Guest guest Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 Dear Sri Sam Geppi, To up the intrigue, for a short period beginning circa 40 hours hereon, even Moon would be exalted in a trine from Mars, with Taurus' dispositor exalted too! Thanks for an interesting and coherent post. Cheers, Ramapriya On 2/22/07, sam geppi <sadasiva108 > wrote: > > Hey there, > Several friends also have some insomnia right now -- > mars is exalted and 12th from the Sun, the house of > sleep.. what do you think..? > > > Vedic Astrology Forecast February 22, 2007 > > Currently we have two exalted planets in the sky - > Mars and Venus. Mars and Venus are two important > planets in sexuality and masculine/feminine > interactions. > > Mars is the planet of our active sexuality-the power > of conquest and the desire to fulfill ourselves. More > than any other planets Mars is related to the animal > within us. Archetypically, Mars refers to the > expression of masculine energy. > > Beyond this sexual/relationship realm, Mars is the > planet of action — plain and simple. The energy we put > forth in the world is related to Mars. Our actions are > very black-and-white. We are either doing this or > doing that. Why we are doing them, what they mean, > etc. is a different matter. But every action is clear. > It is what is. This is the nature of Mars, to act > toward a goal. Not to question it, (Mercury and > Jupiter) and not to get distracted or stop to enjoy > ourself along the way (the moon and Venus). No, once > we set our mind do something there is a reason for it. > "I have to go to the bathroom" — "I have to wash the > car" — "I have to make love" — "I have to explode a > large bomb in a public place", these are all examples > of Mars. A clear and decisive action, oriented toward > a goal, based on a need, a preference or principle. We > have many ideas and feelings but take only one action > at a time. > > Mars does not not define our goals, he acts upon them. > Generally it is the interplay between Mercury and > Jupiter, illuminated by the Sun, that define our > goals. When we use Mars to act, we are fine. When we > use Mars to speak, we are in trouble because Mercury > is the one who speaks best — Mercury likes to have > fun, likes to tell jokes, likes to play, enjoys the > interaction. Don't you enjoy talking to people like > that? Mercury move sideways, Mars moves forward. When > Mars is talking there is impatience, perhaps > irritability, even anger or violence. "Who has time to > talk, I'm busy". > > It is black-and-white with Mars. Most conversations, > ideas and people are not black-and-white. When Mars is > defining our long-term goals we are in trouble. > Jupiter is the best to determine our long-term goals — > long term goals should be based on teachings, what we > have learned, a larger vision. Mars is in the moment, > impulsive. We only act in the moment, but our > principles need to be based on more than our momentary > needs. "You are either helping me reach the goal or in > my way." This is Mars logic. It is very effective for > getting things done, but not very effective for much > else. > > This black-and-white powerful nature of Mars aligned > with a worthy cause is an unstoppable force. Mars is > the most important planet for Hatha yoga. The > courageous, simplistic approach to life is what > eventually allows us to put into practice what we know > is right, because in many ways life is very simple - > it IS black-and-white. We are always faced with a > choice to either honor what we know is right and do > the right thing or slide on our principles and do what > is easiest, or the most convenient for whatever > reason. Usually the reason we slide is because it is > harder to do the right thing, we have to suffer if we > are to put into practice what we have learned. > > For instance, we know it would be best for us to get > up at 6 a.m. and do some meditation, breathing > exercises, yoga to start our day. But, " boy this bed > feels good and I did yoga three days ago", sound > familiar? The same is true with food and other sensual > choices. This is the interplay between Mars and Venus. > A powerful Mars will get up out of bed early and do > the right thing. Mars is willing to suffer for our > principles. In fact Mars is willing to die for > principles, that is why Mars is also related to > warfare. Even when it comes to arguing, it is the same > idea. It is much easier to make a nice and go with the > flow. But Mars is where we draw the line — it is where > we are willing to suffer and bring suffering upon > others because of what we think is right. That is his > job. Defining what we actually think is right is > someone else's job, mainly Mercury and Jupiter. But > based on the whatever we think is right, Mars will > act. > > The nature of each planet is to do one thing very well > and everything else quite poorly. But that is OK, you > only need to perfect one energy and that will open up > every other one. What typically happens is people tend > to overuse their stronger planets as a way to > compensate for the weaker ones they are neglecting; > rather than use each appropriate energy when > necessary. > > So, back to exalted Mars. He will give us many great > opportunities to act powerfully between now and the > end of March. But those actions need to be aligned > with a worthy goal otherwise we will just be pushy and > impulsive. We also may have a tendency toward arguing > and aggressive speech until March 8 as Mercury will be > retrograde. Mercury has a speech giver will have us > reflecting on our communication skills so as to > improve them. Luckily we have exalted Venus bringing > some diplomacy and tact into the arena. (I will write > more tomorrow on Venus). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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