It is true that Mercury goes retrograde today and just to add fuel to the fire Mars entered the sign of Virgo on the 10th of November and is now officially in the shadow of it’s retrograde motion which will begin on January 23rd and last until April 14th.
Mars is the warrior and will be in Virgo (for many months to come). Possibly the issue for you (for everyone at the moment) is boundaries. My theory is that the Bitch Goddess appears when we need space. She is an aspect of the sign Virgo. (She can express herself through men as well as women.) Thousands of years of captivity (of the feminine side of life) keep her from saying what she needs outright. Sometimes she doesn’t even know what she needs. When she’s aggrivated it can look like she just doesn’t like people. Maybe she just doesn’t like herself or maybe she just needs some space. Mars, the warrior, says it’s time to deal with these issues.
Another way to look at the Mars Retrograde phenomenon is that it is about the little things. Virgo is the sign of the little things like food, health care and employment. Things that make our lives work (or not). Mars in Virgo is probably an indication that the Occupiers will morph into the next phase of their journey. Truly they are about all the little things I just mentioned.
In any case it is a good time, between now and January 23rd to look at these issues in your own life. How are you feeling about boundaries and how well are you doing with diet, exercise, work and most importantly, a sense of the sacred in these things. Are you at one or two with nature? This might refer to your own nature as well as Nature in general. They are really one and the same.
More to come in January!
