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Astrology:
Excerpt from Donna's e-book:
The Outer Planets and Inner Live, Volume 2: Outer Planet Aspects to Venus and Mars. |
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Magician or Menace—
What Determines How a
Mars/Pluto Aspect is Used?
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by Donna Cunningham, MSW |
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Note: The following is an excerpt from Donna’s new book, The Outer Planets and Inner Live, Volume 2: Outer Planet Aspects to Venus and Mars, available at:
http://www.moonmavenpublications.com/
IMany astrologers view Mars-Pluto aspects with trepidation, and we can understand why, when both planets are labeled “malefic.” Named for the god of war, Mars represents such often-disowned functions as anger, aggression, and competitiveness. Pluto represents our will to power, and because power is so often abused, is typically disavowed and projected onto others. We all have both Mars and Pluto in our charts and need to integrate and express them constructively in order to be whole and free. Our collective unwillingness to own these planets within ourselves can make life difficult for people who have the aspect. Family, peers, and the collective project their shadow side onto them and then act on the projections to squelch overt expressions of this aspect.
Delving into the lives of individuals with this aspect, we find that some of them emphasize Mars’ characteristics more—and seem to do better—while others come down heavily on the side of Pluto. With Mars emphasized, these can be dynamic, courageous, and even downright sexy folks who live life with a good deal of spunk and zest and who make an intense impact on their world. They can be strong leaders, often on a a crusade. The better qualities of Pluto come into it as well, for despite opposition and obstacles that would crush a lesser soul, they stay focused on very demanding goals, which often involve righting the wrongs around them. Magicians of a sort, once their intention is set, they seem to have a magnetic power to attract just the people, situations, and information they need in order to achieve their aims.
Others with this combination turn Mars’ energies in on themselves and get hung up in negative expressions of Pluto. Fueled by painful histories, they can be bitter, brooding, shame-ridden nay-sayers who poison their lives—and the lives of those close to them—with perpetual grievances and resentments. Distrustful of people, of God, and of life itself, these alienated souls may isolate to armor themselves against further betrayals. When isolation becomes too agonizing, they may latch tightly onto a highly significant other and build walls to enclose the two of them. Some pursue destructive actions for revenge or to defend what they view as rightfully theirs.
You may wonder what makes the difference between these two patterns, and what determines whether Mars or Pluto is the stronger of the two. In part, the answers may be astrological—what kind of aspect is it and how close? What other planets aspect Mars or Pluto—do those planets aspect both of them or only one? What signs and houses are involved? Is Mars or Pluto in the potent Gauquelin sectors 10° either side of the Ascendant, Midheaven, Descendant or IC? If so, which of them is closer to the angle? Naturally, you’d take into account all other planets aspecting Mars as well as any planets in Aries in order to get a clearer picture.
I don’t believe astrology holds a pat answer for this puzzle. As we’ll see from examples of the individual aspects, Mars-Pluto trines can as easily misuse the combination as can hard aspects—and hard aspects don’t necessarily make you a hard case! Over the years, I’ve observed that orbs too wide for most astrologers—10° for a Mars-Pluto conjunction[1]--can produce results as devastating—or as transformative—as the tightest of aspects. Study the natal chart for checks, balances, and mitigating factors. However, my work with clients suggests that the answer isn’t so much in the chart as in the soul. Foremost, the answer lies in the extent of childhood wounding to Mars and Pluto functions. For some, events have been far more traumatic than for others.
Experiences and healing efforts after childhood also modify the aspect’s effects. What opportunities, supports, and role models outside the family have people with this aspect had for developing the healthier expressions of the aspect? Most importantly, have they clung to destructive patterns or worked hard to overcome them, by their own capacity to heal themselves and with the help of therapists and healers? Success also helps ease their anger and alienation, giving much-needed peer validation and a sense of power and control over their lives. Conversely, alcohol or substance abuse adds central nervous system irritability and “liverishness,” making it harder to access Mars’ energizing potentials. When traumatic adult experiences mirror the childhood ones, the wounds go deeper and are harder to heal.
©2006 by Donna Cunningham.
Would you like Donna Cunningham to answer a question about your astrology chart?
Write to her Dell Horoscope advice column, "Astrology at Work," by sending an email to jpettey@dellmagazines.net with your birth information and question. (Your name and location are not printed in the magazine, and if you'd prefer that your birth information be withheld, that can be done also.) If your letter is cho©2006 by Donna Cunningham.
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Donna Cunningham,
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Donna Cunningham is an internationally respected astrologer and the author of 13 books on metaphysical topics.
Donna Cunningham has a dual background in astrology and psychotherapy, with a Masters in Social Work from Columbia University and over 30 years experience as a professional astrologer. She considers doing the astrology charts of children to be a sacred trust. It is a way of knowing who these Indigo children are on their own terms rather than as their families, teachers, and society expect them to be.
In these sessions, she focuses on typical childhood concerns such as family and peer relationships, the best educational approaches, and the child's special gifts and abilities. She can be reached for consultations at (503)291-7891, by email, or at her web page. Ask about her special rate for children's charts.
Donna is also co-editor of Vibration and a frequent contributor. She has written fourteen books on astrology and other metaphysical topics, including her Flower Remedies Handbook. Astrologers who want to know the special considerations involved in doing children's charts can read the chapter on this topic in Donna's text, The Consulting Astrologer's Guidebook.
Listed in several Who’s Who volumes, she has given seminars on astrology around the world and won the prestigious Regulus Award at the 1998 UAC.
email:
moonmaven @spiritone.com
Phone:
(503)291-7891.
Donna teaches astrology classes online at:
Academy of
Astro-Psychology:
www.astropsychology.
org/index.asp?pgid=1
For the past 20 years, she has worked with the flower remedies, and she is co-editor of Vibration Magazine, a free online educational quarterly at:
essences.com/
vibration/
Donna has 17 books available, including 7 ebooks with more to come! See them at:
www.moonmaven
publications.com
This series is reprinted with gracious permission from Donna Cunningham.
©2002 Vibration Magazine/The World Wide Essence Society
PO Box 285
Concord, MA 01742
978 369-8454
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If you are interested in ordering a copy of Donna's ebook:
"Flower Remedies--How Plant's Energies Can Heal Us,"
It is $15, available at Moon Maven Publications:
www.moonmaven
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