Of all the planets, Mars is very difficult to understand. If you can predict the behavior of Mars, you master Astrology. It is because, apart from his behavior according to his House, Aspects, association, etc., Mars has a special nature of provoking the other planets. It makes the other planets behave, which are otherwise less harmful. Mars causes Rahu to cast his Maya, Illusion and hallucinations. Mars makes Saturn more terrible than it really is. Mars makes the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and even Jupiter malefic. Mars causes accidents and injuries. Then leave the balance of destruction to Saturn, Mercury, Rahu and Venus; depending on the location and aspects of these planets in a horoscope.
The nature of Mars becomes dominant, with respect to the relationship of marriage and family members of the natal, when it is placed in the 1st, 4th, 7th, 8th and 12th houses, which is called Kuja Dosha. This must be interpreted carefully, since almost all horoscopes have it in one form or another. But houses No. 1 and 8 are more harmful. The position of Mars in a chart determines a person’s personality. Gives more dominance, assertiveness, less reasoning, childish cry to get things and goals, no matter what. Such positioning of Mars in dosha houses, causes conflicts with spouses, frequent quarrels. it makes the life of the spouse miserable. But the relationship will not break. Since the Martians need association to get pleasure from harmonizing. Martians get pleasure, like a cat would get from dealing with a mouse.
Mars is the son of Earth. kuja Prayed Bhumiya means the son of the earth. Mars represents the garbha or womb of mother earth. It carries heat, blackness, energy, fire, red hot lava, and exerts its nature causing destruction. Mars induces self-aggrandizement, selfishness. He makes us think, others live for us. Mars is masculine sound. Mars represents masculinity, virility, virulence and the dominant sex. While Venus represents the counter. Mars causes impotence, weak mind, distortions, aberrations. When Mars causes impotence, the mind is sick. The Moon and/or Rahu behave in tandem with Mars. The distinction between Mars and Rahu, in causing disease of the mind, is that Rahu creates illusions or hallucinations. But Mars does not create illusions, but rather makes the person feel attracted to sex, perversity, abnormality.
A person can attract towards an older or younger lady. A person is attracted to unscrupulous and poorly virtuous ladies. There is no illusion here. In fact that lady is more attractive. She attracts by her appearance, her body, her color; and even by the smell of it. This is infatuation. Mars makes a person fall in love with such infatuation. While a healthy mind only appreciates the beautiful, as Keats did. Mars makes a person look for everything that is attractive. He creates vibrations in the mind, causing a person to lose money by getting things that can make other people envious. Whether a thing is necessary or the expense is necessary or not, Mars creates such childishness in the mind that ultimately the person loses money and loses the thing as waste as well. Mars in association with Mercury is the cause of Personality disorderlike Sigmund Freud’s ID Y overspending. There is nothing in this world that Mars can do or undo, either by itself or by provocation from other planets.
However, we have a higher pedestal. Mars is an engineer. He is creative. Use of tools, utility, innovation and constructor. He is a yogi. Especially Hatha Yoga and Tantra that require strength, determination and concentration of mind and body. Mars is a Marshall-General. He will not go into the triviality of thinking long before acting. He acts first. He aims for victory, and nothing else will do. Poor me! Mars is always victorious. The other things follow. Mars will not listen to others. He didn’t reason things out. Or he may not be patient enough. That is why the people of Mars are very difficult to handle. They are usually fierce and aggressive. One can see wound marks on the body of a person from Mars.
For Cancer and Leo Ascendants, it is Rajayoga Karaka. For Mars Capricorn is the sign of exaltation and Cancer is the sign of weakness. For Jupiter vice versa. In the horoscope of Lord Rama, whose ascendant is Cancer, Mars is posited in the seventh house of Capricorn. Although Mars is not a separate planet [ Sun, Saturn Rahu, Ketu and Lord of 12th ]caused the separation of Rama from his wife Sita, increasing the power of the 7th house, whose Lord is Saturn, a separating planet. He got his wife back from him alone through a war ( happy march ). Mars being the Lord of the 5th house,[Scorpio is the negative house of Mars ] which means problems and sons, Lord Rama’s sons were separated from him and even fought a battle ( happy march ) with his father. [ For in-depth analysis , see, This Author’s Book of Articles : Horoscope of Rama Avatar].
Regarding the Deity of Mars, there are three views. According to one view, the deity is Hanuman; According to another view, the deity is Muruga or Kartikeya, the second son of Lord Shiva. One more opinion is that the deity is Lord Laksmi Narasimha. Mars is considered as Vishnu Avatar of Narasihma. Worship Lord Hanuman on a Saturday; Or worship Lord Lakshmi Narasimha on a Tuesday. Mars will definitely be pleased to bestow grace on him. Mars awards at least one person, if that person gets rid of the “Kapi Cheshta”. The worship of Skanda or the different forms of him-Muruga, Karthikeya, Subramanya is very difficult, as He is a strict disciplinary. Like the wise Lord Narasimha alone without Laksmi by his side. But Hanuman is a different character.
Although He is celibate, His detachment from worldly life will not stand in the way of understanding the difficulties of this Samsara. He comes to the rescue of those in distress, easily. Lord Hanuman represents or causes the blessings of the following deities: Saturn through Shiva and Parvatimercury through branch and sitamars through Lakshmi-Narasihma, Venus through Lakshmi or Parvathi. Worship a deity and get four others for free.
Hint: Those who are in the stock market, follow Mars. Follow the aspect of Jupiter on Mars. Follow the schedules of events such as Mars in Aries, Reliance Alliance, Indian Stock Market Boom which will continue until February 2006.
About Mars, is the first article about Mars. There are other articles that are published by Ezine Articles like Blame it on Mars, there’s a Mars in my kitchen. Readers are requested to read all the articles and be prosperous as Mars is the karaka of energy and dexterity who is easy to please. Reading and learning about Mars is also a form of worship.