After years of watching the charts of friends and family, I've come to
the conclusion that there are three types of anger:
Ego anger
This is the type of anger that is generated by a blow to your
concept of what you are (hence, ego). This occurs when transiting
Mars negatively aspects your SUN. Squares and Oppositions trigger
off a feeling of being insulted and wanting to rectify what someone's
opinion is of you.
Emotional anger
This is the type of anger that is generated by a comment or
situation that makes you feel hurt, unloved, unappreciated, etc.
This occurs when transiting Mars negatively aspects your MOON.
Squares and Oppositions trigger off a feeling of being rejected.
Irrational anger
Lastly, we have irrational anger. Those days when you just feel
like lashing out at the world are usually caused by a transit of
Mars to your natal MARS. Somebody looks at you cross-eyed and
you just want to go over and pop them in the mouth. It starts
out with a feeling of nervousness and tension building inside.
Doesn't take much to get you to blow up when under a square or
opposition.
To track these I've created a waveform graph. By filling in the proper
dates when the aspects occur, it's easy to follow the swell and ebb of
your emotional response to the world.
To try this out for yourselves, duplicate this graph by printing it out
and above the words Trine and Conj write in the date that Mars makes those
aspects to your SUN. Do the same below for the dates that Mars makes an
opposition or square to your SUN. Watch how things develop around those
dates (they won't be exact, but near enough for you to follow this graph).
Do the same for the other two (MOON and MARS).
Around the days when you have trines or conjunctions, you'll be complimented
or otherwise made to feel good about yourself -- a real natural high. It's
a time of excitement of the best kind. The oppositions and squares are the
low points of your year. Thank God there aren't too many of them to put up
with in any given year.
On those occasions where Mars goes retrograde and passes over one of the
aspects more than once before moving on, just write in the additional
dates above (or below) the first contact date.
Here's an example I made up for myself (transiting Mars to my SUN)....
Mars goes retrograde and makes
three contacts (trines) before
moving on to the square
/
5/19/95
1/31/95
6/18/93 12/15/93 5/20/94 12/3/94 11/27/95 4/29/96
Trine Conj Trine Trine Conj Trine
--------^---------------------^---------^---------------------^--------------
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | S
------|---|--------^--------|---|-----|---|--------^--------|---|------------
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | U
-----|-----|-----|---|-----|-----|---|-----|-----|---|-----|-----|-----------
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | N
--V---------|---|-----|---|--------V--------|---|-----|---|--------V---------
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
--------------V---------V---------------------V---------V--------------------
Opp Sq Sq Opp Sq Sq Opp
9/7/92 8/7/93 4/11/94 8/13/94 7/16/95 3/20/96 7/22/96
It resembles a biorythym chart but is actually tracking a particular
planet as it aspects one of your natal planets. I applied the following
rating to develop this graph: Trine = 2, Conj = 1, Opp = -1, Sq = -2.
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Trine Conj Trine Trine Conj Trine
--------^---------------------^---------^---------------------^--------------
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | S
------|---|--------^--------|---|-----|---|--------^--------|---|------------
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | U
-----|-----|-----|---|-----|-----|---|-----|-----|---|-----|-----|-----------
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | N
--V---------|---|-----|---|--------V--------|---|-----|---|--------V---------
| | | | | | | |
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--------------V---------V---------------------V---------V--------------------
Opp Sq Sq Opp Sq Sq Opp
Trine Conj Trine Trine Conj Trine
--------^---------------------^---------^---------------------^--------------
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | M
------|---|--------^--------|---|-----|---|--------^--------|---|------------
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | O
-----|-----|-----|---|-----|-----|---|-----|-----|---|-----|-----|-----------
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | O
--V---------|---|-----|---|--------V--------|---|-----|---|--------V---------
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| | | | | | | | N
--------------V---------V---------------------V---------V--------------------
Opp Sq Sq Opp Sq Sq Opp
Trine Conj Trine Trine Conj Trine
--------^---------------------^---------^---------------------^--------------
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | M
------|---|--------^--------|---|-----|---|--------^--------|---|------------
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| | | | | | | | | | | | A
-----|-----|-----|---|-----|-----|---|-----|-----|---|-----|-----|-----------
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | R
--V---------|---|-----|---|--------V--------|---|-----|---|--------V---------
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | S
--------------V---------V---------------------V---------V--------------------
Opp Sq Sq Opp Sq Sq Opp