
Mars in the Houses: Natal & Transit Astrology
If Mars in the signs describes the style of action, desire, and assertion, Mars in the houses describes its terrain.

If Mars in the signs describes the style of action, desire, and assertion, Mars in the houses describes its terrain.

Mars describes the way we move toward life. How we act, initiate, pursue, protect, and assert ourselves. It reflects instinctive

Mars is where life begins to move. It is the primal spark of animation that brings consciousness into form. The

Image: Birth of Venus, 1485 Sandro Botticelli If Venus in the signs reveals how we love, and Venus in the

Image: Hermia and Lysander by John Simmons (1870) If Venus in the signs describes the style of love, value, and

Image: Gertrude Demain Hammond’s “Queen of Hearts” 1897 Venus describes the way we are drawn toward life. What we value,

Venus is the principle of attraction. It is the place in us that recognizes beauty, seeks harmony, and moves toward

If Mercury in the signs reveals how the mind works, and Mercury in the houses reveals where it lives, then

If Mercury in the signs reveals how the mind thinks, Mercury in the houses reveals where that thinking lives. The

Illustration: Paul Fouche Mercury is the bridge between inner experience and outer life. It is how we perceive the world,









