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year ahead, Mars is highly focused on
matters that are largely self-motivated
rather than being thrust upon you by
others. This may not seem so during
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resting up behind closed doors in Libra
before it switches to your own sign and
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exert yourself now, and avoid stressful
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out a “road map,” a plan showing where
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November 19-January 3 (2020):
Zip! Bang! Boom! Mars is now in your
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in a good position to start turning those
12th-house plans into action. If you feel
impatient when others try to tell you what
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blow a fuse. Save the energy you would be
wasting on them and apply it to moving
yourself in the direction you want to go.
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are going now, and whatever you do you
might need some help along the way.
January 3-February 16: Mars
zooming through your solar 2nd house
can be either a blessing or a great big drag,
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This is a time when you begin to feel as
if material objects were the point of your
existence. That frame of mind leads in turn
to spending on things that you need only
for short-term comfort or entertainment.
Have a point to what you are doing and
where you are going, and then spend to
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February 16-March 30: If you indeed
made a road map for yourself as was
suggested above, then it is time to turn
your thoughts toward the next step in
furthering your goals. The road map is
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under Mars can be direct, which is good,
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helpful in getting across your message, but
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March 30-May 12: Family support
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change in your life, whether it is just a mild
change of course or a great big long-term
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In either case you will need to bring loved
ones in on what you want to do, and that
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might not want to hear. Be patient, listen
well, and try to come to a decision.
May 12-June 27: No matter what you
have been doing up to this point, the planet
of energy in your solar 5th, the house of
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sure you are in shape for whatever you
decide to do now. You might have some
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June 27-January 6, 2021: Those
dates are not typographical errors! Given
the six-month stretch Mars will spend
in your solar 6th house now, you might
begin to understand why we said to spend
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solar 12th. Plan or not, the message of
Mars in the house of labor is “nose to the
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