Mars gives you enemies. Saturn makes you outlast them

That feeling of butting heads with others, of making enemies? Sometimes that fire comes from Mars in your stars. Mars makes you push, makes you fight for what you want. But that same energy can also rub people the wrong way, creating those you clash with. It’s a lonely feeling, facing opposition.

But Mars is just the spark. What helps you get through those battles, what lets you outlast those who oppose you? That’s often Saturn’s slow, steady strength. Saturn is about time, about enduring. While Mars might throw you into the ring, Saturn teaches you how to stay there, how to weather the storm. It’s not about winning every fight, but about lasting longer than they do.

Saturn’s presence in your chart, how it connects with other planets, can show how you handle these long-term struggles. A strong Saturn can give you a natural resilience, a way to just keep going even when things are tough. Difficult connections to Saturn might bring hardship, but they also build a deep inner strength, a quiet understanding that time is on your side.

So, while Mars might bring the initial conflict, might create those you see as enemies, it’s Saturn that gives you the ability to endure. It’s the slow, steady climb versus the quick burn. And in the long run, that lasting power, that ability to simply outwait those who oppose you, often leads to a quiet, hard-earned victory. It’s a melancholy kind of strength, born not of fiery bursts but of the slow, persistent march of time.