Mars Exalted in Capricorn
Yesterday Mars was at his highest point of exultation, 28° of Capricorn. The last several days / the last week could have been very intense, with volatility, frustration and erupting emotions. This is due to a powerful Saturn/Mars opposition that occurred through much of last week. Yet there has been real creative possibility with these frustrations and eruptions.
Mars is the planet of strength. His influence is to strengthen us in one way or another. His transit through Capricorn, his sign of exultation is always a time where we the can take powerful action, usually to strengthen an area of life where we have been fearfully clinging to some sense of worldly security. A fearful clinging to worldly security are the lower traits of Capricorn. For you see, not only does Capricorn exalt Mars, but Mars resurrects Capricorn. It works like this.
Mars is the planet of action, in the moment. He is impatient, immediate, black-and-white - just like the nature of our actions. We’re only doing one thing at a time. We are directed toward a goal. This is the nature of Mars, reaching the goal as directly and quickly as possible. Mars is also a Tamasic planet, motivated to remove suffering by destroying obstacles in our way. The nature of Mars is destruction, which is not necessarily bad — it all depends on what we are destroying. If we are destroying obstacles in our way, Mars is very useful and we become strengthened in the process. We learn to take care of ourselves and to fight the right battles and align our energy toward a worthy goal. However, we may also destroy the wrong things, the things we hope would bring us happiness and peace, like our relationships with people, or our peace of mind for instance. Mars is not very good with people and complexity of any sort.
Capricorn is the sign of our tangible, worldly fears and the stress and worry caused by them. Capricorn is ruled by Saturn, the planet of our fears. Capricorn is a female sign, which shows these fears internalized, personalized and reflect upon. Saturn is the planet of longevity and time unfolding. Saturn brings the awareness of time unfolding, which is the root source of all fear. Once we become aware of time, we become aware of limitation and the need for structure. All of these things are related to Saturn. For example, when we are living in the present moment we can simply enjoy our meal, enjoy the day in a carefree manner. But once we become aware that we will need to eat every day, not just today — we need a place to sleep not just tonight but every night, suddenly seriousness sets in, a sense of responsibility — a fear. This fear makes us grow up and be responsible for ourselves. In many ways, how we handle fear shows our true mettle, the true depth of our character. All of our personal insecurities and shortcomings become exposed during this process.
Through the sign of Capricorn we will put into place a structure that will be the container for our life. Yet our life may be lived simply in hopes of avoiding pain, rather than growing toward the truth. We all must face the painful psychological complexes that are unearthed through Capricorn if we were to grow beyond our material terrors.
The courageous and impulsive nature of Mars operates perfectly through the cautious, patient nature of Capricorn. For the last month and a half those darker, fearful parts of our psyche have been focused on and strengthened, not by theory or ideas, but by action — courageous action. We’ve been taking powerful action not simply aligned with the moment, but oriented toward a long-term goal, an important goal. When faced with the possibility of just mechanically lashing out at people, we have waited, reflected, and been a little more willing to consider the possibility that our problems are mainly internal and not with the objects of our anger. This reflection has clarified our confusion around these internal/external issues. We are reaching the point where we are certain which external situations need to be changed in our life and which psychological, internal ones need to be addressed. Having these realizations, we are ready to take the proper action to strengthen our inner self and better orient our outer world to facilitate that growth. This is a powerful process that has likely brought about greater maturity. Yes, we feel like were growing up now.
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