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Saturn & Mars Explained: How to Turn Astrology’s “Malefic” Planets Into Your Greatest Allies · Cozy with the Cosmos with Astrologer Sarah Paasch

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Hello and welcome to the weekly astrology podcast Cozy with the
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Cosmos, where we meet every Thursday we light our candles,
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we grab our blinkies, we snuggle up, we get so cozy and we talk
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all things cosmos. I am your host, astrologer and
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coach Sarah Posh, and this week's episode brings us to our
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focus topic on Malefic's the planets Saturn and Mars.
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Before we dive into the focus on and Saturn and Mars, I want to
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take a moment to just center ourselves together for this
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episode. So I invite you if you can, if
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it's safe, go ahead. Find a comfortable position,
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close your eyes, and just invite a deep, slow, steady breath in
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through your nose and open mouth.
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Slow, steady, exhale and allow these words to rest in your
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heart and mind today. May we feel Saturn's steady
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rings drawing a boundary of protection around us, a reminder
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that we are grounded and that we can hold the weight of wisdom.
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And may we imagine Mars flame sparking inside of us, the
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courage, clarity and fire we need to cut through what no
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longer serves. Together, we welcome this
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endurance of Saturn and the courage of Mars as our teachers
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today to complete this opening ritual, I invite us all to go
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ahead again. Take that deep, steady inhale
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through the nose, open mouth, exhale.
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Let it go. So this week our focus topic is
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all about the malefic in astrology.
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Why this week? Why now are we bringing in this
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focus topic? Well, if you listen to last
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week's episode, we opened this new lunar cycle, the Virgo New
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Moon partial solar eclipse, and we talked about the heavy
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influence of Mars and Saturn throughout this lunar cycle.
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These planets are very active as teachers, as hard lessons.
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We are being initiated into Saturn and Mars throughout the
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cycle. So because these planets are so
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active and their themes are going to continue to participate
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loudly throughout the cycle, I thought it might be helpful to
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educate ourselves to inform ourselves a little bit more
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about what Malefic's really are. So in today's episode, we're
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zooming in on Saturn and Mars themselves, the two Malefic's
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we're going to understand and why ancient astrologers gave
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them this reputation and how we can actually work with their
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challenges. They're challenging transits as
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part of our growth. And next week we'll be doing our
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full moon horoscopes and tarot card pulls for every rising sign
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for that Aries full Moon ruled by Mars.
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And the same day that we have that Aries full Moon, we've got
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Mercury entering into Scorpio, Mars's home sign Co present with
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Mars and reactivating that intense square to Pluto and
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Aquarius. So if you aren't already, go
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ahead. Make sure that you're subscribed
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to this channel. Turn your notifications on.
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That way you're going to get notified and catch that episode
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to hear how these malefic themes are filtering into your own
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rising sign story throughout this lunar cycle.
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If you know anybody who could benefit from hearing about these
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malefic's in astrology, be sure to share this video with your
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friends or maybe your foes. OK, so with that, let's dive in.
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I want to start with the actual definition of malefic.
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Malefic comes from the word maleficus and this translates as
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bringer of harm. The planets Mars and Saturn are
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what we consider the malefic or the bringers of harm.
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And this is in contrast with Venus and Jupiter, the
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astrological benefits or the quote UN quote good bringers,
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the life givers, the providers of support.
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But here's the key Malefic's aren't evil.
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They are not punishments. They are simply the parts of
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life that feel hard, cold, or sharp.
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Even the ancients didn't view Olympics as moral punishments.
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They saw them as a part of the blend of existence, the tension
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that makes growth possible. As Valens reminds us in the
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anthology and I quote, the entire universe is mingled with
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good and evil, the favorable and the unfavorable.
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It is not possible for men to receive all good things without
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the bad, nor all bad things without some good.
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For it is necessary that life be a blend so that we may endure
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both what is useful and what is difficult, and locating where we
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are in time and space. Notice where are Saturn's walls
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or Mars fire active in your life right now?
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And instead of maybe resisting start to invite, start to ask
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what would it be like to work with this experience as my
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teacher, my ally, instead of my enemy?
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My intention is for this to really set the stage of our
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understanding. In today's focus topic, we're
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going to dive now into the specifics.
