Mars Signs for Beginners: Lesson Six
Welcome to Mars Signs for Beginners: Lesson Six. This time around we are going to be covering the planet of ambition, drive, and some of those more fun emotions called anger and rage.
It helps to build up a basic understanding of the personality of the signs, and key traits that they carry with them through the planets.
What is a Mars Sign?
Your Mars sign determines how you go about getting the things you want. It's all about drive, passion, and those innate wants that pull us forward. Where you have the sun that determines your passions, Mars is how you go about getting them, and often it determines the attitude you have going about getting them. It also holds up a mirror to the basic drives of anger, and how you process negative emotions that are on the red side. It's the planet of physical passions, and one of my top five for delving into.
So let's get into it and break it all down- Mars, the little red planet through the signs.
The Signs
Aries
This is Aries home planet, and they vibe so hard. In general, Aries is all about impulsive action, and getting stuff done the second it arrives. Mars loves that. It's a fast paced song and they are able to dance on beat. Mars help Aries achieve what they want in quick succession, and takes them forward into getting their fiery passions realized. They are also.. incredibly competitive. They need to win, they need to be first. All in all, this competitiveness holds a hand with their temper, the temper of the Ram is almost a landmine ridden field to navigate through. It's easy enough to say something to Aries that can bring them to a boil. However, just as quickly as you turn on the heat- it can also come off. Their temperament is one easily gained and lost over time, that is to say.
Taurus
Taurus brings an energy of the little engine that could to Mars. It's not necessarily a bad placement, and they are very determined in their pursuit of achievement. They take the long, dedicated road, and are grounded. I mean how else will they achieve their life of comfort if not for being persistent in their goals? Very measured in their temperament, it's hard to get Taurus off their emotional rhythm. However, if you do manage to get on the wrong side of the Bull, you're getting the horns. As it takes a long time to push the Taurus to this point. They won't blow up on you like an Aries, but they will make you wish you never crossed them in the first place, along with cutting you out of their life- permanently. Not giving you another chance to make it any better.
Gemini
The Twins are an interesting placement for this planet. As seen the base personality of a Gemini roots in their mental activity and being able to find variety. So when you put them in to Mars, you see them looking at challenges in a variety of ways in order to achieve what they have their mind put to at the time. Given that their impulsiveness is exaggerated in this sign it seems like you could be talking to them one week about making soap for a living, and the next they've gone and joined the circus. All of this is accompanied with a mess of different ways to achieve those goals. The Twins aren't ones to dwell on their anger for too long, or even pursue it that long. However, should they be in the mood for revenge they will gossip and spread what you did.
Cancer
You're taking one of the softest signs in the Zodiac and putting them into one of the most aggressive- fun. You see the thing with Cancer is they tend to go all out for their home, and the people they love. They aren't the type to let things go when it comes to the things they care about and can be incredibly protective with this planet in their corner. The crab uses Mars' energy to manage their home in a soft and guided way. This can sometimes manifest in not being able to make decisions or not knowing how to deal with conflicts when presented with them. Regardless, the crab goes on taking care of things in their own time. It's not the best placement, however, it is certainly not the worst either.
Leo
Leo does very well under the guide of Mars. Firstly, Mars helps the lion take their leadership and puts it to work. The Lions passions guided with a strong hand, and the ability to manage the people around them like a general. Due to, their want to be in the limelight makes them really good candidates for passions and pursuits that are new to them. They like to leave their mark on the world and Mars is going to help them do that by making decisions decisively. The Lion's temper is one to be witnessed. Often depicted as a very large, on going rage that take a long time to fizzle out. When it does, they may be willing to forgive, but building that trust up is going to take a while in and of itself.
Virgo
The Maiden is a very subdued sign, to have it in this placement is not necessarily the worst, but it isn't really comfortable here. Virgo lives in the mind and strives for practicality, they take the Mars' energy and use it to guide their decisions more quickly than if it were placed in the Sun. However, Mars can enhance the more neurotic traits and leave Virgo lost in their mind, and lose their temper if things aren't going the way that they had planned in the first place. They want to improve their well being and the people around them, and if that doesn't go according to plan it can drive them up the wall. Virgo's temper is typically shown through getting really judgey and snippy with those around them, they aren't going to tell you directly that their pissed. But damn, can you feel it in their words.
