On Monday, Mars retrograde backtracks into Cancer. The past few weeks set your search for meaning ablaze. You have felt adrift lately, unsure of where to direct your energy. This has been a powerful time to revisit and refine your big ideas—particularly those you want to share through writing, teaching, or publishing. Meditate on past goals and assess whether they align with the future direction you’re now moving toward. Questions of self-inquiry wash over you like a wave, guiding you deeper into your healing journey. This Mars retrograde heightens sensitivity around intimacy, control, family dynamics, and mental health. As you explore deeper intimacy and emotional boundaries, recognize where you may have built walls to protect yourself. Although your instinct is to clamp up and retreat into your shell, lean into the discomfort, and allow yourself to process buried emotions.