Relationships Series : Mars and Venus in Synastry - the Septile Aspect
Mars - Desire. Venus - Love. When They Collide…
In this Weekly Relationship blog, we’ll explore the magnetic tension and subtle harmony between Mars and Venus in synastry - the planets of desire and love. Synastry is the one of the astrology branch that comparing two birth charts to understand the dynamics between two individuals. Its a tool to help us understand our relationship, in romance, love, friendship, family and business partnership.
It’s important to note that there is no single aspect tells the whole story. Compatibility comes from full chart - considering houses, elements, qualities, and the overall balance of energy. For any relationship to thrive, we need rapport, communication, empathy, tolerance, and the ability to give and receive, and first we must have some kind of attraction, give it primal or subtle that link two together.
In this article, we’ll focus on Mars and Venus in a love relationship, that linked up with one of the most overlooked yet deeply soulful aspects between them: the Septile.
Mars: The Flame of Desire and Initiative
The archetype of planet of Mars in our natal chart speaks our will to act – to chase, to claim, to experience the thrill of desire fulfilled. It governs the urge to assert, to move forward, to penetrate experience. The sexual and physical drive. The need to conquer challenges and pursue what excites us! In Synastry, Mars represents the active energy in relationship: the physical energy of the “get up and go” in any relationship, and the sexual urge in emotional ones - what turns us on! The person with the strongest Mars may often influence or lead the relationship’s physical or energetic dynamic. But in any relationship, companionship, true sexual rapport also requires the dance of ballet with Venus in the balancing grace. We’ll explore more of this in future articles.
Venus: The Flower of Affection, Aesthetics—and Possession
Venus governs our capacity to attract and connect through sense of touch, beauty, and emotional reciprocity. The desire for beauty, harmony, and pleasure. The need for connection, appreciation, and mutual exchange. In Synastry, Venus shows what we’re drawn to, how we express affection, and what feels beautiful or magnetic to us.
The Septile Connection: Sacred Geometry of the Soul
The Septile aspect is when two planets between 51°25’. It is a whisper in our chart. Looks for the closer orb, within 1 degree. It reveals itself in the quiet moments: a gaze that lingers too long, a creative collaboration that turns oddly personal, or a dream that feels more like a memory. Septiles link planets through inspiration, imagination, and inner myth. There is a romantic link between them and we are inspired to bring them together. We long to unite them, since they have a strong emotional power over us with this aspect.
So, when your Mars Septile another person Venus, the desire and affection are in secret resonance. With this aspect, it’s not always about physical union which Mars desires – but about feeling romantically or erotically activated by the symbol the other person represents. It can strike like lightning - suddenly, unbidden, lifting the mind beyond the boundaries of ordinary awareness. Its open doors to extraordinary insights, there is often a nonlinear, dreamlike rapport between the two. You “get” each other in ways that are hard to explain. You may finish each other’s sentences - or each other’s poem in a sense. They become muses for each other, even unintentionally. There is karmic-feeling attraction often involve septile, which it tapping into our soul.
When Mars septile another person’s Venus - it’s like two people activate each other’s inner myth, spark inspiration or awaken unconscious projections. If you’re the Mars person, you can feel a mysterious pull towards the Venus’s person’s seduction, elegance or emotional energy and also the traits that represent by it’s sign in an erotical way. You feel inspired to act, but not in your usual straightforward Mars way – more symbolically, creatively, or idealistically. You feel a longing that may not be fulfilled in reality, but burs vividly in fantasy. (Also look at the sign that Mars is in your natal chart and their aspect makes to other planets in your chart)
If you’re the Venus person, you could feel that the Mars person awaken dormant desires – not just sexual, but aesthetic, emotional, even spiritual. There is a sense of being admired or idealised, but through an artistic or sacred lens. You could feel a gentle emotional stirring, like hearing music that feels strangely familiar.