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The natures of both Saturn and Mars as planets, as Malefic's in
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astrology. Let's start with Saturn.
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So the temperament of Saturn is cold and dry.
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We're also known as melancholic. Saturn's nature is heavy, slow
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and constricting, and the experience of Saturn in life can
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feel like this confrontation with necessity, with needing to
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make difficult choices that require sacrifice, sometimes
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loss, and a sense of a bearing weight and responsibility.
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Saturn tends to constrict or withhold, and Saturn is also the
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ruler of time and so Saturn transits can feel like they last
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forever. They don't.
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But Saturn is a slower moving planet.
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It takes Saturn about 2 1/2 years to just go through one
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sign. So because the Saturn transit is
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slower, the growth tend to be experienced a little bit deeper.
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It takes a little bit longer. We need that Saturn time to
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really mature and develop, whatever that is, that Saturn's
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helping us to grow or to change. In the ancient text, Valen said
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that Saturn is cold and dry. He brings about obstruction,
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sorrow, despair, grief, misfortune, poverty, and a
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manner of life of toil and hardship.
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Yet when well situated, he makes men serious, profound,
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laborious, competent and authoritative.
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I will also note that something that is really helpful to
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remember about Saturn is that Saturn is always the hardest in
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our first 30 years of life because we just aren't old
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enough and mature enough and experienced enough in life to
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understand the benefit or the wisdom of Saturn.
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So if you're somebody who's under 30 years old, you haven't
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yet started your Saturn return, your first Saturn return, don't
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worry, you're going to feel a change, a complete change in
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your relationship to Saturn, hopefully after that Saturn
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return. And if you're wondering what a
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Saturn return is, that phrase, maybe you've heard it before.
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That's something to definitely look into and maybe even get a
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reading with a professional astrologer because it is one of
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the most important and pivotal transits that we all go through
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between the ages of 28 and 31. So now let's talk a little bit
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about just the fundamentals, the essential nature of Mars.
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Mars temperament is hot and dry, also known as choleric, and the
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nature of Mars is sharp, severing, fiery and restless.
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Mars brings a sense of ambition and drive and also a fight.
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So sometimes it can be an actual confrontation or competition
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that were put into, but Mars is really invoking that fight
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within us. It is our sense and need for
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assertion, self assertion, assertion of boundaries.
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So the gift of Mars is to bring the fire of courage, the fire of
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inspiration and motivation and ambition with Mars power to cut
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it has a decisive quality to it. So we can begin to take decisive
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actions. And also Mars teaches us how to
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perform or how to show up and rise to the challenges when
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we're met with any kind of crisis.
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Mars is the warrior inside all of us.
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In the ancient texts, Valence says about Mars.
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Mars is fiery and dry. He signifies force, wars,
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plunder, capture, banishment, anger, lying in wait and
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violence. When well placed, he makes men
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command armies, lead ventures and be victorious in struggles.
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So Saturn constricts and withholds while Mars cuts and
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pushes. Both can feel punishing when we
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don't have a necessarily constructive relationship with
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these planets for whatever reason.
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But in their philosophical framework, these malefics, these
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are actually necessary forces that temper and balance us and
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our experience of life to develop more strength, to
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develop more wisdom and endurance.
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So taking a little pause here, comment below.
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Do you know where your Mars and Saturn are in your Natal chart?
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Or tell me what is your current relationship status with Mars,
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Saturn, Are you on the fence? Are you all in?
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Are you all out? I'd love to hear.
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And I also want to share that my personal relationship, it wasn't
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until a little bit later into my astrological little journey that
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I actually found out and came to terms with the fact that Mars is
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the strongest planet, like by far in my Natal chart.
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Saturn is also incredibly dignified and strong in my Natal
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chart, responsible for multiple planets and other places.
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So I've kind of been forced this lifetime to really get to know
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these planets, and I will say that at this point in my
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journey, I can say I'm a huge advocate for them.
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They have been some of the most constructive planets, not only
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in my own psychological and emotional development and
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well-being and makeup as a person, but going through really
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significant transits and timing that activate Mars and Saturn.
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I really recognize that for me personally, they're nuanced.
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They're felt very constructive and rewarded.
