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Mars enters Leo on Friday, May 9, 2008.

Mars, the red planet, traditionally represents energy. It’s what drives you, what takes your from an idea to an action. It’s how you feel alive and vital, animated and strong. It can help you to be assertive. Or, if Mars is imbalanced, it can help to make you passive/aggressive. In the body, it’s your muscles and adrenals.

As Mars enters Leo, the Flower Essence Report says:

“You have a robust, hearty constitution, high vitality, and strong creative forces. With your combination of firm will, positive enthusiasm, and holding steady, you are capable of achieving anything you desire. You are able to withstand a quite a bit of external pressure. You also have the urge to lead or direct things, and may flare up when things do not go your way. You tend to bowl over other people. Consider taking the flower essence TRILLIUM, to offset excessive selfish ambition, or LARKSPUR for charismatic leadership combined with joyful service (rather than for self-aggrandizement).”

To see how Mars in Leo is going to act, we look at Mars in the current horoscope (astrology chart). Mars is conjunct the Moon and quincunx (inconjunct) Pluto. These aspects give this ingress of Mars into Leo an intense emotional quality. You can see what you’re willing to DO when something is crucial, when you absolutely need something to happen. You can see this drive or force strongly now, and it can be a lesson to yourself on how much you are capable of, the next time you don’t feel like doing something.

If anger seems to be boiling up and threatening to explode, this is a signal that you need to release some of your need to control absolutely. You cannot control what others will do or think, but you can envision the results and changes you would like to see. Instead of using your energy to clamp down and tense up about a situation, take a few DEEP breaths and get yourself into a more relaxed state of mind so you can think more clearly. When all your energy is tensing, the energy does not go to your brain, it goes to your muscles so you can run. Once you start redirecting your energy, you can start thinking and getting better, more appropriate ideas.

As Mars enters Leo while conjunct the Moon and quincunx Pluto, allowing your emotions to control situations can backfire. But it’s not to embarrass you or point out your weak spots, it’s to help you to shift your emotions so they are less stressful.

Here’s what the Flower Essence Report suggests:

“Blockages or damage in the root, sacral, and solar plexus chakras (due to painful early experiences in which you were harshly dominated or abused by a more powerful individual) may need to be healed.”

And these blockages can be revealed through any strong emotional reactions.

And the Flower remedies they suggest are informative in themselves:

“these flower and gem essences can accelerate and support your healing process: FUSCHIA and SCARLET MONKEY FLOWER (which surface and help release suppressed anger), HOLLY (for releasing toxic emotions such as spite, envy, the desire for revenge, jealous suspicions), FIREWEED (for releasing and healing old angers), TIGER LILY (balances overly aggressive, competitive, excessively “yang” energy).”

And to calm and balance your emotions, they suggest spraying lavendar, patchouli, or violet, lovely in the spring. Plant some impatiens if you’re feeling impatient.

Achieving a state of relaxation is especially important as Mars enters Leo. There is potent energy, and it can be accessed if you’re in a calm and balanced state of body and mind.