Mars


The Drive to Succeed  

Mars shows us our assertiveness. You can either be aggressively or non-aggressively assertive and the sign and house placement of Mars will tell a lot about this.

Mars is also connected with sexuality, vitality, and how we take action. Mars can indicate the areas that we are impulsive in; where we act before thinking. It also represents the types of ambition we have.

Mars takes 22 months to complete one cycle of the zodiac, which leaves it in each sign for almost 2 months.

Mars' placement in a chart indicates where we are driven to succeed, or where we expend the most energy. In a woman's chart it can also indicate the type of partner she is most attracted to.

All Planetary Photographs from the Hubble site
RULES
Aries
EXALTATION Capricorn
DETRIMENT
Libra and Taurus
FALL
Cancer
GLYPH
Shield and spear of Mars, the god of war (symbol for male)
NATURAL HOUSE
First
OPPOSITE HOUSE
Seventh
KEYWORD
Energy