Astrology: Rev up your engines, Mars rides again! (Mars Direct)

Rev up your engines!!! Mars is going direct.

This week Mars in Scorpio (some intense powerful energy there) is finally moving forward (Wednesday)...not that it is any really big deal...but with all the other stuff going on...you may have felt “somewhat” stable and sweet for a couple months or even recently or in some type of suspended animation, like on pause only to feel now the rumbling of a car engine and gears shifting... but seriously with no idea where this is going or at least hoping it is going somewhere exciting.

Well, before anything new happens it’s going to REOPEN events from 2014 (Saturn was at 23 Scorpio in the Fall of 2014), events we have suppressed and thought were over..in order to be healed or beaten out of us, our choice.

Since I noticed an influx of emails recently, and a lot of you (late 30’s and early 40’s) are also going through a Jupiter/Uranus/Pluto “boom boom” reboot aspect (a nickname for it) as well, this might be an opportune time to check out your chart.

Jupiter will also be changing signs on the 9th of September... moving into relationship friendly Libra – so we are all going to be taking the amount of "joy" (Jupiter keyword) we receive from our partnerships a bit more seriously...hmm.

Maybe try to drop the fear based relationships maintained out of habit or loneliness. Maybe finally making more mature decisions to be or not with one another...and settle, find and be with “appropriate for us” persons. It doesn't really take much honesty to know if your relationship is based more on fear than love. Jupiter is like fertilizer, it makes both the flowers and the weeds grow faster. Jupiter can be rash and overly optimistic but sometimes you just need that type of energy to expand the possibilities of your life, move on or move in.

In any case, there will be a lot of relationship wheeling and dealings, all types of relationship re-negotiations...and though, those of you who are romantic might cringe at the idea of bargaining terms in relationship, Libra really knows how to create a healthy balance and a great foundation for mergers (business) and sex (without consequences), meaningful mergers...that create value later when Jupiter moves into Scorpio next year.

Some advice for the next year: either let go of someone you are not happily attached to or attach yourself to someone you are not enough attached to (all you run-away bride and grooms beware).

We can also try to release some more inhibitions (yes you have many). Take a look at how you hold yourself back (and qualify it very well), sell yourself out, react out of duty, guilt or habit, manipulating the hell out of people and the biggest one of all "acting like a victim" to maintain the status quo. These coping strategies might not work much after October, be warned.

The reality is just going to be too “in your face”.....how weak, how afraid, and how frustrated...and it will be all to apparent how boring and monotonous that is.

This is really a time to get a fresh perspective on the possibilities of your life...and there are practical steps to take in that direction without wavering and repeating the past.