Alright Team,

I'm in want of your expert opinions.

Mars retro in Leo? The only things I could find online explained that people with Mars retrograde in their charts can find it difficult to assert themselves or to express anger or disappointment. These ring absolutely true with me, but I'm confused as to what Leo has to contribute? What does it mean with rx mars?
Also, my Mars is square Mercury, and trine Jupiter. Cryptic as hell.

And I know that Leo is rules by the sun, which is analogous to masculine energy and the father. Funny because I'm queer, and also because my sun is in the 12th house (of isolation) and my father was very distant when I was a child- he's a Virgo sun with drug problems.