Our work week begins December 21, and is very Astrologically significant!

This important date: is the Winter Solstice (the shortest day of our year ) and the day the Sun moves into the focused sign of Capricorn! Our mountain Goat sign of Capricorn inspires us to get real about our goals for the New Year! Also... bringing more into this astrological stew, we have Mars, the planet of action, turning retrograde in the sign of Leo. Mars is the energy that helps us all to go for it, and express our desires! So when Mars travels retrograde; its excited active energy, becomes covert and calculated, and its motives tend to be hidden? Yes, when Mars is retrograde, everyone's thought patterns are more introspective and we tend to think about ways of acting on issues and concerns which relate to the sign involved...now in (Leo). effecting our reputation and ego's... as we move back over some of what we put our energy into that what we  did not finish, or have the courage to express.

Mars in retrograde... can give us a chance to think before acting; to assess our motives and aggressions before re-acting; to find our inner demons and send them packing before they continue to interfere with our life?

The planet Mars turns retrograde only once every two years and two months... but the effects of each period differ, according to the sign in which the retrograde happens? With Mars retrograde in Leo, as it is now, people with Sun, Moon, or Leo rising, will be prone to such introspection. But We will all tend to re-consider personal views and opinions about life? Since Leo is a fixed Sign, the other fixed Signs, Like... Taurus, Scorpio and Aquarius, will also feel the effects the most! Scorpio in particular is liable to conflict and be headstrong in the arena of career and public image, because Mars is the old time ruler of Scorpio.

Yes, with our Leo Mars now in retrograde position you may find yourself being more aggressive and egocentric! And those most affected can just...

"Blame It On the Stars" as they find themselves inclined toward grandiose gestures and improbable schemes? Also enthusiasm and inspiration, could seem muted during this phase, as anxieties develop around image and ego's desire.

Try to keep in mind, that this may not be the best time to start a new creative project...because if you do, you may abandon it or just lose energy for it when Mars again moves direct.

However, this a great time to complete long-term projects that you need to get back to. Mars turns direct again, on March 10, 2010, in the first degree of Leo, just in time for a busy new, spring?