How to cope with Eclipse Season and Mars Retrograde

It seems like everyone is going through it these couple of weeks. Family issues, financial worries, love problems - you can check the previous article to find solutions for your rising sign. However, this one focuses on channeling those emotions into something different.

Being the bigger person, always understanding and knowing best, is a tiring job. It is natural that sometimes you get tired and require the same gentleness in return. So what to do when you are exhausted and need time to recharge?

Others may tell you to sleep in, watch movies, do art, dance, and so on. Those of course are healthy coping mechanisms and are encouraged in every way. However, when you feel like your world is crumbling it sounds a bit off and it's just not the right mood.

So, I encourage you to give a voice to your emotions in a rather controlled way. Write your worries on a piece of paper and burn it. Choose chaos occasionally, strong emotions take a lot of practice to be handled and treated with kindness and it is not necessary to do that every single time.

Instead, adopt a " Not my circus, not my monkeys " mentality. If you feel out of balance, the main priority is to take care of yourself. Focus on feeling good, and if that doesn't suit the people around you, that is not your problem for the time being. See this as when you are sick. If you need to rest and sleep you do that, if you need to take care of your body - that moves on top of your to do list. It is something you do to get better.

Plus Mars is in Retrograde, there is enough hectic energy in the air. It is normal that your mind is all over the place, however, focus on your own issues first. Helping others comes second to that, just like the instructions in case of accidents when you fly - you put your own mask first and then help the person next to you. Because how will you even help if you are not relatively well?

Here is a list of activities that are encouraged:

• Take some time alone

• Value your time and energy, disconnect for awhile

• Make space for your emotions and thoughts

• Allow yourself to feel without expectations of immediate change

• Throw out old memories and close cycles

• Burning and breaking things within control - piece of paper, small sticks etc.

• Accept your state of mind as it is as it is part of you

Of course, dancing, art, old movies, meeting friends, and so on are valid options and sometimes they are a needed distraction. However, try to accept pain, frustration, grievance, and sorrow as emotions that take time and there is no need for them to be something else. Allow yourself to have shit days and see what you can learn from them.