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~ Birthday Mars in Taurus - Blood Diamond in the Rough  written by astrolocherry 

Mornings and Mars in Taurus don’t tend to get on well. This physical body and supply of energy operate on a schedule that is rarely compatible for early rising and nocturnal wind-down. She starts when she is ready and not when she is told, when the plan is in order and the resources are accumulated. Because once these cogs start turning they won’t stop until the end, and she knows commitment is a contract she cannot break.

Desire is heartfelt with Mars in Taurus and attachment generates an adrenaline that refuses to let go in the moment of being taken away. The individual with Mars in Taurus is capable of setting her sights on a prize that is far-off in the distance and remaining tunnel vision focused until the finish line. It’s her own image of carat gold swinging like a magnetic pendulum, and it’s waiting for her so it can owned, worn, celebrated, or returned to the rightful owner it was made for. 

Mars is debilitated in Taurus and the side-effects can be issues with frustration, agitation, passion, and temper. Venus is the ruler of Taurus and her preference for peace and harmony will strongly resist indulging and displaying any of these volatilities. It may compromise her self-assertiveness and confidence to respond to other people’s unsettling behaviours in the way she really wants to. It’s all about saving face until the inevitable fall from grace.

The other side-effect may relate these aspects along with self-worth and the inner Patroness of self-destruction. The debilitated Mars can repress and recycle today’s encounter with memories that are decades old. History leaves old wounds freshly bleeding, invisible scars from the past can cover this body and inflame at any moment. And when it all comes out - the wrath, resentment, and offence flows with such volatility and unpredictability that you wonder if it will ever stop - or where it came from.

It may express as a conviction of pure self-contempt for herself, her choices, her life, the body she’s in, or everything at once, a poisonous harbouring of self-hatred, a lack of conviction that she deserves anything worthwhile. And she may express the self-maligning behaviour that reflects these feelings, such as through vicious self-punishment or denial. Maybe she self-destructs by gratifying impulsive desire and over-consumes a pleasure into poison, spending her rent, eating or drinking or smoking until she is physically ill, or giving into the urges that promise short-term relief at the cost of long term comfort. Or maybe she is severely self-restricting or compulsive with measuring every dose, or she forces herself through harsh exercise or lifestyle regimes to change something inside and punishes herself further after failure. In all this, sometimes she is receiving a malformed gratification from taking out the harsh discipline of the militant in the war against herself. It’s the back and forth struggle that consumes her, but she does grow tired and weary and longs to surrender. And when she finally has the desire to change and break the cycle it’s that same desirous fire that overpowers everything else.

Mars in Taurus relationships are highly based on good intimate, tactile, and sexual compatibility. She tends to be seeking an ‘energy’ or ‘sensation’ that erupts like a magnet with another body, and the sexual appetite can be ravenous if she indulges intimacy as a comfort measure. This somatic and sensory system demands to be activated at most satiating, and it can make her amongst the most satisfying and generous of lovers of a lifetime. But in many cases this took many inner battles and heroic victories inner battles to finally liberate her Goddess inferno. Some of her opponents were oppressors like vicious self-consciousness and inadequacies, and others that became stories she has never spoken about.

The apple in these eyes glisten like rubies and her cheeks blush same tone during a rage. She is energised and inspired by her heart’s desire and won’t let anybody stand in the way of securing what she wants. Her style of intimacy is nourishing, aesthetic, quintessentially and instinctually feminine, 
a physical body running hot, blood turning to lava. Let her set you on fondue fire.

Cherry

~ Birthday Mars in Taurus - Blood Diamond in the Rough  written by astrolocherry 

Mornings and Mars in Taurus don’t tend to get on well. This physical body and supply of energy operate on a schedule that is rarely compatible for early rising and nocturnal wind-down. She starts when she is ready and not when she is told, when the plan is in order and the resources are accumulated. Because once these cogs start turning they won’t stop until the end, and she knows commitment is a contract she cannot break.

