An Aries emailed me yesterday, to aske when she might get this "traction" I mentioned, considering Venus and Mercury are retrograde. It's Mars ingress into Capricorn I was looking at.
Mars is exalted in Capricorn. It excels at prevailing in adverse conditions. But in order to use this energy, you've got to ditch the defeatist mentality. "When there is a will, there is a way?"
Practical example:
Venus retrograde - stock market falling.
Mercury retrograde - waiting on tax docs.
These things are real (Capricorn) but they do not preclude me from advancing (Mars) on some front in my life.
That's a picture of my grandfather who had Mars in Capricorn. He broke his leg twice, doing stunts like that. It left him with a limp but it did not stop him from climbing that mountain, 127 times - It Was A Beautiful Day.