Mars 263birth. “ You have to elevate yourself by your own self”,
says Lord Krishn.a. This is possible with the Martian side
of man.
Karma yoga is the path of this planet. The power of
decision and self-confidence makes him practise what he
believes to be good. A powerful Mars in the horoscope
makes a man, a firm believer or a no-believer. Mars in his
own sign or in exaltation near the meridian denotes very
strong atheists at time, but they are very soon attracted to
very strong spiritual men. Soon the pendulum swings to
other extreme as we find in them very strong devotees
with great achievements on a large scale. Through their
liberality, compassion and spirit of sacrifice, they progress
directly without the aid of the intellectual approach.
The process of preparation for the initiations of the
first stage, requires a major role of Mars. The man of the
mass level (which is the grosser half of the individual
level) is potently dominated by the swing of the opposites.
Good and bad, pain and pleasure and the extremes of the
sense of touch and the sense of understanding belong to
Mars. Man is strongly gripped by these pairs and his soul
is imprisoned by possessive instincts. Mars gives strong
impulses and causes an expression of all the lower side
of man. The individual strongly responds to the lower
nature. This response however does not find an expression
in those who are above the personality level. In those of
the lesser levels the responses on their positive side lead
to actions and reactions relating to many of the social and
political problems including conflicts between nations,
countries, individuals and their ideologies. The process
of purifying the lower nature of man by exhausting the
animal instincts and making him transcend the trials of