Mars is the warrior of the solar system. When it comes to Martian energy it’s about intensity, conflict, and conviction. These aren’t lines to shy away from but rather to choose for important and decisive personal victories that strengthen character and define the important parts of life.

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On the Mars ascendant line, you are prone to be more aggressive (or assertive?), confrontational, and competitive. These places tend to bring out your edges, which are best directed at physical challenges, conquering fears, and mastering skills that usually defy your best attempts. This line comes with a certain capacity for private self-deprecation and public spitefulness but these are only fuel for the engine driving you to push yourself to success. With self-awareness, you can turn the Mars ascendant line into your testing ground for character development, especially as you learn to temper your temper and coexist with people around you despite your resistance. 

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Vying for your spot at the top on the Mars MC line is usually directly related to feats of physical prowess and strength. Mars in the public eye intends to dazzle with a good old-fashioned war parade and often wears the scars to prove it. Here the focus is on personal power. Self-reliance, courage, and resilience are rewarded here and the spoils go to the winner. Given that it’s your Mars MC line in particular, that may very well be you because Mars is not often content to sit on the sideline when glory beckons 

Navigating this markedly masculine space you make take on a default steadfast, stoic nature. The environment is not only acting on you, you are pushing back against it too

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The challenge on the Mars descendant line is to remember that others are holding a mirror up to you and conflict becomes a great tool to decide whether you like what is reflected. That doesn’t mean it’s time to shy away from conflict. Mars is, after all, the God of War. On the descendant line, you can expect conflict as the warrior God presents himself in others. He gives you the chance to hold your ground and strike a balance between throwing in the towel and losing your cool altogether. This is a great opportunity to build up personal resolve and the skills needed for conflict resolution.

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Mars on the Imum Coeli line ignites the issues with your foundations and challenges you to redefine your stance regarding your origins. Here Mars is not willing to let offense slide on the account of keeping the family together. In fact, in these locations, it will show you exactly why those issues need addressing. It’s up to you to decide whether to take on the challenge that comes with the forest fire that is familial strife and generational curse breaking. You’ll find that while conflict is painful, sometimes on the other side is a renewed sense of self, a repaired system, or perhaps the removal of a cancer. What doesn’t kill you, makes you and the next generation stronger. 

*These statements are general descriptions that can apply to most people, but not all.  If you’d like to know how your Mars line affects you personally, book a reading here.

Venus loves to lounge. Sensual pleasures, luxury, relaxation, and of course beauty. Venus lines invite you to see life through rose-colored lenses. Romantic and aesthetic, Venus will offer a peaceful respite filled with art or a dull challenge to allow yourself to rest, depending on Venus’ placement in your chart. 

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Self-love is calling on the Venus Ascendant line. This is the place for vacation, personal fulfillment, and special attention to aesthetics. You find yourself drawn to beautiful things, expensive tastes, and the pampering you may have been denied. In these places, Venus wants to give it to you. Depending on its placement, the challenge is finding the willingness to accept outpourings of affection and balancing indulgence with direction. Specifically, artistic endeavors flourish on the Venus ascendant line as self-expression and archetypal beauty collide. 

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On Venus’ descendant line, the search for love and beauty takes a rather literal interpretation. This is the place for a long-term partnership, marriage, or perhaps a long-lasting muse for your art. Iterations of pleasure and aesthetics come directly through other people in these locations, though with the benefit of informing you about your own loveable traits. On the Venus DC line, you’ll find your ability to charm gets a helping hand from Venus.

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The Imum Coeli of Venus is primed for strong family bonds, renewed inner harmony, and deep-seated realizations of self-love and acceptance. On the IC it’s as if Venus enters your inner world as a decorator, dusting and beautifying, lighting fragrant candles, and picking the perfect color schemes. Venus IC lines are all about the pleasures in our structures, the parts that we love, the parts that make us feel loved, and the ability to choose the way we love them back. You’re imbued with self-acceptance and nurturing here.

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Aesthetic. On the Venus MC line, it’s all for the aesthetic. Your public image is ruled by proximity to decadence and opulence. This can motivate financially driven or image-centered career moves. If you’re not the enigmatic artist or the stunning socialite, you’re maybe the well-dressed financier, making sure your lavish lifestyle is front, center, and secured. On the Venus MC line, it’s lifestyle in particular that takes precedence. Your career is merely a tool to advance your personal brand recognition.

*These statements are general descriptions that can apply to most people, but not all.  If you’d like to know how your Venus line affects you personally, book a reading here.

The Moon is private and dynamic. The placement of your Moon informs your deepest emotions, desires, and needs, and like the cyclical lunar formations, you’ll find your emotions in flux along moon lines. In astrocartography, these are the lines to connect to the pieces of you that may go neglected in the day-to-day fast pace of life. Here we cease to ignore the nourishment our inner gardens crave but may not have voices to tell us.

Dualities: Illuminated by the light of the Moon are aspects of our lives needing special attention, nurturing, or even healing. Moon lines can let you into secret worlds you otherwise might overlook. However, in the Moon’s shadow lie self-pity, isolation, and stagnation if one wallows in the emotional depths uncovered.

