This is not a time to white-knuckle your way through. Retrograde is an invitation to pause, not a punishment.
**Do: Reassess your relationship patterns.** If an ex resurfaces (and statistically, someone will), it is not a sign to rekindle. It is a mirror. What did that relationship teach you about what you actually need versus what you thought you wanted? Journal on it. Feel it. Then decide, consciously, whether it belongs in your future. This retrograde is offering clarity, not nostalgia.
**Do: Review your finances carefully.** Retrograde is the ideal time to audit subscriptions, renegotiate contracts, or reconsider that purchase you made impulsively in January. You may realise something you bought no longer fits who you are becoming. That is the retrograde working.
**Do: Practice genuine self-love, not self-indulgence.** Aries is impulsive; retrograde asks you to slow down. What would it look like to value yourself not because you are proving something, but because it is true? That is the work.
**Avoid: Starting new relationships.** Clarity is low right now; projection is high. Any relationship begun now risks being built on fantasy rather than reality. Wait until mid-May to commit.
**Avoid: Major financial decisions or new debt.** You are mid-reassessment. New commitments lock you into thinking you are still undoing.
**Avoid: Cosmetic procedures or aesthetic overhauls.** Your sense of what is beautiful and desirable is shifting. Wait until retrograde is over before tattooing something new onto your body or making permanent aesthetic changes.
**Avoid: Ignoring red flags because the familiar feels warm.** When exes reappear or old patterns tempt you, retrograde is explicitly asking you to see clearly. The temptation will be strong; the clarity is stronger.