VENUS AND MARS RETROGRADES OF 2025
an essay by Mike Zizis
Good day fellow travelers-
Today Monday, February 10 2025 at 2:22 p.m., is a good day to discuss Venus and Mars both retrograding.
The numbers;
MARS — December 6, 2024 to February 23, 2025, from Leo to Cancer and forward to Leo again.
VENUS — March 3, 2025 to April 12, 2025, from Aries to Pisces, and forward to Aries again.
There are two general rules to remember;
Number one — if it can break it will break.
Number two — money is cheaper than grief.
Yes, there are those people who enjoy wearing down their health through panic, sleeplessness, and higher cortisol levels. Medications and injections become a necessity, then they blame big pharma. These are called crazy people. And the rest of us expect things to slow down, go sideways, and occasionally break. This spring of 2025 we are either caretakers or we are crazy careless. I don’t know any other options.
This means that Donald Trump is here to get us kind liberals off of our lazy asses. Tens of thousands more people in the United States will lose their jobs, while new viruses will be transported by passenger jet to the US, as well as commonplace plagues like measles will become more powerful.
As to why the turkeys always vote for an early Thanksgiving, you got me mac. Here is the ultimate rule for how to judge crazy; when we see there is a real problem, the crazies will always, and I mean always say - there’s no problem.
Listen and then listen more. DON’T use the word BUT. With family members it may be best for you now to agree with those who just want to be correct more than they want to be happy. You know just like their mom and dad and your mom and dad. My partner and I both want the same thing, to be a little more right than the other person. Please remember that the best aphrodisiac is telling the other person they are right.
Venus retrograde points to the issue of interruptions and alienation which are far more easily achieved just now, as opposed to cooperation and trust. When we go into the world with passive aggression, we get instant feedback from the world. What I’m saying is — I look forward to courtesy, kindness, and that careful treatment of our own fragility and the fragility of others. We are all fragile. The alternative is war.
So you know what I’m saying about Israel — Palestine, and Russia — Ukraine.
Similar to Mercury retrograde — RE is the new word on the block; REnew, REpair, REorganize, make REparations to others and RE- etc. these are apparent retrogrades. Astrology is a short-hand language, so we just say retrograde.
In some of my past work I have been criticized by those well acquainted with astrology for being simplistic. Simultaneously, I have been criticized for being too complex in my explanations by those new to our sacred flashing craft. Well, I’m not getting paid for this stuff and so I’m going to please myself, something that I would do even if I was getting paid for this stuff.
Right now everyone is high on self acceptance. The big work, the big challenge in my horoscope personally, is the work of self-improvement. We have a lot to learn from each other. Oh, my exhausting moon in Virgo conjunct Saturn, while both oppose Sun conjunct Mars. You don’t know how I suffer.
