♂︎ Mars in ♈︎ Aries
Mars in Aries places the will to act in a fast, outward, expressive key. Being cardinal, it wants to start things and set them moving.
Aries is the cardinal fire sign, ruled by Mars. Its keynote is initiative, courage, the spark that starts things. Placed here, Mars (drive and desire) takes on that colouring, so read the two together on the Aries arc of the wheel.
Here drive, courage, and appetite runs warm and direct and initiating: Mars pushes forward, but in the Aries manner rather than any other.
At its best that shows up as courage that is well aimed, expressed the Aries way. Under pressure it can tip into force for its own sake.
When Mars is in Aries
Mars next enters Aries around 19 March 2028, staying until about 27 April 2028.
It returns to Aries around 27 February 2030 (through about 8 April 2030).
It returns to Aries around 6 February 2032 (through about 18 March 2032).
Dates computed from the ephemeris (UTC), not copied from a table.
Mars’s aspects today
| Mars square Saturn | orb 2.6° |
| Sun sextile Mars | orb 3.4° |
| Mercury sextile Mars | orb 4.4° |
Mars through the other signs
- ♉︎ Taurus
- ♊︎ Gemini
- ♋︎ Cancer
- ♌︎ Leo
- ♍︎ Virgo
- ♎︎ Libra
- ♏︎ Scorpio
- ♐︎ Sagittarius
- ♑︎ Capricorn
- ♒︎ Aquarius
- ♓︎ Pisces
Tradition and interpretation, not prediction. See Mars or the sign of Aries.