No place like home
Mars reaches its final degree in Gemini (29) July 12-13, and enters the sign Cancer July 13, at 9:22 a.m. EST where it will remain until August 27. When Mars changes signs, energy changes and the last time Mars was in Cancer was August 3, 2011-September 18, the same year. This brings a total of 4 planets in Cancer until July 22.
Mars in Cancer brings 4th house issues to the fore that deal with home and family, and basic foundation/security issues. While this may work well for Water signs, and perhaps Earth, it may be hard to handle for air signs and especially fire signs. This will be the start of a new 2 year cycle for those born under the sign of Cancer.
Cancer is the most emotional sign of the zodiac and as Mars changes signs you may notice people becoming much more emotional, crabby or melancholy. With the focus on the home you may do work to improve the home, have family reunions, look for real-estate, take cooking classes, do family genealogy, or other family related activities and these are all good uses of this energy.
Mars is not at home in Cancer and energy does not flow well. It is considered to be at it's fall, meaning it loses strength and influence in this placement. Cancer rules the home and family and the homeland. We will likely see issues arise of national concern and the homeland. Patriotism in all of its forms may be more prevalent this summer.
July 20-21 Mars conjuncts Jupiter becoming a part of the grand water trine in effect that will be positive for those who have water signs at 3-7 degrees or so. Sometimes Mars-Jupiter contacts blow situations out of proportion, and Jupiter rules affairs connected with law and governments on a global level.
At the month draws to a close, planetary energy will shift from the pleasant flowing energy of the grand water trine to the jarring and angry energy of Mars as it opposes Pluto on July 27, and squares Uranus on July 31. These days will be critical in the world and your personal life it is aspecting your chart at 8-12 degrees of Cancer, Capricorn, Libra or Aries . This creates another Cardinal T-square, for the second time this month (the first involved the Sun July 4-5) around 8-12 degrees of Cancer and all the cardinal signs: Aries, Libra, Cancer and Capricorn if you have personal planets in these degrees.
The image I get of this transit is a gathering in the park of people listening to classical music and enjoying a July Sunday afternoon when suddenly a car comes out of nowhere, spinning off the pavement towards the crowd, careening out of control. One minute we are enjoying a pleasant day and the next jumping up and running for our lives to get out of the way of the vehicle which has the potential to mow us down.
We will see major events manifest in the world during this time, but if this configuration is not aspecting your personal chart, it should not produce significant results, but rather just seem to be a day of contentious energy .
On August 27, Mars changes signs again, entering Leo.