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12 sign-specific survival kits · ~10 weeks · ~every 2 years · evergreen

Mars Retrograde survival

Mars retrogrades roughly every 2 years for about 10 weeks — the longest of the personal-planet retrogrades. The general advice is one thing; the way it actually lands in your engine — anger, drive, sex, action — depends on your sun sign. Pick yours.

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Mars Retrograde for Aries
survival kit · fire
Mars's ruling sign. The engine of the chart goes inward — and you feel every degree of the shift.
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Mars Retrograde for Taurus
survival kit · earth
The slow sign meets the slow engine. Resistance you have been calling patience gets a re-read.
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Mars Retrograde for Gemini
survival kit · air
The light-touch sign meets the slow-anger window. Words get heavy.
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Mars Retrograde for Cancer
survival kit · water
The home sign. Mars retrograde brings the family-of-origin anger to the surface.
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Mars Retrograde for Leo
survival kit · fire
The spotlight sign meets the off-stage engine. Pride gets re-tuned.
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Mars Retrograde for Virgo
survival kit · earth
The discerning sign meets the over-correction engine. Watch the inner critic on action and self-worth.
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Mars Retrograde for Libra
survival kit · air
The relational sign meets the open-conflict window. Avoidance gets harder.
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Mars Retrograde for Scorpio
survival kit · water
Mars's traditional ruling sign. The buried anger, power, and sexual force surface — handle with care.
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Mars Retrograde for Sagittarius
survival kit · fire
The freedom sign meets the stay-and-look-again engine. Restlessness has nowhere to go.
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Mars Retrograde for Capricorn
survival kit · earth
The career sign. MarsR re-tunes the long-build engine.
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Mars Retrograde for Aquarius
survival kit · air
The community sign. MarsR brings the buried group-anger and the long-deferred system-fight to the surface.
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Mars Retrograde for Pisces
survival kit · water
The porous sign meets the engine of will. Anger gets diffuse — and the body holds what the mind doesn't name.
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