The Message of the Stars[14]
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CHAPTER XIV
MARS THE PLANET OF ACTION
From the Bible we learn that Jehovah was the Creator of mankind for we
find His angels announcing the birth of various notable personages. Thus
the conclusion is inevitable that He and they preside over the generative
function and impart the quality of fertility which at that time was looked
upon as a token of the favor of God while barrenness was indicated as a sign
of His displeasure. This is in accordance with the Western Wisdom Teaching
which tells us that tin the earliest days when mankind was still in the mak-
ing Jehovah and His angels guided them to great temples at the times of year
when planetary conditions were propitious to generation, and men born under
those harmonious conditions lived for hundreds of years without sickness of
disease. It is noticeable that wild animals which are still entirely under
the guidance of their group-spirits and mate only at certain seasons are
also immune from sickness. Jehovah still retains control over the fertil-
ization of the animals which are attuned to His lunar vibrations through
their twenty-eight pairs of spinal nerves that correspond to the
twenty-eight days of the lunar revolution and His vehicle the Moon still
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measures the period of gestation for men and beasts.
But the Bible also tells us of LUCIFER and his FALLEN ANGELS who taught
humanity to take the prerogative of creation into their own hands and in-
stilled into them the passion that has caused sorrow, sin and death, because
the holy function of generation which was intended only for temporary pur-
poses of propagation and which works so well under propitious planetary con-
ditions has been desecrated and made subservient to the lusts of humanity at
all times regardless of the stellar rays. Yet it is a mistake to think of
the Lucifer spirits as evil, for under the sway of the angels humanity nei-
ther good nor evil and having no choice or prerogative, but since though the
martial Lucifer spirits we have learned to know good and evil we are also
able to exercise of will power to shun the evil and choose the good, to flee
from vice and cultivate virtue, thereby placing ourselves in harmonious
co-worker-ship with God and nature and unfolding our divine possibilities so
that we may become like our Father in Heaven.
While Jehovah and His angels are thus working upon humanity from the Moon
the Lucifer spirits who rebelled against His regime are located on the
planet Mars and from them also we have received and are receiving many valu-
able gifts, chief among them FIRE and IRON. It is well known that every
LIVING body is warm, for the Ego cannot manifest in the physical world save
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through heat, or perhaps it should be said that heat is generated in the
manifestation of the Ego. But without iron, which exists in the blood in
the form of haemoglobin, there could be no oxidation and consequently no
heat. That was the condition previous to the fall, so-called, when
man-in-the-making was mindless. But then the Lucifer spirits came and in-
fused iron into the blood, which made it possible for the Ego to draw into
its vehicles and from that time the Ego became an INDWELLING spirit capable
of evolving individuality. Thus had it not been for the Lucifer spirits man
could not have become man. It is their fire and their iron that has made
the world what it is today, good and bad according to the use man has made
of it. The solar force focused through the Moon imparts vitality and the
faculty of growth but the rays of the Sun focused upon us by the martial Lu-
cifer spirits give us dynamic power and are the source of all activity in
the world.
Power may be latent for milleniums, as exemplified in coalbeds, which are
reservoirs of solar force; a furnace and engine are required to transmute
and make it available as dynamic energy, but, once the sleeping giant has
been roused from latency to potency it knows no rest or peace till it has
expended the last ounce of its prodigious strength. Under strict control,
and carefully guided into channel of useful activity, this Martian force is
the most valuable servant of mankind; the most powerful agent in the world's
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work, an incomparable boon to humanity. But if it escapes control the ser-
vant quickly takes mastery, its inimical power of destruction and devasta-
tion is then as terrible as scourge as its beneficent use under guidance is
an inestimable blessing. It is as precious as it is dangerous, eternal
vigilance is the price of safety from its ravages, but without it the world
would be wilderness.
Mars, as a focus for the latent solar life, transmutes it into desire,
passion and what we may call animal spirits. It is a consuming fire, more
dangerous than all the nitroglycerine every manufactured, but also more pre-
cious than any other blessing we can have or enjoy.
The Hindoo preacher, nurtured in a land governed by Saturn, the planet of
obstruction, says: "Kill out desire." He dreams away his days in destitu-
tion, but as "temper" conserves the edge of the steel that carves its way
through all obstruction, so the well-directed energetic desires of the mar-
tial Anglo-Saxson have wrought a marvelous transformation in the earth; they
have reared a civilization beyond all which preceded it, and through perhaps
brutal in many respects, there is promise in that also, according to the
proverb: "The greater the sinner, the greater the saint." Parents should
take a lesson from a book of nationals and refrain from applying the Satur-
nine wet blanket to the fiery Mars spirit of children. Saturn always says
"don't, don't;" his aim is to repress and obstruct. A clear fire under
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proper control is useful, but death lurks in the smoke and noxious gases of
a smothered fire; too many "don'ts" smother legitimate ambition and frus-
trate accomplishment; they may drive hapless victims into ways of evil, for
the dynamic energy of Mars must and will have an outlet, so beware. The
worst faults of Mars are impulsiveness and lack of persistence, but he
breeds no hypocrites as does an afflicted Saturn.