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And so this is part of what I want to make sure that's
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communicated in this episode, is that just like what we're doing
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in our living chart work group mentorship program, where we're
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really talking about this nuance of Natal context, this nuance of
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the planetary expression and the relationship that can feel
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constructive or not. So I really encourage you take
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some time to investigate your own personal Mars and Saturn and
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also investigate and reflect as we go through this episode.
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What are the things that maybe hit and feel a little bit
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sensitive? Like I don't like that word, you
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know, or they feel empowering. What is it activating inside of
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you, inside of your body? And that's something to maybe
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lean into as its reference point for the developmental point or
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place that you're in when it comes to your relationship with
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these planets, these more difficult planets in astrology.
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So coming back to this question, we brought in the beginning this
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definition of malefic as evil doers, right?
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My question to propose for myself and for us is is it true
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that struggle is inherently bad, or is it a valid part of our
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cosmic necessity for a greater wholeness?
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Is it true that a Saturn transit that withholds the ability to
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get what you want for that immediate gratification?
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Is it true that that's bad, or what is that teaching us?
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What is that forcing us to develop within ourselves?
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Is it true that the severing quality of Mars is bad, or is it
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necessary in order to teach us and to encourage us to cut away
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and sever what doesn't really serve us?
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So let's pull in a couple everyday examples to kind of
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ground this and relate to this in reality.
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Let's talk about Saturn. So have you ever experienced a
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moment in your life where you decisively set a new standard
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for what it is that you wanted in your life?
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So this could be a relationship. Maybe you set a new standard of
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the kind of partner or the kind of friendship that you were
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going to engage with. You set a boundary within
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yourself of what you will say yes to and what you will say no
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to. And at first you expected this
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to kind of result in an immediate manifestation of that
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new standard of relationship. But maybe you had to go through
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months or years of feeling lonely, feeling like you were
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being withheld from connection, from that standard of
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connection, from intimacy. And in that Saturn time, that
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window of waiting, when you reflect back, you know, do you
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recognize a deeper level of authority and commitment and
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internal self respect for upholding your agreement to hold
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that standard, to hold that boundary?
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Another example of this is deciding to divert from a career
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or a work life that wasn't truly a value to you.
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It didn't have a deeper meaning or purpose behind it.
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And you decided to start your own business, to follow your
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dream. And Saturn forced you to not get
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the immediate reward, the immediate success.
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Saturn said you have to prove that you mean it, that you want
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it, that even if it doesn't happen right away, you're really
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going to follow through on that commitment.
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So there's a delay in the reward, there's a delay in the
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success. And when that success finally
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does come, imagine how much you don't even need the success to
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validate what Saturn has forced you to validate within yourself
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in that process of waiting. So let's take this to Mars.
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Let's take this to our fiery malefic.
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Think about a time when you reached a certain threshold,
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kind of like a breaking point in a relationship, when there was a
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sudden eruption of confrontation, a fight.
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There was no longer denying the harm of holding on to this
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dynamic or relationship. It forced you to confront what
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you needed to end, what you needed to cut away.
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And it wasn't until it pushed you, which Mars does, to a place
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where it was so hard, it was so uncomfortable, it was so maybe
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even painful, that you were forced to cut it away to make
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that end, to sever it. Another example of Mars is, I
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think about my relationship to starting Muay Thai.
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I did that during a very pivotal, life changing Mars
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transit. Pluto was squaring my Natal Mars
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in Aries, and I was really being trained on how to fight.
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What does it mean to really stand up for yourself, to defend
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yourself? And how do you do so in a way
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that doesn't feel violent, that doesn't feel like it's hurting
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just to hurt, or causing harm just to cause harm?
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There is a constructive place for fights.
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There is a constructive place for defense.
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And so I remember that being this really slow churn, slow
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burn, Platonic process of coming to terms with this healthy
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function and use of Mars to say this is not OK.
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This is something worth defending.
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This is something worth fighting and standing up and pushing
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through to the point of exhaustion to prove to myself
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that I'm worth it, that there is a me that is worth defending.
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So now, using this everyday example of this current moment
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we're living in during this eclipse cycle and the intense
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squares with Mars and Scorpio to Pluto and Aquarius, what is it
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feeling like for you right now? Checking in with yourself?
