“The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure. Thoughts are not etched on the inside of skulls, to be perused by an invader. The mind is a complex and many-layered thing, Potter… or at least, most minds are…”
In astrology, the common association with hard aspects such as squares is that they are inherently negative aspects which will cause great difficulty in ones personality and environment.
The problem here is that in astrology, NOTHING is black and white - there are a lot of grey areas where aspects between planets and also signs have an inherent sense of light and dark, but nothing is strictly ‘good’ or ‘bad’.
It’s often too easy to simply say something is ‘good’ or ‘bad’ than to analyse how these supposedly difficulties energies can make a beneficial compromise.
Each sign and aspect has both positive and negative qualities within them, it’s there inherent potential of how we choose to use these energies that is the key.
Knowing this, there is potential for squares to become a beneficial aspect.
The reason for this is that the nature of a square causes friction to the point that manifestation and/or a release of energy must occur. Two planets in a square aspects will cause a friction of two personality types. The point to remember is that planets in Square often share the same modality - therefore a compromise can be made between two planets if the goal of the modality is taken into account.
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EXAMPLES
Cardinal Square: They share the same need for forward movement and initiation of an idea (♎️), action (♈️), project (♑️) and self-care and security (♋️).
Knowing this, you can find what each planet in Square wishes to accomplish.
♋️/♎️: Initiating a new idea for self-care through interaction with or for others. Emotion vs logical rationalisation of things.
Taking into consideration personal needs and the needs of others. Compromising the need to take action based on logic and rationality and emotional provocation and intuitive action.
♎️/♑️: Initiating a new idea or plan into a practical project. Compromising the need for a goal with working with other people and taking their perspectives into account. Understanding that one can not always be in charge of a situation, and shared responsibility must take place. Compromise needed to achieve a goal.
♈️/♋️: Initiating an action based on emotional provocation. Needing to recognise when one is becoming too aggressive to emotional stimulation. Learning how to care for others through action. Caring for ones own emotional wellbeing and stability. Providing oneself their own sense of security.
♑️/♈️: Initiating an action on a practical goal and project. Leading by power and example. Working for oneself and relying on ones own actions and energy. Sticking to a set path. Taking the role as authority. Doing things in ones own way to benefit the self.
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Mutable Square: These signs are inherently changeable and adaptable to their circumstance, often changing and evolving as their perception changes due to new experiences. Mutable squares can be seen as being the easiest signs to integrate, as their natural flexible nature allows a compromise. These signs are about adapting and changing their physical surroundings (♍️), their ideas and perceptions (♊️) , their emotions based on sensory perception (♓️), and the way they take action, extending beyond what they can do and have done (♐️).
♊️/♍️: Changing the way tone does things when new information is presented. Testing the practicality of other ideas and thoughts. Perfecting known ideas and information. Testing the logical of preconceived ideas and information, and changing the way things are originally done.
♍️/♐️: Changing the day-to-day routine by engaging in long distance travel. Making philosophical ideas practical and perfecting them. Expanding and questioning the initial way things are done and creating something new from it. Servitude for a higher belief. Being humorous and playful when giving critical feedback.
♊️/♓️: Thinking about and rationalising an emotional connection to others and the universe. Communicating ones sense of empathy to another. Writing down intuitive feelings and perceptions as possible psychic provocations. Communicating artists thoughts and ideas, perhaps in a form of a story or poetry.
♐️/♓️: Taking action on spiritual receptivity to the universe. Understanding life from a a far higher perspective. Activity teaching higher knowledge and understanding of spirituality and connection to the universe as one. Changing spiritual beliefs based on ones own sensory perception and connection to the universe at large. Healing and charity for those living overseas in unprivileged countries.
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Fixed Square: This square is ultimately the most difficult to integrate due to its inherent nature to stay in one place due to stubbornness for change. If these energies can find a particular goal to aim for, these squares can provide the most beneficial results due to the massive power expended once the energy is related to create something great. These energies aim on building upon and maintaining ones sense of material security and resources (♉️), ones sense of self and their individual expression (♌️), their emotional security and inherent emotional power (♏️), and their own original unique and innovative ideas (♒️).
♉️/♌️: Maintaining a sense of security when expressing the self as they truely are. A step-by-step approach to leadership. Expressing ones own inherent and natural beauty. Productivity in creative expression. Expressing the self through creating material objects and products. Using charisma and an extravagant presentation to create profit and wealth.
♌️/♏️: Transforming the way one expresses themselves. Integrating deep emotional connection and passion into creative expression and assertion. Sexual extravagance. Projecting a powerful sense of expression. Pride in ones own transformation. Sharing the spotlight. Passionate and powerful leadership.