From Mars we receive a number of our highly-prized virtues as well as
some of our worst faults. When well-aspected he gives a strong constitution
and physical endurance, a positive, independent and self-reliant nature, de-
termined and proud, generous and energetic, resourceful and quick to learn,
especially when in Aries, Leo, Scorpio or Capricorn, but when he is weak by
sign as in Taurus, Cancer, Libra or aspected by squares or oppositions he
makes the person quick-tempered, obstinate and spiteful, inclined to drunk-
enness and criminal acts, cruel and hard, a bully and braggart.
People who have Mars prominent in their horoscopes are eminently practi-
cal and play an important part in the world's work. They are especially
proficient in occupations where iron and fire are used for constructive pur-
poses or where sharp instruments are handled. Soldiers, surgeons and butch-
ers, machine workers and iron founders, engineers and man in kindred occupa-
tions are of the martial nature. They also excel in other positions where
courage and intrepidity are necessary qualities.
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MARS IN THE TWELVE HOUSES
MARS IN THE ASCENDANT, OR FIRST HOUSE, when well-aspected has a most ben-
eficial influence upon the constitution, particularly if he is in one of the
fiery signs, Aries, Leo or Sagittarius, or in the sign of his exaltation
Capricorn, but sometimes when a weak sign like Cancer is rising and the
other planets are much afflicted Mars in the Ascendant may infuse sufficient
energy into the body to tide it over the critical period of infancy. This
position also gives energy, ambition, courage, self-reliance and determina-
tion which are exceedingly helpful characteristics in winning the battle of
life. It indicates an enterprising and practical person who will shun no
effort in order to succeed. When Mars is afflicted in the First House he
nevertheless strengthens the constitution and gives muscular power and en-
durance, but he makes such persons rash, impulsive, headstrong and fool-
hardy. Thus they neglect the ordinary precautions to guard their health and
become subject to fevers and other inflammatory diseases, also liable to ac-
cidents and loss of blood by lesions of varying magnitude, danger from fire
such as burns or scalds, according to the nature of the afflicting planet.
In this respect the Sun is usually productive of fevers and inflammations.
Jupiter gives liability to broken bones or accident by railroad or rolling
stock, Uranus and Saturn falls and bruises and Venus disease caused by
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indulgence of the passional nature.
MARS IN THE SECOND HOUSE when well-aspected makes the nature free and
generous in financial dealings with others. The person has a splendid earn-
ing capacity and will make a financial success in any business or a martial
nature involving the use of fire, iron tools or machinery. It is also an
indication of money by marriage or legacy, but although the money comes fast
and easily, the person will not accumulate wealth as he is very generous and
fond of comfort and pleasure. When Mars is afflicted in the Second House
money will come just as fast as under the good aspects at times, but at
other times the bad aspects make the person outrageously extravagant and
inclined to be reckless in financial ventures, with the inevitable result
that heavy losses are incurred and the person may find himself without a
cent in the world. A competence may be made and spent several times during
life. These people never give up, however, and when they have met financial
disaster they immediately start to build up anew on the ruins of the old.
They are then usually successful for a time again, but they can never learn
to be more careful and less extravagant, hence they are always liable to re-
peated financial shipwreck.
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MARS IN THE THIRD HOUSE when well-aspected makes the mind keen, bright
and alert, fond of argument, quick at repartee, ingenious, inventive and re-
sourceful, with plenty of initiative and constructive ability. But when
Mars is afflicted in the Third House it gives liability to accidents on
short journeys, a quarrelsome nature specially liable to get into trouble
with brothers, sisters and neighbors. These people are very critical to-
wards everybody with whom they come in contact and therefore generally
feared and avoided when possible.
MARS IN THE FOURTH HOUSE when well-aspected gives a strong constitution
which is maintained unimpaired even in old age; the digestive faculty is
particularly good and consequently the health and strength are rugged. It
makes the native exceedingly aggressive in his efforts to "feather his nest"
and accumulate property for old age and rainy day. There is also likelihood
of a legacy from his parents. This is a very fortunate position, especially
if Mars is in Aries, Leo or Capricorn, but if Mars is weak as in Cancer or
Pisces and afflicted by square or opposition, digestive troubles or dissipa-
tion will undermine the vitality and the person will become more quarrelsome
and disagreeable every day he lives. He will be liable to accident by fire
in the home also to fevers and inflammatory diseases. People with Mars in
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this position should leave their native place as quickly as possible. This
may in some measure relieve the trouble.
MARS IN THE FIFTH HOUSE when well-aspected gives an ardent, demonstrative
love-nature. It makes the person fond of athletic exercises, sports and
muscular effort, a clean, masterful man much admired by the opposite sex or
a woman who is a real "pal" to her male companion. These people make excel-
lent disciplinarians and are much beloved by their pupils if placed in posi-
tions as teachers, or better still as principals for they make much better
leaders than followers. But when Mars is afflicted in the Fifth House it
makes the person very fickle in his affections. It is on with the new love
even before he is through with the old, an all-around flirt and therefore
likely to get into a great deal of trouble. Over-indulgence of the amorous
nature is liable to sap the vitality and create dangerous physical condi-
tions. In a woman's horoscope there is grave danger of death to a child in
the horoscope of either sex. People with Mars afflicted in the Fifth House
are also liable to loss through gambling and speculation in stocks, bonds
and securities.
MARS IN THE SIXTH HOUSE when well-aspected makes a quick, energetic
worker who is likely to rise to prominent position in the employ of someone
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else, therefore the larger the firm in which he seeks employment the better.
