#mars direct

Astrology Notes for Mars Direct in Cancer ♋️☄️✨

Sunday - February 23, 2025

For well over a year now I have advised my readers to start finding their "emotional tone," meaning holding a more life-affirming emotional stance even though outer circumstances may be chaotic and upsetting. Another way of putting it ... it's time to stop losing your emotional sh*t.

Stop demanding that your "good intentions" justify losing your emotional footing, or that someone else's action demand your emotional "attack."

And that day starts today as Saturn moves to 20° Pisces (at 2:58am ET) and Mars finally stations direct at 17° Cancer (at 8:59pm ET). 17° is a Saturn ruled degree, and given that Saturn also moves to a significant degree means a lot. It means that your ability to feel is expanding. To feel deeper and in more caring ways. But also to feel the many shades of an emotion rather than the top three of happy, sad and angry.

But with that feeling comes great responsibility with how you ACT on those feelings. Actions that must be considered thru the lens of intellectual honesty (the trine between Mercury & Mars), discretion and maturity. Actions that serve your deeper desires AND the greater purpose of your relationships.

Mars direct on Sunday, Feb. 23, is good news for everyone across the board. It marks an end to the nearly three-month-long period of burnout, hesitation, low-or-no-energy and pervasive ugh feelings. Mars direct means your drive is BACK. There’s no more sluggish, stuck energy. But let’s manage expectations: things won’t suddenly catapult forward come Sunday (as Mars is still in its retrograde shadow and will remain there until April), but this does mark an end to low energy, emotional overwhelm, and lack of confidence oh-so characteristic of Mars Retrograde. So, YAY!

But that’s Sunday, and it’s something you’ll more than likely notice next week. In between now and then, we have the second biggest astrology shift of the week: the Sun moves into Pisces, aka Pisces season begins Feb. 18. This signifies your usual zodiac season shift in priorities and themes. So, wherever Pisces is in your chart is where the themes of self-sacrifice, surrender, heightened creativity, imagination and occasional emotional overwhelm / avoidance will be lit up for the next 30-ish days. This is also the same area of your life where Mercury, Neptune, and the North Node are currently residing and likely causing lots o’ confusion.

Overall, this week asks you to take care—of yourself, of your loved ones, of the complete strangers who need it most. Pisces season encourages compassion and selfless giving; while Mars direct in Cancer helps to unblock the flow of care-driven actions. At least, that’s how we want to work with this astrology. Water signs are emotional, yes, but they are also highly sensitive to the needs of others and are especially adept at healing the hurt and washing away (emotional) debris. Anyway, that’s the gist. Here’s the actual astrology:

Feb. 18 – Sun enters Pisces

Feb. 20 – Mercury in Pisces squares Jupiter in Gemini, 11°

Feb. 23 – Mercury in Pisces trine Mars Rx in Cancer, 17°

Feb. 23 – Mars stations Direct in Cancer, 17°

Get the FULL Breakdown of this week's astrology on The Cosmic Almanac:

Mars stationed direct on February 24th. During this time, you could be feeling more energized. This is a time when you’ll be feeling more motivated. Your communication with others will improve and you’ll be focused on learning more and gaining more knowledge. This will be a time when you’re engaging in important discussions with others.

This is a time when you’re feeling more driven and inspired. You’ll have a burst of innovative ideas. You could be feeling like your energy has returned and you could be feeling more uplifted during this time. You could be doing more things in your life that inspire you and bring you excitement. You could be very focused on your passions and doing what you can to work on your long-term goals and dreams.

You’ll be more mobile, flexible, and inquisitive. You’ll be feeling more action-oriented during this time. You’ll be feeling a lot more driven and ready to go. You’ll have new problem-solving skills and you might approach problems in a different and innovative way.

You’ll experience a surge of clarity. You’ll be rebuilding or refueling your confidence. You’ll also have clearer goals and mindset, so you’ll be doing all that you can to work towards those goals. Remember to think before you speak because your words have an immense impact and it’s up to you whether your impact on others will be positive or negative.

