MARS IN GEMINI 20 AUGUST 2022 

IN FOR THE LONG HAUL – MARS IN GEMINI 20 AUGUST 2022

mental overdrive….

Mars will enter Gemini on the 20^th of August and will remain there, due to its retrograde period, until March 2023, that is 7 whole months!!

What is really unusual about this year’s upcoming transit of Mars in Gemini though is the length of the planet’s continuous stay in this sign: 217 days, from 20 August 2022 to 25 March 2023! Its retrograde period will start on 31 October at 25°36’ Gemini and end on 13 January 2023 at 8°07’, with the planet being out of bounds (OOB) from 25 October 2022 to 3 May 2023.

After being rather uncomfortable in Taurus, the sign of his detriment, where sensuality and stubbornness perhaps added to the planet’s allure, Mars is now ready for mental rationality, quick thinking, dexterity and perhaps even some maverick moves. Mars in Gemini is rather unleashed and free to prank around as and if he pleases, Gemini is, after all, a smart-ass sign that nearly always manages to have the last word, well, sometimes, all the words, since the gift of the gab certainly is part of this socialite sign. Except for the last degrees of Gemini, Mars will be peregrine during his stay here, a condition that will probably add to his waywardness (Mars is known as the lesser malefic in traditional astrology).

Mars in Gemini can lend itself to glib remarks and extreme sarcasm when provoked so if your chart is involved during this transit in Gemini careful how you respond ‘cos it could cause a back-lash.

Speaking of talking, Gemini is of course the socialite sign where communication takes place between two or more persons. But what does real communication involve? Is it an “I speak” then “you speak” situation? During which words come out only on a personal opinion level and less so on a “listening” level? Do you ask questions about the other person when you are talking? Or do you just add your thoughts to the mix and aren’t really interested in what’s actually being said by the other party? With Mars in Gemini you better be listening because misconstrued words and sentences may have scathing consequences.

Mars in Gemini is the monkey-mind, switching from one thought to the next, one action to the next. I know a lot about monkey-minds, I am one myself (Mars in Gemini). It’s so easy for me to talk about something and be contemporarily thinking or watching or doing something else (multi-tasking) but that isn’t necessarily a good thing because going into mental overdrive is stressful for myself and even more so for those who are close to me and can lead to disastrous distractions. Anyone else a monkey-mind here?

Bringing this transit once more to a more personal level, I will be having my Mars return during this transit. This occurs every two years or so and if you pull up a chart for the time of the exact return (a bit like doing a Solar return chart) then the position of Mars in this new chart will indicate the area of your life where you will be putting most of your energy over the next two years.

“Shut up, she tells her monkey mind. Please shut up, you picker of nits, presser of bruises, counter of losses, fearer of failures, collector of grievances future and past.” Leni Zumas, Red Clocks

Grease your tongue and sharpen your brain for the next seven months or so!

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