But he should not attempt to start in business for himself, for people with
Mars in the Sixth House always succeed better when in the employment of
someone else. This position also increases the vitality and should the per-
son on account of other planetary configurations in the horoscope become
subject to disease the dynamic energy and recuperative power of Mars will
soon burn and leave it in better health than before. But a liability to
trouble and quarrels with other employees or employer. Should the person be
in the position of employer himself he will always be at a variance with his
employees and subject to loss by theft and dishonesty through them. They
will waste his goods and have no regard for his interests. An afflicted
Mars in the Sixth House also gives a liability to fevers and inflammatory
diseases, dangers of burns, scalds and gun-shots and accidents sustained in
the course of employment.
MARS IN THE SEVENTH HOUSE when well-aspected gives a capable, industrious
and aggressive marriage partner, untiring in the promotion of the welfare of
the family, a strong personality who is bound to rule but will do so in a
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kindly manner. This applies to both sexes, for when in a man's horoscope
the marriage partner is indicated by Mars in the Seventh House she also will
be masculine and will want to take the reins of government in her own hands.
However, as Mars in the Seventh House gives a tendency to an early union
when the parties are both plastic they accommodate themselves to these con-
ditions more easily than if the marriage were consummated at a more mature
age. But if Mars is afflicted in the Seventh House it indicates an accident
or sudden death to the marriage partner who will be of a domineering, quar-
relsome nature and if one of the watery signs, Cancer, Scorpio not Pisces is
on the cusp he will also be a drunkard and sex addict. This latter applies
particularly if Mars is afflicted in Scorpio. Then he also brings on in-
flammatory diseases of the genitals or rectum.
MARS IN THE EIGHTH HOUSE and well-aspected brings financial benefit
through the marriage partner or by legacy. In business it is also good for
gain by partnerships, lawsuits or similar Eighth House matters. But when
Mars is afflicted in the Eighth House the financial conditions grow worse
after marriage through the extravagance of the marriage partner. Business
partnerships and litigation should also be avoided for they are sure to
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bring loss. People with Mars in this position should not delay making their
will for the end usually comes very sudden and unexpectedly.
MARS IN THE NINTH HOUSE well-aspected gives a liberal, broad and progres-
sive view upon all problems of life. People with Mars in this position are
likely to take up some cause having for its object the social or spiritual
upliftment of mankind in general and become very enthusiastic workers in the
particular cult which has aroused their sympathies. They are fond of a rov-
ing life and benefit by changing from one place to another, especially by
travel in foreign lands. They have a clean, clear and alert mentality and a
taking way or presenting their views to others. Therefore they make good
missionaries in whatever line of propaganda they take up. But if Mars is
afflicted in the Ninth House he makes people bigoted and fanatical in their
views, regular ranters who disgust all whom they try to afflict with their
ideas, whether they are religious or atheistic. People with an afflicted
Mars here should never travel, but remain in their native place for they
will always be in danger of accident on journeys and however much they may
be disliked in their native place they will find a still worse reception in
foreign parts.
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MARS IN THE TENTH HOUSE and well-aspected is one of the best signs of
success in life for it gives an ambitious, enthusiastic nature with an inex-
haustible fund of energy, so that no matter what obstacles are placed in his
way the person is bound to rise to the top. It gives a masterful nature and
good executive ability so that the person is well-qualified to conduct busi-
ness and command others. These people succeed best in Martian occupations
where fire, iron or sharp tools are used in a skilled manner, as by engi-
neers or machinists, tailors or surgeons, et cetera. When Mars is afflicted
in the Tenth House it gives the same energy and ambition as the good aspects
but the person will then lack discrimination and overreach himself with the
result that he will incur the enmity of other people who will accomplish his
downfall and bring him into disrepute in the community. Thus the life will
be filled with strife, struggle and unhappiness until the person has learned
to hold himself in leash, regard the rights of others and abandon his auto-
cratic attitude and self-assertion. This position also gives liability to
accident and slander.
MARS IN THE ELEVENTH HOUSE makes people leaders in their particular so-
cial set, enthusiastic in the pursuit of pleasure, brings friends among mar-
tial and athletic persons; gives energy and enthusiasm for realizing hopes,
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wishes and aspirations. But if Mars in the Eleventh House is afflicted it
makes the person touchy and sensitive towards friends with consequent un-
popularity and he is liable to overreach himself in his keen desire to real-
ize his ambitions in life.
MARS IN THE TWELFTH HOUSE when well-aspected may bring the person benefit
from things denoted by this house, prisons, hospitals and charitable insti-
tutions if employed in an official capacity as warden or surgeon; or as ad-
ministrator of an estate or in detective work. But if Mars is afflicted in
the Twelfth House the person is liable to trouble, sorrow and self-undoing
all through life. He will incur the enmity of other people and may be con-
fined in prison or an insane asylum. If Cancer or Pisces is on the cusp of
the Twelfth House Mars will lead him to drunkenness and dissipation. If
Scorpio is on the cusp the vitality will be sapped through sex or
self-abuse. In any case Mars afflicted in the Twelfth House makes a social
outcast unless there are other redeeming features in the figure.
