I've been thinking a lot about prioritizing, and even made a list of top goals. They weren't numbered though, since I like to write my top aims inside a circle, in no particular order. Mandi Lockley of AstroAir has this tip: "List out everything you want to achieve. It's easy to scatter and splinter your energies with Mars in Virgo, so when you have that list, you would be well advised to cross off a number -- if not most -- of those goals, so you can focus on the important ones."
Mars is in mutable earth sign Virgo all the way to July 2012! This is a boon to those of us long on ideas and enthusiasm, but who sometimes struggle knowing how to break it down -- into daily actions to make it real. With Mars Virgo, the process is as absorbingly motivating as the idea or it, or the fantasy of the end result. We can get busy with the doing, which is so satisfying, especially if the productivity is in areas that feel deeply rewarding and renewing.
This month (November 2011), Mars will trine Jupiter, the planet of rewards on the 16th. And this is followed by a Mars to Pluto trine on the 23rd, for digging in to what can revive, restore, regenerate you. So it's a time to be discerning, and pick goals that will be most fortifying to you mind, body and spirit. With this grand trine in earth signs, it's time to cultivate the new ground -- what can you grow now into something substantial, enduring and aligned with your values?
What you begin now can be built up over time, and refined during the Mars Virgo retrograde in 2012 (from February to April). Mars Virgo is the effective, forceful little buddy for these planets of real change (Jupiter-Pluto). It's good timing, since many of us are adapting to great upheavals in the economy/ecology around us. Mars Virgo is good weather for being flexible with solutions, seeing a situation holistically and adapting to meet the needs of the moment.
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Love me some mars/Virgo action!
Yes, this can be good, a lot of productive energy, if we keep it from becoming nervous nelly energy — thanks for commenting Terri.
You have posted some very important questions – hope to be able to answer them in the months to come!
Best, Eve
Ready for action but my body isn’t cooperating. Bronchitis and sinusitis has me down and out. As an Aries I want to get moving but don’t have any energy.
Thanks for this heads up; I have been spending too much time studying Saturn and Pluto to check out what’s going on in the lighter, brighter part of my chart!
Since my Saturn Opposition began, I have been feeling very much under the weather and in need of a boost for my health and general vitality. I began to feel the clouds part a little today and I have been basking in the sun instead of pushing myself to “get stuff done” despite feeling ill , as I have been doing lately. I like your circle of goals idea and this seems the perfect activity for this restful and contemplative afternoon.
Tomorrow, Jupiter moves into a trine with my natal Jupiter in Virgo in the 6th house, while Mars conjoins it. I am hoping that this multiple transit is the boost I need.
Just goes to show, it’s never all ‘trying’ aspects. You’ve got me wanting to give my own chart another look. Could be deeply healing, with Pluto coming in week after with the trine there, in your 6th house of health issues, work, habits, routines. There’s the impulse to keep busy, but with those favorable aspects, I could see you having a strong instinct for what’s authentic, ‘worth doing,’ has life to it, is part of your future.
I have a Saturn on natal Mars aspect that I know means conserving energy and prioritizing. But this time of year, I do also feel the solar cycle winding down, going to bed to read earlier and earlier! Each night, cover about two pages, and then it’s time to recharge.
By the way,
I’ll be on Robert Phoenix’ show tomorrow – Navigating the Astrological Matrix starting at 10:10 am pacific – about Mars Virgo, and Mars Regulus (in real-sky).
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/freeassociationradio
I’ll be listening: )