Dharmaruci of ASTROTABLETALK, writes on the “violence erupting in nature” blog:

We’ve all got violence in us given certain conditions. We also have a civilized veneer that disguises it from ourselves. So we need football, we need violent computer games and films, it gives some sort of expression to it. None of us are beings of light. We probably need the occasional war as well.

I agree with him. And astrology can tell you who is most volatile and when they’re most likely to go off. Take model, Naomi Campbell. She has Mars square Pluto and sometimes she’s just going to blow. And if you tracked her you could tell via her transits when she was especially short-tempered but I still don’t think you could predict her behavior and I’ll explain.

It’s as if she’s a live wire. And if you come along and happen to have planets in your chart that aspect hers… well she could go off on you, like you’re a match to her bomb. And I can attest to this…

My ex, the AMF was a painter and he routinely brought attractive naked women into his place so he could paint them. I never blinked an eye. It just didn’t bother me.

On the other hand, some gal so much as talked to the soldier and I was willing to fight not her, but him… if not to the death, then at least until someone was bloody! How can that be?

Well the AMF had Mars in Libra, conjunct my own. So we were both interested in the pursuit (Mars) of art (Venus), and it was also very easy to align our energy. We both looked out for the other (Libra) and had very little conflict.

On the other hand, the soldier has his Mars square mine which is an abrasive aspect and consequently I was willing and highly motivated (Mars) to beat him to death with a helmet and smash his motorcycle for dancing with another girl for one minute. And further, I have similar feelings today. I can’t help it. I literally can’t help my response to his stimulation.

So this is how profound and powerful synastry is in astrology. And if you are wondering about the potential for violence in relationship, just look at the natal chart for the potential and the aspects to Mars between charts because they will tell the story.

Have you ever noticed this kind of disparity in the way you relate to different individuals?

pictured: Libra and Her Sparrow, Sir Edward Poytner, 1907