The planets

Mars in astrology

What Mars means in your birth chart: drive and desire, and where it shows up.

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Mars is your drive and your fight: desire, energy, anger and the way you chase what you want. It is the engine that turns wanting into doing.

What it governs

  • Role: Drive & desire
  • Keywords: drive, desire, anger, how you act and assert
  • Type: Personal planet

Mars is a personal planet. It moves quickly through the zodiac, so it describes something close and individual about you rather than your whole generation.

Wherever Mars falls, its sign shows the style it acts in and its house shows the part of life it touches. Mars in a bold fire sign plays out very differently from Mars tucked away in the quiet twelfth house.

Meet the whole cast in The planets, and see how Mars connects with the others in Aspects.

Common questions

What does Mars mean in astrology?

In astrology, Mars governs drive and desire: drive, desire, anger, how you act and assert.

Is Mars a personal or outer planet?

Mars is a personal planet: it moves quickly and describes something individual about you.

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