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The things that are coming up that really feel like a
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struggle. They feel like the hard, the
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unwanted parts of our human experience.
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Do they feel painful yet liberating?
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Do they feel like this invitation for you to strengthen
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something within yourself related to these themes of
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Saturn, Mars that we're talking about?
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Are you willing to engage or to invite this vantage point of
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working with what is hard and the intention of what that could
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develop for you long term? And if I ask you that question
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and you're feeling a little bit stuck or a little bit like I
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have no idea where to start or I don't even know where I'm at, I
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thought it might be kind of helpful to talk about these kind
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of symbolic stages of growth. So if Saturn feels hopeless in
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the moment or Mars is leaving us feeling overwhelmed by the
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struggle or the pain, how do we grow our relationship with them
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over time? I'm going to propose a sort of
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stage of development, a stage of growth in our evolution and
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relationship to these planets and kind of describe what I view
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as the way to locate where we're at in a transit or within our
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relationship to them within our Natal context by where we kind
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of land on this spectrum. So I'm going to list 5 proposed
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stages of growth with malefic Stage 1.
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Being overwhelmed, overwhelmed with Saturn means that it feels
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crushing. We feel that sense of
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hopelessness. We might feel a sense of
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despair. It's a sense of feeling
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overwhelmed by the weight of time and the weight of
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withholding, the lack of receiving what it is that we
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really want. With Mars, the sense of being
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overwhelmed is likely to present itself as a sense of chaos.
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The things that are happening that feel like this overwhelming
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sense of not feeling in control, feeling overwhelmed by what's
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coming at us, and this inability to take charge or to assert with
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agency, to feel in control rather than just in crisis or
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overwhelmed in crisis. Stage 2 and our growth with the
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malefic is recognition of repeating patterns.
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With Saturn, we notice we're hitting the same walls.
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The same limits tend to come again and again and again.
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We feel like we take one step forward and Saturn puts us three
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steps back. But what is our pattern in
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showing up to that wall, to that frustration, to that limitation?
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That's the repeating pattern that Saturn needs us to identify
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before we can go to Stage 3. With Mars Stage 2 and the
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repeating pattern, it's like the same fights.
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The same feeling of helplessness, the same feeling
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of everything's out of control. So maybe there's also a
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collapse, a pattern of collapse in response to the overwhelm of
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the chaos of Mars. Or there's a pattern and a
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repeating loop around how we fight.
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The fights we tend to have end in the same way.
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Is there a healthy resolution or repair pattern?
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If we're still not developed with Mars, it's likely that
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that's not the case. And if that's you, don't worry.
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We're all human and we're all always waking up to where we
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are, just in a loop of unconscious repetition of old
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patterns that we're ready to outgrow or ready to interrupt
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and do something different. You're not alone.
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I'm constantly growing along this spiral path.
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So that brings us to stage 3. Stage 1 is overwhelmed.
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Stage 2 is the recognition of the repeating pattern.
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Same frustrations, same fights. Now, stage 3 we start turning a
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corner. This is when we start
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consciously cultivating a new response to Saturn and Mars.
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So with Saturn, instead of repeating our frustration, our
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hopelessness, our despair, we start developing a response of
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patience, of trust, of discipline and follow through.
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We start sacrificing our desire to get what it is that we want
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now, and we start really giving ourselves wholeheartedly willing
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to wait and follow through on our commitments.
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With Mars, we start to consciously cultivate a new
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response to these same fights. With Mars, I really see this
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word skillful being the thing that is the most important or
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the most beneficial when we're starting to interrupt the
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repeating pattern and bring in a new conscious response.
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The places where we collapse or the places where we feel
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defeated or we go into unhealthy fighting mechanisms, we go fight
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or flights more even, like wanting to force or overpower.
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There's something new that we can learn here, and I think this
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is something I've learned with Mars through time and through
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life. The need to seek out teachers,
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role models, and containers for actually learning these new
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things as skills. Really learning, educating
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myself well, if I'm going to be better at asserting a boundary,
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I need to learn what an actual healthy boundary is.
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I need to learn the difference between function and
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dysfunction. There's a skill development of
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awareness there. And then I also need to learn
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the skillfulness of negotiation, of communication.
