Venus Sesquiquadrate Mars
(Transit Venus → Natal Mars)
Avesalom Podvodny. Aspects
Venus Sesquiquadrate: Knowing how to behave and how not to behave is good, but it is also important to understand what to do in other cases. For a person with this aspect operating at a low level, social and aesthetic dogmatism and rigid perception based on inflexible attitudes will be characteristic. Such people transform artistic discoveries into rigid methods, which is often tantamount to killing; in social programs, such rigidity often gives power capable of subjugating the masses, but creative people will avoid it, and the individual may develop a Salieri complex. For example, a sesquiquadrate between Venus and Uranus at a low level can produce dogmatic aesthetic embodiment of brilliant ideas, which often die as a result, though the person themselves often fails to see this. Working through this aspect grants remarkable mastery in art related to the spheres of the planet, or refined and perfect handling of social issues—essentially, working within large egregores using tools that initially seemed inconvenient and unsuitable: brushes, paints, newspaper and magazine pages. However, this requires tracking and acknowledging one’s poor mastery of artistic and social management tools, and most importantly, recognizing the imperfection and limitations of one’s own vision, which can be psychologically difficult; it is much easier to project one’s vision onto others, proving through examples that the subtleties they perceive are illusory and insignificant.
Mars Sesquiquadrate: In general, relationships, if they can even be called that, and what happens can only be described as an addition. For this person, in the spheres governed by the planet, it is difficult to direct energy flexibly in response to circumstances and to react subtly to external force. External aggression provokes a response in them that is often disproportionate in both force and relevance. At the same time, they may not react to weak influences for a long time, only to later explode in outrage over a minor irritant—a drop that overflows a completely unrelated cup. Subjectively, this outburst may feel justified, but objectively, it is unjust. This person will suffer from the rudeness, energy, and aggression of the external world directed at them; they will struggle to handle it in a cultured way, while their aggressive instincts in the relevant spheres will remain particularly crude and poorly controlled, and their activity will often, unbeknownst to them, take on rigid forms. For example, an unworked-through sesquiquadrate between Mars and Saturn not only makes them vulnerable to aggression but also fosters rigid demands of others, which can escalate to an uncompromising stance. It is important for this person to realize that high demands on others are usually subconsciously motivated by dissatisfaction with themselves, and to recognize where their own failures and unfinished work lie. Working through this aspect grants refined tools and the ability to operate at high vibrational levels of energy.
