Mark Rothko “The Sacrifice of Iphigenia”

July 29 - September 14, 2021

Mars in Virgo is a hot iron pressing starched white collars; a hammer driving in a hundred nails; a chef’s knife dicing the mirepoix; a weed eater tidying up a hedgerow; shears cutting through wool; a needle pulling thread. In Virgo, and under Mercury’s microscope, Mars meets the mundane and the mechanical. Bravery and humility combine, and the Masculine tests his strength by the standards of the Maiden. 

Under this influence, action becomes analytical. Nervous energy is channeled into tasks and reps. Anger is transformed into workaholism. We may experience a passion for details, a spiciness in the stomach, a compulsion to fix or improve, and (at the most extreme) a drive toward martyrdom, like a drone bee who mates and then dies.

This transit is a green light to get busy. It is motivation to focus on things that require effort or skill. Whatever it is we’re working on in the Virgo-ruled parts of our charts, Mars is coming to light a fire under us to get the job done.