Aspects
Descendant Opposition Mars
Your own drive stands at the self-pole, pressing on the relationship axis. With Mars opposite your The point directly opposite the Ascendant, on the western horizon. It describes partnership, others, and what you seek in relationship., falling on the The zodiac degree rising on the eastern horizon at your birth, also called the rising sign. It sets the whole house framework of the chart and colors how you meet the world., you bring a strong, assertive will directly into your partnerships, meeting a close other as a force to be reckoned with. You are nobody's pushover in love; a partner meets your demands, your impatience, and your need to act on your own terms. The gift is courage and directness in relationship. The shadow is steamrolling a partner, competing where you should cooperate, or making the bond a contest of wills. The lifelong task is to keep your strong will while leaving real room for a partner to be just as forceful, meeting as equals rather than rivals.
Lean in — Keep your strong will while meeting a partner as an equal.
Watch for — Compete where you should cooperate or steamroll a partner.
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Sources
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Reads the natal Mars's opposition to the Descendant as a defining statement about how drive and desire meet partnership, desire, and the committed other.
- Forrest, The Inner Sky (1984)Gives the modern natal reading of Mars's opposition to the Descendant as a core feature of the birth chart's drive.
- Sasportas, The Twelve Houses (1985)Sasportas's study of the houses grounds the Descendant as the seventh-house axis of partnership and the committed other.