Desire is heartfelt with Mars in Taurus and attachment generates an adrenaline that refuses to let go in the moment of being taken away. The individual with Mars in Taurus is capable of setting her sights on a prize that is far-off in the distance and remaining tunnel vision focused until the finish line. It’s her own image of carat gold swinging like a magnetic pendulum, and it’s waiting for her so it can owned, worn, celebrated, or returned to the rightful owner it was made for. 

Mars is debilitated in Taurus and the side-effects can be issues with frustration, agitation, passion, and temper. Venus is the ruler of Taurus and her preference for peace and harmony will strongly resist indulging and displaying any of these volatilities. It may compromise her self-assertiveness and confidence to respond to other people’s unsettling behaviours in the way she really wants to. It’s all about saving face until the inevitable fall from grace.

The other side-effect may relate these aspects along with self-worth and the inner Patroness of self-destruction. The debilitated Mars can repress and recycle today’s encounter with memories that are decades old. History leaves old wounds freshly bleeding, invisible scars from the past can cover this body and inflame at any moment. And when it all comes out - the wrath, resentment, and offence flows with such volatility and unpredictability that you wonder if it will ever stop - or where it came from.

It may express as a conviction of pure self-contempt for herself, her choices, her life, the body she’s in, or everything at once, a poisonous harbouring of self-hatred, a lack of conviction that she deserves anything worthwhile. And she may express the self-maligning behaviour that reflects these feelings, such as through vicious self-punishment or denial. Maybe she self-destructs by gratifying impulsive desire and over-consumes a pleasure into poison, spending her rent, eating or drinking or smoking until she is physically ill, or giving into the urges that promise short-term relief at the cost of long term comfort. Or maybe she is severely self-restricting or compulsive with measuring every dose, or she forces herself through harsh exercise or lifestyle regimes to change something inside and punishes herself further after failure. In all this, sometimes she is receiving a malformed gratification from taking out the harsh discipline of the militant in the war against herself. It’s the back and forth struggle that consumes her, but she does grow tired and weary and longs to surrender. And when she finally has the desire to change and break the cycle it’s that same desirous fire that overpowers everything else.

Mars in Taurus relationships are highly based on good intimate, tactile, and sexual compatibility. She tends to be seeking an ‘energy’ or ‘sensation’ that erupts like a magnet with another body, and the sexual appetite can be ravenous if she indulges intimacy as a comfort measure. This somatic and sensory system demands to be activated at most satiating, and it can make her amongst the most satisfying and generous of lovers of a lifetime. But in many cases this took many inner battles and heroic victories inner battles to finally liberate her Goddess inferno. Some of her opponents were oppressors like vicious self-consciousness and inadequacies, and others that became stories she has never spoken about.

The apple in these eyes glisten like rubies and her cheeks blush same tone during a rage. She is energised and inspired by her heart’s desire and won’t let anybody stand in the way of securing what she wants. Her style of intimacy is nourishing, aesthetic, quintessentially and instinctually feminine, 
a physical body running hot, blood turning to lava. Let her set you on fondue fire.

Cherry

Birthday Mars in Sagittarius - Let Her take You on a Joyride…

written by astrolocherry

The Mars inferno hits the storm on Jupiter with Mars in Sagittarius. The mind becomes inflamed with curiosity and glows from her crown like a halo. Intellect and body receive equal distributions of energy in one simultaneous heartbeat, so anything that catches the individuals attention can be explored and understood. Every natural pleasure that life has to offer is celebrated like candy from the Gods, and it’s all too easy to overdose on life. There is a grand desire to experience, touch, and taste every song, spice, and way of life. The spirit can be unstoppable with Mars in Sagittarius, there is often too much energy for the physical body to retain without movement and activity. The attention span can be quite short unless the mind and body is equally stimulated and learning through cohesion. The will is dominating and commanding, it often desires more than it can handle or contain and the individual can make a solo competition out of pushing their own boundaries and testing how much further she can go. There can be a blatant disregard for consequence or self-destruction when she engages in her satiating rampages, taking another shot of alcohol, running a further lap, or lavishing a delicious meal. Sagittarius is the sign of fortune and good karma, so luck can dart by her in a wicked quick flash that only gives her a cosmic moment to catch. It’s likely that she loves to make an impulsive bet, especially when she is feeling energetic because her grandiosity and confidence can swell uncontrollably. 

