#244 - Weekly Energy Update for January 8, 2023

The month and the year get off to a slow start with Mars, Mercury, and Uranus currently retrograde slowing us down. These retrograde planets give us a couple of bonus weeks to think thru our future and get clear about what we want. Mercury retrograde asks us to rethink, redo, and revise and that’s exactly what we’re doing right now. 

The wonderful news this week is that on January 12th, Mars will finally finish its retrograde and turn direct. Mars retrogrades are frustrating. And this one has been especially frustrating since it’s happening in Gemini. Like Mars, the planet of action and ambition, Gemini likes to move fast. We’ve had to slow down and get used to not feeling like we're making progress.

When Mars' retrograde ends, we begin to get some of the missing energy and drive back. Our goals and plans become clearer. We all want to get moving quickly coming out of this retrograde but may not see movement happening until Mercury and Uranus end their retrogrades later in the month. This means we need to be patient a bit longer.

When all three move forward, we can do the same — quickly! Because no planets will be retrograde for three months after the 22nd, things move quickly and we make significant progress.

Allow yourself to slow down. It’s OK if you don’t have a word for the year yet or a clear sense of your direction. Is it frustrating? Yes. But it would be even more frustrating to push ahead and be met with obstacles

I recommend using this time to feel into what you want to create over the next few months. When you get that intuitive hit to act on it, things will flow much more easily than they would have if you had moved forward earlier.

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