

The cosmic ruler-maker trades its Aquarian lab coat for Pisces’ flippers and scuba mask on March 7th. After 2.5 years of Saturn at home in Aquarius, 2023 brings a sea-change. Saturn is the planet associated with discipline, commitment, structure, and resilience. Mars will take its time gaining speed, and so should you. Remember there’s no rush to figure this all out. As our planet of action starts gathering momentum in the first quarter of year, reflect on what you have witnessed about your anger, and the ways you’ve learned to assert yourself. That’s seven months in total, a long time for a planet that usually spends two months in each sign. Mars will remain in Gemini until March 25th. As we work to advocate for our needs, that’s incredibly valuable information.

Rage is an uncomfortable feeling for many, but it reveals where our boundaries and limits have been crossed. As its retrograde ends, consider the ways you’ve encountered frustration, impatience, and anger around communication. Mars is the planet we associate with confrontation. Mars stations direct in Gemini on January 12th, when at least some of the online dumpster fires will be extinguished. Still, if cyberspace has felt especially prickly these last months, relief is in sight for our overloaded neural networks. Mars found itself in hyper-trickster mode while retrograde in Gemini, disrupting capitalism and corporate monopolies. This three-ring circus of chaos has its positive side sometimes, such as when Twitter’s revised blue check policy led to a swell of impersonator accounts that hilariously undermined corporate giants (including Elon Musk himself). Mars retrograde ends January 12th, 2023īy now, we’re all familiar with the internet’s double-entendres, analysis paralysis, and scattershot social media posts for clicks and clout. Here are the six major astrological events that you need to know about in 2023. From reclaiming our inner sovereignty to manifesting our wildest imaginings - this is the year we stop talking about that brave new world.