Intuition runs burning hot with Mars in Sagittarius, and movement is a way to circulate and invite the spirit to pulse through her. It can appear through futurist flashes and self-prophetic direction, and typically in the form of following the inner guidance that propels her across the ends of the earth and into the heavens.  The individual is re-energised and revitalised through nourishing physical activity and breathing the open air of nature in the country, by the sea, hiking, traveling, and absorbing sunlight. The intellect is quick and explosive, so conversation with Mars in Sagittarius can be quite stimulating and enlightening. She may also become reactive and fiery in difference of opinion or debate, disregarding of feelings and sensitivities to deliver rapid firing truth unapologetic in its honesty. The mind is hungry, and the individual typically enjoys setting far ranging intellectual goals for herself and discovering how much information she can consume. There may also be intense experiences of anxiety or instability, there is rarely a place to settle and the world around her moves at lightning speed. The individual will typically respond with hostility toward those who attempt to confine, regulate, or dominate her. Relationships, specifically sexual affairs can move quite quickly and simmer in the chase rather than the catch.  She is a hot blooded lover who exerts a free and liberal sexual expression, responsive to carnal desires, adventurous and stimulating, deeply in touch with her untamed side.

The Sagittarius archetype contains abundant energy, strength, tension, and activity in the thigh region. The individual with Mars in Sagittarius needs to move the legs often, massage, stretch, run and play with her dog, remain flexible. Restless legs can be a symptom of lacking substantial motion or too much of it, and possibly jitter almost constantly when seated and become sore and tight. This can make Mars in Sagittarius people fast and enduring athletes. The centaur is the Sagittarius glyph that illustrates a dual creature with a human head and torso with the legs of a horse, these legs are animal and built to undertake tremendous journeys across land and sea in a pilgrimage of personal challenges and discovery. The individual may have naturally high body temperature and prefer open, highly ventilated spaces and fresh air. She may also confront difficulty when trying to settle, and roam far and wide in search for a home or a station to settle. Mars in Sagittarius is a free spirit, a wild and animated cosmic substance that crackles like bon fire as she hurls in the direction of her fiery arrow. She is twirling flames in a delirious rapture with the universe, a spiritual ceremony and festivity with her true playmate and lover, she is eternally lost and impossible to catch. She never wants to be found. 

-Cherry

Birthday Mars in Virgo - I Got a War in My Mind

written by astrolocherry

The mind is stimulated, intensely active, and buzzing madly like a hummingbird with Mars in Virgo. The mind is the focal point of energy combustion, and residual energy from the physical body, nervous system and obstructed impulse is swept in by the high force velocity. When the individual is unsettled or anxious she can become terribly agitated by minor problems in her environment and any scope of malfunction or mistake that disrupts her schedule. While the aim is to maintain an exemplary routine of balanced order, she cannot seem to abstain from satisfying the short acting supplies of excitement and fanatical energetic streaks that border on panic. The energy flow swells the nervous system with Mars in Virgo, so anxious arousal accompanies juicy excitement and carnal inflammation. The combination of Mars and Virgo triggers a trance state of automatic, ritualistic focus and mental machinery that spins like cosmic clockwork. She concentrates so hard that she becomes lost inside her mind pipes, chasing encounters that test her will, discipline, self-control, and skillset. She approaches challenges with sharp strategy and precise preplanning that ensures she is always one mental step ahead. Mars fires the combat for battle, but these weapons are double sided in Virgo. The combat field is inside her head and daggers are shot throughout her body. She may struggle to demonstrate her best qualities during examination or competition due to nerves and apprehension draining her vital forces beforehand. There can be an excessive fixation and strict self-regulation in the pursuit of perfecting the mind, appearance, health or athleticism.

