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by Brian Habit

You have Mars in Virgo in the 5th house.

With Mars, the mental function that we’re talking about is your development of will, courage and assertiveness.  It’s how you deal with perceived threats to your existence. The Red Planet is your killer instinct and your survival instinct. Mars represents your anger and your very will to live.

You have Mars in methodical, practical, idealistic Virgo—the sign of the Servant, the Analyst, and the Craftsperson. Mars tends to be disciplined in Virgo, inclined to put great effort into achieving ideals. By sign, Mars indicates the sort of assertiveness training in which the cosmos has enrolled you. Virgo is here to become the paragon of some principle that’s held near and dear, whether the principle is free enterprise, service, a sound mind in a sound body, or something else. Therefore, your assertiveness training relates to whatever principle you stand for and the methods you use to advance it. That’s where you’re learning to stand up for yourself, to go toe-to-toe with others. With Mars in Virgo, you can expect to face challenges related to closing the gap between how the world is now and how much better you see that it could become.

Where do you especially need to face such challenges? In your 5th house, the house of self-expression.

We all need to renew ourselves. We all need to play and indulge ourselves. We need to be expressive and creative, and that’s what the 5th house is about. Creativity is something very broad here. Being creative could mean acting, or dancing, or painting, but it doesn’t have to mean that. It could be any activity in which we make some energetic, striking show of what’s inside yourself or what you value. The 5th house represents how you express yourself creatively, whether it is by having a child or developing an idea (a “brainchild”) or a hobby. It’s how you take a creative risk, whether it is a financial risk (through gambling, or investment, or some entrepreneurial activity), or it’s an interpersonal risk (through being romantic with someone or showing your spontaneous side to someone). The 5th house is your experience of pleasure and playfulness.

With Mars in Virgo in the 5th house, you need creative pursuits that allow you to act in pioneering, daring, or adventurous ways. They need to be the sort of activities that engage your fighting spirit and forcefulness and motivate you to take risks romantically, financially, or in some other respect. To develop your will, to express yourself with confidence and vital energy, you’ll have to stand your ground about how you give tangible expression to what’s going on inside yourself. You can count on locking horns with others eventually about 5th-house matters, such as how you spend your free time, or how you raise your children, or whom you date. Maybe you and your romantic partner have arguments due to sexual incompatibility or substance abuse, or you bravely support your partner while he battles an illness. Maybe you decide to drop out of school so that you can pursue some creative dream in another way. One way or another, you’ll have to assert yourself in this department of your life, but that’s so that you can sharpen your will. It’s the only way that you’ll really have energy and fighting spirit.

When it comes to sharpening your will and serving others, you can do it in a destructive fashion or in a creative fashion.  Let’s look at the sorts of choices that are available to you with this Mars, starting with the more destructive possibilities.

If you express the darker potential of your Mars, then your creative urge comes out in an unhealthy way. Either you express it in a way that hurts yourself or others, or you try to keep it from coming out at all. You could act like a reckless hedonist, an irritable faultfinder, or a fearful drudge.

If you act like a reckless hedonist, then pursue pleasure without adequately considering the consequences for yourself or others. Though Virgo is a methodical, deliberate sign, Mars is naturally impulsive, and the 5th house is associated with spontaneity. Maybe you get into romantic relationships that lead to pain or suffering. You have an extramarital affair, and then you have to deal with the fallout when it comes to light. Maybe you drink too much, or eat too much, or spend too much. You could take unnecessary risks in search of thrills or in the course of being creative. You work with chemicals, but you don’t wear a protective mask. Suppose you’re a teenager. You and your beer-drinking buddies decide it would be fun to play “chicken.” You all wait on a railroad track for a train to come along, and whoever waits the longest to jump out of its path wins the game…if he doesn’t lose his life in the process. One way or another, you become a dramatic example of how the desire for pleasure can run amok and sour into dissipation and debauchery. Maybe you lash out at others if they try to interfere with your having fun and doing what you want, when you want. You seem compelled to do things in the name of fun, but in fact, they aren’t much fun at all.

If you act like an irritable faultfinder, then you attack others for not being perfect enough. Mars is naturally self-absorbed and with this planet in the 5th house, you could turn excessive criticism on your romantic partner, children, creative associates, or recreational companions. You could become carping, combative, and impossible to satisfy, to the point that no one wants to play with you because it seems like too much work to try. When it comes to choosing which creative risk to take (such as hobbies to pursue, or people to date), you could reject one possibility after another. You have such a keen sense of imperfections that nothing seems worth taking on. It all seems inadequate. Maybe your irritability has deep roots in the past. For example, if you were raised by a parent who drank too much and became abusive, then you might have grown up to become an angry person with a chip on your shoulder.

If you act like a fearful drudge, then you suppress your creative drive. You see pleasure as being something evil. In that case, your need for pleasure goes underground. You’re terrified at the thought of losing self-control by acting spontaneously, and this fear spills over into your attitude toward other people. You object to them expressing themselves and doing things for the sheer pleasure of it.

If you express the brighter potential of your Mars, then you might act like a brave servant, an energetic craftsperson, or a pioneering martyr.

If you behave like a brave servant, then you act boldly in spite of any fear that you might be feeling, in ways that benefit others. You’re outspoken but friendly, confident but warm, fiery but upbeat. You’re the parent who adores her kids and spends as much time as possible with them. You’re the activist who fights to protect the environment or starts a political party. You’re the professional who starts an association for people in your field. One way or another, you rise to the occasion by unapologetically asserting yourself in creative areas. 

Like an energetic craftsperson, you could throw yourself into developing and using your skills with gusto. You lose yourself in the moment, while you’re creating something that gives you pleasure. You draw from the hidden wellspring of spontaneous self-expression, and you pour it out like there’s no tomorrow. You let yourself get caught up in the rapture of wanton creativity. You willingly and intentionally express yourself with a lack of self-consciousness. Doing this gives you the psychic energy that you need to stay vibrant. As a child, maybe you’re the natural leader on the playground or in recreational activities. Perhaps you’re the writer with a biting humorous style, or you’re the counselor who helps people heal their “inner child.” Maybe you become the hotshot wheeler-dealer who amasses a fortune as a corporate raider and empire builder.

If you act like a pioneering martyr, then you willingly tolerate a lot for the sake of contributing something new and useful. You take a studious approach to expressing yourself creatively. Suppose you want to become a professional chef. You enroll in a cooking school, and you also study privately with experts in the field to learn what you want to know. Virgo is a master of technique, and Mars is a natural trailblazer, so you could become forerunner in your creative pursuits. You’re the scientist who develops a whole new way to treat illnesses. You’re the first woman to become a jockey in professional horseracing or to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean. One way or another, you become an exciting blend of the self-made individualist and the ultimate engineer.

 

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