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Yet another astrology question on Reddit that I overshot my word count on.

In today's entry in the series, we're looking at the significance of Mars in Cancer, Mars in the 8th House, and Mars aspecting Pluto.

The Question:

What is the significance of my Mars in Cancer birth chart placement?

The Chart:

My Answer

Mars in Cancer

Mars in Cancer is "in fall." That means it operates in a very atypically Martian way -- it's not exactly playing to its stereotypical strengths. What does this mean? Pure Mars energy (think an Aries Mars) is quick-trigger, directly aggressive, and gets up in your face, and it doesn't necessarily need much emotional reasoning to do any of that. A Cancer Mars means a person is more passive-aggressive, protective of them and theirs, conflict-avoidant (until they explode and finally let the Mars fireworks out), and deeply loyal. Their rage boils deep inside until it reaches a point of no return. They also get triggered into their anger through emotion -- no quick-flash conflicts. Anything that sets them off is because it touched something deep, deep inside.

Another part of Mars being "in fall" is that you can feel constrained and limited by your mode of (passive) aggression - like you can't confront people. You have problems healthily expressing anger without bottling it up and blowing your top. You also struggle to decisively act and make fast decisions -- all signs of Mars energy being without its normal tools.

Cancer Mars people need emotional buy-in to act on...just about anything too. It has to resonate or it doesn't feel earned or true. About protection: typically Cancer Mars people protect via withdrawing, silence and providing care to people (or taking care of situations). That's the Cancerian "flavor" that is imparted on Mars, the planet of action.

Mars in 8th House

In the 8th house -- that means all that energy is located in areas of the life that are intense and psychologically *loaded.* Mars represents drive and action, so 8th house Mars is tangled up in deep emotions and trust issues, power dynamics, loyalty and, importantly, loss. You move like a deep, dark tide. 8th house is also the house of "other people's resources" -- so there might be some of that Cancer Mars behaviour and experience wrapped up in inheritance or death (but this is more on the predictive side of things).

It’s so much easier to make people feel afraid than it is to make them feel hopeful or safe or supported. Right wing populism preys on people’s fears and stokes pre-existing anxieties, while also providing an individual “strongman” that people can look to for resolution. Simple and effective.

If we look at left-wing policies or general ideological talking points, they require both:

an inherent empathy/sympathy for strangers and community alike

a strong persistence to work against pre-existing institutions/structures to achieve that which isn’t often simple

It requires more effort, more funding, and occasionally can’t be simplified into layman’s terms, which ostracizes those who can’t reach higher education. This, above all else, is what makes right-wing populist rhetoric so effective - it’s approachable. It doesn’t ask you to care for others (quite the opposite) outside of your own interests. It’s comforting to have a powerful leader who “isn’t afraid to speak the truth” or “tell it like it is”, when the preceding leaders have all spoken outside your comprehension and made you feel isolated from your country in their education, class, and/or status.

Taehyun: Space, it's so big that it is unfathomable and I think it's expanding?! Into what? How did it start? It's all a mindfuck.

Yeonjun: "Into what ?" well that'll haunt me.

Beomgyu: Yeah, thanks for sharing that nightmare.

Taehyun: It's where mathematics is useful. We model the universe with the Lambda-CDM model, which uses a field called differential geometry. This allows you to talk about the universe intrinsically without having to place it in some ambient space: it doesn't need anywhere to grow into.