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So it's not just about the skill of assertion itself.
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It's not just about getting a sword.
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It's also knowing when to use a sword and when to not, how to
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hold the sword properly, where to start the swing, where to
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follow through. And so with Mars, it's kind of
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like we're cultivating these conscious check and balances
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that weren't previously there. We're evolving our healthy
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understanding of function and dysfunction, of what's right, of
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what's wrong, of our yeses and our Nos.
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And then stage 4 is actual functional use.
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We spend a lot of time in stage 3.
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We spend a lot of time learning and failing and learning and
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failing. But then when we get to stage 4,
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this functional use, we start feeling and experiencing Saturn
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as discipline. We start experiencing Mars as
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courage. So this might be an example of,
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instead of procrastinating on the things that we need to do in
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order to accomplish our goals, now we're at a place with Saturn
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where we're willing to do the thing we didn't want to do.
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That frustrates us, but follow through because we've invoked
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that conscious cultivation of commitment, of sacrifice, of
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follow through. Now we develop a sense of deeper
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self trust, right to follow through on ourselves.
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So that's a functional use of Saturn, self-discipline.
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We set small goals, we follow through on them, and we feel
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rewarded with a greater sense of self trust and self respect.
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A functional use of Mars is courage.
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Now that we're not wasting our energy fighting the wrong
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fights, or we're collapsing in the face of what feels like a
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crisis or a challenge that feels overwhelming and chaotic.
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Now Mars gives us the courage to know when to set the sword down
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versus when to pick the sword up and execute, putting something
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to an end, standing up for ourselves.
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Another really functional use of Mars and courage is the
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willingness to fail. The willingness to be brave
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enough to put ourselves out there, to try to try something
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new that we haven't tried before, or to try it in a way
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we've never done it before. And to know that we have the
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Mars strength to learn from that mistake or that failure to pick
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ourselves back up. There's a new form of resiliency
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that Mars helps us to bring into that functional use of courage.
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As we start moving from stage 3 of cultivating conscious
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responses to Saturn and Mars problems, and we start
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experiencing for ourselves the benefits internally, externally
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of stage 4 functional uses of these planets.
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In stage 5, we reach hopefully a place of integration.
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And this is the moment where that definition, that perception
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and relationship of malefic as bad, seeing our struggles as
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enemies now our struggles become our greatest allies.
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Our relationship to Saturn and Mars becomes not only
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functional, but it becomes very necessary and useful and
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resourceful. We need them.
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They're some of the strongest players on our team, especially
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for some of the most difficult moments of life.
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So taking a moment to pause checking in, I'm wondering how
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do you relate to these stages of growth or evolution with the
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malefic with Saturn and Mars? Is there any area or arena in
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your life currently that you can locate where you're at on this
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spectrum of relationship evolution and growth?
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Maybe in relationship fields, you are totally integrated When
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it comes to Mars, you can totally get into confrontation,
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but when it comes to your work or the things that you're
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passionate about, you're still struggling and feeling
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overwhelmed and collapsing in the face of challenge or
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something new. And this is going to be
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different for everybody, but I'd love to hear comment below if
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any of this resonates or there's something that's really standing
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out. And tell me if you feel any
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differently about your capacity to work through, to confront,
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and to resource what's happening as an ally instead of an enemy.
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Of course, there are so many other additional layers that are
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really important to take into consideration that really nuance
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the Saturn and Mars expression both within our Natal charts and
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then also as we experience transits.
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These are things that I definitely take into
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consideration with my client practice and in readings and
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consultations. However, I didn't want to go
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deep into them in today's episode.
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I wanted to focus more on some of the philosophical and the
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relational components of working with Saturn and Mars as
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malefics, but I am going to go ahead and list some of these
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considerations off for you without going into the technical
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explanations. If it's something that interests
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you, I really encourage you. You can check out different
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astrology resources, do some more investigation, or of
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course, always book an astrology reading with a professional
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astrologer. I have that linked below for you
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if you'd like to look into working together, but the
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additional astrological techniques that we would take
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into consideration when looking at and working with Saturn and
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Mars. The first would be sect.
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If you've never heard of that word before, sect is determined
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based off of the time that you're born.