MARS IN THE TWELVE SIGNS
MARS IN ARIES gives an energetic, enthusiastic nature, impulsive, aggres-
sive and impatient of restraint. No matter what the obstacles in the path
these people will attempt the seemingly impossible and often succeed through
sheer audacity. They are original, resourceful, have considerable me-
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chanical ability and the more venturesome an undertaking appears the more
it appeals to them. This position gives an abundance of vitality and a love
of sport and muscular exercise. The person is just as enthusiastic in his
enjoyment of recreation and pleasure as he is in his work and on that ac-
count he gets a great deal out of life. But if Mars is afflicted in Aries
it gives a violent temper and a liability to accidents, burns, scaldings,
fevers and inflammatory complaints. The mind is also threatened.
MARS IN TAURUS and well-aspected is a good indication of an early mar-
riage. It shows good earning power and a free, generous disposition with
regards to finances; it gives an interior strength of an unconquerable na-
ture so that the person will always gain his ends by unflagging determina-
tion and a quiet persistence that recognizes no defeat, but presses on to-
wards the goal that he has set for himself despite all obstacles. It is
also indication of money by legacy. But if Mars is afflicted in Taurus it
gives an exceedingly stubborn, violent and vindictive nature. Such people
will pursue their own way despite reason, argument or entreaty and if anyone
attempts to thwart them in their purposes they never forgive. They also
have good earning power but squander the money foolishly so that they are
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often in financial difficulties and if a legacy comes to them they are more
likely to lose it through legal trouble than not and they are sure also to
have domestic trouble.
MARS IN GEMINI when well-aspected gives a keen, active and alert mental-
ity. People with Mars in this position never beat about the bush. They are
honest and outspoken and say just what they mean perhaps at times a little
too bluntly, but at any rate they are not hypocrites. They love to measure
their wits against others in debate and therefor this position makes for
success in law or literature. They also succeed in the engineering profes-
sions for they are resourceful, ingenious and mechanical, apt at learning
and quick to grasp a problem or proposition. But if Mars is afflicted in
Gemini it gives a cynical, sneering, caustic and critical disposition and
makes these people feared and shunned on account of their disagreeable na-
ture. These people are also vacillating and unable to make a decision.
Thus they cannot be depended on to stand by their word or their promise and
if they keep an appointment once in a while it happens by accident. They
are always in trouble with brothers, sisters and neighbors and liable to ac-
cidents when traveling. It also gives a predisposition to bronchitis, in-
flammation of the lungs, pleurisy and pneumonia.
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MARS IN CANCER and well-aspected gives a bold, independent and fearless
nature with a tendency to rebel against restraint, a home-loving disposi-
tion, very industrious and ambitious to gather and protect all things which
make for comfort and luxury, so that he is a good provider for the home in
every respect. But at the same time people with this aspect aim to exercise
unrestricted authority over everything and everybody within the home. They
tolerate no other authority there. This position makes the temper rather
uncertain and gives a tendency and a desire for change of occupation, sot
that the person never really settles down to one line of endeavor but takes
up a number of vocations and drops them suddenly. If Mars is afflicted in
Cancer it brings domestic troubles, frequent and violent scenes and quarrels
in the home with a tendency to move frequently from one place to another;
inflammatory diseases of the stomach, and digestive ailments, also accidents
by fire in the home through recklessness or carelessness.
MARS IN LEO and well-aspected gives an active, industrious and honest na-
ture, fearless and independent in all dealings with others, a keen sense of
honor and responsibility, hence makes one eminently fitted to occupy a posi-
tion of trust either in a public or private concern. These people are en-
thusiastic and energetic either in work or play, lovers of sport and a good
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time generally. They are very ardent in their admiration of the opposite
sex and woo the object of their affections with an intensity that carries
all before it, overrides all obstacles and brings the matter to a speedy
consummation. These people never beat about the bush but say what they mean
in a manner that is often extremely embarrassing in its directness. They
are strong and forceful in their arguments either for or against that which
they believe or disbelieve and therefore they not infrequently arouse op-
position on the part of those who differ from them. They are very venture-
some and often take a pride in risk either in the pursuit of pleasure or
business. When Mars is afflicted in Leo it gives a fiery, violent temper
and a liability to fever inflammatory diseases, palpitation of the heart,
hallucinations, biliousness. There is also danger of inordinate affection,
trouble in courtship, loss of children and loss through speculations. An
afflicted Mars in Leo gives the same daring as when well-aspected but the
danger of accident is greater because the person with the afflicted planets
becomes foolhardy and reckless.
MARS IN VIRGO when well-aspected gives an ambitious nature and a quick
intellect, able to grasp an idea and elaborate upon it. It strengthens the
mental qualities and gives a scientific turn to the mind with an ability to
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apply this faculty either in research work or in business. The people with
this position are therefore energetic and enterprising in many of the
world's industrial affairs. There their shrewdness and quick-wittedness
brings them success and preferment. This is a good position for people who
are engaged in any of the industries connected with the sick, such as
nurses, doctors, chemists, the science of sanitation and hygiene, prepara-
tion of health-foods and kindred occupations. If people with Mars in Virgo
are themselves overtaken by disease this position gives them the ability to
recuperate quickly and makes them less liable to become chronic invalids as
so many other Virgo people do.
When Mars is afflicted in Virgo it subjects the mind to worry and irrita-
bility, with a tendency to brood over troubles in life which are mostly il-
lusory. No matter how or where such people are employed they are always
critical toward their fellow-employees and the employer and dissatisfied
with everything connected with their work. They are also of a dishonest na-
ture and cannot be trusted in a position of responsibility. This position
also makes people over-indulgent of their appetites and subject to intesti-
nal disorders.
