Mars in Leo in the Third House

The placement of Mars in Leo indicates that you have a need to express yourself and be creative in and through your actions. This often manifests as your wanting your actions to be noticed or as a desire for attention, generally. Much of the behavior and many of the personality characteristics associated with Mars in Leo are a result of your proclivity to take action that will place you in the spotlight and strengthen your self-esteem and personality.

The placement of Mars in Leo is generally harmonious. This is symbolized by the natural trine between Leo and Mars-ruled Aries. Leo is the Fixed Fire sign.  The fixed fire of Leo symbolically energizes and gives strength to the active Mars principle. The Mars energy is unhindered, with the only danger being that it becomes too powerful and dominant.

Mars also symbolizes the animus in the psyche. Thus, if you are male with Mars in Leo, you are likely to model your masculinity in order to incorporate characteristics typically associated with Leo, which is a sign, which is generally associated with a masculine energy. If you are female, you are likely to be attracted to someone who projects or embodies Leo-associated traits.

Insecurities

With Mars in Leo, being insecure in your selfhood, you need attention in order to validate your reality. Your ego subconsciously knows that it is not real, but if it is receiving attention, it can persist in the illusion of its reality. You are, therefore, obsessed with the need for recognition and attention. You never feel that you are getting enough attention for yourself. Having Mars in Leo, you continually attempt to monopolize the stage of life and call attention to yourself through outrageous, and even obnoxious, behavior. Alternatively, you may feel that all eyes are on you and you become timid about self-expression and assertive action lest your imperfect performance bring embarrassment or, worse, the dark secrets of your self are laid bare for all to see. Or, worse than that, you may perform and no one notices.

Mars in the 3rd House:

Mars in the 3rd House is compatible with its externally directed nature. The 3rd House is associated with early and simple contacts with your environment and with learning about that environment. The outward focus and explorative nature of the 3rd House allows the action principle of the Mars energy to freely assert itself within the limits of a realm with which you come directly in contact.

With Mars in the 3rd House, your desires are likely to be stimulated by your immediate environment. Your actions are likely to be focused on affecting your immediate environment. Much of this contact may involve interaction at the mental level, since the 3rd House is ruled by Mercury. Consequently, much of your energy and activity may be directed toward learning about the world or communicating within the immediate circle of your contacts.

Having Mars in the 3rd House, since so much of your activity involves interaction with the concrete world around you, if your Mars principal is functioning well, you are likely to develop much competency in dealing with the day-to-day aspects of life. Of course, if your Mars energy is dysfunctional, you are likely to find everyday life to be fraught with problems. With Mars in the 3rd House, you are also likely to be assertive in your daily life, especially when communicating with others.

Insecurities

As an individual with Mars in the 3rd House, insecurities in the Mars function stems from a feeling of weakness and inferiority which is the result of a distorted and overemphasized view of your ego’s role.  This may manifest as either timidity and incompetence or, due to overcompensation, as aggressiveness or overachievement. It will affect you at both the desire and action levels.

When focused in the 3rd House, the dysfunctional energy readily finds it  outlet in your interaction with the environment. At the desire level, you may be insufficiently motivated due to your belief that you cannot overcome a hostile environment. Or, you may have improper desires, which are either suppressed or which require you to act aggressively toward their fulfillment. At the activity level, with Mars in the 3rd House, you may feel thwarted in your actions by the environment or by your inability to take competent action with respect to it. Consequently, you may withdraw from active involvement in every-day life.

At the other extreme, having Mars in the 3rd House, you may be impelled to assert your will onto your immediate environment and act over-aggressively towards it. Whether this has good or bad effects on others and society depends on your relationship to your superego. Whether you act the hero or the villain, you will suffer distraction and imbalance in your inner life because of your absorption with affecting the world through your actions.

Focus of Desires

With Mars in the 3rd House, your desires will be associated with your immediate environment. The link between the senses and desire – which is their natural association – will be even more prevalent. Paradoxically, this link being so obvious enables you to more easily control the desire/sense complex, if you truly wish to do so.

Normally, however, as an individual with Mars in the 3rd House, your desires will arise from your experience. You may easily be susceptible to verbal suggestion. A yearning for immediate gratification of desire is also common with this placement. More positively, you may focus your desire on learning – acquiring knowledge about your environment. With Mars in the 3rd House, you are likely to have a desire to communicate, which will be positively expressed as long as you have something worthwhile to communicate. Otherwise, your communication is simply asserting your ego.

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Article referenced from:

• Gargatholil, Depth Astrology: An Astrological Handbook – Volume 2: Planets in Signs

• Gargatholil, Depth Astrology: An Astrological Handbook – Volume 3: Planets in Houses

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