With the athletic pep and courage typical of the symbolism of Mars, I square up to the subject: Mars and sexuality. First of all, though, I would like to illustrate and clarify some of the symbolism of Mars associated with the topic in questions.

- In male subjects, Mars represents the age of youth, or rather that phase in which the individual is already physically a man and is struggling to carve out his place in the world. He is the boyfriend, the fiancé, the lover, he is above all whoever lives life reacting literally with his body to his own instincts, the rhythms and the passions that his heart transmits, and all of this in an irrational manner, without heeding the consequences that such an attitude could bring. Our subject is, in a nutshell, the man who acts on the impulses of the male organ, perfectly symbolised by Mars, who switches from a natural inclination to point downwards, if stimulated, to an erection, which usually requires ejaculation in order to return to the initial position. This brings, from the point of view of energy, an initial accumulation focused on the penis that grows and grows, and is then focussed on the process of returning to normal, which requires an discharge of energy. From the psychological point of view, the erection is experienced by the man as a whirlwind of sensations that channels everything in one direction, that is towards virility, potency and strength; precisely those weapons symbolised by the planet Mars, which, honed or blunted, depending on the positivity or negativity of the planet in the birth chart, must always be deployed.
- For the female subject, on the other hand, Mars is reflected in the imagery of masculine, physical potency which attracts the woman physically and which drives her to get to know, form a relationship and become close to a man, in order to satisfy her own important sexual needs. Through reading Mars in a female birth chart, in fact, it is possible to understand the sex drive of a woman, since it is in the figure of the boyfriend or lover that the woman projects her own sexuality, although here the analysis of the Moon and Venus is indispensable.

Multi-faceted and varied, then, is the appearance of sexuality, and there are as many ways of experiencing it as the number of aspects that Mars forms in the birth chart of any given subject. There are those, in fact, who prefer to have sex in wide open spaces such as a green meadow, or by the sea, or at the lakeside, (Mars bound to Neptune or in such signs as Pisces, Taurus and Cancer). Others like to have sex in lifts, in the case of Mars bound to Uranus, or in the third or ninth houses. We then have those who must do it in a car, due to Mars in Aries, or in the first or fifth houses, or who prefer a comfy bed, which means Mars in Cancer, or bound to the Moon. In addition, while there are plenty who choose to have one lover at a time, with Mars in Libra or bound to Saturn, others prefer group sex, due to Mars in the third or sixth house, or Mars in Scorpio. We also have those who choose a partner of the same sex, Mars emasculated in a chart in which there is negativity between the Sun and Moon; and others who are fixated on a part of the body or an article of the partner’s clothing, afflicted Mars, positively redeemed by Neptune or the Moon; those who stimulate themselves with pornography, afflicted Mars redeemed by Jupiter-Sight; and those who pay to go with prostitutes, Mars in Scorpio or an afflicted Moon in Scorpio or in the eighth house, bound to Jupiter.
Those who suffer from premature ejaculation have Mars bound to Pluto or Uranus, while, on the contrary, those whose ejaculation is delayed have Mars linked negatively with Saturn. Those who find love-making satisfying and joyous have Mars bound harmoniously with Jupiter or Venus; while those who do it out of duty, Mars-Saturn, and those who prefer masturbation, Mars Uranus…we could continue ad infinitum on the different ways of having sex, but all are directed at the same conclusion: having an orgasm.
A weapon sharpened, vigorous and manoeuvrable which must be regularly deployed is represented by Mars bound harmoniously with Pluto, due to the shattering sexual and vital energy that the two planets reflect. This vital energy is a primordial and potent force that obliges the male subject to show all his virility with impulsiveness and sometimes also with arrogance in order to affirm himself in the workplace, in society and in sexual relations. According to the signs and the houses in which Mars and Pluto are positioned and the aspects that they receive from the other planets in the birth chart, it is for that reason possible to read the various ways sexuality is demonstrated: for example, if one of the two planets is positively bound to Venus then the subject may be most excited by the physical aspect or by the voice or by the persuasive and caressing manner of the partner or even by the way she eats. On the other hand, beware if the two planets are situated in energetic signs or houses like Aries, Scorpio, Leo or the first, fifth and eighth houses because these aspects tend to focus all the vital and sexual energy on the self, leaving the subject with a surplus of vitality that leads to premature ejaculation.
Let’s look now at some particularly relevant examples from subjects I have examined and that will help us understand in detail the aspects that I have outlined in general above.

