The Hold
Mars Retrograde
~every 2 years · ~2.5 months
Mars pulls in. The push you were running on has to regroup before it can push outward again — force through it and you break something.
Category
retrograde
Frequency
~every 2 years
Duration
~2.5 months
Keywords
stallpauserecalibrateinternal drivestrategy
Planets in play
The body this transit centres on. Open each to read its reference.
In progress
Long-form reference for Mars Retrograde is being written.
The skeleton above covers the core reference — category, frequency, duration, keywords. Deeper sections on how mars retrogradeinteracts with each house in your chart, common misreadings, and the practical “what to do with it” layer will fill in as they’re written.
In the meantime — run your birth chart to see where mars retrograde lands in your sky.
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