Mars and Saturn in Your Birth Chart

Conjunction: Mars and Saturn

Like many other aspects involving Mars, this one can't be called entirely 'favorable': it's complex and contradictory. It usually gives you plenty of energy that you find hard to control. You try to hold yourself back and keep destructive feelings in check… until, every so often, that energy breaks free with the force of a tsunami.

So much of the time, you're like a boiler about to explode. A tightly compressed spring. A foot on the brake and another on the gas, both pressed down at once. To overcome this aspect's negative effects and make use of its positive ones, don't suppress your feelings—which is impossible anyway. Give them a safe outlet from time to time so they don't build up.

A sense of humor and absorbing hobbies, especially exercise and sports that use up your 'excess' energy, are welcome, too. That way, your energy will become an asset, helping you achieve excellent results on every front, whether at work, with other people, or in love.

Harmonious aspects: Mars and Saturn

With this aspect, you prefer order and organization in many situations, especially at work or in other projects that truly matter to you. You like to organize everything and give it a place, whether you're dealing with objects or ideas. You can be perceptive and patient, pay close attention to detail, and lose yourself in work that interests you.

When difficulties and obstacles need to be overcome, you handle them better than other people do. It's no wonder you have a better chance of succeeding in a difficult situation than many.

Challenging aspects: Mars and Saturn

With this aspect, you sometimes take completely opposite approaches to getting things done. At times you're forceful, good at pushing through obstacles, and even aggressive, achieving good results. At other times, you can be passive and unmotivated, leaving the initiative—and the glory—to others.

This Mars–Saturn aspect also occasionally inclines you to act selfishly, even in ways that work against other people's interests or harm them. To temper its effects, learn to take others' rights and wishes into account when you act. And remember: knowing when to give way and compromise isn't altruism. It's part of a longer strategy that may end up paying off handsomely for you.