Mars in Libra in the Fourth House

The placement of Mars in Libra indicates that you are likely to have desires that spring from a need for social interaction and that your actions are likely to be influenced by your need for social relación and harmony. This often manifests in a certain grace, balance and harmony in your actions because you are motivated to please others and you are careful not to cause social disharmony through your actions. Much of the behavior and many of the personality characteristics associated with Mars in Libra are a result of your desire for and involvement with preserving social harmony.

The placement of Mars in Libra is often problematic. This is symbolized by the natural opposition between Libra and Mars-ruled Aries. Libra is the Cardinal Air sign. Libra’s association with the qualities of balance and harmony generally lead you to be concerned about how your actions may upset others. This hampers the assertiveness that is a function symbolized by Mars and an essential component of the Mars energy. With Mars in Libra, you may often find that you must suppress your own desires and act in an environment of concern for others or even have to act through others. Thus, developing the Mars-symbolized functions to their full potential may be challenging.

Mars also symbolizes the animus in the psyche. Thus, if you are male with Mars in Libra, you are likely to model your masculinity in order to incorporate characteristics typically associated with Libra. This may present some problems, in that Libra is associated with a softer, more passive energy than is typically associated with the masculine.  If you are female, you are likely to be attracted to someone who projects or embodies Libra-associated traits.

Inseguridades

With Mars in Libra, when you are insecure in your selfhood, you are unsure of the role of self in your relation to others. This being the case, you are generally reluctant to be assertive in a relationship, for to be assertive, you must be aware of and confident of your own position. Having Mars in Libra, the result is that your actions are likely to be dominated by others’ desires. It is difficult for you to take independent action and you always seem to be dependent on another for direction. If called upon to take your own action or express your own desires, you cannot and look for someone else to act or to tell you what to do.

Mars in the 4th House:

Mars in the 4th House may be seen as a difficult placement, given that Mars is placed in the house that is squared to the house that it rules (the 1st House). The active energy symbolized by Mars may have difficulty expressing itself outwardly when its natural focus in the 4th House is toward what is gathered in and rooted in place. Thus, the active function symbolized by Mars is often seen as weak when placed in the 4th House.

On the other hand, having Mars in the 4th House, if your energy comes from your roots, it may be exceptionally strong and powerful. You gain confidence from having a firm foundation and knowing exactly what you want. Your desires are born of deep well-springs and motivate you to take strong and consistent action. With Mars in the 4th House, you may also be content with acting within the more limited scope symbolized by the 4th House. In this case, you may be a strong actor within your zone of comfort or in matters that are close to your roots, but appear uninterested or ineffective outside of that focus.

Having Mars in the 4th House, the active energy symbolized by Mars may be focused on protecting you and those that are close to you. If you have a strong drive and will to act, you may become frustrated by the rather limited scope of the field within which you are allowed to act. As an individual with Mars in the 4th House, you may also feel limited if your role is to be a caretaker for others. You may feel that all of your energy is taken for doing for others and that there is nothing left to devote to doing for yourself. You may also feel a heavy weight of burden and responsibility in caring for others, particularly family members.

Another manifestation of Mars in the 4th House is that your actions may be conditioned by your upbringing or by preexisting events. Your emotional responses may have played a role in this conditioning. You may also face the issue of how to free your actions from your conditioning and also of acting independently from family expectations. With Mars in the 4th House, resolving these issues generally involves finding yourself and determining what you really desire and then taking action in order to actualize your desires.

Inseguridades

With Mars in the 4th House, if you are inwardly insecure, you will wish to act and make an impression on the world; you will wish to obtain the objects of your desire, but you feel held back by both internal and external factors. In truth, you lack the courage to go beyond your “safe” boundaries to take action and obtain your desires. Thus, you are prone to sulking or to feeling that you are weak and must be protected. You are content to travel along well-worn paths of action and routine but you yearn to break out and assert yourself. Having Mars in the 4th House, you may seek to overcompensate by dominating your own private and domestic world. You may become very demanding and assertive with your family or with those who are under your care.

Often, and particularly if you feel threatened, you will react emotionally. As an individual with Mars in the 4th House, this pattern of conditioned reaction may particularly affect your family dynamics. You may also become the dependent one within a family situation in order to obtain  your desires and get others to care for you.

Focus of Desire

With Mars in the 4th House, your desires are likely to be somewhat limited in scope, but focused on matters of family and home life. It is common for you to desire emotional closeness, especially from family members. For women, desires may be expressed through mothering. Also, Mars in the 4th House may indicate that your desires have been conditioned by your mother and/or family. You may also have a great desire for stability and for rootedness. You may also desire to get to the bottom of things and/or to explore your background, heritage or subconscious.

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Artículo referenciado de:

• Gargatholil, Astrología Profunda: An Astrological Handbook - Volume 2: Planets in Signs

• Gargatholil, Astrología Profunda: An Astrological Handbook - Volume 3: Planets in Houses

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