Winter tends to take a toll on your motivation, passion and inner drive anyway, but it certainly hasn’t helped that Mars, the planet of action, energy, sex drive and anger, has been retrograde since December 6.

Mars — our planet of will, energy, sexuality, and action, getting it done and getting it on — is at long last going direct.

Have you been feeling like you're swimming through molasses? Or worse—like you're emotionally marooned on an island of nostalgia, frustration, and unfinished business? Blame Mars retrograde in Cancer.

Though don’t set the bar too high: Venus and Mercury are still turning retrograde in March, and there will be two disruptive eclipses on March 14 and 29. But Mars retrograde, which happens every 18 to 24 months, has a special sort of wrecking ball effect. And we’re not at all sad to see that end.

This week begins with a major boost of energy as Mars finally ends its retrograde and a new moon in Pisces pushes us to take a leap of faith.