Mars in Aquarius

Mars in Aquarius acts on principle. Drive is independent, inventive and slightly detached; energy goes into reform, groups and ideas. Anger is cool and intellectual and can be stubborn beyond reason. This is the placement of the activist and the engineer. The weakness is contrariness for its own sake. The work is to fight for a person, not only a cause.

Mars signifies	drive, desire, conflict
Aquarius is	air, fixed — ideas, independence, the group
Sign ruler	Saturn (traditional), Uranus (modern)
Mars here is	peregrine at most degrees — a wanderer without a home here

Reading it by degree

Within Aquarius the placement is coloured by its decan (the ten-degree face) and its bound (the Egyptian term), each with a planetary ruler of its own. Your chart shows both for every planet.

Decans (faces) of Aquarius

0°–10°	Venus
10°–20°	Mercury
20°–30°	Moon

Egyptian bounds of Aquarius

0°–7°	Mercury
7°–13°	Venus
13°–20°	Jupiter
20°–25°	Mars
25°–30°	Saturn

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Common questions

What does Mars in Aquarius mean?

Mars in Aquarius acts on principle.

Is Mars strong in Aquarius?

Mars in Aquarius is peregrine at most degrees — a wanderer without a home here. The house and aspects in your own chart decide how it plays out.