Libra
Much like their sister sign Taurus, this isn't a great placement for Libra. That isn't to say that Libra doesn't have their own special way of navigating Mars. Where Libra likes to try to ensure that all conflicts are well thought through and handled, Mars tries to force them to take a more impulsive approach and focus on what they want. This leads to a lot of indecisiveness on the Libra's part, and can send them spiraling when forced to make confrontations. The scales enjoys when things are balanced between the planes of "I" and "We". This gives them a very harmonious balance with their temperment, but they are lacking in the want department. They take the diplomatic approach where Mars favors the primal.
Scorpio
have you ever wanted to see what it's like to have revenge served cold? Talk with a Scorpio Mars. These signs in their traditional house take anger, and drive and bring it to a new transformative level. They aren't impulsive like Aries, no. They take their time and strategize the best way to make you pay for what you've done. This translate in to them accomplishing their desires as well. Always moving through the dark, and making the small changes needed for them to rise to full control, and power over their desire. Honestly, a terrifying placement for those who have it. It speaks to a transformative experience that you don't want to end up on the wrong side of.
Sagittarius
Placing Sagittarius here is one way to make sure the free-spirited archer fires their arrow near impulsively into the sun. They are completely running on impulse to find their next escape, or chasing after their next big dream. Manifesting in a deep need to follow their own pursuits on their own time and no one else's. The temperment of a Sagittarius Mars is someone where it seems like everything is fine. That is until they find out some wack shit. Then it's gloves off. After that, they're kinda the all bets are off type of inner anger. They aren't ones to easily forgive, this is due to their want for general peace and overall joy in their lives. So if you do something that counteracts that desire, they are going to take you out of their life permanently (or until they've seen you make great strides to do better).
Capricorn
If you want a person who is incredibly goal orientated, and has plans for the future. You have to get yourself a Capricorn in Mars. This sign is in a position of power under this planet. Often taking the approach that they can and will do anything necessary for their own success. I've mentioned before how Capricorn is the sign that has the next five years of their life planned out, that's taken to an extreme under Mars. They have major steps of their lives planned out, knowing exactly how they'll achieve it and what exactly it will achieve them. The temperment of Capricorn in this position is one who takes the anger from Virgo, Taurus, and Scorpio. They rip you to shreds, pointing out every single \shortcomings, and then cut you off entirely for the rest of their lives. Definitely not a sign you want to tick off.
Aquarius
The water-bearer has no primal motives. Mars doesn't exist here. Sorry.
Ok, that's not true, but it is a really weird placement for Aquarius. They are incredibly rebellious and innovative, and Mars really helps them make the strides they need to in order to fully achieve the rebellion angle that most Aquarius strive for. But Aquarius in the end is very aloof with their emotions, and are detached from themselves. So when you go to piss them off, or if you upset them. They aren't going to go about it like really any other sign. They are going to sit you down and have a full length discussion with you about what you did wrong, and then try to bring justice up and out of it. Wanting to gain themselves victory. It's a very cold approach to rage considering many of the alternatives.
Pisces
Think Cancer and Libra had a baby, you get Pisces. Pisces is so far up in their head, and so compassionate that when put into Mars, they are kinda at a loss. They don't take Mars' energy to the best of their abilities. They are always willing to lend an ear to other people, and have a heightened intuition that breathes a sense of fairness when it comes to aggression. Their imaginations drive them to their passions of creativity, and art their passions heightened by Mars' drive for action. Yet, they seem to avoid and manage conflict with a steady and even hand. When you really wrong a Pisces, they may shut down- but they aren't above forgiving. Just don't expect them to forgive. They are the sign best known for holding deep resentments.
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Wrap-Up: Mars Signs for Beginners: Lesson Six
That wraps it up for Mars signs for beginners. It's one of the most fun planets out of the ten that we have (plus rising, but again not a planet). It's a planet that tries it's best to breath action into the different signs, having them take up action, and do the things they want to for themselves. But as seen there's only a few signs that actually are wanting to take up that flagpole. In the end one of the most important things to take away from your Mars' sign is to see how it's driving you. How that energy is coming about in your own life, and how you can either amplify it or tone it down dependent on the situations you're trying to call from the planet.
Other than that, keep an eye out for the next in the series Jupiter Signs for Beginners, where we are going to be covering the largest planet in our solar system, and what the planet of luck is looking to bring to you.
Stay groovy, and I'll catch you on the flip,
Cosmic Sage
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