Mars Retrograde in Gemini + Chiron in Gemini
Photo by Bree Prosser of November Wild
Deceit. Slander. Gossip.
Mars retrograde in the sign of Gemini will feel like a bomb being set off inside your mouth; exploding forth all the nasty little things you keep repressed in neat packages. Relationships will end as truths are spoken. Lives will change. For the better, and for the worse. The change will be inescapable.
This is a revolution.
FINDING your truth. SPEAKING your truth. LIVING your truth. This is the objective of the upcoming Mars retrograde in Gemini. If you have been repressing anything - it WILL come screaming for stage time. Those of you who have not embarked upon a self healing journey may feel called toward underhanded, deceitful, even violent, ways of behaving. Using your VOICE to slander those around you in an attempt of desperation; grasping to gain any semblance of control to protect your ego. Conversely, this may happen to you. Beware. On a public forum, we will see this largely being played out in the media. Secrets will be revealed. Lies will be posed as truths. All of which will be stimulating a public stir, the changing of opinions, and feelings of betrayal from the citizens.
Ego games will be abundant.
Your VOICE - with a force you may have never known, will be clawing its way from the depths of your throat; punching through your teeth without batting and eye, erupting off of your tongue and through your mouth, demanding to be HEARD. Fighting this will be futile.
You must STOP repressing and START expressing.
Your truth, that is. By the time this is all over, you will understand the value of this act more than ever. When this is all over, you won’t be able to fathom how you could have lived as you did before. Hidden. Scared. FAKE.
Mars stations retrograde on October 30 2022 and will remain there until January 12 2023. He is already in pre-retrograde shadow, and he will remain in post-retrograde shadow until March 16. With a full 6.5 months of Mars inhabiting the sign of Gemini, this is going to have a MASSIVE global impact on every one of us. I hope you’re paying attention. You cannot afford to skip a beat when Gemini is at work. The last time this occurred in Gemini was late 2007 - early 2008. Hello, nation wide financial crisis! What was happening in your life at that point? What truths were uncovered?
The last time Mars went retrograde was in fall of 2020, occurring in his home sign of Aries. Generally speaking, we can correlate similar themes between these two retrogrades by understanding that Mars represents our personal power, our drive, our sexuality, and our ambition. However, in Aries that is all amplified because it is his home sign, so we felt this VERY acutely at that time. Occurring during the infamous pandemic, I’m sure you know all too well the effects this had on your life. That feeling of moving through mud, perhaps quicksand, and wondering if life would ever feel normal again.
This retrograde in Gemini will be similar, but definitely different. Gemini is an air sign, which rules logic and communication. So while Mars shows us our personal power, Gemini gives us a spin on this theme. This retrograde is going to illuminate how you use your personal power to communicate your truth. How you set boundaries. How you assert yourself within your community. How you manage your intellectual responses to stimuli. How you communicate your sexual needs. How you relate to others. How you relate to your siblings. How you express yourself in writing.
The HOUSE Gemini occupies for you will dictate the area of life you will experience this. Below I have added my natal chart for reference. Find the sign of Gemini and notice that it occupies the 12th house. The house numbers are located towards the very center circle.
So, lets break this down:
The WHAT is Mars (power) in retrograde motion (going within to review your power)
The HOW is Gemini (intellect and communication)
The WHERE is the house this area occupies for you. Ex: 5th house would be creative self expression, children, and fun.
Thus, with this example, the native would be reviewing how they utilize their personal power to fully express themselves in a creative sense, how capable they are of having fun and letting loose, etc.
But let’s add another layer to this.
If you were born within the dates June 21, 1983 - November 29, 1983 or Apr 10, 1984 - June 20, 1988, you will have Chiron in Gemini in your natal chart. Chiron is the Wounded Healer. He reveals the area in which we feel deeply wounded, brought here karmically to us from past lives, and therefore where we can access our greatest strengths by healing the collective in this same area. Effectively, learning how to alchemize your Chiron.
To put it bluntly, Mars retrograde is about to trigger the fuck out of you for 7 months.
Mars energy bumping up against your deepest wound sounds…painful, to say the least. I will be right there with you on this bumpy ride! So what does this mean for us?
For one thing, coming out of Mars rx having been conjunct your Chiron is going to be earth shatteringly transcendental for your life. A whole generation of folx are going to receive EXTREME enlightenment after a wiiiiiild ride of self discovery. Alchemizing your Chiron may be one of THE most powerful things you can do for yourself, but learning how to do that is often a painful process. (I HIGHLY suggest checking out The Vesta if this is an area you wish to obtain help in. This offering can be found under Guidance)
Mars rx will reveal this path for you.
Triggering you; forcing you to cultivate your personal strength to face your deepest demons and LET THEM GO. After this, most likely painful, process you will begin to realize where you have let self doubt creep in like deathly rot, eating away at your joy. You will see comprehend the lost time. You will discover where you have hidden your unique gifts out of fear; effectively repressing a major part of yourself and birthing increasing amounts of anxieties and insecurities. And you will want, with every ounce of your being, never to allow that to happen again.
Because this will be an experience for MANY people during this time, we will be seeing a global shift in humanity around speaking our truths. I foresee MAJOR uprisings, public debates, and potential riots (due to a weakened Mars in the unstable sign of Gemini). This may be intense and scary but it is exactly what we need - both individually and collectively. As I have said time and time again, 2022 is a LIFE CHANGING year, and after the last of the Taurus/Scorpio eclipses pass in May of 2023, our lives will be utterly different than they were when we entered 2022.
I, for one, am eager and excited. I want to be part of the fight. I want to see my own self level up, rise up, evolve and change. I want to face my demons, live my truth, and feel released from the confines of my own mind. I only hope I can inspire you to join me - to join US - on this beautiful journey. Please remember that the retrograde phase is a time to reflect. This is not the time to have it all figured out. Welcome confusion. Sit with it. Notice your triggers. Learn. Cry. Purge. Once Mars stations direct, the path will be so abundantly clear you won’t have a choice but to step foot upon it.