Aspects
Mars Square True Node
Mars A tense aspect between planets about 90 degrees apart that creates friction and a push to act. Squares are challenging but are often what drives real growth. the nodal axis makes drive and desire the skipped step: a crossroads where you must learn to assert yourself and pursue what you want in a needed new way to move forward. The gift is that facing it forges genuine, clean courage. The shadow is misdirected anger or avoidance stalling the path. The growth is doing the asserting you keep bypassing. At your best the tension in your will becomes the engine of growth.
Lean in — Face the bypassed skill instead of going around it.
Watch for — Keep skipping the very step the journey requires.
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Sources
- Spiller, Astrology for the Soul (1997)Reads a planet square the nodes as the skipped step that must be faced to move forward.
- Forrest, The Inner Sky (1984)Frames the nodal square as a crossroads skill the soul keeps bypassing.
- Tompkins, Aspects in Astrology (1989)Reads the square as friction demanding development.