MARS IN LIBRA and well-aspected gives an ardent, demonstrative and loving
nature which is very greatly attracted to the opposite sex and therefore it
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inclines to an early marriage. It also gives an enthusiastic love of art
and beauty in all their phases and it makes the person very popular with the
public or in societies of a social or religious nature. This is an excel-
lent position for a lawyer, as it will bring much activity in this line and
it is a good indication of general health. But when Mars is afflicted in
Libra it makes the person very unpopular and subject to the opposition and
criticism of the community; danger of public scandal on account of unfaith-
fulness in sex relations, for Mars in Libra always produces a strong attrac-
tion toward the opposite sex and if he is afflicted there the nature is
amorous and fickles with the natural result that trouble arises by playing
with the affections of others.
MARS IN SCORPIO when well-aspected gives a keen, sharp and forceful men-
tality, a rather blunt manner and an indifference to the finer sensibilities
of others, consequently these people often make themselves disliked at first
until others get used to them and realize that they are not such ogres as
they seem. They are very ingenious and mechanical, with indomitable courage
and inexhaustible energy which carry them over all obstacles whatever goal
they set themselves. In this respect they are very selfish and ready to
sacrifice whatever stands in their way. They make good police officers,
soldiers and surgeons and are able to fill any other position where a
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dominant authority is required, or skill with sharp tools. In a woman's
horoscope it shows that the husband has good earning capacity, but is rather
too free and generous with his means. It also indicates the possibility of
a legacy.
When Mars is afflicted in Scorpio it brings out the worse side of the
passional nature and leads the person into sex excesses or causes addiction
to solitary vice that saps the vitality, and unless corrected it is liable
to bring the person to an early grave. In a woman's horoscope it indicates
that the husband will squander his money on gratification of self, also that
parturition will be a dangerous event. In either sex Mars in Scorpio indi-
cates a quarrelsome nature and a biting tongue.
MARS IN SAGITTARIUS and well-aspected gives an argumentative disposition
and fondness of debating on subjects of serious nature such as law, phi-
losophy and religion. It makes the person candid and open in all his deal-
ings with others, full of enthusiasm and ambition, anxious to appear well in
the eyes of the community, although he would scorn to cater to the ideas of
others where they do not coincide with this ideas of probity and justice.
These people make interesting and ideal entertainers, especially in later
life for they are fond of traveling and are keen observers, hence they al-
ways have a fund of interesting and instructive information which they are
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both willing and anxious to impart to their hearers. These people are also
fond of sports and out-door exercise, in which they usually excel and a
well-aspected Mars in Sagittarius is an ideal position for a lawyer. It
makes for much success in that direction by sharpening and quickening the
mental and oratorical faculties.
When Mars is afflicted in Sagittarius he gives a sharp tongue and a quar-
relsome disposition and there is a dishonest streak in the nature, therefore
such people are often found generally disliked in the community and par-
ticularly in social circles, for they seem to be always at variance with the
ideas and opinions of others and adopt a most supercilious attitude toward
those with whom they disagree. These people are also liable to meet with
accidents when they travel and to sustain a number of broken bones.
MARS IN CAPRICORN when well-aspected adds much strength to the character
for it gives an ambitious and enthusiastic disposition backed by an in-
domitable courage and well-nigh inexhaustible energy together with a patient
persistence and perseverance that are bound to overcome all obstacles and in
the end reach the desired goal. Therefore people with Mars in this position
are bound to rise in life, particularly if Capricorn be placed in the Tenth
House. It invites respect and esteem of the community so that people with
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this position are often offered public appointments in addition to their
private enterprises and they serve well in posts of honor for they are
naturally fitted to take great responsibilities and carry on great enter-
prises. The wider their scope of action the better they like it, for they
are superlatively efficient.
When Mars is afflicted in Capricorn there will be a similar ambition to
do great things but the person will be rash, impulsive and headstrong so
that he overreaches himself and takes upon himself more than he can carry
through. He will also lack the persistence and perseverance necessary to
overcome obstacles and as the disposition will be basically dishonest,
through he may rise on account of his enthusiasm and pretentious nature to
some prominence he is certain to be shorn of his authority before very long
and become an object of scorn and derision in the community. There is noth-
ing worse than an afflicted Mars in Capricorn. It also gives a liability to
accidents affecting the limbs and its reflex action on the part of the body
ruled by the opposite sign, viz., the stomach, gives a tendency to gastric
troubles. People with this affliction also have a hasty temper and a vin-
dictive disposition.
MARS IN AQUARIUS when well-aspected makes the person quick-witted and in-
tuitive, ingenious and original, enterprising and ambitious, a hard worker
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for success in whatever line he chooses in life. Hence he will gain friend-
ship from others who are able to help him realize his hopes and wishes.
These people are also very mechanical and ingenious, particularly in things
connected with the electrical science. They also succeed well as managers,
officials or workers in and for a philanthropic society or public utility
corporation.
When Mars is afflicted in Aquarius it makes the person too independent,
bombastic and resentful of authority, blunt of speech and manner toward oth-
ers, and resentful in the highest degree if he is not treated with what he
considers proper respect and consideration, Hence such people over very
difficult to get along with and often quarrel with everybody around them.
There is a tendency to loss through gambling and speculation. An afflicted
Mars in Aquarius also gives a tendency to trouble with the eyes because
Aquarius governs the ethers; and by reflex action the opposite sign Leo may
cause palpitation of the heart.
