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THE INHARMONIOUS ASPECTS

Here there is usually a definite sacrifice of happiness, either to an ideal, to a material

ambition or to duty, as in the case of soldiers and sailors, whose vocation demands the sacrifice of

ordinary home comforts.

In regard to character the worst side of the configuration lies in its exacting and selfish

character, which, though by no means a necessary phenomenon, occurs regularly in the lower

types. A sort of mean jealousy, unredeemed by the romance of Uranus or even the passion of

Mars, may be observed, and, with Mercury-Mars afflictions, nagging may occur. Wives may carry

punctuality to such a point that lateness at a meal may mean a day of disharmony; husbands may

be household tyrants waging constant battle over domestic accounts.

One may credit Venus-Saturn natives with fidelity; they are often very cold in some part of

their nature, and, even with ascendants such as Taurus or Libra, may astonish one with

unsuspected hardness. Yet to a few they may be devoted and loyal beyond what is usual. There is

often a tendency to be apprehensive and to be given to forebodings; and some tend to nurse

grievances and dwell on supposed slights.

The life is generally a hard one, either through poverty or worldly failure, or, if this does not

occur owing to other counteracting indications, then there is usually either depression and

moodiness, loneliness (often with bereavement), or ill-health. The last is, however, the least

characteristic feature of the configuration, which centres above all in the emotional and affectional

spheres.

Childhood does not seem to suffer particularly, as is usually the case with Venus-Mars

aspects, but one of the parents as a rule the father is apt to be a burden. Frequently he is a

forceful, tyrannical, exacting or dominating type, whose will allows little free development in his

children. Sometimes, though less often, he is unpractical, a failure and a financial burden to his

family. Sometimes his early death is denoted, and step-parents may occur. He is rather likely, in

some instances, to require his children to grow up too soon, to realize their responsibilities too early,

and to work more strenuously than an all-round unfoldment might call for.

The mother is often affected and is as a rule strongly tinged with Saturnian characteristics,

as in the way of being ambitious, worldy, snobbish or aloof.

Generally there is apt to be a condition of fixation in respect of one or both parents. The

child is too strongly marked with their impress and tries to grow into their likeness or that of one of

them, each sex tending to assimilate itself to the parent of the opposite gender. Sometimes the

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