Mars-Neptune Sesquiquadrate

(Transit Mars → Natal Neptune)

Avesalom Podvodnyi. Aspects

Mars sesquiquadrate: In general, things have turned out as they are, if what resulted can be called relationships, and what occurred—accumulation. This person finds it difficult in the areas of the planet to direct their energy with flexible responsiveness to circumstances and to react subtly to external force. Foreign aggression triggers in them a counter-response, often inadequate in both intensity and relevance to the matter. At the same time, they may fail to react for a long time to weak influences, then suddenly, in response to a minor irritation—the drop that overflows an entirely unrelated cup—explode with outrage: subjectively perhaps justified, but objectively unjust. This person will suffer from the coarseness, energy, and aggression of the outer world directed at them; they will find it hard to deal with these in a sufficiently civilized manner. Yet at the same time, their aggressive instincts in the planet’s spheres will be especially coarse and poorly controlled, and their activity will often, without their own awareness, take on harsh forms. For example, an unprocessed Mars-Saturn sesquiquadrate brings, along with vulnerability to aggression, also rigidity in demands toward other people, which may reach intransigence; such a person needs to understand that high demands toward others are usually subconsciously motivated by dissatisfaction with oneself, and to realize where their own failures and shortcomings lie. Here, working through the aspect provides perfect tools and enables functioning at high vibrational levels of energy. Neptune sesquiquadrate: An idolater in any religion is an idolater. At a low level of processing, this person will clumsily lie or fall into mistaken situations in the planet’s spheres, which will seem to them inevitable and sometimes even constructive. For example, an unprocessed Jupiter-Neptune sesquiquadrate will likely make a person susceptible to flattery, and flattery may become their main weapon, which will often let them down, though it is difficult for the person to recognize this. This aspect at a low level establishes overly rigid boundaries of understanding and overly fixed meditative paths in the planet’s spheres—usually quite low, yet the person will regard them as exemplary and leading precisely where they should. For instance, a Moon-Neptune sesquiquadrate may establish once and for all a specific rest ritual involving drinking alcohol, a drunken quarrel, and a hangover the next day, while any other recreational ideas will seem inconceivable to the person. At a high level, the person grasps subtle paths of development in the planet’s spheres and revitalizes meditative ways; for example, well-trodden paths of prayer become overgrown with living flowers of delicate, fluid, and never-repeating religious feelings and experiences—this is the path of saints who transcend the dogma of the official church.