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<\/a>There’s a sense of needing to break free, to push (Mars theme) past a limit (Saturn theme) in a relationship (Libra theme) and set your desire free — whatever desire that may be. I just wanted to point out that this conjunction is happening today.<\/p>\n
This is one of those astrology setups that says: take it easy. Drive like a Buddhist. Avoid any unnecessary discord, because it could easily escalate, magnify and do damage.<\/p>\n
My friend Tracy Delaney in Wales, who you know as an occasional commenter here and as the programmer of Serennu.com<\/a><\/strong>, has written an entry about Mars and Saturn in Libra. I love her astrology writing, most of which I get in emails as we unravel new planets and weird charts. Here is what she has to say. –ef<\/p>\n By Tracy Delaney<\/strong><\/p>\n Libra is the seventh sign, the point half way through the zodiac cycle, where we have individuated and are now beginning the return journey, the process of re-merging with the whole. Libra is therefore where we begin to deal with \u201cthe other,\u201d the \u201cnot me,\u201d hence it\u2019s considered the first sign of relationships.<\/p>\n For all its associations with beauty and harmony and being ruled by Venus, Libra is in fact a masculine air sign. The suggestion being that we need to be proactive (masculine\/yang) and engage brain (air) when embarking on relationships with others, rather than letting the heart rule the head.<\/p>\n When two people do that their needs may be different, and so on the surface Libra seems to be all about balancing the scales, looking for an equilibrium that works. Which doesn\u2019t sound very romantic. Particularly with Saturn there, the practical realities and hard work that go into real relationships are highlighted; the truth of Libra underneath its pretty dress. Saturn is ultra inflexible, and so things tend to break rather than bend under his influence; this a good time to get out of relationships that are not good for you, where you\u2019re trying to bend yourself into a shape that does not fit.<\/p>\n If you view traditional scales from above, they look exactly as an opposition is drawn in astrology; two opposing circles joined by a straight line. Libra is in a sense the personification of the opposition. Oppositions are considered Saturnian in nature, and Saturn is exalted (shows the best of itself) in Libra; Libra essentially is<\/strong> the art of handling oppositions \u2013 hence its inherent tension.<\/p>\n The interesting thing about the scales is the way the two sides are joined at the hip; everything that happens to one side affects the other, like a see-saw. If A throws its weight around, it tosses B up in the air, but B does the same to A on the way back down; instant karma. I.e., things can get quickly out of hand, which is why Libra often develops a tense instinct for \u201cnot making waves,\u201d while having an underlying urge to do so. This is after all a cardinal sign. Libra may look indecisive but perhaps is really just aware of its power.<\/p>\n The fulcrum of the scale never moves though, it\u2019s stable like Saturn, i.e., it\u2019s possible to \u201cmeet in the middle,\u201d to find the common ground. Perhaps the fulcrum is Saturn in Libra in its highest form. The fulcrum can represent the underlying truth that you don\u2019t have to live on the see-saw at all. All of the air signs emphasise the mind and its duality. The second air sign, Libra, gives the first clue that there\u2019s also something solid \u201cat the centre,\u201d which is not dual, which remains perfectly undisturbed and is universal common ground, the place deep down where we are all the same. Libra symbolises this as perhaps the true key to relating. The balancing and compromising never really satisfy anyone, and may be the consequence of missing the point of Libra, rather than its meaning.<\/p>\n Today, Mars, the other “malefic,” joins Saturn in Libra. This is an interesting, challenging placement for Mars, which is said to be in detriment in Libra. All planets are classed as “in detriment” in the sign opposite the one they rule. Detriment means the planet’s trying to operate in an environment that seems to be the exact opposite of what it needs. We’ve probably all experienced something like that, and so can understand that in Libra, Mars can feel frustrated, thwarted and eventually depressed. Unless he has a good astrologer \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Mars wants to push, to pursue and\/or fight for the things he desires. Libra wants to maintain the status quo. So when you ask Mars to behave in a Libra-like fashion he may feel he has to push both ways at the same time to effectively neutralise himself. Because we’re in Libra, this “pushing back” may well be projected onto another person or thing.<\/p>\n So this is a placement where we’re forced to learn advanced Mars handling. This is kind of the final preparation for Mars entering the next sign, Scorpio, where he’s considered to be intelligent, incisive and adept. So what we’re aiming to do here is to hone Mars from the blunter instrument that works in Aries, into the sharp tool he becomes in Scorpio. If you have this natally, your progressed Mars will likely move into Scorpio at some point, so you can follow the timing of the process.<\/p>\n The learning probably starts with the difficulties described above, as Mars quickly learns that in Libra he has met his match, that any self-oriented pushing simply comes straight back at him and gets him nowhere. So he must gradually learn to box clever, to strategise, to understand the other’s needs, to take them into account and perhaps push for some kind of win-win. His motivation is still to get what he wants, but he now understands (Air\/Libra) the wider picture, other people, reactance, karma, and how to operate within all of that to get his needs met. As with Saturn, though it’s much harder for Mars to understand, his task is to realise the irrelevance of the tit for tat, to get underneath the fray, and push deep into the still centre around which that all happens. Once he figures out where that sweet spot is, he can penetrate and connect with anyone on a deep level. He is now ready to rule Scorpio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Friends, Cousins, Readers: Have a look at this chart. It’s the conjunction forming that I described in yesterday’s audio. Mars looks like you would expect it to (note that we have added an astrological glyph key to every post, in light blue, right above), and the number 29 next to it, which tells us that … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Mars and Saturn in Libra<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n