The condition of Mars in Virgo can harsh considering the egocentric demands of Mars that conflict with Virgo’s sacrificial service and selfless obligations. Impulse hits hesitation and assertion diffuses beneath doubt and self-blame. Rage can be deeply internalised and become sharp blades that slice critical wounds. She can project her inner state of dissatisfaction and disorder onto the surrounding environment and become frantically preoccupied with order, arrangement, and symmetry. This is until she undergoes routine burn out and reconditioning. Typical orderly arrangement goes affray, she exists surrounded by the chaos she feels inside, there can be complete physical exhaustion, lost appetite or digestive changes, and dull mental and physical paralysis. These are periods of internal detoxification where everything breaks down and reconstructs again. Contaminating thoughts, unmet and unrealistic desire, internalised energy, and the toxins of gluttonous behaviours such as substances and overeating are decomposed and renewed to breathe a fresh life force through the mind, spirit, and body. The individual is made to be very aware of the minutes passing and the time wasting. Like everyone, the individual can procrastinate, become unwell, and have sleepy days. However, there is a fierce internal reprimand and sense of guilt associated with lost productivity, satiating egotistic pleasure, inertia, and neglecting responsibilities. There can be a strong feeling of being dispensable and easily replaceable. It can make her shudder during instances she fears showing weakness, inability, or vulnerability. The individual may resonate in accident, health, and emergency services professions due to the ability to work better beneath higher pressure. There will either be an intrigue and delicacy with medical procedures and wounds, or fainting at the sight of blood.  

Mars in Virgo people have an unusual eye for playing with the universe in its most pure, powdery and unviolated form. But these eyes can also become red and burn with critiques and the cracks emerging everywhere she goes. There can be the constant low volume state of hyper vigilance triggered by intrusive threats of impending disaster and anxious trembling between countless variables. This longstanding tension can cause the tendency for sleeplessness, trouble settling the mind, difficulty focusing, impractical self-expectations, somatic pain, and a sense that life is merely a leap from chaos to chaos. It’s also very possible for Mars in Virgo people to adopt basic habits that progress rapidly into compulsive routine. This is why it is so vital for the individual to integrate a routine of meditation, self-reflective writing, tranquil physical activity, prayer in nature, eating in tune with her body clock, and breathing exercises into the daily and weekly plan. These practices can generate the mindful sensation of her physical body becoming her temple, the inexplicable unity that she has with the mood and the vitality of the seasons, the peace of unity in the space between her thoughts. In doing so her nervous butterflies become marvellous flutters of inspiration, she can settle her mind amidst any storm, and she can discriminate between real and imagined threat. The desire for routine or daily sex as a momentary release valve for energy and tension can become more of a shared sensory dance, a physical and mental unity that absorbs into the satisfaction given and experienced by the partner. Mental stimulation and intellectual challenge is also imperative with Mars in Virgo such as crossword and puzzles. Though it’s also important to re-engage the unfulfilled child inside and rest the mind with a good dose of fantasy and fiction, a quiet reminder that not every mental pursuit is a test and reflection of value. The maiden is dressed in red with Mars in Virgo, her battlefield is the war on suffering, and the other battlefield waits in her mind. 

-Cherry

art by Kurtis Rykovich

Mars in Scorpio - Demon Dominatrix 

Mars in Scorpio produces total disinterest or complete obsession. Nothing is half way, and everything forbidden seduces the unconscious apple behind this eye. These desires take on a will of their own, mostly centring around intimacy and relationships, and more danger creates more temptation. And this is not just sex for the sheer pleasure, because the individual is rarely validated by anything physical that lacks emotional depth. It’s not so much the act of sex that she desires, but rather the experience of deep communion with another body and soul, intimacy that transcends the physical and into the deepest trenches of one another. She is seeking a shared transmission each partner’s inner angels and dark forces, and her unspoken innuendo simmers until you cannot resist her anymore. These individuals are therefore very vulnerable to sexually transmitted demons - absorbing the wounds and darkness of the sexual partner. It can also generate a magnetism of its own, and she can feel insatiably pulled towards certain energies and auras. The unconscious desire is to re-enact an ancient ceremony, and it’s the oldest and purest magic that she knows. 

