Among
the various “hit lists” that I use and look
at on a regular basis, I have a special transit hit list
that I like to call the “Mars Attack.”
What
is the “Mars
Attack?” Transiting
Mars passing over the 4 chart angles (Ascendant, Midheaven,
Descendant, and IC) often denotes sudden action taken or
sudden activity happening to you.
When
hot-blooded, passionate, and lusty Mars is transiting over one
of the 4 angles in a birth chart it can at
times denote the beginning (Alpha) of a hot-blooded, passionate,
and lusty love affair.
Conversely,
Mars transiting over one of the 4 birth chart angles can at times
also denote the ending
(Omega)
of a hot-blooded, passionate, and lusty love affair.
Since
Mars transits over your birth chart angles approximately twice
each year, this
phenomenon denoting the beginning or ending of a
hot-blooded, passionate, and lusty love affair is thankfully only
one of several possible ingredients in an overall recipe. I say thankfully,
because we’d all be worn out, “basket cases” -
physically, mentally, and emotionally - if it brought about the beginning
or end of a hot-blooded, passionate, love affair each and every time.
What Are Chart Angles?
Chart angles consist of the Ascendant/Descendant axis and the Midheaven
/I.C axis. These intersecting axes that form a cross, based
on the exact time and location of one’s birth, together comprise
four of the most powerful and telling incarnational or
transcendant points on the birth chart.
Traditionally,
in most house systems, these four angles - Ascendant, I.C.,
Descendant, and Midheaven - were considered to be the cusp
(beginning point)
of the 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th houses. Nowadays, many astrologers
(to the chagrin of traditional astrology) have recognized
that, for example, both sides of the Ascendant (end of the
12th house and beginning
of the 1st house) are very powerful and can be very important
to consider.
Listed In Order of Relative Strength
· Ascendant – end
of 12th, beginning of 1st
· Midheaven – end
of 9th, beginning of 10th
· Descendant – end
of 6th, beginning of 7th
· I.C. – end
of 3rd, beginning of 4th
Mars
Is Rising (Sap’s Rising)
Whenever any transiting planet passes over one of these four incarnational
or transcendant birth chart angles, the archetypal energies
symbolized by that particular planet are poured into one’s life.
So
what happens when hot-blooded, passionate, and lusty Mars passes
over one
of
these angles? Remember how alive and virile you often
feel during the first rush of Spring each year? Same concept.
Your Spring
is
just happening at a different time.
Does every love
affair begin or end when Mars is moving over one of the angles.
No. For one thing, not every love affair is can be
characterized as being hot-blooded, passionate, and lusty. Secondly,
as with everything in astrology, we’re only talking about the
4 P’s: potentials, probabilities, predisposition, and propensities.
Also
see: Mars Attack Revisited
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