The action planet is in Libra, ruling with a an iron fist inside a velvet glove through October 3rd. In this air sign, Mars looks at the give-and-take in relationships, and reacts angrily when things are out of balance. The warrior moves in fits and starts in Libra, and when that cardinal energy gets backed up, you see a lot of eye rolls and sharp tongues. With that mental force behind it, Mars Libra probably has the fiercest evil eye around (next to Scorpio).

On the flip side (and with Libra, there's always a flip side), what you see during this time is not always what you get. Astrologer Molly Cliburne wrote recently, "Libra can be friendly and cordial when it wants to be, but eventually the see-saw turns and Libra becomes blunt, frank, and sometimes even downright mean. When people say “yes” but you hear a reluctance in their voice, either wait or proceed with extreme caution. Libra often says yes when it means no, and gets angry about it later." I've gotten much better at saying, "Let me think about it," but having this Mars, I can attest to her being spot on here.

There's a lot of stewing and weighing of options, and that can lead to not much getting done. But this Mars is also one that creates beauty out of disparate elements, making this a good time for creative projects. We might see more people taking a stand for their beliefs, to right some wrongs. This also favors acts that restore balance, whether its changing the colors in the home, or taking that friend out to lunch (the one that's treated you so many times). Mars is now the peaceful warrior, ready to actively carve out some serenity in the day, do something artful...or subtly provoke until the right equilibrium is reached.

• Mars in Libra

In the opening of her film, 2012, The Odyssey, Sharron Rose says, "Something odd is happening. Like a shadow on the wall, we don't know if it's real or illusion. We just know it's there." Even those not normally drawn to otherworldly events, are curious about 2012. Everyone senses something's up, especially since the stories of so many traditions converge at this epochal crossroads. 2012, The Odyssey begins with questions, and as they are answered, more questions emerge. That's just how it is with a cosmic mystery of this magnitude.

This is a great intro to the Mayan prophecies and concepts of time. The interviews take a spiraly path into all the ancient wisdom and signs pointing to 2012. It ends with a blessing from the Q'ero Shamans of Peru, who are featured more in-depth in Sharron Rose's latest film, Timewave 2013. In this interview about the Earth Keepers from the Andes mountains, she explains their vision of Homo Luminous. That our evolutionary destiny is to transmute from our human form into a body of light. It frees us from the Trance of the culture, which is actually a barrier to the wisdom of the ancients.

Here's her description of that process, "The transmutation into a luminous light body is a purification or distillation process in which we rid ourselves of darkness. On a psychological level, our emotions — such as anger, lust, jealousy, ignorance and pride — are transmuted through meditation and through working on ourselves. The work begins on the inner levels. The whole change of the world has to start with you, so if you want a world of beauty and connectivity, you have to start with yourself."

• The 2012 Conference November 1-2, San Francisco, CA (Many of the scholars and shamans from these films will be there.)