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The moon on the ascendant brings your more intimate world to the forefront of your experience. You feel the connectedness of your physical and emotional beings and depending on your moon’s placement this can be a validating cushion or a rude awakening to the feelings you’ve been denying. Either way, the moon on the ascendant helps us uncover truths about what needs watering and pruning, offering a sort of motherly energy to guide our inner child in its various trains of thought.

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On the Moon descendant, the emphasis is the Other. The Moon presents itself through your relationships, revealing feelings and needs by way of your interpersonal dynamics. Here is the place to work out the kinks of why you repeat certain patterns, where you need to grow 

emotionally, and how you can be better to yourself. People around you hold a mirror reflecting your inner child and all its demands. 

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At the bottom of the chart, the Moon on Imum Coeli connects you back to family structures, heritage, and your root system. Like each moonline, this is a fluid, revealing energy. On one hand, it can be a great place to reconnect to your sources of spirit. On the other, it shows how your web of origin keeps you locked in place, unable to fulfill your needs. Both are positive in the long run as you shed what’s outdated and reconnect with your source in ways that truly fit you. Here we break the generational curses.

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The Moon’s midheaven line leads you to work with your heart. Your deep-seated needs become entangled with your idea of success, and through your work, the world is exposed to your heart. While this lends itself in particular to humanitarian positions, the Moon MC line works its magic through your passion, so wherever your heart lies in career affairs will be how it shines. That being said, this is still a moon line and given to morph around where you feel most drawn to in a given moment. Never to be tied down, the Moon reserves the right to lead you down varying career paths on the MC line.

*These statements are general descriptions that can apply to most people, but not all.  If you’d like to know how your Moon line affects you personally, book a reading here.

In our solar system, the sun is center—the source of our energy and the guiding force season through season. Similarly, the Sun in your chart is the center of your identity, guiding aspirations and defining selfhood.   The Sun lines all share a theme of ego. How we define who we are.

Polarities: In the light of the Sun you may find confidence, recognition, and abundant potential to achieve personal greatness. In its shadow is the underpinning of pride, a need for validation, and the potential for arrogance and oversight.

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On the ascendant line, your sun shines outwardly, collecting admirers as you sift through different iterations of your most suited self. Ascendant sun lines are the place to be seen, specifically for the characteristics you express outwardly. 

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Here partnership is under the focus of the sun’s rays. On the sun’s descendant line, your relationships with others illuminate and develop your sense of self. Interpersonal dynamics call your attention to where you lead, where your power lies, and how you distinguish between “Me” and “We”.

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The Imum Coeli is the Sun’s midnight position. At this place in your chart, the sun sits in darkness; the private, reflective darkness of the inner world. This is where you find inner power and authority, take on spiritual growth milestones, and decide how to define the Self. These places encourage a deep dive into ancestry, heritage, and the things that have shaped who you are up to this point so that you can reconcile them with what you decide to be going forward. 

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The midheaven line of the Sun is all about your highest potential and social status. There’s a push here to achieve and the line itself rewards your dedication, near obsession for your ambitions, with a recognition of your career goals by people around you.

*These statements are general descriptions that can apply to most people, but not all.  If you’d like to know how your Sun line affects you personally, book a reading here.

Mercury wants to get the message out. Quick thinking and creative communication are its priorities. Along Mercury lines, you’ll find your attention drawn to creative outlets, sensory perceptions, and the wirings of your mind. While the Moon reflects your inner world through emotion, Mercury communicates through intellect. 

Dualities: In the light, Mercury is a skilled wordsmith, bridging the gap between thought and expression, and thus bridging gaps between people. In shadow, Mercury becomes a snarky critic, communication does not serve to unite, and intellect becomes better suited for paranoid theories than creative connections.

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The self is defined by its wit on the Mercury ascendant line. These places open the mind to creativity, successful communications, and a readiness for involvement with neighbors and new friends. Your mind is happily hard at work here and you’ll find ease in sharing your invaluable ideas, especially as people around you seem to appreciate your input like never before. This is a great place to form friendships, get inspired for creative projects, or contemplate life and who you are.

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Mercury on the descendant offers a fresh take on empathy. With an open mind and a knack for effective communication, personal relationships are allowed more room to flourish. Here you’re able to relate to people with ease as you may enjoy an outside perspective just as much as your own. The mind is stimulated here with input from others around you, helping you to appreciate the importance of community and cooperation. 

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The inner dialogue is key on the Mercury IC line, especially regarding your roots. Introspection lends itself to a deep dive into how your heritage has shaped your perceptions and of course, your sense of self. These locations urge you to get to know the ancestors who came before you and fit the pieces of your genealogical puzzle together. Unraveling the backlogs of your story, you craft an understanding of the past and how you choose to communicate its meaning.

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Mercury on the midheaven line offers a great opportunity for professional growth, especially in fields that require communication and intellect. Here you’re not only influential in conversation, you’re also more open to mental downloads and have an advantageous edge for learning. The Mercury MC line is a great place for advancing your education, negotiating, and making strategic career moves. Here the world will see your wit.

*These statements are general descriptions that can apply to most people, but not all.  If you’d like to know how your Mercury line affects you personally, book a reading here.