Solar Biology

THE TWELVE POSITIONS OF MARS. 231
opposite sex. It also injures
their discriminative ability
and intuitive faculties, and is apt
to make them
materialistic, positive, and in some cases pretentious
and deceptive but this
;
applies mainly to outside interests,
as their intuitions and sympathies would remain
active and clear in matters pertaining to their own
home and familyṠ
(Mars) in =2:
(Libra).
This position imparts
its nature to the perceptive
faculties, both physical and mental. It inclines the
person to be very materialistic. It gives increased
tendencies and intuitions in the direction of acquiring
wealth, self-preservation, and protection, and to care of
family. It contributes to the powers of foresight and
foreknowledge
their care, especially family
of events that will affect those under
and children. It fixes
their eyes upon the things of this world, and imparts
energy and activity in the pursuit of business interests.
It affects the sexual nature so that in some cases it
makes the magnetism so antagonistic, that it will produce
disease and death in the husband or wife. This
only occurs when companions are incompatible, and
where the planetary conditions are such as to give
Mars the controlling influence ;
and this may be known
by the complexion and physiognomy. In man it will
produce a pale, beardless face, velvety voice, and extremely
sanguine temperament. In woman, the same
temperament and pale face, and a voice which appears
to start deep down in the body.
This position of Mars gives peculiar extremes to the