Aspects
Descendant Opposition Mars
Your own drive stands at the self-pole, pressing on the relationship axis. With Mars opposite your Descendant, falling on the Ascendant, 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.