MARS IN PISCES when well-aspected gives ability as a detective, warden of
a prison or surgeon in a hospital and in kindred positions where the person
does not come in direct contact with the public, but exercises authority in
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an obscure manner. It also gives a tendency toward secret love affairs
which the person is able to hide from the public eye. But when Mars is af-
flicted in Pisces the indulgence of clandestine intercourse will bring
trouble into the life. There is also liability to suffer from the attaches
of secret enemies and to become enmeshed in the net of the law and suffer
imprisonment, or it may manifest as an inordinate love of strong drink which
will then cause imprisonment and makes the person a ward of the community.
Much trouble and many misfortunes are indicated because the nature is un-
truthful.
MARS IN ASPECT WITH OTHER PLANETS
THE SUN PARALLEL, CONJUNCTION, SEXTILE OR TRINE TO MARS. The conjunction
gives a tendency to fever, especially if it occurs in Aries, the sign which
governs the head, but it is curious that people with that configuration seem
also to be able to endure a much higher temperature than others, and come
unscathed through such a siege of sickness as would ordinarily prove fatal.
With that exception these aspects produce a superabundance of vital energy
which assures their possessor of the most radiant health all through life.
They strengthen the constitution and makes the person able to endure the
hardest tasks; they give him a dauntless determination and courage to face
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the greatest odds. Given a plan to follow he may be trusted to overcome all
physical obstacles for he has both executive and constructive ability to-
gether with an indomitable will which refuses to recognize defeat. The dis-
position is frank and open but blunt and often brusque; such people are too
intensely bent on what they want to do to waste time in politeness and sua-
vity, therefore they brush the conventionalities aside without compunction
and are consequently not liked by people of too fine sensibilities, but they
are men and women of action and the foremost factors in the world's work;
but for their energy and enterprise the world would move much more slowly.
THE SUN SQUARE OR OPPOSITION TO MARS endows the person with an abundance
of energy, the faculty of leadership, but they are turned to purposes of
deviltry and destruction; the courage implanted by the good aspects becomes
foolhardiness and the person has a loud, overbearing, swaggering manner and
is ready to fight at the drop of a hat; he is always in opposition to the
constituted authority and ready to rebel wherever he sees a chance, he has
an extremely fiery temper but holds not resentment. On account of these
qualities he is universally disliked by both employees and his fellow work-
ers, always in hot water and never stays long in any place for he is an
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agitator and trouble maker. These aspects also dispose to accidents in
which the person may be maimed, to gunshot and knife-wounds, also to scald-
ing, fevers, and inflammatory complaints, boils and eruptions.
Aspects to the Sun and Mars are absolutely necessary to give zest to
life; even adverse aspects are better than none, for where these planets are
unaspected the person is usually listless, vapid and will never amount to
anything no matter how good the figure may be in other respects.
VENUS SEXTILE OR TRINE TO MARS will give an ambitious, aspiring and ad-
venturous nature, amorous and extremely demonstrative in its affection and,
very fond of sports and pleasures. It gives the person an abundance of en-
ergy and business acumen, consequently he has a splendid earning capacity,
but no matter how much money he makes it just filters through his fingers,
for he loves above all things to make a great outward show and display. Be-
ing a free spender he is also very popular among his associates, and being
as already said of an amorous nature he marries either very early or his
marriage is a very sudden and hasty one. These aspects are also indications
of money by marriage or legacy.
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VENUS CONJUNCTION OR PARALLEL MARS does not always operate in the same
manner, but these aspects are to be classed as good of bad according to cir-
cumstances and the matter to be judged. For instance, Mars conjunction Ve-
nus makes the person less blunt and domineering, more kind and polite, and
is therefore good in that respect, but the conjunction also strengthens the
passional nature, especially if it occurs in Scorpio, and in the Twelfth
House it often leads to self-abuse so that in those cases it is decidedly
bad. Therefore students must exercise judgment before classifying these as-
pects.
VENUS SQUARE OR OPPOSITION TO MARS gives a very voluptuous and sensuous
disposition, liable to gross excesses in the gratification of the passions
which will spa the vitality. It is likely to break down the health and con-
stitution, leaving the person a wreck on the sea of life if it is allowed
free scope. These people are altogether too generous, especially where the
opposite sex is concerned. They are very extravagant and on that account
spend more than they can afford on themselves, besides what they squander on
their many AMOURS, so that no matter how much money they make, they are gen-
erally in financial difficulty, and not infrequently they figure as defen-
dants in the debtor's court. If Mars or Venus is in Cancer, Scorpio or Pi-
sces there is a tendency to such dissolute and dissipated living, such a
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craving for low pleasures that, if indulged, it will drag the human being
down below the level of animals.
MERCURY SEXTILE OR TRINE TO MARS gives a keen, sharp, ingenious and re-
sourceful mentality. It makes the person enthusiastic over any proposition
which appeals to him and he has also the ability to enthuse others and im-
press them with his views. He is an indefatigable worker in any cause which
arouses his sympathies, but he is no visionary, he is interested only in
concrete matters. These people love argument or debate, and they have an
inexhaustible fund of wit and good humor, sometimes blended with a vein of
sarcasm which always strikes it mark, yet never viciously nor maliciously.
