Mars

Mars governs drive and desire, the force that pushes a person to act. It represents energy, courage, and assertion, the will to pursue what is wanted and to defend what matters. Where Venus draws things near, Mars goes out and takes them. It rules two signs, Aries and Scorpio. By sign, Mars shows the style of a person's energy and anger, whether direct, strategic, hot, or slow to rouse. By house, it marks the area of life where they push hardest, compete, and spend their effort. A well-directed Mars brings courage, initiative, healthy assertion, and the stamina to see a thing through. When Mars is poorly handled, its heat turns to aggression, impatience, or reckless force, or else it stalls into frustration. Mars also relates to physical drive, conflict, and the plain capacity to get things done. Its work is to act with purpose, learning to channel raw energy into effort that builds rather than damages.