In Ernesto’s birth chart, the Mars-Jupiter conjunction, spurious insofar as Mars is in Pisces while Jupiter is in Aries, is found in the third house and receives trigon from Pluto with Leo in the eighth house, opposed by Neptune in Virgo from the ninth house, and quadrature to Mercury in Sagittarius from the first house. The Sun in positioned in Capricorn (exaltation of Mars) in the first house, co-significant Aries, and forms trigon with Uranus in Taurus in the fifth house, and quadrature to M.C. in Libra. The subject’s overload of energy is channelled through his sexuality, which leads to premature ejaculation. The feverish and optimistic way in which Ernesto chases women, Jupiter in the third house in conjunction with Mars and in trigon to Pluto, allows him to win the consent of many partners, and he leads the life of a stud. The rapid and fleeting relations Ernesto conducts with them allows him, on the one hand to satisfy the impelling need to continuously have sex, but on the other it prevents him from growing, Mars in the third, co-significant Gemini-adolescence, and from changing his way of loving, Mars opposed to Neptune-change, so that at the age of 64 he finds himself still with the vitality of a twenty year old, but always with the same difficulty in satisfying his partner, who, after some months or years, leaves him. Also, the Moon in Libra, co-significant with the seventh house-union, located in the tenth house-dominion, and opposed to Saturn in Aries in the fourth house, reflects the strong bond, contrasting and dependent, that he had with his mother, the only woman he managed to live with.
In a female birth chart, the positive aspects between Mars and Pluto represent the great charge of energy that the woman possesses, with which she gets to the bottom of matters close to her heart, as well as reflecting a marked sexual and erotic energy which prompts her to take an active part in carnal relations, from which she must derive enjoyment and gratification, otherwise the sex drive will spur her to seek out extra-marital partners, or partners outside the relationship, in order to satisfy herself. In addition, some cases have been referred to me of women who had Mars and Pluto bound harmoniously in the chart, where the partner has been very attracted by her exuberant passion, sensuality and sexual dynamism, but at the same time has taken fright because they feared they may be unable to satisfy it and keep up the pace. Her orgasms are by their nature masculine and therefore predominately centred on the clitoris.

In Gaida’s birth chart, we immediately notice the fine stellar trigon formed by Mars in Sagittarius in the tenth house, in conjunction with M.C., by Pluto in Cancer in the sixth house, and by the Sun-Saturn conjunction in Pisces on the cusp of the second house. Her sex life proved unsatisfying during the honeymoon when the husband, in the space of five minutes, became excited and reached orgasm: a bitter disillusion that made Gaida immediately think of leaving him, but her love for him and his other qualities prevented her. For this reason, the husband and wife established a sort of complicity in an unspoken pact (Pluto in trigon to the Sun-Saturn conjunction) under which the husband completely threw himself into his work, (Pluto in the sixth house and mars in the tenth house) consuming almost all his energy to the point that what little remained was barely enough to satisfy himself through masturbation, while Gaida looked around, Mars in Sagittarius, for other men with whom she could have satisfying relations, also because she found the subterfuge and the illicit nature of the encounters additionally arousing, symbolised by Pluto harmoniously bound, par excellence, to the two masculine planets.
The negative aspects formed by Mars with Pluto give rise to the profound anxiety of castration, which is manifest in the fear of penetration, in the fear of not being up to the task, the worry that the weapon is blunt, impotent, flaccid. If the two planets are redeemed by other positive aspects in the birth chart, this anxiety spurs the individual towards efficiency, to using all his energy to demonstrate first to himself and then to others that he is virile and potent. The most common and frequent way a man adopts to overcome such anxiety is to frequent different women, precisely because novelty stimulates the arousal needed to sustain him in the sex act. If, on the other hand, Mars and Pluto are not redeemed in the birth chart, the anxiety of castration may turn into actual impotence and the man’s problems can become quite serious because the minute he starts a relationship, the seed of its destruction is also planted.

