Mars

Mars governs drive and action. It represents energy, desire, courage, and the will to pursue what we want, along with anger, competition, and the physical force a person can bring to bear. Mars is how we assert ourselves and go after our goals. It rules the sign Aries, and in traditional astrology it also rules Scorpio. By sign, Mars describes how a person takes action and expresses anger, whether boldly, steadily, cautiously, or in bursts. By house, it shows the area of life where they push hardest and fight for what matters. A well-directed Mars gives courage, initiative, stamina, and healthy assertiveness. When Mars is poorly handled, energy can turn into aggression, impatience, and conflict, or it can be suppressed into frustration and passivity. Mars also governs physical drive and sexual desire. Its work is to act with courage and purpose, learning to channel raw energy toward goals rather than letting it scatter into anger or burn out.