MARS
Your Mars Sign
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Mars is one of the first placements I will look for when doing a birth chart reading. That is because Mars is one of the important personal planets. Besides the sun & moon sign, there is Mars, Venus, Saturn, Mercury & Jupiter which can give powerful insight into the major influences on personality & life path. Also the Ascendant or rising sign can tell us a lot about someone on first impression.
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Mars is a masculine, fire planet. It is the warrior, leader, fighter. It is a lusty "desires" planet. Whereas the moon represents the mind and our desires in complex & subtle ways, & conscious & unconscious impulses, Mars is very straight forward. Simple & direct: Mars "wants what it wants". That is direct line between A-B, want & fulfillment. Therefore, Mars represents how we set about achieving immediate goals, overcoming obstacles, passion, libido or life force, sex drive. Its boldness & courage in decision making is best summed up as the "warrior spirit."
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Mars is at home in Aries, the cardinal sign of fire, the first light or flame. It is exalted in Capricorn where it is particularly primed to keep on keeping on & not burn out. Overcoming obstacles in a relentless, practical & unstoppable way, despite significant hardships. In addition to this, Mars is classically also owed by Scorpio which is the female version of Mars. In Scorpio, Mars is a gifted alchemist, highly individual & able to see challenges from new perspectives, transforming situations, creating anew like a phoenix rising from the ashes.
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In general, Mars will do better in a fire sign than other signs aside from Capricorn (earth) & Scorpio (water) where it can harness new benefits. Fire propels Mars to alchemy, allowing to transform & transmute. It lights the flame of passion Mars needs to excel.
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By contrast, Mars is fallen in Cancer where it is so coddled, well nourished, safe, sentimental & domesticated, that is cannot lead. Other times, in such a placement, a dis-empowered Mars may become self centered, idle & resort to covert manipulation when it cannot be forthright & transparent.
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Mars is known in Vedic astrology as a malefic planet. This does not mean bad, it means tough. A tough, unsubtle planet like Mars will do best in a malefic or "hard" house. It will do particularly well in the 3rd, 6th, 10th & 11th house. Houses concerned with areas of life that center around success, social prowess, identifying enemies, solving problems, survival. By contrast, in relationship orientated, "softer" houses, malefic Mars cannot reach its potential & even, in some cases fall flat. By fall flat, I mean lose its spark or substance, becoming introverted & self centered.
The sign that Mars occupies in any house is really important in figuring out the final outcome. A fallen Mars in Cancer in the ordinarily beneficial 10th house of career that is additionally not well supported by other aspects, could come off less fortunate than a Mars in Aries in the 12th that is supported by a strong Sun. When Mars is in a less than ideal placement, the dignity of the Sun & Saturn (other melefics) become very important in judging the person's ability to take charge or to lead.
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The placements of all the planets are important for an accurate & informed astrology birth chart reading.
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