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✨ Spell Jar for Mars Direct in Cancer ♋🔥 (Feb 24, 2025)

🌙 Current Moon Phase: Waning Crescent in Capricorn ♑🌘 (14% illumination)

🔥 Mars Stationing Direct at 17° Cancer (10th House)

➝ Conjunct my natal Chiron at 11° Cancer

➝ Sabian Symbol: "The germ grows into knowledge and life" 🌱📖

📝 Theme: My past wounds in career, authority, and public identity are now my greatest strengths. I am healing. I am growing. I am unstoppable. 🚀✨

🏺 My Mars Direct Spell Jar

🧩 Ingredients & Symbolism:

✔ Red Jasper 🔴 – Courage & resilience

✔ Carnelian 🔥 – Confidence & passion

✔ Moonstone 🌙 – Emotional balance

✔ Black Obsidian 🛡️ – Shadow work & protection

✔ Bay Leaf 🍃 – Intention-setting (I will write an affirmation on it!)

✔ Cinnamon Stick 🌟 – Momentum & success

✔ Salt 🧂 – Boundaries & purification

✔ Water/Moon Water 💧 – Emotional depth & intuition

🔮 Mantra for Activation:

"I rise with courage, my wounds transform into wisdom. I move forward with passion, healed and whole."

🕯️ Wax Seal: White (clarity) or Red (Mars power)

📍 Where I'll Place It: On my workspace/altar for motivation & healing 💪✨

🌑 Shadow Work Prompts for Mars Direct in Cancer 🦀

🛤️ Career, Authority, & Public Identity:

☑️ What past rejections or failures have shaped my confidence? 💼💔

☑️ How have I internalized authority figures’ criticisms? 🏛️🔓

☑️ Where do I hesitate to assert myself in my career, and why? 🚀🤔

☑️ What childhood wounds around validation & recognition still affect me? 🎭🛤️

☑️ How can I embrace my vulnerabilities as strengths in leadership? 👑💖

🌱 Growth & Healing:

☑️ In what ways is my inner “germ” (potential) ready to grow? 🌱🔥

☑️ What does true emotional security in my career look like? 🏡🔮

☑️ How can I balance nurturing others while asserting my needs? 🌊🛡️

☑️ How can I integrate drive (Mars) & emotional depth (Cancer) in my work? ⚔️🌙

☑️ What lessons from past failures can I now use as fuel for success? 🏆🔄

💫 Final Step:

📌 Keep my spell jar close. Shake it whenever I need a boost of motivation & healing. ✨🔥

mars has been retrograding since august, but is now stationed direct at 8° gemini on january 12, 2023. when mars stations direct, this is the end of the recalibration period for how + where mars is working in our lives. reflect on the last 2.5 months - how have your mindsets developed? how is your relationship with your toxic habits? have you learned to speak up for yourself more? what's your relationship like with the internet these days? mars has been working to bring us into alignment with our motives, our drive, and the way we execute when it comes to how we communicate, what we learn, and what we engage with on a mental basis. if you have been using this retrograde to your advantage, you may be being blessed with a more empowered mindset, toxic ties are being broken, you're no longer settling for less, and confidently exercising that throat chakra.

the focus here is organizing our spaces by filtering out what no longer serves where we're headed. this involves releasing friendships, abandoning spaces we no longer resonate with, doing a social media cleanse, and even deep cleaning our physical spaces since the state of our physical environment correlates with our mental environment. many people will be focusing more on health + wellness so if you've been called to upgrade your life in that sense, now is the time. we'll also be seeing more people getting irrational, aggressive, and competitive on the internet - mind your business + do not get lost in the sauce of social media competition. overall, this transit is here to help is realign with your long-term goals and creatively conjure up a way that we can be successful through our God-given talents. in order to attain success, we must overcome our fears of self-expression and no longer doubting our abilities.

how to alchemize with mars direct:

learn to feel safe within our own body

i cannot stress this enough... mind your business!

create boundaries with social media

hang in spaces that motivate you

release the lazy, unfocused friends that you're still holding onto

speak up for yourself!

learn nu things

implement more healing hobbies