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water sign indicates healing through emotional expression. These
individuals find solace and healing in exploring their emotions, allowing
themselves to experience the full range of feelings, and expressing their
innermost thoughts and fears.

Magnetic Presence: There is a magnetic and mysterious aura around
individuals with this placement, drawing others to them. Their deep
emotional understanding and intuitive nature make them captivating and
enigmatic to those around them.

3. Mars
Mars (also Mangal or Kuja) is a warrior planet (Kshatriya) by nature. He is
cruel, aggressive, forces things, and is inconsiderate, hasty, Pitta (fire)
constitution, easily angered and hot. He carries forward actions of the King
(Sun) and has a soldier mentality. Mars is a Tamas planet, does not think, he
just carries out the orders he has been given. His job is to protect and thus
he is naturally related to people like soldiers, policeman and guards. Since
Mars is connected to the element of fire, on the internal level, he is
connected to agni- or stomach fire and digestion. Health of the body is
maintained when food is properly digested and toxins are eliminated; Mars
is essential for strong health but can also bring problems with excess fire
and heat. He regulates energy levels of the body (digestion transforms food
into life giving resources) as well as the regulation of body tissues (dhatus)
and nerve tissues and nervous system. Excess heat in the physical body can
bring a myriad of disorders, however, mentally, this creates a need to
control outcomes and situations. Faith and trust are a huge part of taming
this forceful fire nature.

Mars, or Kuja, is considered “of the earth” and is thus a personification of
the Earth as Ma, the Great Mother (think Kali Ma). As a result, Mars relates
to land, earth, property as well as the protector of these significators.
However, Mars is associated with the Rudras (storm gods) as well as
violence and violent acts that bring harm- through fire, cutting, bleeding,
tearing and killing. However, this Mars behavior can be positive for actions

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