♏️/♒️: Deep connection to humanity. Transforming people by the masses. Destroying and transforming the dynamics of society. Passionate connection to unique and innovative thoughts to benefit humanity. Deep passion for change and reform. Sexual innovation and transformation. Healing others. Deep and through scientific analysis, uncovering what is hidden.
♒️/♉️: Innovation and change on the way to create material things. Unique creations for profit. Originality in practicality. Scientific and practical step-by-step approach. Detached and objective evaluation using the 5 senses. Innovative way to building towards material wealth. Originality and innovation in artistic pursuits.
The planets involved in the square aspect will indicate what parts of the personality and sense of action is in tension, the signs on the planets will indicate how they do things. Applying the above formula of the compromise between sign modalities will show how to compromise the parts of the personality in tension.
Example: Mars ♌️ Square Saturn ♉️.Taking creative and powerful action towards approaching a career goal, involving passion to create ones own wealth that will last. Fixating on a long term goal to reach material success by applying ones self to the task, being authentic in their self-expression and creative passion. Consistently applying ones self to create long-term results.
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Remember that absolutely nothing in a natal chart is inherently ‘bad’ or ‘good’, they are simply a composition of energetic potentials that can work to your benefit when consciously applying yourself and your actions.
hiii 💕 so i decided to create a special post about mars & your aspects towards it. i wanted to discuss how you can collide & work with your mars to approach your goals & desires, especially if you have underdeveloped or challenging mars placements. if you think about it, mars is EXTREMELY important to us as people, because life is about us heading towards happiness, satisfaction & what we want. mars is the planet that activates when you work towards that 😏👉🏼👉🏼 also, sorry if this was a bit short. i would’ve put all of the aspects in but the photo limit was 10 pics 👩🏼🦲 anyways…
when you have a sun-mars aspect in your chart, you are someone who finds most of your vital life energy through having fun, self-expression, unleashing your inner child, engaging in new hobbies/activities, & overall doing things that make you feel “alive”. this particular aspect can make VERY determined people, considering the fact that they find their literal ego through achieving their greatest desires, being passionate, & being a warrior—but how the aspect naturally manifests can severely affect how they approach achieving these goals. typically, a person with a well-developed sun-mars can do this well. but let’s help the ones with an undeveloped sun-mars or a square, opposition, & a conjunction ;
for the underdeveloped sun-mars aspected or sun square, opposition, & conjunction folk, you have the energy to achieve these goals, but this energy could be overwhelmed, overcomplicated or inhibited in a way. you might constantly feel as though you always need to occupy this fiery energy inside of you, but you can fail to deal with it ( ⚔️ mostly because it is inhibited or not expressed easily ⚔️ ) & this will lead to uncontrolled / hidden anger. you might even be someone who experiences setbacks, take it too personal & get angered. this can also create someone who often lacks that passionate, competitive energy. or has the energy, but doesn’t want to actually use it for the better. the energy does not have to be necessarily inhibited though. it can be more about the energy being misdirected & misUSED. it is very important for these people to actually harness this energy more better & control it—because their over-competitiveness & aggression can easily project to their environment & hurt others. be careful about cheating, & manipulation, from your side or others’. it is important for these people to develop patience, sometimes compromise, develop actual skills, & practice self-control so you don’t get hasty or impulsive & yourself into big accidents. it is also important to find a hobby that you can easily express this aggressive, intense, & ferocious energy through. while you are achieving your goals, you need to make achieving your goals fun! otherwise you’ll take it too personal & it’ll hurt your ego. this goes for saturn/jupiter-mars folk too! try to make mini games or practices that will be entertaining, but helpful to your progress & letting all of that energy out. if you are available to doing this, try to join fun game competitions. this can be fun, & possibly make you feel accomplished, but at the same time, help you learn how to assert yourself in a balanced way.
having moon-mars in your chart, you find emotional fulfillment out of being head-on, being passionate, & approaching your goals! your emotional evolved because you’re so emotionally passionate, dramatic, entertaining, & thrilling to be around. you have personal & emotional attachments to your goals, ambitions & desires. you feel more natural & comfortable around constant & persistent environments. so this aspect isn’t uncommon for these people to feel happier in a productive home with tons of things happening so it can never be boring. you’re likely someone who isn’t afraid of expressing their feminine, hidden, comforting, or emotional side, because it is in your essence & nature 🪴💫
but with the most undeveloped placements, this can lead to an intense need to compete with others to make yourself feel fulfilled. you have an emotional connection to your goals & desires, so it is likely you’ll do anything to accomplish them. your desire to get what you want can even cause you to take short cuts to them. it is possible that when you don’t get what you want, you get short-tempered & angered. it can cause horrible moods too. it is important to be careful to not overdo this energy, become inconsiderate & ‘step’ on others.