Lorenzo’s birth chart presents an accumulation of planets in Scorpio, domicile of Mars and Pluto, in the eleventh house, co-significant Aquarius. Mars is positioned in Gemini in the sixth house (both centres of Mercury-adolescence) and forms quadrature to Pluto in Virgo in the ninth house and trigon to M.C The planets in Scorpio and the sextile that Pluto makes with the Sun reflect Lorenzo’s notable sexual and energy reserves; he is gifted with the fine looks and great charm of Scorpio with the mental openness of Aquarius, so he succeeds in conquering nearly all the women who catch his eye. Sometimes, he will find himself with two lovers, plus his wife, with whom he conducts rapid and fleeting relations. He enjoys himself and gives enjoyment to others by relating, Jupiter in Scorpio, the stories of these sexual encounters down to the most intimate detail (Mars in the sixth and Pluto in Virgo) and he does it shamelessly and with irony, attesting that he is not aroused by penetration, but prefers anal sex or stimulation by pornography. Notwithstanding that, his profound dissatisfaction is transparent because the affliction of Mars with Pluto and in the signs of Mercury and the grouping of planets in the eleventh house, again rational values, reveal his sterility and therefore his incapacity to satisfy his wife in her wish to become a mother.
Even in a female birth chart, the aspects of a negative Mars with Pluto, instil a profound inferiority complex, an anxiety of being unable to fully attain what she wants, and the woman projects these problems onto the partner, choosing companions who prevent her following the direct course of her life. As far as sexuality is concerned, even if the Moon and Venus are indispensable for a female subject, most people I have analysed have sex very infrequently and say, smilingly “it’s all the same to me whether I have sex or not”. A minority, on the other hand, when they find themselves unsatisfied by their relations, go in search of other partners only to end up in a similar situation.

In Lucia’s birth chart, we see that the triangle formed by Mars in Pisces, in quadrature to the Sun in Capricorn and Pluto in Libra, placed respectively in the eighth, fourth and second house: it can be deduced from this triangle that Lucia underwent psychological castration within the family and by people within the clan, and that she was subjected to violence, and in fact she was raped by her grandfather at the age of 12 during a period in which he had assumed the role of father, Sun afflicted by the male-sexual planets in Capricorn in the fourth house, following the mother’s separation from her husband. He was her grandfather on her mother’s side (Mars in Pisces exaltation of the Moon, Sun in the fourth, co-significant Cancer, housing the Moon). She was doubly abused: physically, but also psychologically, given that she was forced to keep it secret (Mars in the eighth opposed to the ruling planet of the house) both from the family and the wider clan. The recovery of Mars is provided by the sextile that it forms with Venus, which reflects her beauty and the immediacy with which she succeeds in getting close to the opposite sex. The sextile of Mars and the trigon of Pluto that is formed with M.C. and with Saturn represent Lucia’s determination and courage to achieve her goals; so much so that by the age of 20 she was already working for herself and living on her own. Her emotional life began at twenty when she met a boy who exuded sweetness and love and, in this way, she confronted her own sexuality, which for the first six months proved unsatisfying because she couldn’t achieve an orgasm, and therefore felt no pleasure: she felt blocked and experienced sexual relations only with anxiety. Her patience, Mars sextile to Saturn, and the sensitivity of her partner, allowed her to overcome this block and to change her attitude to sexual relations, Mars trigon to Neptune: indeed it pushed her to the other extreme: she found herself experiencing an orgasm and feeling pleasure, Pluto in trigon to Venus and the Moon in Pisces, and she wanted to do it often, so often that the partner began to refuse because he couldn’t keep up the pace. Lucia felt herself rejected and became locked up within herself, once more refusing sex.
For several years, her problem, notwithstanding the help of psychologists, remained in the difficulty in striking a balance in sexual relations: Lucia in fact swings from moments of intense, frenetic sexuality, terrified by the fear of tiring out her partner and thus losing him, to moments of being totally closed off and refusing sex.