Sun Sesquiquadrate Mars

(Transit Sun → Natal Mars)

Avesalom Podvodnyi. Aspects

Mars sesquiquadrate: Which planet symbolizes aggression in Martian astrology? This aspect requires for its realization a partial shift toward the cosmic vibrations of the individual’s personal energy, which primarily implies subtlety in action—something that appears contradictory to the coarseness of earthly reality and brings the person, at a low level of processing, numerous difficulties not only of a metaphysical nature: resisting evil harshly is unethical from a cosmic standpoint. However, in the spheres of the planet, the individual will actually have to confront not so much external evil as internal evil, particularly that which is socially conditioned, since here the person is inherently attuned to cosmic energies that are incomprehensible and often unacceptable to collective subconsciousness. Integration proceeds through mastering, becoming aware of, and internally accepting the cosmic vibrations and cosmic ethics of active conduct available to the individual, which gradually proves to be a more effective protection against external world aggression than initially expected. Yet here, especially if Mars is afflicted, it is harder to rid oneself of inner aggression toward the world and the self—both overt and repressed—since the sesquiquadrate demands absolute purity in this regard; initially such purity may be present, but gradually it fades, creating in the individual a somewhat incomprehensible feeling of inner disharmony and rigidity, stemming from the fact that in this case it is not humanity that judges the person, but the Cosmos.