Mars conjunct Ascendant natal gives a vibrant, intense, courageous, and independent nature. You come on strong even when meeting someone for the first time, often appearing aggressive at one extreme or sexy at the other.

Anger management can be problematic because your strong ego can easily be ruffled. This can make working with others difficult and lead to arguments and hostility. You project yourself very forcefully as if to show your strength and courage. People can easily sense this through your body language or even your aura at the subconscious level. Others may react aggressively toward you, and you will often make enemies.

Not being able to hide your intentions can get you into trouble, but people always know where you stand. Personal integrity and honor are strong assets that will earn your support. Just as you cannot hide your angry side, you cannot disguise your strong sex drive. You can ooze sexual magnetism, which makes you very attractive in a raw, militant, or sporty way.

You should excel in sports, and Mars rising is the aspect for success in war. Competition is one of the best outlets for your assertive energy, not only in sports but also in business, the military, law enforcement, medicine, and politics. Any area in which strength is respected would suit you. You can be counted on due to your strong work ethic and a clear desire to succeed in your personal and professional goals.

You may need to develop a greater understanding and respect for those who are not as strong as you are. Your relationships will enjoy harmony by being more sympathetic and tender to sensitive or weaker individuals.

Maternus (@335 AD)

Mars conjunct Ascendant. If a horoscope is found in the limits of Mars, it will make people always adorned with a sharp spirit. If Saturn is in the same limits, it will make people similarly sharp, but whose anger will persist in perpetual indignation. If Jupiter is in the same limits, it will make people similarly sharp, but who desire to give everything to everyone. If Mars is found in the horoscope in its limits, and it is a diurnal birth, it makes people approach all kinds of crimes and atrocities with a wicked desire for fury, it makes people reckless but involved in frequent cases of misfortune, and who are worn out by the burden of constant work. But if it is a nocturnal birth, it will make people strong, cruel, irreligious, rapacious, and who destroy other people’s property with various lacerations.

If the Sun is found in the same parts, it will make people cunning, but who are both desired and oppressed by snares. If Venus is found in the same parts, it always indicates a desire for adultery, and causes these same adulteries to be committed, and renders such who cultivate themselves in every kind of beauty, so that they may be said to be handsome, and to whom all the fruit is bestowed from the affections of men. If Mercury is found in these parts, it will make strong murderers, and those who desire the illicit intercourse of boys with a wicked lustful desire, lavish spenders, and in whom no sign of truth can ever be found, ingenious lascivious people who always dance with drunkenness, and who strive to spend their expenses without counsel or arrangement.

If the Moon is found in these parts, it will make such people who see their adversaries for various reasons † , and who in turn are bestowed by the same adversaries for similar reasons † ; they are also oppressed by the toils of constant work, and to whom the bitter pain of a wound is inflicted by fire or iron. But if the day is about to give birth, and the Moon is full of lights, it gives a strong body substance. But if it is a nocturnal birth, and the Moon is dim in its lights, it will produce strong ones, whose bodies are strengthened with suitable strength, and who are carried away by the various and everlasting commotions of journeys. But for these a violent death is always decreed. [Mathesis, Firmicus Maternus. @335 AD, Book 5, Chapter 2, pp.21-22.]

Mars Conjunct Ascendant Transit

Mars conjunct Ascendant transit can bring hostility as you assert your increased strength and courage. It can also result in aggressive responses from others, especially those who are openly hostile or your partners. This energy arises quickly and is best addressed on the spot in a direct, open, and honest manner.

There is a tendency to dominate others, but this often leads to confrontation, resulting in tremendous anger and resentment. The most effective use of this hot energy is to compete and win. Direct this energy toward achieving your goals. Your strong drive and courage make success more likely now than it would be at other times.

Physical exercise, sports, fighting, and other competitive endeavors, such as business and politics, are favored. It would be wise to exercise caution when driving or using knives and other dangerous machinery when you are angry.

Your sex drive will be very potent, and romance is possible. The tendency toward primal domination can be attractive to some, but you may do better by being a little more sensitive.

Mars Conjunct Ascendant Celebrities

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