Moon-Mars

Moon-Mars combines the Moon's association with emotions, emotional care, and emotional bonding with Mars' association with action, bravery, assertiveness and argumentativeness.

This combination can be reflected in life as the emotions (Moon) that become aggravated (Mars), while also the forceful (Mars) emotional (Moon) release, and the ability to be very active (Mars) in domestic activities (Moon) and in the nurturance of others (Moon).

 

Below are examples of famous people born with this combination in their natal charts (natal chart is another word for astrological birth chart, or pictographic representation of the sky when they were born). When we witness how this combination shows up in the lives of others, we can become more self-aware of how this combination shows up in our own lives. The more we are conscious of the ways astrological alignments (otherwise known as “aspects”) show up in our lives, the more the archetypal tensions involved can become integrated in our lives, thus revealing inherent strengths to us.

Please note that the tension of this archetypal combination, as illustrated in the lives and creations of the famous people in the examples below, may be demonstrated in ways that are more integrated or less integrated.

  • In your astrological birth chart the Moon symbolizes your emotional identity. It reveals where we are emotionally comfortable and says a lot about the ways in which we emotionally bond with others. As a signifier of comfort and emotional bonding the Moon also symbolizes women, children and the home. In your astrological birth chart, Mars is represented by a circle with a spear-like arrow pointing out. This is the same international symbol used to represent men (whereas the symbol for Venus is used to represent women). Just like it’s spear-like shape hints, Mars is associated with sharp action, argumentativeness, bravery, and assertiveness. Mars wants to heat things up and create athleticism and competition. When you find the two aligned in a birth chart the soft emotionally bonding nature of the Moon gets prodded by Mars’ spear-like aggressiveness. In turn Mars tends to heat up and invigorate the Lunar association with comfort.

What do you get when you see when you put the two together?

  • The Moon-Mars combination is great for people that prod us out of our comfort zones. Film maker Michael Moore is an excellent example of this. His politically charged movies aim to prod (Mars) the viewers out of their complacency in their comfort zone (Moon).

  • Actor Sacha Baron Cohen provides another fine example of this. In a humorous way he tricks the people he interviews into revealing their true views and motives. In order to accomplish this he often throws himself headlong into roles that antagonize (Mars) the comfort level (Moon) of the audience. Perhaps the symbolically appropriate example of this can be seen in his fake congressional proposal to arm (Mars) children (Moon) with guns (Mars): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkXeMoBPSDk

  • Malala Yousafzai provides an activist example in that she fought against (Mars) the cultural norms and comfort levels (Moon) in her native Afghanistan by becoming an activist (Mars) woman (Moon) on behalf of education for women in her country.

  • Marie Kondo provides another great example. She is an expert at organizing homes. As a television personality she enters homes and helps the homeowners to activate and invigorate (Mars) their home-life (Moon) by clearing their home of clutter.

  • The Moon-Mars association with emotional intimacy (Moon) through active engagement (Mars) can be seen in the following quote by actor George Clooney, who was born with this combination in his natal chart:

“I'd think, 'In a relationship, we should never have his kind of fight.' Then, instead of figuring out how to make it work, I looked for a way to get out of it. The truth is, you shouldn't be married if you’re that kind of person.”

  • The Moon-Mars combination in the natal chart of rapper and actor L.L. Cool J can be seen as manifesting very literally in his hit song, Momma Said Knock You Out. We see here Mars portrayed as the aggressive act of knocking someone out, and Moon showing up as the mother figure who inspires, prompts, and condones this act of assertion and aggression. Bringing these two qualities in the chorus of the song, combined with it’s rousing rhythm, creates an emotionally (Moon) and physically motivating (Mars) song.