The somatic energy of Mars is internalised in Scorpio, and it can produce strong side-effects in the physical body. Mars rules blood and the adrenal glands, so it’s possible that menstruation began quite early or even prematurely. There may be excess monthly bleeding, debilitating exploding contractions, and increased reactivity. In some cases, the individual can measure her physical potential against her cycle and perform better at certain monthly intervals, like she taps into a superheroine power.  The other side-effect of this internalisation is the private nature of Mars in Scorpio. These battles go completely unseen by anybody else. She is  conscripted as the sole fighter, and her enemies are the masked-assassins of her history, trauma, betrayals, and victimisations. Mars in Scorpio can create a secret emotional haemophilia, especially when the infliction is the partner or relationship. So despite the Scorpio sign’s social reputation, we are much more likely to witness a silent self-destruction rather than a destroyer of somebody else with Mars in Scorpio. And the gift of insight can be somewhat lost here, because it’s often these acts of self-sabotage that hurt her loved ones the most. These individuals set extreme personal challenges and become relentless about achieving them. There is such a display of endurance and commitment that it can be heart wrenching to watch her destroy it all in a moment of rage. She is trying to destroy the part of herself that cannot be killed, only integrated and transformed into her firelight. This is why she can feel dead inside, or something like it at times. She wants to forget and she wants to destroy what needs to be a part of her life and story. And in the end regardless of inaction, any person who mistreats her will pay. These inner forces stir like a cauldron and mix curses and hexes. Wrathful thoughts and visuals send psychic attacks to the perpetrator without intention. And for a real sin against her, these can last a lifetime. The pain threshold can be remarkably high and almost seem inhuman. The psychological strength of this placement is exhibited here, and she can use her mind to manage or compartmentalise pain. She may even have the ability to enter a trance-state or cocoon in states of agony or when she is pushing herself to achieve better - such as run that extra kilometre.  

People born with Mars in Scorpio always sense they are being lead blindly by greater forces at hand. The desires are so powerful and unconsciously bound that they can manifest like a ‘quasi-will,’ or like a force that seems larger than she is. It’s something higher and more powerful than can be known, expecting something from great her, and it’s so carnal it blurs every rational explanation. Through violent mood swings, betrayals, and witness to the beasts in others, she runs with the wolves, away from herself yet further towards it, howling into the darkness. The spirit is rich with resilience and survival instinct and prophecy. The quiet nights are the loudest because she can hear the trumpets of the underworld in her ear, a grand choir and desperate cry. And she comes to recognise the one inside who can hear these instruments is her ancient soul. She stops raising the question of ‘will I survive it this time?’, realising there is no choice in the matter. Mars in Scorpio is defined purely as hardship and horror by those who don’t live with it, or those that do but have become disempowered rather than empowered by the sheer force of this nature. She doesn’t just survive, she embarks on a heroine’s journey few would know exist, and she writes a life trilogy that will be retold for centuries. 

Cherry art by Kurtis Rykovich

Mars in Virgo - Where can I rest the inside of my head?

