Mars in Leo

Mars in Leo acts with confidence and wants the effort noticed. Drive is warm, proud and sustained when it is appreciated; anger is dramatic and quickly forgiven. This is the placement of the performer, the leader and the generous competitor. The weakness is vanity and a poor response to being ignored. The work is to do the thing when no one is watching.

Mars signifies	drive, desire, conflict
Leo is	fire, fixed — warmth, expression, being seen
Sign ruler	Sun
Mars here is	peregrine at most degrees — a wanderer without a home here

Reading it by degree

Within Leo 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 Leo

0°–10°	Saturn
10°–20°	Jupiter
20°–30°	Mars

Egyptian bounds of Leo

0°–6°	Jupiter
6°–11°	Venus
11°–18°	Saturn
18°–24°	Mercury
24°–30°	Mars

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See also Leo rising and Mars in the other signs.

Common questions

What does Mars in Leo mean?

Mars in Leo acts with confidence and wants the effort noticed.

Is Mars strong in Leo?

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