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Mars in Taurus: the Power of Presence
How do I move forward?
It’s a deceptively complex question. To properly answer, one needs not only incredible introspection, knowledge of your own motivations and capabilities, but also understanding of the larger world and one’s place within it. We need to understand the game before we play, and we need to learn each piece’s capacity to navigate the board around us. These are all questions asked by Mars, the planet of Motion and Drive, and with its ingress into Taurus on January 6th, we’re given a new perspective.
In June of 2020, Mars emerged triumphant as one of the year’s major players. The Lesser Malefic returned home to Aries, establishing a base of operations it would occupy for the next six months — nearly three times its usual stay in any given sign. With the God of War in his own dominion for half the year the scene was already set for some less-than-desirable events, but thanks to its biennial retrograde it also squared off with the Capricorn Cabal numerous times. In a year of Lower Expression, Mars and its aspects imparted all the most literal themes of rage, fever, contagion, and violence to our awareness.
Naturally, Mars’ ingress into Taurus became an eagerly anticipated event. Astrologers all over Instagram looked to January 6th as an end to the onslaught of cinematic action, posting trendy shareable soundbites…
