Sun quincunx Mars natal creates some imbalance between your identity and your desires. What you consciously want to do does not always match your inner desires. Sometimes your passions, sexuality, and activity will ignore your ego and sense of self, but your willpower will be more assertive at other times.

Once conscious awareness of the competing energies is realized, the initial irritation caused can be channeled into fulfillment from helping others. This karmic aspect sometimes relates to past experiences in war or sex, which is relieved by balancing personal desires and selfless service. This aspect also adds charismatic appeal, a sexy spark to your personality.

For example, TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart’s (0°46′) desires often got the better of his willpower and caused great embarrassment hurting himself and his family in a very public way. Serving himself with prostitutes did not sit easily with his idea of service and preaching about morals.

Sun Quincunx Mars Celebrities

Charlotte Rampling 0°01′, April Ashley 0°18′, Robert Duvall 0°22′, Toni Morrison 0°26′, John Wayne Bobbitt 0°29′, Philippe Petain 0°30′, Diane Sawyer 0°41′, Jimmy Swaggart 0°46′, Charlotte Casiraghi 0°52′, Kate McGarrigle 1°08′, Dolores O’Riordan 1°30′, Corey Feldman 1°39′, Clark Gable 1°49′.