Mars, the planet of action, energy, and drive, plays a significant role in shaping our personalities and influencing our approach to various aspects of life. Its placement in the different houses of the zodiac reveals how we manifest these traits in different areas of our existence.
Mars in the first house
Vigorous and passionate, you initiate activities, sometimes impulsively, and your passions (and anger) are obvious to all. This position gives you great vitality along with an assertive personality and can be a sign of the warrior.
Mars in the second house
Competitive, acquisitive, and practical, you feel happy when you can focus on a concrete goal. You want to be rewarded for your efforts — and not only with praise. Money and material objects do the trick more effectively than mere words.
Mars in the third house
You have a vigorous, independent, and sometimes argumentative mind, and you call things as you see them — even if that means jumping to conclusions. With your razor-sharp wit, you’re impatient and easily distracted, and you can be aggressive in conversation.
Mars in the fourth house
You try to make up for a difficult childhood by focusing on your domestic life. Highly protective of home and family, you’re an independent person with a sturdy constitution and an inborn vitality. Family matters consume you, but be careful not to create a home environment filled with fighting and dissension.
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Mars in the fifth house
Impulsive, excitable, and highly sexed, you’re active and fun-loving, and you take pleasure in initiating creative projects. You’re also very involved with your offspring, whether they’re literal flesh-and-blood babies or children of your imagination. Although you can be impatient and competitive, you enjoy playing games, athletic or otherwise, and are energised by risk-taking.
Mars in the sixth house
Work excites you (even if it exhausts you). You’re efficient, skilled, and precise, with great physical vitality, mechanical skills, and a love for the tools of your trade. A dull job distresses you, and constricting organisational rules make you angry and rebellious. On the other hand, a challenge, even if it involves a gamble, stimulates you. Guard against overwork and get plenty of exercise.
Mars in the seventh house
Partnerships energise you, but that doesn’t mean you have an easy time with them. When a relationship isn’t going well, you bravely confront the issues, making Mars in the seventh house the position of kiss-and-make-up. Alternatively, you may attract an aggressive partner.
Mars in the eighth house
You have powerful desires, with determination and sexual charisma to burn. A skilled researcher, you may be attracted to healing arts and occult subjects. Financial wheeling and dealing may also fascinate you, though money and inheritances can be a source of conflict. Because this position stimulates a yearning for intense experience, you fearlessly take steps that more sensible souls avoid. This placement can bring a degree of wildness, making you irresistible to others — and an occasional danger to yourself.
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Mars in the ninth house
You’re a passionate idealist and an independent thinker with strong convictions, broad goals, and a desire to see the world. Ideas motivate you, and you’re at home in the realms of law, religion, and education. But you can slip into fanaticism and must guard against becoming intolerant.
Mars in the tenth house
A demanding, exciting career fills you with energy. You’d like to be famous, but more than that, you’d like to be involved in some grand effort, something that takes strategy and wits — like a war, a social protest movement, or the making of an epic film. Ambitious and aggressive, you want to make an impact on the world.
Mars in the eleventh house
Your friends stimulate you and help you achieve your aspirations. In a group, you rise to a leadership position. But you can also be unreasonably demanding and may unconsciously create conflicts or be drawn to quarrelsome individuals.
Mars in the twelfth house
Other people may not understand who you are because much of your energy, anger, and passion is hidden. You’re hesitant to reveal these aspects of yourself, and as a result, you may feel unrecognised. Nonetheless, spending time alone revitalises you, and you’re extremely effective when you’re working behind the scenes.