♂︎ Mars in ♑︎ Capricorn
With Mars in Capricorn, the will to act takes on a grounded, practical, slow-to-move key. Being cardinal, it wants to start things and set them moving.
Capricorn is the cardinal earth sign, ruled by Saturn. Its keynote is ambition, mastery, the mountain path. Placed here, Mars (drive and desire) takes on that colouring, so read the two together on the Capricorn arc of the wheel.
In Capricorn, expect drive, courage, and appetite to feel steady and concrete and distinctly initiating. The planet keeps its nature; the sign sets the style.
Well integrated, it looks like courage that is well aimed in a Capricorn register; strained, it slides toward force for its own sake.
When Mars is in Capricorn
Mars next enters Capricorn around 25 November 2027, staying until about 3 January 2028.
It returns to Capricorn around 4 November 2029 (through about 13 December 2029).
It returns to Capricorn around 10 October 2031 (through about 20 November 2031).
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
- ♈︎ Aries
- ♉︎ Taurus
- ♊︎ Gemini
- ♋︎ Cancer
- ♌︎ Leo
- ♍︎ Virgo
- ♎︎ Libra
- ♏︎ Scorpio
- ♐︎ Sagittarius
- ♒︎ Aquarius
- ♓︎ Pisces
Tradition and interpretation, not prediction. See Mars or the sign of Capricorn.