There is also a ‘shadow period’ commencing a few weeks before and after these dates. Mars has an affinity with the masculine yang energy, and things can get tense when he’s retrograde. Male energies play up, strut about, and generally want to show how big and powerful they are. This goes for countries and corporations as well. At the very least, there are internalised changes. You may need to find a different way of dealing with difficult people during the retrograde period. Many people are affected to some extent, but you could be more strongly affected if you have Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces in your chart.
Mars in Gemini normally brings dramatic changes in our thinking! We could have more energy for intellectual reasoning. Thoughts can dart across our mental landscape with great enthusiasm! Write them down… think, reason and plan but don’t overdo it! However, in retrograde Mars things can be much slower, and our clarity of thought is patchy, to say the least! You may alternate between moments of great clarity and then confusion, not knowing what to do. Find the right balance for you between thinking, doing, and being....<<<Read More>>>...