be careful to not sacrifice intimate relationships or your personal life for these goals. it is important to also compromise, be more considerate, caring, & sensitive to others in order to allow the right success to come through. constantly needing to one-up someone cannot be your desire, you need to be diplomatic & admit your wrongs if you want the right success. if you are someone who is rather naturally temperamental or overly-passionate, it is important to calm yourself down & find someone who has this same energy as you. it is recommended for a moon-mars individual to cooperate & be genuine with others if you want to succeed when it comes to your goals (for example: help the unfortunate, engage in family life, join charities, do work involving teams, & supporting others successes) learn to meditate, or do breathing techniques to calm your anger & bad moods towards yourself or others. if you are rather the opposite, where you tend to attract emotional aggression from others—it is important to self-assert yourself by working on self-care or self-love techniques, or doing activities involving the physical, or activities that help express your masculine energy.
having mercury-mars in the natal chart—you find yourself to be an opinionated, charismatic, & assertive person when it comes your communication & expression of your thoughts. when this placement is well developed, you are someone who is likely to be a great leader. you have a demanding approach to your speaking that can captivate or even entice others, no doubt about that. you are also probably a very motivational speaker too. you might even self-motivate yourself very easily. these traits can be helpful in terms of your goals, because you literally have a “winner’s mind”. but, it is important to pay attention when it comes to the undeveloped side of this aspect … even though you are a opinionated person that ALWAYS desires to speak your mind, it is important that you “think before you speak” or do things.
hastiness in communication can cause you to say some controversial things & gain an unwelcoming reputation. you might be repulsed by others if not careful—considering the fact you’re likely someone who has potential to be well-respected amongst people. it is important that you don’t communicate too aggressively or intensively to the point of unintentionally offending others. be careful of saying hurt or hostile things, you can easily cause arguments to rise. you might even have a tendency of wanting to cause an uprise with others, which isn’t necessarily great for your workplace or peers.
also, don’t rush to conclusions, take your time when it comes to scheduling things & following directions. you might even be prone to nervousness or anxieties which can sometimes lead to unintended aggression so it is important to maintain your rapid mindset! exercising, meditation, venting, creative writing, or blogging can help with patience & self-control, especially when it comes to your feelings. you might even need to learn how to not take things personally, or not get offended so easily. learn how to not be too prideful when it comes to working or socializing with others too! 💕 don’t overwork yourself. this aspect usually creates workaholics. you might feel a strong need to feel “important” or “useful”, & if you fall short of your expectations, you can easily feel insecure. don’t try to be too much of a perfectionist 🙏🏼
undeniably, you’re a person who exudes tons of sex appeal & charisma (especially with the squares & conjunctions). you find lots of passion, your warrior energy & determination through connections with others, the physical, beauty, art, & creativity itself. you are often love collaborating & participating in business partnerships, so you are very much someone who doesn’t mind working in teams. especially when you are in control.
when this is developed, you’re charming on the first impression & you will continue to have an profound impact later in your connections. you’re very fun to be around because you are genuine & aren’t afraid to show who you are. you’re very direct—this is what attracts others to you, which can make you a huge magnet when it comes to achieving your goals & wants. it seems to be more easier for you to come through with your passions. your social abilities are immaculate & you tend to have a bunch of suitors (or people who will have your back when you need them)
but the downside to this aspect is someone who strongly desires to dominate, & control. someone who gets extremely angry easily at others, or becomes critical. OR, on the flip side—is too passionate with their connections, which can make others to perceive you as coming on too strong. the thing you need to work on is learning self-control when it comes to your affections with others, & managing your aggressive, hasty energies so it won’t lead to love-hate or impulsiveness. you’d be surprised at how you work best when it comes to achieving your goals when you are working with others. you just have to have self-control when it comes to being unfaithful/noncommittal to your goals, being extremely agitated with others, being superficial, & being impulsive with others.
you also could have the tendency of wanting everyone & everything to go your way, unwilling to compromise despite opposition. you will need to learn how to correctly collaborate with others, & learn proper respect. you also might be unable to submit to helping other with their desires & pleasures. so it is important to be considerate of that, too. you have lots of potential to be a charming person <3 it just goes away when you surround yourself with other people. you i any sly turn into an over-pouring of 🔥 CHALLENGING MARS ENERGY 🔥
these individuals tend to have lots of physical energy to burn off. dance, entertainment, sports, or any type of physical activity that involves art, beauty or pleasure of some sort can help them. it can also benefit them if they find people who have the same competitive, passionate, playful energy as them to do these activities & goals with. they work well with other leaders with the same desires in life.
