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Sun opposition Mars

Sun opposition Mars makes you a passionate and competitive person. You are filled with hot, radiant energy that must have a safe and constructive outlet. Without expressing this hot energy, you will likely experience a lot of anger and drama. Such bottled-up energy can lead to explosive fury and physical pain in extreme cases. Whatever outlet you find, whether creative, sporting, sexual or professional, it is likely to involve a level of competitiveness that is healthy for you. You will have a strong will to succeed when competing, which is also good. Problems may arise, however, if you use non-direct methods to win, like cheating or violence. The exception is life-threatening situations without rules if you or a loved one are threatened. Such cases will be rare unless you find yourself in the police or military. Careers that harness your adrenaline rushes are suitable, but you may need to learn to harness your rage. Born with Sun opposition Mars, your passions and desires can be so strong that others find you overly assertive in chasing them. You may be unaware of this until others react defensively or selfishly. You will likely become involved in many arguments and fights until you learn greater awareness about the repercussions of your actions. Thinking more about the rights and feelings of others will help you achieve your desires with less drama. Sublimate your ego and toning down your assertiveness are good ways to reduce resistance to your goals. Business and politics are other highly competitive fields. Working in high-pressure situations against an opponent will sharpen your skills and lead to personal development. Very quickly, you will learn by experience that tactics and patience are vital in overcoming an inflated ego or rashness. Harnessing your strong passions and sexuality is essential in maintaining healthy relationships. While moderating your flaring sexual energy, you may have to deal with jealousy, revenge or risky situations.

Sun opposition Mars

Natives of Sun opposition Mars see life as a challenge, a fight for supremacy between you and the world. You adopt this combative and assertive stance in an attempt to prove your self-worth. Underlying this attitude is a clashing of inner energies, which are projected out as shadow-adversaries onto the external world, so that arguments, dissention and conflict often seem to follow in your footsteps. There is little tranquillity in your world. It becomes more of a battlefield where you believe you can win your spurs by proving your capabilities. You are fired on by a competitive spirit, intending to win and be number one, although the quality of your aggressive vibration tends to attract similar people into your life, and this can result in power struggles in both work and domestic environments. Applying extra force may leave you in a position of superiority yet can also increase the number of adversaries that you leave in your wake. Your genuine friendships will end up being quite few if you continuously act in this manner. Sun opposition Mars have a powerful desiring nature, and you easily become fixated on attaining these desires, whether they be lovers or positions of executive status, even if your energies are focused only temporarily in such specific directions. These desires can reflect the themes of the houses and signs of Mars and the Sun, and often contain the issues that you feel most combative about. There can be an aura of 'danger' surrounding you, possibly with a sexual magnetism and aggressive power that some can find extremely attractive, although this energy can overflow through displays of irascible temper and potential violence if uncontrolled. You are very physically responsive and have a developed visual and sensual appreciation of life. You may have to ensure that your desires do not become compulsive or obsessive in nature. In relationships, you may lack sensitivity to others' feelings and needs, and it would do you well to transform expectations of a partner so they are a bit more realistic, which is much preferable to them providing fuel for later disillusionment. Under the influence of Sun opposition Mars, a wise choice of partner is required, otherwise your domestic life could become volatile and traumatic. A partner who evokes your higher nature and qualities is probably more ideal than one who just stimulates your passionate and vigorous nature. Finding a suitable companion, one who is strong enough to not allow you to dominate, would probably help in modifying your attitude towards life. A danger can lie in a tendency to make spur-of-the-moment decisions and take impulsive actions, and then regret them later. It may be that experience eventually influences you to make changes in your style of expression, but this may not occur until later in life. Hopefully there will come a point when you lessen that driving feeling of insecurity and lack of worth, so that you can recognize your real value and potential. Once that self-imposed pressure to challenge and compete has diminished, and acknowledgement of your performance has been achieved, new life directions will open before you. When this occurs, take the opportunity to dismantle your combative attitudes by broadening your world view beyond those limiting tendencies to perceive life in stark black-and-white distinctions. This could develop to include involvements with social causes and pressure groups, where your partisan approach and abundant energies could be put to positive use, providing that you can maintain a balanced perspective on your beliefs and attitudes, and avoid forceful proselytizing or fanatical expression.

