Mars Opposing Retrograde Pluto...

starts on August 26 (using a 1 degree orb), is exact in Kilmore on August 27 at 6.35am, and leaves on August 28. Mars at 0 degrees and 43 minutes of Cancer, Retrograde Pluto at 0 degrees and 43 minutes of Capricorn.

Mars is still in at the anaretic zero degree of Cancer, so may still be a bit 'wobbly' after changing signs! This planet is about how we assert ourselves, and how we go after what we want (or who we want) in our lives.

Pluto is associated with deep emotions, transformation and change, as well as power and control. Being retrograde simply suggests that we have all had to go back to a person or situation in order to make some final touches to the changes in our lives associated with them.

Oppositions represents MAJOR turning points, and this is likely to be a powerful one (especially with all the current activity in the sky and hard aspects to Pluto). By looking back to when Mars and Pluto were last conjunct we can get an idea of what or who may be reaching a turning point in our lives. Think back to what was happening (something or someone new coming into your life) at the end of December 2008: this conjunction happened at 1 degree of Capricorn.

This opposition is about objectivity as well, so this is as objective as you will get in understanding what or who began at the end of last year.