They also have remarkable dexterity and are able to turn their hands to
whatever task is required and do it with a speed, facility and expedition
that are astonishing to say the least. They cannot do anything slowly or by
halves; whatever they undertake must be dome with a rush, and they put their
whole energy into it so that they may accomplish the task and do it well;
hence these aspects give success in life, in almost any line of endeavor
these people may select, but probably most in literature or the mechanical
arts.
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MERCURY CONJUNCTION OR PARALLEL TO MARS gives the same mental energy, en-
thusiasm and dexterity as the definitely good aspects but whether they are
used for constructive and good purposes or for destructive and evil depends
upon the other aspects, house position and sign which they occupy. If the
configuration occurs in a sign where either or both are strong and well
placed, as Mars in Aries or Capricorn, or Mercury in Gemini or Virgo, or if
they are fortified by good aspects from the Sun, Venus and Jupiter, Mars
conjunction or parallel to Mercury will operate similarly to the sextile or
trine as stated in the foregoing paragraph, which see; but if Mars and Mer-
cury are in one of the watery signs, Cancer, Scorpio or Pisces, or if either
or both are afflicted by Saturn, Uranus or Neptune, the conjunction or par-
allel of Mars and Mercury will give the same evil tendencies as the square
or opposition which are defined in the next paragraph.
MERCURY SQUARE OR OPPOSITION TO MARS makes people quick-witted, sharp and
alert, quick-tempered, impulsive and excitable, liable to jump at conclu-
sions and act before they think with the inevitable result that they are al-
ways getting themselves or other people into trouble, hence they are danger-
ous associates. They are born prevaricators and utterly incapable of making
an exact statement. It is just as natural for them to color or exaggerate
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their statements as it is to breathe. They are vitriolic in their wrath and
their tongues are more poisonous than the bite of a rattlesnake, hence they
are either feared or hated by those who are unfortunate enough to be bound
to them by environment; all who can, shun them. They are bullies who are
bound either to rule or ruin wherever they are and they allow no obstacle to
stand in their way which can be removed either by force or slander. They
are the acme of selfishness, swagger and consummate egotism. The foregoing
tendencies may of course be modified by other aspects, but if they are not,
such people are a menace to society. If either Mars or Mercury is placed in
the Sixth or Twelfth House or in any other position so that the bad aspect
acts upon the health, there is a liability to nervous prostration, brain fe-
ver and insanity.
THE MOON SEXTILE OR TRINE TO MARS gives a wonderful vitality and strong
physique so that the person is able to withstand almost any tendencies to
ill-health, which will be overcome by it. The power of endurance is in-
creased and the person can survive hardships to which people ordinarily suc-
cumb. It gives a resolute, courageous, energetic and ambitious mind of a
resourceful and eminently constructive turn. It makes the person quick but
not precipitate in his decisions. Thus he gains confidence and esteem of
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others and earns considerable money, but the nature is extremely free and
generous so that money does not stay by such people--they spend it almost as
fast as they get it.
THE MOON CONJUNCTION OR PARALLEL TO MARS may be either good or bad ac-
cording to the sex of the person and the department of life we are consider-
ing. It strengthens the health and the vitality, particularly in the horo-
scope of a woman. In the horoscope of a man it would indicate a robust
marriage partner of a domineering nature and with respect to the mind it
would make the person very impulsive, particularly if placed in one of the
common signs or in the Third or Ninth House. It also gives a very bad tem-
per but not so bad as the square or opposition. If Mars is in conjunction
or parallel to the Moon in Scorpio it gives an abnormal sex desire which
will not be denied, particularly if Venus is there also. In watery signs in
inclines to drink, and in any place it makes the person restless and un-
settled, for it is like mixing fire and water.
THE MOON SQUARE OR OPPOSITION TO MARS gives a very quick temper and a
tendency to hasty or impulsive expressions and acts that may cause such
people a great deal of sorrow and trouble. They resent rules or regulations
or any other measures that tend to curb their desires or the gratification
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of their appetites in whatever direction. But if they are in authority they
aver domineering and exacting in their demands for instant obedience upon
the part of others, not do they hesitate to use whatever physical force may
be necessary to compel obedience if they thing they can do so without too
great danger to themselves. Sometimes they will take desperate chances to
satisfy their spite. Having an improperly balanced mind they are foolhardy
in their venturesomeness and upon occasion they will attempt to do things
which no one in his sane mind would try. On account of the foregoing char-
acteristic such people make many enemies and cause a great deal of suffering
to others, particularly among members of their immediate family who cannot
very well get away from them. If these aspects occur in watery signs, par-
ticularly with Mars or the Moon in Pisces the person is also an inveterate
drunkard. From the standpoint of health they give a tendency to accidents
by fire and water, to fevers and acute inflammatory diseases, wounds and
gunshot, diseases of the genitals, too copious menses, danger in parturition
and indigestion.
SATURN SEXTILE OR TRINE TO MARS gives a determined and energetic nature
capable of intense and sustained action and of obtaining unusual results
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thereby. The executive ability, dominant forcefulness and endurance of
these people are remarkable and consequently they are constantly accomplish-
ing what others cannot achieve. Hence they always rise to prominent posi-
tions and are much esteemed on account of their ability, but they are seldom
liked, for these aspects make the character cruel and hard. They give a
strong physique and general good health.