There is an unmistakable competitiveness and a “me-first” attitude with those who have Sun opposition Mars in their natal charts. The fighter persona is most apparent in youth, when the child is described as a “bundle of energy”, or it is remarked that he or she “can’t sit still”. The abundant energy generated by the hard aspects between the Sun and Mars is hard to direct in childhood. Later in life, ideally, those with these aspects have learned to channel some of their excess energy into productive avenues–perhaps through career, sports, or any area where competitiveness is considered an asset. Nevertheless, people with these aspects can meet up with more than their share of conflict, and they can most certainly rub people the wrong way. They are very motivated to get things done, to take action rather than simply talk about something, and to get from point A to point B as quickly as possible. Those who know them quite well might describe these people as hot-headed and temperamental at times. They are easily frustrated, and they’re given to impulsive actions and assertion of their wills. If the aspect is found in cardinal signs, it gives impulsiveness and a short temper. If the aspect is found in fixed signs, the natives can be very hard-headed and willful. If it’s in mutable signs, it gives a restless and frustrated impatience. Sun opposition Mars people are more confrontational and argumentative than active. In youth, they might feel that they often face anger from others. They might see the Mars energy as coming from the outside. If and when they face the fact that the aggression is actually a part of their own personalities, they are more equipped to direct the competitive energy into productive avenues.

Sun opposition Mars have a powerful desiring nature, and they easily become fixated on attaining these desires

When Sun opposition Mars, it means that you were born with Mars retrograde at the midpoint of its retrograde transit. You are born with Mars as close to the earth as it gets within its cycle, as well as Mars in its brightest phase of light in the night sky. There is a strong martial aspect to your identity, giving you tremendous drive and determination to do things your own way. You have a willingness to go against the current of consensus cultural conceptions for how to live your life. It is vital for you to find an authentic path to follow and you will not settle for conforming into a role merely for the sake of providing you comfort and stability. You are likely to face adversity from early on in your life, yet through facing difficult experiences you learn to be relentless in overcoming obstacles. You are someone who will not give up and will resiliently fight back from any setbacks. Sun opposition Mars also indicates issues with the father and with authority. You rebel against anyone and everyone in an unconscious effort to defy your father. Over time, this will only cause you problems. It’s important that you examine the root cause of your anger issues. With Sun opposition Mars, you will learn how to use your rage to achieve your goals instead of hurting other people needlessly.  You will also figure out how to tone down your ego and your aggression. These same qualities can be used in healthy ways, such as at work to achieve a goal or sexually in a relationship. Be careful of risky situations. You seek out opportunities to rebel with Sun opposition Mars, but you quickly get into trouble too, because you aren’t careful. Don’t alienate the people who support you. Ultimately, you must learn how to defend only the things that are most important to you. This is where your assertion will come in handy.

Sun opposition Mars creates a combative, aggressive attitude. You may feel like you’re filled with hot energy that has no good outlet. This is because the identity and ego of the Sun clash with the drive and aggression that is Mars. It’s as though you’re always fighting against your need to take action because you feel that you shouldn’t. If you don’t find a way to release the energy that Sun opposition Mars creates, you may find that you explode in anger or even experience physical pain. Sun opposition Mars makes you look to non-direct methods first, in competition, so you don’t get the physical outlet you need. For example, you may resort to cheating, lying, or violence in order to achieve your goals, but you feel even more angry than before and you can’t figure out why. You take shortcuts because you don’t know how to do the work to get what you want. After, your frustration increases. Other times, you may seek out adrenaline rushes with Sun opposition Mars in an attempt to release some of your rage. This can even mean that you take out your anger on other people and get a thrill out of the fight or drama. Other people may find you overly assertive or aggressive. You tend to jump straight into fights because you don’t really understand the repercussions of your actions on your relationships and your life. It’s very important that you learn how to release your excess energy in a healthy manner. Otherwise, you stand to lose a lot with Sun opposition Mars. Your anger could spiral out of control and cause real damage. You must physically release this energy before you can do any inner work. Once you’re tired out, then you should examine your ego and look at what it’s afraid of.

With Sun opposition Mars in the birth chart, the aggressive instinct is opposed to the integrity of the ego, with often frustrating effects. There is tendency to compensate for this by acting neurotically. There can be a personal dissatisfaction and an inability to adapt. There is an attitude of passive resignation, or sometimes, an impulsive attitude. The need for personal affirmation leads to wrong decisions. There is a strong martial aspect to your identity that gives you tremendous drive and determination to work your way up. You have a willingness to go against the current consensus cultural concepts about how to live your life. It's important to find an authentic path for yourself to follow and you won't conform to a role just to provide you with comfort and stability. You may encounter adversity early in your life, yet through difficult experiences you learn to be tough in overcoming obstacles. You are one of those people who will not give up and will fight valiantly against any setback. If the birth chart is ruled by other positive values, this Sun-Mars opposition may be of secondary importance. For women, Sun opposition Mars can exert a negative or competitive influence on relationships with men, or on “masculine” activities. Sun opposition Mars may also have the negative effects of the Sun-Mars square. Including this: in ancient times, the Sun opposition (or square) to Mars was an indicator that the native’s father would receive some injury to the face, or die, suddenly.

 

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