Mars enters Aries with the Capricorn last quarter moon
I’m hyper-disciplined. Until I’m not. Give me a system, and I’ll follow it to the letter — dot every i, cross every t. But once I get overwhelmed, I’ll bail well before the summit, plummeting down the mountain at a harried pace.
When I find a plan that I feel is going to make me feel better or improve my life, I go all in. My moon in Virgo easily grasps all the tiny details. I can’t do anything half-assed. I’m just not wired that way. Yet once the track gets too arduous and unrealistic for a mere mortal woman, I easily get snowed in and hole up. I’m an all-or-nothing kind of gal. Although lately I’ve been changing my wicked ways.
The planet Mars enters Aries on Thursday. Mars represents our masculine energy. No matter how we identify, we’ve all got this moving, doing, active side. Mars can’t sit still for too long, preferring achievement to idleness. Aries has a similar vibe, always hustling and asserting itself. These two mixed together are either going to help you get a bunch of stuff done or push you to flame out spectacularly.
That’s where micro actions come in — the secret to life.
Micro actions are just what they sound like. If you’re anything like me, you decide you want to conquer something and then set couch to peak goals in ridiculously unachievable timeframes. Even though I earnestly and masochistically believe I’ve totally got this.
I decide to write a book. It’ll be done and dusted by next month. I’m ready to get in shape for mountain biking. I’ll run up Tiehack and do CrossFit every single day until June, when Sky Mountain opens. I hunger to visit Ireland and connect with my roots. I’ll give up eating every other day and save that money in my piggy bank instead.
Okay, I’m getting extreme, but you get the idea.
We get excited about changes we want to make, but then sabotage them before we give ourselves a chance — going way too big, way too fast. That’s how we humans roll. We set unrealistic expectations for what we can, in reality, do. Then we hate ourselves for failing, judge ourselves unfairly, and slump back into couch surfing, our only travel plans going to Paradise for gelato.
What’s the antidote to piling on way too much doing? Use Mars in Aries to your benefit, not your same old, worn-out, overdoing detriment.
Take baby steps. Even when you roll your eyes and think they’re too minuscule to ever really make a difference. What hogwash, right? Nope, wrong. Micro-actions are actually the superheroes of this Mars charging into Aries scenario.
If you’ve got big plans, set yourself up for success, not overwhelm, by chunking it down. Start with teeny, tiny actions done regularly. Small steps you can easily handle will create progress and improve self-trust.
I started writing for five minutes a day, not five hours. I could start riding my mountain bike on the Rio Grande trail a couple of times a week. I could put my sugar-tooth dessert funds into my piggy bank instead of my mouth (serving two purposes at once).
Small actions, taken consistently, build up to huge accomplishments over time. In a shorter amount of time than you think, especially when you’re like me and have stopped climbing the mountain altogether because I tried to do too much too quickly.
When we strive for gigantic action, we really end up doing nothing. We get overwhelmed and self-sabotage before we even get the car out of park. Mars in Aries hates not getting anything done. Inaction completely freaks it out. It’ll spin out into some inane busywork, just to convince itself that it’s doing and moving. Meanwhile, our dreams slip further away.
Instead, try the micro action. If the step you choose feels too easy, you’re on the right track. Baby steps over time lead to massive successes. Embracing micro actions changed my life. The antidote to overwhelm and paralysis, they actually move the needle.
With Mars entering Aries amid the budding spring, we feel the pull to get out there and do. Let those small actions help you, rather than macro-steps incapacitating you. Use this powerhouse combo to your advantage, rather than burnout.
It’s also the last quarter moon on Thursday, in Capricorn, a grounded earth sign, which supports us in being practical and building systems that truly work for us. Before you know it, you’ll have written a book, ridden the root on Government Trail, and find yourself boarding a plane first class to Dublin, too.
🌙 Sheridan
Astrology Coaching & Moon Sisters Circle
I help women who’ve survived trauma, untangle old conditioning, identify unconscious patterns, and take concrete, practical steps forward to regain control of their lives.