SATURN CONJUNCTION, PARALLEL SQUARE OR OPPOSITION TO MARS are throughly
bad aspects indicating a selfish, violent, harsh and cruel nature, quick
tempered and vindictive, absolutely dishonest, untruthful and unscrupulous,
giving liability to public disgrace and imprisonment, also to accident and
violent death, and if one of the planets is essentially dignified or exalted
the evil influence is much enhanced. It should also be remembered that such
serious defects do not result from one aspect alone and if the other con-
figurations in the horoscope are good the foregoing delineation will only
apply in a mild measure.
JUPITER SEXTILE OR TRINE TO MARS. It is the nature of Jupiter to be
somewhat conservative and dignified, but when blended with the fire of Mars
it gives an enthusiasm and an ability to influence others and imbue them
with the same feelings. It makes the nature noble, sincere, honest and
straightforward. This aspect is also good for the financial prosperity of
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the person for both Mars and Jupiter when well-aspected attract money, but
they differ in regard to disbursement. Jupiter is somewhat conservative in
that respect, but where the Martian and Jupiterian qualities are blended by
a good aspect the result is an ideal, generous nature, neither too lavish
nor too conservative, but able to strike the happy medium. These people
have much ingenuity and constructive ability and whatever they do they put
their whole heart into it. Hence they are successful in business and
popular in society. They are fond of out-door sports and games. They love
to travel and gain much pleasure by so doing. Mars rules the haemoglobin in
the blood which is so important a factor in health and vitality therefore
the good aspects of Jupiter and Mars increase the red blood corpuscles with
the result that these people have abundance of health, vitality, power and
endurance.
JUPITER PARALLEL OR CONJUNCTION MARS strengthens the constitution and in-
creases the vitality the same as the good aspects. It also indicates that
the person is able to earn much money and uses it freely and generously, but
the mental qualities are similar to those conferred by the bad aspects. The
person is tricky, deceitful, untruthful, impulsive in judgment and not to be
depended upon. If the conjunction occurs in one of the watery signs,
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especially in Pisces he will probably be a drunkard though this is not as
certain as with the square or opposition. These people are generally ple-
thoric and liable to apoplexy.
JUPITER SQUARE OR OPPOSITION TO MARS is the signature of the gambler and
if one of the planets is in a watery sign, especially in Pisces he will be a
drunkard also, a tricky, dishonest and disreputable character who always
acts through impulse. With respect to health we find that these people suf-
fer principally from blood and liver complaints; the circulation is poor and
the blood is so rich that there is danger of apoplexy.
URANUS SEXTILE OR TRINE TO MARS gives an energetic and ambitious disposi-
tion, an original, ingenious, alert, intuitive mind which is resourceful in
the highest degree and able to cope with great difficulties under trying
circumstances. Therefore people with these configurations are naturally of
an inventive turn of mind and successful in bringing their ideas to realiza-
tion. Their inventive genius expresses itself usually along electrical
lines, aviation or other unusual directions for these aspects are one of the
marks of the pioneer of the Aquarian age, where science and intervention
will reach out in directions that are now undreamed of even as possi-
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bilities. But while these people are dreamers of dreams they are also prac-
tical, energetic and enterprising in a sufficient degree to make their
dreams come true in the world. They have a wide vision and a noble nature
which rises over all petty distinctions of race, creed or color and recog-
nizes in all human beings the divine spark which is the basis of universal
brotherhood. They may not be exactly religious in the orthodox sense of the
word, but their ideas are truly cosmic, hence they are often mistaken for
visionaries by those who do not understand them.
URANUS CONJUNCTION, PARALLEL, SQUARE, OR OPPOSITION TO MARS gives an er-
ratic and eccentric disposition, a violent temper of the worst nature, an
unusually resentment of even the slightest restraint and gives the person a
stubborn, headstrong and dogged determination to go ahead in any line of ac-
tion upon which he has decided no matter what the outcome. He will listed
to neither reason nor entreaty but follows his own course in defiance of
all. People with these configurations often become anarchists of the red-
dest type for they do not stop even at the shedding of blood if other testi-
monies in the figure concur. They are cruel, hard and cold with out a spark
of true love through they may be in flamed with passion of the most burning
intensity. This is particularly the case when Mars is square Uranus and
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either planet is placed in Taurus or Scorpio. In a woman's horoscope Mars
square Uranus usually leads to seduction no matter where placed, but if in
Taurus or Scorpio escape is almost impossible. The other characteristics of
these planets in these configurations work themselves out according to the
signs wherein they are placed so that their placement in Taurus or Scorpio
work upon the sex which is governed by these signs. When one of these plan-
ets is in Scorpio if the person takes up the profession of surgery be will
become very cruel and unfeeling, ready to operate for the mere pleasure of
causing pain and in consequence or in pursuit of this passion he will prob-
ably take up vivisection and develop an unusual ingenuity in torturing his
victims. With Mars or Uranus in Scorpio or Pisces he will be underhanded to
tricky though he may show a very different front to the public. In Aries it
will make a rattlebrain, in Gemini and Virgo an unusually quick mentality
but quick in seeing only how to trick others, in Sagittarius it will make
the person very materialistic, atheistic or fanatical against the estab-
lished religion or society; thus the planets blend their nature with each
individual sign.
NEPTUNE PARALLEL, CONJUNCTION, SQUARE OR OPPOSITION TO MARS, see Page
402.
NEPTUNE SEXTILE OR TRINE MARS, see Page 402.