Even Warriors Get The Blues

Art: 'Mars hung like a beauty spot, under the full moon' by Ingrid Daniell

It was back at the equinox that Mars charged out of bounds. He has spent most of his time in Gemini making maverick moves beyond the pale, courting a warrior's mental dexterity and hamming up mutability in his twin skin.

At the farthest edge he slipped into the cosmic womb space of Cancer. Out of his depth Mars cultivates a familiar cardinality now, teasing changing emotions to the surface. Intuition vies with impulsivity. Sensitivity is fuelled with mixed results. Moods swing like trapeze.

Cancer is wildly emotional territory. Mars here is tethered to the moon's shifting tides, easily made queasy when flung out this deep ocean. Practice emotional fluidity to get your sea legs. No feeling is forever. Overreaction has a far longer shelf life.

The crab's hard shell is home to what lies beneath. Mars translates this into a fierce protection of all we fervently care for. The spaces we belong to and come from. Home base as sacred terrain. The body HQ as fortified temple. Ancestral roots as anchor and firm friends as safe harbour in stormy seas. Cultivate care and fierce compassion in their tending.

Observe the standing storm warning and keep a watchful eye on your own emotional weather. Passive aggression is this transit's seasonal allergy. Guilt trips are never compulsory travel. Boundaries remain a love language all of their own. Navigate hamstrung power sulking or pouting manipulation with a boxer's grace.

As this second wave initiation sequence is activated, movement remains Mars' best medicine. Even warriors get the blues. Traversing the doldrums can generate waves of nostalgia and not no mores alike. Only change conquers the definition of insanity. Feed your spark with the comforts of home.

Change happens in the boiler room of our emotions, so find out how to light their fires.
~ Jeff Dewar


Words c. Kerrie Basha 2021