♂︎ Mars in ♍︎ Virgo
With Mars in Virgo, the will to act takes on a grounded, practical, slow-to-move key. Being mutable, it bends, blends, and changes shape to fit the moment.
Virgo is the mutable earth sign, ruled by Mercury. Its keynote is craft, discernment, useful service. Placed here, Mars (drive and desire) takes on that colouring, so read the two together on the Virgo arc of the wheel.
In Virgo, expect drive, courage, and appetite to feel steady and concrete and distinctly adaptable. The planet keeps its nature; the sign sets the style.
Well integrated, it looks like courage that is well aimed in a Virgo register; strained, it slides toward force for its own sake.
When Mars is in Virgo
Mars next enters Virgo around 25 November 2026, staying until about 21 February 2027.
It returns to Virgo around 14 May 2027 (through about 15 July 2027).
It returns to Virgo around 24 October 2028 (through about 21 December 2028).
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
- ♎︎ Libra
- ♏︎ Scorpio
- ♐︎ Sagittarius
- ♑︎ Capricorn
- ♒︎ Aquarius
- ♓︎ Pisces
Tradition and interpretation, not prediction. See Mars or the sign of Virgo.