Michael Sam has become the first openly gay player
drafted into the National Football League. With the 249th overall pick in the
seventh round of the 2014 NFL Draft, the St. Louis Rams made history and
selected Sam. Sam was a consensus All-American and the Southeastern Conference
Defensive Player of the Year as a senior at Missouri
Mars – the planet
of sexuality – has been retrograde in Libra, the Sign of
relationships, since March 1. On April 21, it went through a powerful Grand
Cross with Uranus-Pluto-Jupiter which had the potential for transforming and
ending social prejudices about sexuality and relationships. On May 11 as Mars
prepares to end the retrograde phase (stations direct on May 19) it becomes highlighted by its opposition to
Venus and conjunction to the Gibbous Moon. The Gibbous Moon phase is particularly
significant for St. Louis
So what
does all this mean for us as individuals in a broader sense. Ralfee Finn gives
us the following very useful advice for this period.
As Mars retrograde phase comes to an end,
relationship issues are going to dominate daily life even more than they
already have. Keep in mind that this
includes all relationships, from the personal to the professional to the casual
to the intimate, as well as family, friends, acquaintances, strangers, and,
most importantly, your relationship with yourself.
Now as Mars starts to close that retrograde
window—it goes direct on May 19—many of us are likely to receive a detailed
inventory on just what needs to “move” even more in both attitude and
application when it comes to relating to just about everything. If you’re stuck
in a bad marriage, friendship, or family interaction, this could be the moment
to step back and look at your participation in the negativity. Remember the
first rule of a harsh, judgmental charge on someone else’s behavior: You spot
it—you got it. We can’t control another’s behavior, but we can witness how our
reaction to that behavior is repetitive and then decide whether or not we want
to shift into a more positive position. No matter what your relationship
status, the coming weeks provide a plethora of opportunities to bring awareness
to partnership patterns.
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