Mars
Mars
In Humanistic Astrology, Mars represents:
In Humanistic Astrology, Mars represents:
- Desire/Will toward Action/Initiative/Physical Energy/Drive/Sexual Urge/Urge to Act Decisively
- Self-assertive and aggressive urge; sex urge; urge to act decisively.
- Need to achieve desires; need for physical and sexual excitement
- How we go about getting what we want.
- How we fight for something.
- How we defend ourselves.
Positive Expression: Courage; Initiative; Will-power consciously directed toward legitimate aim
Weak Mars– the person will back away from conflict, give up when meeting resistance and let aggression out in perverted ways.
Too Strong Mars: The person will bulldoze others without concern and make everything into a confrontation.
Mars rules Aries and Scorpio, is exalted in Capricorn ,is in detriment in Taurus and Libra, and is in fall in Cancer
Arroyo, Stephen. (1989) Chart Interpretation Handbook. Sebastopol, California: CRCS Publications.
Burk, Kevin (2002) Understanding the Birth Chart. St. Paul, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications
Hand, Robert. (1981) Horoscope Symbols. Atglen, PA: Whitford Press.
Ptolemy’s Essential Dignities of the planets.
- Desire/Will toward Action/Initiative/Physical Energy/Drive/Sexual Urge/Urge to Act Decisively
- Self-assertive and aggressive urge; sex urge; urge to act decisively.
- Need to achieve desires; need for physical and sexual excitement
- How we go about getting what we want.
- How we fight for something
- How we defend ourselves.
Positive Expression: Courage; Initiative; Will-power consciously directed toward legitimate aim
If Mars is too weak in the chart the native will back away from conflict, give up when they meet resistance and let aggression out in perverted ways.
If Mars is too strong in the chart the native will bulldoze others without concern and make everything into a confrontation.
Mars rules Aries and Scorpio, is exalted in Capricorn, is in detriment in Taurus and Libra, and is in fall in Cancer.
Arroyo, Stephen. (1989) Chart Interpretation Handbook. Sebastopol, California: CRCS Publications.
Burk, Kevin (2002) Understanding the Birth Chart. St. Paul, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications
Hand, Robert. (1981) Horoscope Symbols. Atglen, PA: Whitford Press.
Ptolemy’s Essential Dignities of the planets.