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So if you're born after sunrise, then you will be considered a
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day sect chart. If you were born after the
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sunset or crossed the descendant point in your chart, then you
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will be of the night sect. In relation to sect, Saturn
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prefers the day sect. Saturn is said to be easier or
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more constructive and day charts and Mars on the other hand, is
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said to be of the night sect, so is more constructive to
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individuals born in the night sect.
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The next consideration is dignity.
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We did not go over dignity today, but this is such an
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important and powerful layer of consideration.
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And when Saturn or Mars are in dignity, so either rulership or
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exaltation, they're said to have an easier access to their
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natural constructive function that they express themselves
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more constructively. And I will go ahead and list
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those dignities for you. So with Saturn, Saturn's
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dignity, it's in domicile and the ruler of Capricorn as well
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as Aquarius, and Saturn is exalted in Libra.
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Those are the places where Saturn does the best and is the
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most constructive. And Mars is the ruler of Aries
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and Scorpio and exalted in Capricorn, Saturn's sign.
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Interesting. So again, you can kind of check
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your chart, like do your malefics fall into any of those
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home placements? Are they dignified?
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Layer that into your interpretation and your
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reflections. And then finally, I wanted to
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mention the planetary joys. So the joys are the houses or
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the places in astrology where some planets tend to be what's
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called in their joy. And this doesn't mean that they
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necessarily function better in these places.
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It just means that they have a natural affinity to the topics
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and the themes that tend to be experienced in those places in
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the chart. So for Saturn, Saturn finds its
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joy in the 12th house, the House of isolation, solitude, retreat,
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self doing. And for Mars, Mars finds its joy
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in the 6th house, the House of daily grind, the House of toil,
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of conflict, of the effort that's required to confront the
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challenges of everyday life. And again, the joys are not the
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places these planets necessarily do the best.
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It's just the place in our life and in the chart that has the
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most natural affinity for what these planets naturally signify
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and are here to express. And again, these are all very
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important layers of consideration when we're going
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to work with, investigate, or talk about our Saturn and Mars
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in our Natal chart in transit. It's just not something we're
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going to cover in today's episode.
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And I really encourage you, if you haven't ever gotten a
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professional astrology reading, it's a really great opportunity
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for you to do that deeper work of unpacking the nuances that
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are so important for understanding and working with
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those planets and your Natal chart.
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These are the nuances that make astrology personal.
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And this is the work that we're really doing in our Living Chart
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Work mentorship program that begins in October.
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And if you haven't heard about the Living Chart Work program
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real quick, it is a very hands on, intense immersive experience
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where we have a very high touch small group of people and we
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dive into all of these Natal context nuances of your chart
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and how to explore and work with the chart from this grounded
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personal place. This cohort is already full.
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We sold out, which is so exciting, but there is an
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opportunity to sign up for our e-mail list.
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So that way you can be notified right away when we launch our
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next cohort. And of course, all the
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information about that mentorship program can be found
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on my website as well as that newsletter.
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Sign up for the next cohort launch announcement.
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And as we close today's episode, just as we opened, I'd like to
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invite us to come back to that space, that central space within
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ourselves. And if it's safe to do so, maybe
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closing your eyes, resting your hand on your heart and your feet
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on the ground, and begin to invite a slow, steady breath in
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through our nose and a slow, steady breath out of our mouth.
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As we close this container, may we feel Saturn strength
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anchoring us, the reminder that patience and endurance shape
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true wisdom. May we feel the warmth of Mars
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fire in our chest, the courage to act, the clarity to move
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forward. As we close and go forward, may
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we all carry Saturn steadiness and Mars flame with us into this
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week, into the coming months and years as lessons and guides on
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our path to shape us. Maybe Malefic's aren't here to
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just ruin our lives. Maybe they're actually here to
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help shape us. Thank you everybody who joined
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me on today's episode of Cozy with the Cosmos.
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If you haven't already, make sure you've got your
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notifications turned on, because next week brings us to our Aries
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Full Moon and our rising sign horoscopes Tarot card pole
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episode. May the walls of Saturn and the
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fires of Mars in the coming weeks show you just how strong
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you really are. I'm Sarah Posh and I will see
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you here next Thursday.