Mars in Libra, Mars in the 4th House

Mars in Libra ♎︎ in the Natal Chart

Archetypes: Judge, Counselor, Friend

What Drives You: Mars in Libra in the natal chart can provide one with a drive towards counseling and acting as a mediator for others. You put immense amounts of energy towards keeping the peace. This is not a conflict driven placement. Mars in Libra individual’s can have trouble finding their energy. They have a tendency to move slower and find reaching their goals takes additional effort. 

Mars in this placement can indicate that your friends have a huge influence in your life. You are there for your friends when they need you most and in turn you rely on your social group for support. You possess great tact as you find disagreements extremely unpleasant and do what you can to avoid them sometimes at the expense of your own feelings. 

With this planetary placement you make an excellent judge of character along with an understanding of situations. You have the ability to see the balanced outcome by making a fair assessment of all parties involved. There may be a preoccupation with justice and following the rules.

Sexuality: As Mars in Libra is not quick to action it may be difficult to arouse your sexuality. You appreciate beauty and your surroundings will need to be up to your standards in order for sexy time to take place!

4th House

Keywords: Keywords for the 4th house include home, home life, parents, ancestry, relatives, privacy, birth place, nurturing, self-care, self-love, security, and spiritual initiation. 

Angular House Type: An Angular house type means it is ruled by a cardinal sign. In this case Cancer is the cardinal water sign ruling the 4th house. 

The 4th house in astrology is symbolic of our most private self. It is the part that is the hardest to express, representing things we often keep hidden from others. This house can also be representative of one’s parents, typically one or the other. It can represent what the earliest relationships in one’s life were life and home life environment. The 4th house is representative of one’s relationship with authority, thus the association with a parental figure. 

The areas of life the 4th house oversees include the ways in which you create a home for yourself. It looks at how important having a home base is for you. The 4th house is the security blanket of your natal chart. The sign on the 4th house is symbolic of how you take care of your deepest needs, where you need the most nurturing, support, and comfort. If you have an emphasis of planets in the 4th house in your natal chart this may indicate you tend to be shy or keep things to yourself, only revealing your true self to a select few individuals.