Attachment Issues: Mars in the 4th = Defends emotions instead of expressing them.

Mars in the fourth house hides emotions. Feelings live behind inner walls. Emotions exist but stay guarded. Home feels tense, not soft. Childhood shaped emotional caution early. Safety required silence, not expression. Vulnerability felt dangerous from the start. Defense replaced emotional sharing over time.

Early environments taught emotional restraint deeply. Feelings often triggered conflict. Expression brought tension or withdrawal. Emotions became private territory. Anger learned to stay quiet. Fear learned to stay contained. Hurt learned to turn inward. Survival depended on emotional control.

Attachment develops slowly and cautiously. Closeness feels needed yet unsafe. Connection is desired but feared. Trust builds with difficulty. Independence becomes emotional armor. Distance feels safer than reliance. Love is approached carefully. Intimacy feels like exposure.

Defended emotions leak indirectly. Irritation replaces honest expression. Silence replaces emotional language. Reactions appear sudden and sharp. Intensity lacks clear explanation. Pressure builds beneath calm surfaces. Unspoken feelings seek release. Mars responds through protection.

Privacy becomes emotionally essential. Home turns into a fortress. Control creates temporary safety. Disruption feels deeply threatening. Boundaries replace emotional openness. Letting others inside feels risky. Emotional safety equals containment. Walls feel necessary for peace.

Yet strength lives within restraint. Guarded emotions hold deep value. Loyalty runs fierce and steady. Protection extends toward loved ones. Emotional roots are defended instinctively. Defense slowly becomes courage. Expression begins to feel possible. Strength no longer hides feelings.

Healing starts with emotional discernment. Not all closeness is danger. Intimacy does not equal loss. Trust softens defensive reflexes. Expression releases internal pressure. The inner world grows calmer. Mars lowers its guard. The battlefield becomes solid ground.