Mars is astrology's symbol for raw energy, the ability to do work, take action and assert yourself. It fuels your survival instincts, your ability to defend yourself ... and be aggressive when necessary. It supports your drive for self-sufficiency and independence. It enables you to set goals and accomplish them.
Mars shows your sex drive, the way you push for what you want and your competitive instincts in general. The Inner Self represented by Mars knows how to support itself, how to defend itself, how to get what it wants ... and what to do when life requires you to "fight back" ... to resort to willpower and force.
Your Mars energy wants you to be safe, capable, confident and strong. It helps you take care of Number One. Basically, Mars is the energy that lets you get stuff done!
Mars energy is considered masculine, no matter what its sign, although obviously some signs suit its obstreperous pushy nature better than others. Mars, along with the Sun, reveals how you express the masculine side of your nature. In fact, Mars is the main driver here.
Positively, your Mars energy is ambitious, dynamic, bold and capable. Negatively, it is brash, pugnacious, inconsiderate and uncooperative. These are virtues and character problems commonly associated with men.
Your Mars energy describes the way you pursue your ambitions and take care of yourself. You are very aware of it in any situation of strife, conflict, competition or danger. It's how you protect yourself and defend your interests when these are on the line.
Other factors in your chart and in your life ... and other inner selves ... will shade and influence the expression of this energy, but through it all, in situations where you need to stand your ground ... or chase your true desires, your Mars energy is on your side to make it happen.
Your Mars energy is that of your Inner Warrior and Pioneer. It runs on courage and initiative and is in charge of doing work that takes muscle and movement. It will also give insight into your tactics and stamina. Its sign, house position and support from other Inner Selves (the other planets in your horoscope) show how you go about this.
Mars energy fights for what's important to you -- sometimes literally. It builds the things you need to survive and protect yourself. It tells how you are either a force to be reckoned with -- or a diplomat not an adversary -- or a lover not a fighter -- or a complete and total pushover. Some sort of self-protection is simply necessary for you to get along in the world.
Mars energy is tied in to your basic survival skills and instincts, but it can meet these needs in many ways ... including some so devious as to be virtually invisible. Mars energy helps you strategize and carry out plans. It helps you express love and satisfy desire. It also fuels things like anger and temper, and when it turns ugly there can be actual injury and blood in the streets.
Mars position by sign and house reveals where you assert yourself, where you fight for your territory and ambitions and how you physically take care of yourself. It shows where action and progress begin in your life -- and the ignition switch that gets you going.
Questions about any of this? Talk to me in comments. It's a terrific way to build value for yourself and the community ... and it will give me ideas of what to write about in future posts. Believe me there is lots to say about the way The Sun, The Moon -- and all the other elements in a horoscope, all the other components of Astrology -- work together to interpret you and your story -- and what it all means to the person you've become.
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