Mars in Virgo ♍︎ in the Natal Chart
Archetypes: Analyst, Servant, Martyr
What Drives You: Mars in Virgo in the natal chart will be driven towards perfectionism and accomplishment. Virgo energy typically has an inclination towards order, precision, and purity. With Mars in this location in your natal chart you will be deeply driven to analyze every angle of life’s scenarios. This may at times cause you to stagnate as you run through the multitude of possibilities that exist for every given situation.
In this role you are driven to serve others. You have an underlying sense that part of your personality is here to make sure other people are taken care of. At times you may end up feeling like the martyr. Finding a balance between giving and receiving is a lesson this Mars in Virgo placement. Finding the courage to say, “No” to extra work or commitments can be very liberating for you!
Sexuality: Mars’ placement in the natal chart also helps illuminate aspects of your sexuality. As a Mars in Virgo individual your sexuality will be expressed through restraint. You are turned on by waiting and do not mind putting in the effort needed to secure the object of your affection. You are turned on by exclusivity enjoying having total commitment from your partners.
1st House
Keywords: The keywords associated with the first house are individualism, identity, selfishness, ego, personality, infancy, imitating, starting line, and destiny.
Angular House Type: An Angular house is ruled by a cardinal sign. Aries is the cardinal fire sign ruling the 1st house.
The 1st house in astrology is representative of how you express your self identity. The sign on the 1st house in the natal chart symbolizes the energy through which you tend to filter all of your experiences.
Here you get to know yourself, your basic needs, and desire to be seen as an individual. In the 1st house you are having a “me” experience. This house is symbolic of initiation and impulsivity.
Planets placed in the 1st house in the natal chart tend to be very heavily emphasized. These planets will be expressed more easily in your personal expression and circumstances. This is the house is symbolic of where we first breath life into ourselves, where existence first begins. This part of the astrological chart is ego driven in the search for self identity. Here you get to perform or act out the person you are or want to be.