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FEMALE RAGE Daily Astrology Sun 27th Sept Mars in Cancer opposite Pluto. Mars is at the final degree of Cancer, completing his journey through this challenging sign. This aspect is very good for digging up that which we may not want to look at. I have been reading The Goddess That Failed by Janice Fiamengo, about the shadow side of feminism. One theme is rage, and the way that is nowadays encouraged in women. Perfect for Mars in Cancer opposite Pluto, along with Venus' presence in Scorpio. Rage is never a good thing, and we rightly condemn it in men. But we are easier on women's violence, and always have been. Men who murder their children are jailed or executed. Women, as we have seen in the recent Lindsay Clancy case, may be excused. There are probably biological reasons for this lenience. Rage in women is characteristically expressed indirectly - sideways, like cancer the crab - through reputation destruction. It is less obvious, but just as damaging. The other face of this Mars is straightforward courage and truth-speaking and knowing and acting on what one wants. This provides the resolution for the rage side of Mars. If you have a propensity for rage, look at what it is you are not yet living. (It is not about your childhood traumas, not now, that is too easy.) This aspect is ideal for digging up what is unlived, for claiming it, and boldly stepping forward into a life that is truly your own. It is not an easy ask. It requires living at a level that demands more of yourself, that is continually creative. But it is also cancerian and feminine. You do not have to heroically climb a mountain in a blizzard. It is more a matter of letting yourself be claimed by something within, that has maybe been nagging you for years, and living from it.