Moon and Mars aspects
The Moon and Mars in aspect describe how your feelings meet your drive and your temper. Together, in step or at odds, they set how fast you react and how you fight for what you need.
You cry when you are angry and fight when you are hurt, and the people who know you have learned to wait a minute.
The Moon is your feelings; Mars is drive and anger. An aspect between them puts heat into your emotions, and the angle decides whether that heat warms or burns.
Moon conjunct Mars
Your feelings are quick, strong and honest. You react first and think second, protect the people you love fiercely and cannot stand being kept waiting. A conjunction this hot makes you brave and impatient in equal parts.
Moon trine or sextile Mars
Your courage is emotional. You stand up for yourself and others without drama, act on your feelings at the right time and recover quickly from a fight. People find you spirited and dependable. It is instinct with a trine; a sextile brings it out when the moment asks.
Moon square or opposite Mars
Moods flare. You snap and then regret it, or bottle your anger until it bursts. The square is a restlessness inside; the opposition brings quarrels that start with other people, or look as if they do. A run or a hard day’s work helps more than reasoning, and once you trust your anger as information, it becomes the courage to say what you need.
How common is each?
Over the years the two meet in all five, some more often than others.
| Aspect | How common |
|---|---|
| Moon conjunct Mars | about one birth in eighteen |
| Moon sextile Mars | about one birth in thirteen |
| Moon square Mars | about one birth in ten |
| Moon trine Mars | about one birth in ten |
| Moon opposite Mars | about one birth in eighteen |
Measured every six hours from 1920 to 2030: the share of births whose chart shows each aspect between them, within the orbs every chart here is cast with.
Find your own aspects
Your chart is free and takes a moment: the wheel, your Sun, Moon and rising sign, and every aspect between your planets, with how close each one is.