March with Mars...and Make 'IT' Happen!

A few months back I wrote about Mars in Libra and the Battle for Balance. And now that Mars has entered Scorpio I get the sense that the battle might wage on, just in a new form. Duh, you might say?! Isn't life a constant battle for balance? Yep it is! However, the tone, temperament and tactics of how we find and maintain this beautiful place of balance also constantly changes. It changes as Mars moves though the 12 signs of the Zodiac and, more specifically for each of us, by how it aspects our Natal Mars position.

And I've realized that Mars' continuous movement through the sky is actually quite beneficial to the energetic process of making things happen, getting where we want to go and achieving goals in our lives. So instead of a follow up to my own story, I thought it would be much more useful and helpful to take a march with Mars through the signs to show the importance, value and purpose of this aggressive action planet's cycle for your personal success. 

Mars is a two year cycle, which means it will return to the position it was when you were born every couple of years to evolve, refresh and reignite your personal drive, authority and power. The energy of Mars is aggressive, forceful passionate and impatient. This burning fire also promotes strong will, bold action, ambitious desire and the strength and courage to fight for what we want and need to live and move. And it takes at least bit of all of these qualities to create, grow and succeed in life. The amounts of each for you individually will depend much on the natural Mars energy you carry to begin with.

And regardless of what sign your Mars is in personally, it makes its journey through the zodiac to continuously support, challenge, change and reward your efforts, to help you achieve your goals and grow to your fullest potential.

My personal Mars is in Aries, it's ruler by the way, so I naturally fit the Mars bill in terms of taking action. And while Mars has been traveling through its opposite sign Libra, my usual approach to getting things done has been annoyingly opposed. However, the things it has brought to my attention over the last seven months have already proven to be priceless lessons in love, generosity and patience. I'm hugely grateful even though it has been, admittedly, often a very frustrating process. 

So let's take a march with Mars though the signs and see if I can provide some insight to support the importance and value of shifting our focus and pace to get where we want to go. If you don't know what sign your Mars is in you can start by reading your Sun sign, because your Sun Sign is the star driving force that is always pulling you toward your fullest potential and will reveal a major aspect of how you take action in your life. I am an Aquarius Sun and Mars in Aquarius definitely resonates with me too. However, my Natal Mars sign and position reveals more specifically what challenges me along the way to reach my personal authority and goals. Make sense? It's like my Sun is the intention and my Mars is the journey. 

And if you want to know your specific Mars sign you can use the Chart Calculator on my website. Put in your birth info, look for the male symbol for Mars and then use the zodiac guide at the top of the page to locate the correct sign if you're not already familiar with them. And if that is too complicated, you can email me at info@dualityandbeyond.com and I will be happy to do it for you. 

Nevertheless, whether you know your sign or not you can benefit from understanding the role each sign plays and then following where it is traveling in the sky. So let's march!

Mars in Aries 

If you have Mars in Aries you have plenty of impulse to act. In fact, you may take action impulsively and pursue what you desire quite aggressively and with lots of enthusiasm. The journey of transiting Mars will help you structure and refine your plans, teach you to act with consideration for the thoughts and feelings of others as well as make you aware of the consequences of your actions. So the other signs can help you reach your goals and often save you from trouble. 

Mars in Taurus

If you have Mars in Taurus your impulse to act can be reserved by the evaluation process you place on everything you do. You can be slow to take initiative, but when you do, you work slowly with determination to get things done and understand the importance of building something of beauty and quality. The journey of transiting Mars will help to push you along and ignite more drive to share your skills and talents. So the other signs can help you reach your goals and often provide the nudge you need to get started. 

Mars in Gemini

If you have Mars in Gemini your impulse to act starts in your head with ideas, education and study. You can have so many exciting thoughts about what to do and ways to go that it can have you vacillating in your actions constantly. The journey of transiting Mars will help you move on your decisions before you can change your mind and drive your intellectual impulse toward clearer purpose and plans. So the other signs can help you reach your goals and focus your mind and actions in a single direction. 

Mars in Cancer

If you have Mars in Cancer your impulse to act starts in your heart with a need to nurture, care and create with sensitivity. You have a strong will and a tender tenacity to make things happen and the motivation is almost always to give and receive love. The journey of transiting Mars will help you come out of your safe place, make bolder moves and rationalize your emotions so they can support rather than suppress your drive. So the other signs can help you reach your goals and free your heart from fear or insecurity about your ability to succeed. 

Mars in Leo

If you have Mars in Leo your impulse to act is doubled by a passionate, dramatic confidence that grabs the attention of others like a moth to a flame. You make grand plans and have no problem driving them into action and you are so focused that you can become overbearing and authoritative in your self-expression. The journey of transiting Mars will help you temper your tone, consider others needs to be seen too and ground your gravitas so you can always shine. The other signs can help you reach your goals and ensure you express your authentic spirit. 

