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♂︎ □︎ ♃︎ Mars square Jupiter

Ninety degrees of tension set heat and nerve against faith and generosity; the square is the aspect that forces the issue.

Mars governs drive, courage, and appetite; Jupiter governs growth, belief, and good fortune. Read the aspect as the working relationship between them.

The square keeps them at cross purposes: Mars wants a target while Jupiter wants room to expand, until a choice is made. Handled well, that pressure is the engine that gets things done.

Pushed in a good direction, it yields courage that is well aimed sharpened by generous faith that opens doors. Pushed badly, it hardens into force for its own sake set against more for the sake of more.

Timing matters. When Mars forms this square to Jupiter in the sky, it is a temporary weather system that comes and goes. Held in a natal chart, it describes something the person carries for life.

Here the square joins Mars (drive and desire) with Jupiter (expansion and faith), held 90° apart.

Right now

Mars and Jupiter currently stand about 28.5° apart, 61.5° away from an exact square. Watch it move on the live clock.

When: past and next exact squares

Computed from the ephemeris (UTC), not copied from a table.

More on this pair

• Jupiter square Mars
• Mars conjunction Jupiter
• Mars sextile Jupiter
• Mars trine Jupiter
• Mars opposition Jupiter

Where these two stand today

• Mars in Cancer
• Jupiter in Leo

Related squares

• Mars square South Node
• Sun square Jupiter
• Moon square Jupiter

In traditional astrology this is interpretation, not fate. More: about squares · all aspects.