it is a long one due to the incoming Mars Retrograde!), fuck the pro-wrestling, steroid-induced machismo and see it for the weakness it is hiding. Right action cannot be achieved whenever the ego is enthroned where the heart should be, and the genuinely courageous among us will firmly but gently tame the beast within & without so not an ounce more of force is applied than is needed. Do not waste a drop, for your energy and blood are too precious to squander foolishly. 
11/05/2024
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