Transit Mars Square Natal Mars: When What You Started Is Tested

Transit Mars square natal Mars describes a few tense but productive days when what a person wants runs into what stands in the way. Mars forms a 90-degree angle to its birth position, which happens twice in the two-year Mars cycle: the waxing square comes about six months after the return, the waning square roughly eighteen months after it. The effect builds two or three days before exactness and fades quickly once the aspect separates.

Why does transit Mars square natal Mars fray the nerves?

The square is the moment when the venture started at the Mars return meets its first serious obstacle. A project stalls on an unexpected objection, a training plan is interrupted by fatigue, a small disagreement at home grows bigger. Feeling blocked, a person may let the frustration out as anger. Still, the friction carries information: it shows which method is not working and where too much force is being applied.

If Mars's retrograde falls in this area, the square can perfect three times a few weeks apart; the theme then feels less like one outburst and more like hitting the same wall repeatedly, which calls for a change of approach.

Putting the tension to work

Square energy builds up when suppressed and gets things done when spent consciously. Heavy physical work, a confrontation that has been put off or a tough deadline are good ways to use the fuel of these days. The same friction can be felt in the houses ruled by natal Mars; an issue in the house with Scorpio on the cusp may heat up unexpectedly.

• Change the method, not just the reaction.
• Important decisions are often better left until the aspect has passed.
• Do not skip exercise; anger that does not leave through the body leaks into words.