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Today’s article is about personal initiative and enterprise. We will discuss what motivates us, whether we are people of enterprise, which are our best initiatives and in what areas we should take them.
Last but not least, we will discuss what our approach is to take action when we are motivated to start an initiative. All this goes hand in hand with the education we have.
Typically, when we talk about education and the ability to learn, what is understood is mainly attending school and learning with the help of the teachers.
But we all know that one learns best from one's own experience. The measure of an educated person is not only the diplomas hanging on the wall but most of all the experience gained.
In other words, the brighter our ability to learn is, the brighter our personal initiative, determination, enterprise skills are, as learning is equal to experiment, trial and error until you succeed.
That is why those people who are enthusiastic to become educated (not only academically speaking) have very high levels of enterprise and power of self-assertion.
In personal horoscopes, there is a special area called the Third house defining all of the above: what our potential to become well educated is, how to be self-assertive, how enterprising, determined, ambitious we are and how we initiate our actions.
This area helps us derive information about other things such as communication, education and ability to learn, the world of ideas and thoughts, correspondence and various forms of communication, short trips, brothers and sisters and associates.
All of the above are related in one way or another, their root being self-assertion, initiative and determination. Not surprisingly, there is a popular saying: “If you have a sibling, he will not feed you, but if you don’t have one, you are in trouble”. If you have a brother or a sister, this is a sign that you will grow up in an environment where you will learn how to assert yourself among equals, how to be determined and have initiative.
The Third house can be compared with the hands of a man, as the hands can be interpreted as a symbol of action, of our tasks, as we do everything with our hands. They are the instrument of the instruments as Aristotle calls them.
The brain may have an endless number of ideas but without the hands which are putting everything together, nothing can be completed. That is why our hands imply a lot about the type of person we are, what we are destined to do, how we act in life, how much initiative we have, how enterprising, or ambitious we are.
Apart from the Third house of the horoscope, Mars also has to do with our strength, courage and ability to act, initiate and be people of enterprise, to assert ourselves in life. In the horoscope, between Mars and the Third house, there exists a very dynamic and narrow connection.
Ancient astrologists arranged the planets according to their orbital speed and created the so-called Chaldean order of the planets. According to that order, Mars is the third planet and that is why it is directly connected with the third area/house in the horoscope and the indices corresponding to it.
The role of Mars is to provide muscle strength and energy, will power and determination “to fight” in life, to compete, resist and endure both physically and mentally.
Mars is the soldier within us. Without Mars we cannot complete anything or make it happen. Even in order to speak, you need Mars’s energy.
That is why the position and location of this planet in the horoscope is really important for the personal initiative and enterprise skills, for the ambition to prove yourself, to fight for your beliefs and to follow them, to conquer and to subdue.
Further below, you will read what information we derive from the astral sign the Third house falls in regarding the extent of our initiative or enterprise, the way we act and in regard to what motivates us to take action.
Since Mars is also important, the Third house matters too, counted from it. Make a combination of both, as the Ascendant has a certain priority regarding activities and initiatives, whereas Mars has to do with approach and motivation.
For example, for a person with an Ascendant in Aries, the Third house is in Gemini. This means that your initiatives are mainly in the field of communication, transport and trade. If Mars is in the sign of Cancer, the Third house falls in Virgo. This means that your approach at times of initiative is very reasonable, you consider all the details thoroughly and motivation comes mostly when you encounter something impaired in need of correction and repair. Also, your environment is one where everyone is doing their job effectively .
  
Ascendant or Mars in Aries


The Third house falls in Gemini. It is ruled by Mercury. Your personal initiative is extremely high and perhaps you are the most enterprising people of all. You are highly flexible, extremely conceptual, striving to immediately fulfilleach idea that comes to your mind. This often puts you in complex, or rather overwhelming situations, which leads to many unfinished initiatives.
The best motivation that can provoke you to take initiative is to have space to test different ideas, to operate independently, to be in an environment that provides you with a lot of information, dynamics and communication. Your best initiatives are related to vehicles, trade, information and communication areas: books, newspapers, television, radio, internet, phone.

Ascendant or Mars in Taurus
The Third house falls in Cancer. It is ruled by the moon. Your personal initiative brings extreme variability and ranges from zero to constant and very active. Generally, you are people who are very receptive, so your main approach is to initiate and take action in response to something. Or to put it in a nutshell, when you are provoked, your emotional nature is triggered. The deepest motivation for you that can provoke you to take initiatives is to be in an environment where you feel as if this is your family, to be emotionally attached to the people you work with and it would be best if you are related by blood. Your best initiatives have to do with caring for the others, agriculture, construction, real estate, water pools.

Ascendant or Mars in Gemini
The third House falls in Leo. It is ruled by the Sun. Your personal initiative is extremely strong, it shows brightly, although not very often. Being proactive and enterprising for you is a matter of proving and an opportunity to show yourself, to demonstrate your presence in the world. Your initiatives are not just for the sake of starting something, they must contain a creative element, to have your personal creative style, to be a trademark, not another copy. The deepest motivation that can provoke you to take initiative is to be in a position where others follow and applaud you, and acknowledge your accomplishments. Your best initiatives are related to everything that has to do with creativity, art, music, fun and entertainment for the adults and children in society.

