MODULE 2 · PLANETS · LESSON 3 OF 6

Venus and Mars

Module progress · 0 of 6 lessons · about 1 minutes to read

THE THESIS

Venus and Mars name two everyday styles: how you value and connect, and how you want and act. Astrologers read both as present in everyone, whatever the label.

The explanation

Older astrology paired Venus and Mars as opposites, but a clearer reading treats them as two drives everyone carries. Venus describes what you find beautiful and worth having, and the way you move toward closeness — your taste, your style of relating. Mars describes the other half: how you assert yourself, chase what you want, and meet friction. Their signs colour each style, so one person courts warmth softly while another goes straight for it. This is not about a feminine or a masculine side; both planets live in every chart at once. Read them as a portrait of how you love and how you push — and let your own choices decide the rest.

LOOK AT YOUR OWN CHART · 24 June 1996, 14:20, Barcelona

123456789101112ASCMCSun square Moon · orb 3°20′Sun square Saturn · orb 3°39′Sun square Chiron · orb 5°01′Sun square Ascendant · orb 4°42′Sun conjunct Midheaven · orb 6°02′Moon trine Venus · orb 6°22′Moon trine Mars · orb 1°51′Moon opposite Saturn · orb 0°18′Moon trine Uranus · orb 2°50′Moon conjunct North Node · orb 6°54′Moon opposite South Node · orb 6°54′Moon conjunct Chiron · orb 1°41′Moon conjunct Ascendant · orb 1°22′Moon square Midheaven · orb 2°41′Mercury conjunct Venus · orb 2°16′Mercury trine North Node · orb 1°45′Mercury sextile South Node · orb 1°45′Venus conjunct Mars · orb 4°31′Venus trine North Node · orb 0°31′Venus sextile South Node · orb 0°31′Venus trine Chiron · orb 4°42′Mars sextile Saturn · orb 1°33′Mars trine Uranus · orb 4°42′Mars trine Chiron · orb 0°10′Mars trine Ascendant · orb 0°29′Jupiter square North Node · orb 0°32′Jupiter square South Node · orb 0°32′Jupiter opposite Midheaven · orb 4°45′Saturn sextile Uranus · orb 3°09′Saturn opposite Chiron · orb 1°22′Saturn opposite Ascendant · orb 1°04′Saturn square Midheaven · orb 2°23′Uranus sextile Pluto · orb 2°52′Uranus trine Chiron · orb 4°31′Uranus opposite Lilith · orb 3°36′Uranus trine Ascendant · orb 4°12′Neptune sextile Pluto · orb 3°54′Neptune opposite Lilith · orb 3°10′Pluto trine Lilith · orb 0°44′Chiron conjunct Ascendant · orb 0°19′Chiron square Midheaven · orb 1°00′Ascendant square Midheaven · orb 1°19′Sun — Cancer 3°15′, 10th house · +0.95°/day3°15′Moon — Libra 6°35′, 1st house · +12.54°/day6°35′Mercury — Gemini 15°14′, 9th house · +1.71°/day15°14′Venus — Gemini 12°58′ ℞, 9th house · −0.31°/day12°58′Mars — Gemini 8°27′, 9th house · +0.70°/day8°27′Jupiter — Capricorn 14°01′ ℞, 4th house · −0.12°/day14°01′Saturn — Aries 6°54′, 7th house · +0.04°/day6°54′Uranus — Aquarius 3°45′ ℞, 5th house · −0.03°/day3°45′Neptune — Capricorn 26°59′ ℞, 4th house · −0.02°/day26°59′Pluto — Sagittarius 0°53′ ℞, 3rd house · −0.02°/day0°53′North Node — Libra 13°29′, 1st house · +0.00°/day13°29′South Node — Aries 13°29′, 7th house · +0.00°/day13°29′Chiron — Libra 8°16′, 1st house · +0.04°/day8°16′Lilith — Leo 0°09′, 11th house · +0.11°/day0°09′

2 of your placements, side by side

PointPositionDetail
VenusGemini 12°58′9th house · ℞
MarsGemini 8°27′9th house

Computed from your birth data with Swiss Ephemeris. Change nothing, get the same numbers.

EXAMPLE CHART

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Every lesson has to point at a chart. Until you add your own, the lessons run on the example this site uses throughout: 24 June 1996, 14:20, Barcelona. They work exactly the same way; the person is just not you.

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