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.

Destructive, combative Mars is ending an 11-week retrograde February 23. ELLE's resident astrologers, the AstroTwins, explain what comes next.

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.