♂︎ Mars in ♉︎ Taurus
Mars in Taurus places the will to act in a grounded, practical, slow-to-move key. Being fixed, it digs in, holds its position, and resists being moved.
Taurus is the fixed earth sign, ruled by Venus. Its keynote is steadiness, pleasure, what endures. Placed here, Mars (drive and desire) takes on that colouring, so read the two together on the Taurus arc of the wheel.
Here drive, courage, and appetite runs steady and concrete and persistent: Mars pushes forward, but in the Taurus manner rather than any other.
At its best that shows up as courage that is well aimed, expressed the Taurus way. Under pressure it can tip into force for its own sake.
When Mars is in Taurus
Mars next enters Taurus around 27 April 2028, staying until about 7 June 2028.
It returns to Taurus around 8 April 2030 (through about 19 May 2030).
It returns to Taurus around 18 March 2032 (through about 28 April 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
- ♈︎ Aries
- ♊︎ Gemini
- ♋︎ Cancer
- ♌︎ Leo
- ♍︎ Virgo
- ♎︎ Libra
- ♏︎ Scorpio
- ♐︎ Sagittarius
- ♑︎ Capricorn
- ♒︎ Aquarius
- ♓︎ Pisces
Tradition and interpretation, not prediction. See Mars or the sign of Taurus.