- Mars enters Leo, direct: October 16 (00 Leo 00’) – Dec 19, 2009 (19 Leo 41’)
- Retrograde: December 19, 2009 (19 Leo 42’) – March 9, 2010 (00 Leo 18’)
- Direct: Mar 10 (00 Leo 18’) – June 6, 2010 (29 Leo 21’)
The retrograde period exactly corresponds to the degrees between my Venus at 00 Aries and Sun at 19 Aries, over the 7-8 cusp. The trines that Mars will give to all of my Aries planets in the 8th house make me think that the next 8 months will be a crash course in ironing out relationship issues- especially with Mars dipping into my 12th house, digging up any unacknowledged problems.