Mars moved into the sign of Cancer at 9:16a PDT on Sunday 4th June 2017. This marks a time in which actions will be the catalyst for strong emotional responses, and those emotional responses will be the catalysts for strong emotion-driven reactions. These will be actions from the heart – actions rooted in emotional truth.
Mars represents initiative action and leadership. This is the ruler of Aries, so it usually takes action in its own best interests. Cancer is the sign of emotional self-identity. It is associated with home, family, and other emotional investments that are important to an individual. Therefore with Mars in Cancer, you’ll probably notice people taking action to preserve or protect whatever they are emotionally invested in.
The difficulty comes when Mars in Cancer energy encourages already emotion-driven people to act more emotionally or impulsively than usual. It can be challenging & frustrating as people may be more inclined to act out in excessive ways – either for celebration of a perceived victory or in anger toward a perceived slight or offense. Emotions will be amplified by this placement, and expression of these emotions won’t be subtle.
The thing to remember for the next seven weeks is that people will be acting from what is truly in their hearts. There won’t be any filters right now – people’s actions will indeed reveal what they really feel. This will be a very revelatory time because while so many people are focused on (a.k.a. – distracted by) the words people speak or write, the real truth will be made clear in people’s actions which are likely to be more emotionally motivated and initiated at this time, which in many ways, makes people’s actions more honest than their verbal or written words now through mid-July.
Another interesting note about this 2017 Mars in Cancer is that it isn’t involved in many transits during the first 11 degrees of its run through the sign. Things will definitely pick up around the time the Sun moves into Cancer itself, but until then, we may experience an increased emotional sensitivity individually and collectively with more people being emotionally reactive to circumstances and events without understanding why…for 2.5 weeks, anyway. But once we get to the Sun’s move into Cancer we’ll begin to understand why people are acting out emotionally, and we may see bolder demonstrations of their emotions to boot.
There have already been two major transits involving the 2017 Mars in Cancer:
- Cancer Mars semi-sextile Gemini Mercury, most exact on 7th June (2.32°) – Impulsive words could lead to emotion-driven reactions. It would be wise to think before you speak as you may start something you didn’t intend to start.
- Cancer Mars sextile Taurus Venus, most exact on 9th June (3.30°) – How can you let your partner(s) of all kinds know how much you care on both the physical-material AND emotional levels?
That said, I usually don’t focus on Moon transits very much, not because they aren’t important but because they happen so often and so quickly. However, there are two upcoming transits in particular to look out for.
- On 15th June, the Pisces Moon trines Cancer Mars (7.52°) to reveal an inclination to act upon ideals or delusional beliefs. Be ready for people to act upon their ideals, for better or worse. The catch here is that the people who do take action will truly believe they are acting in the best interests of everyone and everything, even if that is not actually the case. That said, there may be some actions taken which truly do benefit the collective Oneness of All-That-Is. That will be important to keep in mind around this time – that people will truly believe they are acting in the best and Highest interests of All.
- On 18th June, the Aries Moon squares Mars in Cancer (9.10°), and this is definitely one to watch out for. These bodies are in what astrologers call mutual reception – two bodies are in each other’s signs of rulership. In this case, Mars is in the sign the Moon rules (Cancer) while the Moon is in the sign Mars rules (Aries). This amplifies the energy of the transit, and since this is a square – a challenge aspect – this could manifest some very combustible energies and events. In its most positive expression, people may be pushed to take action in areas of their lives in which they’ve hesitated or resisted taking action. This could be the push they need to begin something amazing! However, in a negative expression, this square could be the spark for an aggressive defense of people’s emotional investments which likely define who they believe themselves to be in some way.
Mars is in the sign of Cancer now through 20th July 2017. Be aware that people are acting on their emotions – on what is most important to them emotionally speaking, on what they are emotionally invested in. This is a time in which anger and frustration may be on full display, and in which compassion and empathy will be paramount if we are going to get through these next 7 weeks to find ourselves more united in Light and Love when it’s all said and done.
Thank you for reading and sharing Signs and Numbers. Until next post…
~ Light, Love, and Blessings,
Grace
