After being in the sign of Sagittarius for about twelve weeks, Mars re-entered the sign of Scorpio on Friday, 27th May 2016 at 6:51a PDT. As result, truthful actions and the truth behind actions taken are now running back into the shadows. It’s going to be difficult to know what’s really going on…again.

For those of you who are advocates for truth and the expansion of truth, these next few weeks have the potential to be very upsetting for you. It’s not that truth will be impossible to uncover – you’ll just need to delve deeper than you may want to into dark places (metaphorically and literally) in order to dig it out.

For those of you with behaviors to hide, things may get easier for you in some ways. There may be more smokescreens available for you to hide behind – more than you’ve had in a while. Mars Retrograde in Scorpio helps you keep your secrets for a bit longer.

Yet, we’re still dealing with Mars energy – the energy of action, reaction, initiative, and assertiveness. Others will react quickly to your actions or lack thereof. In turn, their reactions may instigate reactions from you. The thing is, under the influence of Scorpio, Mars will act in passionate emotional extremes. It’ll be all-or-nothing. There isn’t really won’t be many if any moderate responses.

The good news about extreme responses is…you’ll know where you stand. Extreme actions are decisive actions and the first impulsive (re)actions are always the most honest.

The bad news is that under Mars in Scorpio, actions and reactions can be extreme and decisive…and very difficult if not impossible to retract. As Mars also represents aggression and anger, these behaviors could also be abusive or violent in nature. Remember – once you’ve done it, there’s a  99% likelihood you won’t be able to take it back…and there isn’t really a verbal apology which will suffice.

This is because Scorpio is all about trust – building trust, mistrust, distrust, losing trust, and maybe, just maybe, rebuilding trust. Maybe. That’s the challenge when dealing with and working in Scorpio energy. Once you build that trust of another or others, you’d better do all you can to keep it. If you break that trust, you probably won’t get another chance to have it back.

And remember – this trust thing works both ways.

What both sides of the coin want to know and understand is…under the influence of Mars in Scorpio, the more you try to hide, the more others will try to find out. Extreme behaviors in either direction will draw attention. Inaction, silence, and/or ignorance will draw just as much attention and scrutiny as action and/or bravado, if not more! This is especially the case if you are behaving in a distinctly different manner or in the opposite manner of what you usually would.

For those of you with things to hide, it’ll be easier to keep things under wraps than it’s been over the last 2-3 months. Yet it would be wise not to rest on your laurels, especially now through 29th June while Mars is still in retrograde motion. It’s when you let your guard down that you get stung by the scorpion’s stinger, and this 2016 Mars in Scorpio could hurt you a very big way.

Advocates for truth – don’t fret. Though it may be a rough ride to bring the darkness into the light, Mars will be back in Sagittarius to assist on 2nd August 2016. Truth will come to light much more easily then. In the meantime, be sure to tap into the focused and disciplined energies of Saturn Retrograde in Sagittarius to slow or block the progress of anything that is out of integrity or otherwise inauthentic or untrue.

You may also notice that any of your own behavior that is not aligned with truth will also be slowed, blocked, or retaliated against in these next few weeks. That’s because turnabout is fair play. There is no monopoly on truth – it belongs to everyone, even those who we may believe do not deserve it.

Remember that as you move through these next twelve weeks.

Thank you for reading and sharing Signs and Numbers. Until next post…

~ Light, Love, and Blessings,

Grace