♂︎ Mars in ♏︎ Scorpio
With Mars in Scorpio, the will to act takes on a feeling, instinctive, tidal key. Being fixed, it digs in, holds its position, and resists being moved.
Scorpio is the fixed water sign, ruled by Mars. Its keynote is intensity, depth, what lies beneath. Placed here, Mars (drive and desire) takes on that colouring, so read the two together on the Scorpio arc of the wheel.
In Scorpio, expect drive, courage, and appetite to feel deep and receptive and distinctly persistent. The planet keeps its nature; the sign sets the style.
Well integrated, it looks like courage that is well aimed in a Scorpio register; strained, it slides toward force for its own sake.
When Mars is in Scorpio
Mars next enters Scorpio around 2 September 2027, staying until about 15 October 2027.
It returns to Scorpio around 7 August 2029 (through about 23 September 2029).
It returns to Scorpio around 15 January 2031 (through about 25 August 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
- ♐︎ Sagittarius
- ♑︎ Capricorn
- ♒︎ Aquarius
- ♓︎ Pisces
Tradition and interpretation, not prediction. See Mars or the sign of Scorpio.