Mars in Virgo

If you have Mars in Virgo your impulse to act begins in the brain with detailed examination of the process by which things will get done correctly and most efficiently. You are quietly practical, precise and determined in your actions and have a serious drive to be of service. In fact, your focus can be so strong that there is no flexibility or room for sensitivity. The journey of transiting Mars will help you bend or change course when necessary, consider someone else's plan as a valid possibility and soften your critical tone. The other signs can help you reach your goals and provide other useful tools for getting there.

Mars in Libra 

If you have Mars in Libra your impulse to act is prompted by a desire to have fun, please and create peace and love. Your drive to be fair and honest in your actions can cause you to be constantly weighing the pros and cons and not actually doing much. The journey of transiting Mars will help you take action, make firm decisions, do what is good for yourself as much as others and stand independently within your partnerships. The other signs can help you reach your goals and team up with more personal authority and confidence. 

Mars in Scorpio

If you have Mars in Scorpio your impulse to act comes from a desire to have power and control over what happens to always feel safe and protected. You have intense discipline, will and relentless drive to get what you want and will stop at nothing to get it. And this can often make you feel like you have no recourse but to be ruthless and pushy at times. The journey of transiting Mars will help you release your hold enough to let others help, free yourself from your unrealistic fears of failure and ground your penetrating efforts to successfully apply them in the world. The other signs can help you reach your goals and positively manipulate your actions without causing pain. 

Mars in Sagittarius

If you have Mars in Sagittarius your impulse to act is accentuated with a larger than life motivation to go further faster. You have a daring, courageous, impulsive will and are happy to work independently to get what you desire. You are on a personal quest to expand your world through going out and experiencing it first hand, so this can have you changing direction quickly with powerful purpose, for good reason and with no real desire to explain yourself. The journey of transiting Mars will help you recognize the value of sharing your adventurous spirit as an inspiring influence on others and providing you the structure to hold on to the fortune you can build. The other signs can help you reach your goals and live beyond your wildest dreams. 

Mars in Capricorn 

If you have Mars in Capricorn your impulse to act is controlled by a cautious approach and regulations put on yourself that require a certain result is reached from your actions. This can provide an unending endurance and discipline to driving your plans forward, but can also get you stuck in the cement of your convictions and miss out on the real opportunity that will bring you success. The journey of transiting Mars will help you loosen the reins on getting it done the right way and instead focus on using any road blocks as stepping stones. The other signs can help you reach your goals and confidently lead others to do the same. 

Mars in Aquarius 

If you have Mars in Aquarius your impulse to act is unconventional with a drive to take everyone forward with you. You take a quick-witted route to fight for the freedom for all to act independently and at times struggle between wanting to help by joining groups together or going it alone yourself. The journey of transiting Mars will help you commit, structure and design your drive to manifest all your hopes, wishes and dreams while also teaching others how to march to their own beat too. The other signs can help you reach your goals and connect the dots to make progressive progress. 

Mars in Pisces 

If you have Mars in Pisces your impulse to act can be created or clouded by the emotional fantasy of how you imagine things will go or the illusions of how you fear they won't. You are motivated by your compassionate spirit to do for others in need without complaint, and inspired toward artistic endeavors as an outlet for your boundless imagination. The journey of transiting Mars will help you build personal boundaries to protect your sensitive heart, structure your mind to avoid being taken advantage of and fire you up enough to take action on your own behalf. The other signs can help you reach your goals and manifest your dreams into reality. 

So as you can now probably gather, there is a role each sign plays in the journey of striving toward and achieving our desires. We may have different foundational impulses from which we act first based on our Natal Mars, however, the many different qualities needed to actually succeed in our ventures can be developed though the awareness, assimilation and implementation of all the signs impulses. Therefore  by understanding your own Mars energy and then paying close attention to the transiting Mars position you can master the act of 'doing' consciously to manifest real and relevant results in your life.

And as a special note, the house placement will naturally also color your course even more. For example my Mars in Aries is in my 10th house of career and life purpose, which is the home of Capricorn and the planet Saturn. So I have a lot of ideas and desire to "just do it", and I can work smart and independently to get things done, but I'm often blocked by my own fears or concerns about how it will all turn out or what the result of my actions might be. I'm always working through this within to learn and form my personal authority and confidence about what I put out into the world. It can create a back and forth between excitement and frustration as I pursue my goals. However, the benefit of knowing this is that I can have a bit more compassion for myself and rest in the understanding that growth takes time and patience.

I hope this fun march with Mars helps to motivate and inspire you to look further into the cycle of Mars and forge your own exploration of how it works to support, challenge, change and reward your personal efforts to achieve whatever success looks like for you.

For your well Being!

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