Mars in Pisces, Mars in the 4th House

Pisces ♓︎ Mars in the Natal Chart

Archetypes: Prophetess, Nurse, Wounded Healer

What Drives You: Mars in Pisces in the natal chart will influence the native to be driven towards liminal spaces meaning the places between the worlds. You are a natural healer with this placement and often have had a trauma of your own contributing to your unique gifts. Mars in Pisces is representative of the spiritual traveler who journeyed to the other side and back. You gained valuable skills during this journey which you desire to use to heal the people around you. There is an almost transcendental nature about individuals with this Mars placement. 

You are not necessarily conflict driven but do tend to stir up controversy. As a prophet or prophetess your messages can sometimes make people uncomfortable or polarize them. This can stir people to anger, jealousy, and even rage as they experience your Mars energy as their own. You have a tendency to get lost in your spiritual fantasies and the places you visit so having a good grounding routine is necessary for this Mars placement. 

Sexuality: Mar in Pisces individual’s with typically express their sexuality with an all consuming energy. They are often very open sexually, often experimenting with many different avenues of sexuality. The tendency here will be to take on the needs and desires of those they are with.

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.