Ascendant or Mars in Cancer
The third House falls in Virgo. It is ruled by Mercury. Your personal initiative is humbler because you mainly direct it towards what is practical and useful in life. Even if you have heaps of ideas, you undertake only those that are reasonable and whose outcome you can predict. The deepest motivation to provoke you to take initiative is to be in an environment where “disabilities” are often to be seen or to worked with, in need of repair, where you can work effectively and constantly, and everyone around you does their job. Your best initiatives are related to correction and upgrade, support of all daily and routine activities in people’s lives, providing services related to a healthy lifestyle.

Ascendant or Mars in Leo


The Third house falls in Libra. It is ruled by Venus. Your personal initiative is closely linked to the availability of associates and partners. The more people you are linked to, the more active and proactive you are. The deepest motivation to provoke you to initiatives is to be surrounded by people, to be part of a beautiful environment where active negotiations are ongoing, where there are contracts, conflict resolution, searching for optimal solutions affecting nobody's interests. Your best initiatives are related to everything concerning beauty, design, fashion, justice and balance in the relationships among people (legal issues) settlement of contentious issues in public life, providing advice and consulting.

Ascendant or Mars in Virgo
The Third house falls in Scorpio. It is ruled by Mars (and Pluto). Your personal initiative is very moderate, well planned and targeted. Rarely, are you active to initiate, but once you do, your initiatives are immense and often almost nobody knows anything about them. The deepest motivation that provokes you to take initiative, is money, material and financial resources available to you as well as being in an environment that is shrouded in some mystery. Your best initiatives are related to everything that has to do with big capital, banks, foreign funds and insurance, but that brings a risk element. You are also attracted to all those things considered "dirtier" and which most people run away from.

Ascendant or Mars in Libra


The Third house falls in Sagittarius. It is ruled by Jupiter. Your personal initiative is huge, but often just as an enthusiastic and passionate speech. It is easier for you to inspire others than to be proactive yourself and do something about it. The deepest motivation that provokes you to take initiative is to be in an environment where you have the opportunity to broaden your horizons through knowledge, contacts with foreigners, to have  somebody to teach you or to be in the role of a person who teaches others. Your best initiatives are related to everything concerning foreign countries, trips (physical, mental, intellectual), nature and living beings, higher knowledge, education, transformation of ideals into reality.

Ascendant or Mars in Scorpio
The Third house falls in Capricorn. It is ruled by Saturn. Your personal initiative is under severe internal constraints you are struggling with long before taking action, simply because failure is not an option for you. You do only what is 200% safe. The deepest motivation that provokes you to take initiative is to be in an environment where you have the opportunity to go step by step up the hierarchy, to get high positions, power and authority, to bear responsibility. Your best initiatives are related to everything concerning structures and construction: a team of people, organizations of different types, methods of work, allocation of functions and tasks, buildings and architecture of different objects.
 
Ascendant or Mars in Sagittarius


The Third house falls in Aquarius. It is ruled by Saturn (and Uranus). Your personal initiative is highly unpredictable and you often act like a thunderbolt – sitting quietly, you suddenly snap and take actions which are literally shocking. The deepest motivation that provokes you to take initiative is to be in a strange, unusual environment, where sudden and unexpected events take place, where it’s more stressful and where you are surrounded by friends and a lot of equipment. Your best initiatives are related to your circle of friends, as well as to technical innovations, products and services that are just starting to be used.

Ascendant or Mars in Capricorn


The Third house falls in Pisces. It is ruled by Jupiter (and Neptune). Your personal initiative knows no boundaries and you often act like “work too hard instead of doing nothing”. Anything can inspire you and provoke you to take action. The deepest motivation to provoke you take initiative is to be in an environment that inspires you to manifest some kind of sacrifice, to feel like a superior benefactor working for a cause, to handle difficult situations and to direct people who are confused. Your best initiatives are related to profound general and social issues, to charity and to the ways in which people run and save themselves from trouble, you are striving for relaxation, holidays or spiritual experiences away from vanity.

Ascendant or Mars in Aquarius
The Third house falls in Aries. It is ruled by Mars. Your personal initiative knows no brakes, it's like breathing: continuous and tireless. As long as initiative means self-assertion and proving yourself, you are in full swing all your life: you act and take various initiatives, you never miss the opportunity to try something, you never consider what the outcome will be, what matters for you is to act. The deepest motivation that provokes you to take initiative is to be in an environment full of competitors and continuous opportunity to compete and prove who you are. Your best initiatives are related to anything that requires individuality, different events (sports or intellectual) as well as working as a pioneer in a field, as the person who makes the first step before anyone else.

Ascendant or Mars in Pisces
The Third house falls in Taurus. It is ruled by Venus. Your personal initiative shows very rarely, only when a limit is reached or you are presented with a fait accompli. You are the people who initiate something only as a last resort. You find it hard to begin something especially when this would disrupt your comfortable and peaceful life. The deepest motivation that provokes you to take initiative is money and circumstances of financial and material nature that are offered to you. Also, you aspire to be in an environment that is convenient, comfortable and luxurious. Your best initiatives are related to everything concerning the resources necessary to live: money, clothes, furniture and food.