Transit Mars Opposite Ascendant: Passion and Friction With Others

Transit Mars opposite Ascendant is the period when Mars crosses the natal Descendant (DC) and energy is lived out through relationships. At this point Mars enters the 7th house; the two or three days around exactness are the most intense, but the stir in relationships lasts several weeks. Mars returns to this point roughly every two years.

What happens when transit Mars opposes the Ascendant?

Other people seem bolder, more demanding or more attractive. A passionate closeness with a partner is possible, and so is an argument over who's right. At work, a partner, rival or client pushes the person to act; a negotiation may harden. Anger the person has held back can be mirrored in the other person's behavior.

Turning rivalry into cooperation

An opposition is a search for balance: finding middle ground between one's own wishes and someone else's. On the approach tension or attraction builds, at exactness a moment of confrontation or closeness arrives, and on the way out the relationship's new balance shows. Speaking directly and honestly beats quietly storing things up.

• Discuss partnership and contract matters in plain language.
• Take a break before an argument escalates; come back to it the next day.
• Channel this energy into a shared sport or a joint project.

During a Mars retrograde this opposition can stretch over months; an old relationship issue may reopen and this time be resolved more lastingly.