Part of Eros
Part of Eros Opposition Mars
The Part of Eros opposite Mars sets your desires against friction or rivalry, often through a partner whose drive collides with yours, so wanting becomes entangled with conflict, competition, or the thrill of the chase. The tension is between passion and combat. Fight for what you love without making the fight the point.
- desire
- passion
- tension
Sources
- Brennan, Hellenistic Astrology (2017)Brennan reads the Part of Eros, the lot of Venus, as the point marking desire, love, longing, and what you yearn for and are drawn toward.
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Treats the meeting of Martian passion and drive with the lot's significations of desire and longing as a specific working relationship.
- Valens, Anthologies (160)Valens reads the opposition to a lot as tension and challenge reaching the lot's affairs, often through others or open conflict.