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SUN OPPOSITE MARS

External Challenge
challenging
Will and action face off. Others may embody the Mars you've externalized.

Associated themes

conflictassertioncompetitionprojection

Deeper Understanding

Sun opposite Mars places identity and action across the chart from each other. You might encounter your own assertiveness through others—competitors, challengers, people who push back.

This can create a pattern of external conflict that's really internal. The aggression you meet in the world often mirrors what you haven't fully owned in yourself.

The work is taking responsibility for your own Mars—your anger, your drive, your desire to compete and win.

About the Opposition

Two planets face each other across the chart, creating polarity that demands integration.

Shadow

Swinging between extremes. Projecting one side onto others and fighting it there. Either-or thinking when both-and is needed.

Invitation

Where are you projecting one end of this spectrum? What would it mean to own both sides, even imperfectly?

Other Sun-Mars Aspects

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