You must sever the weeds in your life that call into question your self-esteem, and oppress you through diminishing self-worth. You will be put into situations where others may be able to financially oppress you, or where you may have to compete for key resources, your foundations, employment or stability. You may have your values disrespected, with situations arising that force you to make decisive moral decisions and to resist temptations that would diminish your integrity. You will want rest, abundance, comfort and peace of mind, yet life will push you further, demanding that you direct your abundance and desire for material gain in ways that bring you greater freedom rather than oppression.
You must be willing to sever your guilt of overconsumption, of constantly justifying and measuring the accumulation of your resources, otherwise that which you gain will be what you ask for direction, forming idols. Allow Mars to burn away everything that you thought you required in order to live a sustainable, healthy and prosperous life, for that is when the true gifts of this placement will begin to show their sprouts. This is the placement that creates the individual that is able to bring forth roses from scorched earth, you are blessed with the wisdom required to bring fertility back to that which has become barren. In the tending of your garden however you must be discerning, what values have you sown? For what is sure is that everything you value consciously or subconsciously you will directly reap the effects of, and the creation of a paradise requires protection from that which corrupts.