In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna urges Arjuna to fight. The bottom-line battle is between the real and the unreal. Krishna urges Arjuna to do whatever it takes to emerge spiritually victorious over the unreal. How do we know what's unreal?

Sigmund Freud changed our perception permanently when he suggested and made valid the idea that perhaps all of our behavior was not the direct effect of conscious mind functioning.

Mars means action, energy, agression and sometimes this can manifest as arguements, but without the action energies of this planet - nothing ever gets done.

The square formed between Mercury and Mars produces an overactive, energetic mind. You can become overheated, argumentative, and highly partisan in view.

Because I am an astrologer, the first thing I did when I saw the final episode of the wildly popular CBS summer television series “Survivor” was to cast charts for the castaways -- the four finalists, that is.

What motivates people? What gets them out of bed in the morning? How do they go about getting what they want? Look to the position of Mars in the natal chart for answers.

The house that Mars resides in represents an area of the life that you'll express actions and desires. Your energies and initiative will be spent focusing on the affairs of this sector of the chart.