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☉︎ ☍︎ ♂︎ Sun opposition Mars
The opposition strings the Sun and Mars along one axis, so each tends to be met out in the world, in other people, rather than owned within.
The Sun governs selfhood, confidence, and creative vitality; Mars governs drive, courage, and appetite. Read the aspect as the working relationship between them.
The opposition places them on one axis, so the Sun tends to show up in the people and situations Mars attracts. The task is to own both ends instead of casting one of them onto someone else.
Pushed in a good direction, it yields a steady, generous sense of who you are sharpened by courage that is well aimed. Pushed badly, it hardens into pride that has to be the center set against force for its own sake.
Timing matters. When the Sun forms this opposition to Mars 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 opposition joins Sun (identity and vitality) with Mars (drive and desire), held 180° apart.
Right now
Sun and Mars currently stand about 56.6° apart, 123.4° away from an exact opposition. Watch it move on the live clock.
When: past and next exact oppositions
| 16 January 2025 | most recent |
| 19 February 2027 | upcoming |
Computed from the ephemeris (UTC), not copied from a table.
Where these two stand today
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In traditional astrology this is interpretation, not fate. More: about oppositions · all aspects.