Scarabaeus – the Dung Beetle
The following extract is from the earlier post Venus-Mars-Pluto: A reassessment of love triangles [1].
“Mars retrograde in Leo takes us into deeper areas of our creative self, true power, and driving needs,” according to astrologer Molly McCord. “Themes in Leo may reveal where you are at war with your future self, and in a losing battle based on an unhealthy self-expression.”
Mars stationed at 6 Leo (tropical), placed among the stars about of the Crab about which Nick Fiorenza writes:
The Crab, can indicate antiquated patterns, personal and collective dogmatic belief structures, and sticky modalities of being that perpetuate stasis. Alignments with Praesepe and Asellus can bring up our fears of letting go--fears bound in our belief patterns and those of collective consciousness. They can bring our attention to the possibility of being lost in our own mental obscurations--in the reasons "why not" to go forward, why not to change--in the frenetic buzz of collective mass consciousness--in the dogmas of life, whether personal or collective. Praesepe, the essence of the Scarab (the dung beetle) / Cancer theme impels our emergence out of the antiquated entrapments we had been living in, whether leaving physical dwellings or antiquated structures of consciousness. Nick Fiorenza
The Indian lunar mansion (Nakshatra) for Mars’ station retrograde position is Pushya. Dennis Harness states a possible negative manifestation of this nakshatra is ”strong attachments to family that inhibit growth” which essentially matches with Nick Fiorenza’s description above.
Pluto which is opposite Mars is placed in the Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha ( “later victory”) which reflects failures or losses in early life and success as life progresses. If early life was inhibited by fears of letting go of family or antiquated belief structutres, this nakshatra offers liberation for those who aspire for it.
One's recognition of what levels of unresolved conflict have been incubating often proves liberating, allowing one to marshal one's forces more appropriately. Often, Mars retrograde brings issues to the surface which one has either forgotten or deliberately repressed because of their disruptive qualities.[1]
[1] https://tinyurl.com/5n97ketf
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