Image: Septiles in Synastry
When Mars septile Venus, there is a subtle yet undeniable romantic pull between them – an emotional undercurrent that stirs the soul. You may feel not just attracted, but inspired to bring the two energies together, as if uniting them fulfils something scared within.
The connection holds a kind of dreamlike gravity, evoking longing, projection, and a quiet, persistent ache to merge what feels cosmically paired. The septile weaves a thread of spiritual magnetism between the planet of desire and planets of love, suggesting that their union – real or imagined – has meaning beyond the present moment.
With this aspect, the urge to unite is real, but not always acted upon – because in many cases, just the existence of the connection is enough to stir the soul. Mars-Venus septile give us inspiration, resonances, and the quiet ache of possibility.
The Septile as Soul-Level Inspiration in Synastry
When the full power of the Septile is expressed, it can lead to immense creative achievement - or, in some cases, to deepen emotional entanglement and even destruction. Alongside the quintile, the septile reflects our inner myth-maker—our ability to imagine, reshape, and reinvent the world according to a personal, often symbolic, truth.
In synastry, this can arrive as a flash of knowing, a sudden surge of emotion or desire, inspiration can arrive suddenly, lifting the mind beyond the boundary of ordinary thought. There can be an inner shift provoked by another’s presence.
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So when your Mars septiles another person’s Venus, the connection holds a symbolic, mythic quality. It’s not just about being turned on or romantically intrigued—it’s about being inspired by the idea of the other person. They may stir something that feels creatively sacred, emotionally symbolic, or even fated. They are the source of inspiration. They aren’t just attractive. They are catalytic.
In this Mars-Venus Context, What Might This Look Like?
You may feel like you’ve met someone straight out of a dream.
The connection may feel psychic, dreamy, or divinely timed, even if nothing physical happens.
You might feel inspired to create because of them—poetry, artwork, music, movement.
Their presence touches a deep layer of your own desire, awakening fantasies that feel private, archetypal, and hard to explain.
If the contact is mutual, the relationship can become a creative vessel—something that helps you both explore your inner emotional world through each other.
Whether the relationship becomes real or remains in the realm of longing, the emotional and creative impact is undeniable. Sometimes, a Mars-Venus septile become a chapter in your personal mythology - the love that awakened your creativity, even if it never unfolded physically.
Its feel like the song - Higher…
It’s feel like the song “Higher”
Take me higher…
With the house rulership, depending on where your Mars is in their chart, if Mars is ruling your 3rd house, the relationship between the two could bring an influence to your immediate environment, the way you communicate and connect with the Venus person. If Venus is ruling their 7th house, this aspect between the two can bring an influence in their one-to-one relationship.
It’s Never Just One Aspect
As always, as mentioned earlier in this article, we must consider the whole chart. If Mars also conjunct the other person’s Descendant, or if their Mars conjunct your Moon, these aspects would deepen the connection, blending the soulful with the emotional, the romantic with the primal!
Mars is a planet of action and ignition. It activates, it energises, and when it touches another person’s personal planets or angles, it’s like striking a match! Each aspect in synastry brings a unique flavour of desire, tension, or challenge, and reveals something about two might work together (or clash in a spark) in a relationship.
Sometimes, the spark feels like a chase. Sometimes, it feels like a challenge. And sometimes, it simply makes you feel alive.
One especially charged connection happens when someone’s Mars aspect your Sun. It can awaken your identity, your confidence, or your purpose in life. These aspects can be invigorating, empowering, or depending on the dynamics - irritating or confrontational, like someone poking at your ego in ways that push you to grow.
Even the contact of their Progressed Mars to your chart can add new layers of energetic interaction, these shifts are subtle, but they speak volumes in the language of love, desires, and connection.
We’ll explore Mars aspects to the Sun more deeply in future articles - by understanding how Mars interacts with other core planets can help us understand even more about attraction, power, and passion in our synastry story.
Does This Resonate With You?
Have you ever felt this kind of magnetic, symbolic connection—where someone touched you in a way that words couldn’t explain?
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