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♀︎ □︎ ♂︎ Venus square Mars
Venus square Mars is friction with a purpose: the power of attraction and the will to act pull at right angles and press for a decision.
Venus governs love, pleasure, and taste; Mars governs drive, courage, and appetite. Read the aspect as the working relationship between them.
The square keeps them at cross purposes: Venus wants someone to draw close while Mars wants a target, until a choice is made. Handled well, that pressure is the engine that gets things done.
Pushed in a good direction, it yields warmth that puts others at ease sharpened by courage that is well aimed. Pushed badly, it hardens into a taste for comfort that avoids the hard thing set against force for its own sake.
Timing matters. When Venus forms this square 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 square joins Venus (attraction and values) with Mars (drive and desire), held 90° apart.
Right now
Venus and Mars currently stand about 100.4° apart, 10.4° away from an exact square. Watch it move on the live clock.
When: past and next exact squares
| 29 July 2026 | most recent |
| 10 October 2026 | upcoming |
| 16 January 2027 | upcoming |
| 23 June 2027 | upcoming |
Computed from the ephemeris (UTC), not copied from a table.
Where these two stand today
Related squares
In traditional astrology this is interpretation, not fate. More: about squares · all aspects.