Composite Chart Mars in the 6th House

An overriding sense of duty tends to turn the relationship into a burden and deaden enjoyment. Hand considers that outlook particularly troublesome in a sexual relationship. Desire has little room to flourish when being together is experienced chiefly as a list of duties.[1]

Mars wants to act from its own drive. In this house, necessity repeatedly decides where that drive goes. Fulfilling responsibilities competently may still leave the partners tired of the relationship.

Frustration often attaches to the work itself. Even when the duty matters, resentment grows if the relationship seems to consume the energy each partner would otherwise spend on chosen activity.

A business or professional association is less troubled by this placement because work is its central object. Even there, enjoyment needs to enter the work as a form of self-expression. Affection or personal growth alone tends to leave the demand for accomplishment unsatisfied.[1]

A task with a visible result gives this Mars something to finish and a reason to keep going. Endless obligation is harder: the couple carries the burden together but rarely experiences the satisfaction of having accomplished it.