The mind is stimulated, intensely active, and buzzing madly like a hummingbird with Mars in Virgo. The mind is the focal point of energy combustion, and residual energy from the physical body, nervous system and obstructed impulse is swept in by the high force velocity. When the individual is unsettled or anxious she can become terribly agitated by minor problems in her environment and any scope of malfunction or mistake that disrupts her schedule. While the aim is to maintain an exemplary routine of balanced order, she cannot seem to abstain from satisfying the short acting supplies of excitement and fanatical energetic streaks that border on panic. The energy flow swells the nervous system with Mars in Virgo, so anxious arousal accompanies juicy excitement and carnal inflammation. The combination of Mars and Virgo triggers a trance state of automatic, ritualistic focus and mental machinery that spins like cosmic clockwork. She concentrates so hard that she becomes lost inside her mind pipes, chasing encounters that test her will, discipline, self-control, and skillset. She approaches challenges with sharp strategy and precise preplanning that ensures she is always one mental step ahead. Mars fires the combat for battle, but these weapons are double sided in Virgo. The combat field is inside her head and daggers are shot throughout her body. She may struggle to demonstrate her best qualities during examination or competition due to nerves and apprehension draining her vital forces beforehand. There can be an excessive fixation and strict self-regulation in the pursuit of perfecting the mind, appearance, health or athleticism.

The condition of Mars in Virgo can harsh considering the egocentric demands of Mars that conflict with Virgo’s sacrificial service and selfless obligations. Impulse hits hesitation and assertion diffuses beneath doubt and self-blame. Rage can be deeply internalised and become sharp blades that slice critical wounds. She can project her inner state of dissatisfaction and disorder onto the surrounding environment and become frantically preoccupied with order, arrangement, and symmetry. This is until she undergoes routine burn out and reconditioning. Typical orderly arrangement goes affray, she exists surrounded by the chaos she feels inside, there can be complete physical exhaustion, lost appetite or digestive changes, and dull mental and physical paralysis. These are periods of internal detoxification where everything breaks down and reconstructs again. Contaminating thoughts, unmet and unrealistic desire, internalised energy, and the toxins of gluttonous behaviours such as substances and overeating are decomposed and renewed to breathe a fresh life force through the mind, spirit, and body. The individual is made to be very aware of the minutes passing and the time wasting. Like everyone, the individual can procrastinate, become unwell, and have sleepy days. However, there is a fierce internal reprimand and sense of guilt associated with lost productivity, satiating egotistic pleasure, inertia, and neglecting responsibilities. There can be a strong feeling of being dispensable and easily replaceable. It can make her shudder during instances she fears showing weakness, inability, or vulnerability. The individual may resonate in accident, health, and emergency services professions due to the ability to work better beneath higher pressure. There will either be an intrigue and delicacy with medical procedures and wounds, or fainting at the sight of blood.  

Mars in Virgo people have an unusual eye for playing with the universe in its most pure, powdery and unviolated form. But these eyes can also become red and burn with critiques and the cracks emerging everywhere she goes. There can be the constant low volume state of hyper vigilance triggered by intrusive threats of impending disaster and anxious trembling between countless variables. This longstanding tension can cause the tendency for sleeplessness, trouble settling the mind, difficulty focusing, impractical self-expectations, somatic pain, and a sense that life is merely a leap from chaos to chaos. It’s also very possible for Mars in Virgo people to adopt basic habits that progress rapidly into compulsive routine. This is why it is so vital for the individual to integrate a routine of meditation, self-reflective writing, tranquil physical activity, prayer in nature, eating in tune with her body clock, and breathing exercises into the daily and weekly plan. These practices can generate the mindful sensation of her physical body becoming her temple, the inexplicable unity that she has with the mood and the vitality of the seasons, the peace of unity in the space between her thoughts. In doing so her nervous butterflies become marvellous flutters of inspiration, she can settle her mind amidst any storm, and she can discriminate between real and imagined threat. The desire for routine or daily sex as a momentary release valve for energy and tension can become more of a shared sensory dance, a physical and mental unity that absorbs into the satisfaction given and experienced by the partner. Mental stimulation and intellectual challenge is also imperative with Mars in Virgo such as crossword and puzzles. Though it’s also important to re-engage the unfulfilled child inside and rest the mind with a good dose of fantasy and fiction, a quiet reminder that not every mental pursuit is a test and reflection of value. The maiden is dressed in red with Mars in Virgo, her battlefield is the war on suffering, and the other battlefield waits in her mind. 

-Cherry

art by Kurtis Rykovich