Mars in Scorpio in the birth chart

What it means to have Mars in Scorpio in your birth chart: how this placement works, its best and its typical pitfall. Free birth chart calculator.

The force of will · Water, fixed

Your will is concentrated: when you want something, you drop off the radar and work on it with a discipline that startles. In conflict you do not lose your head; you go quiet, observe, store information and act once, at the moment it counts. You also have unusual stamina for extreme situations, the kind that gets through crises that bring others down.

The light of this placement

You can bear long pressure without collapsing and go all the way with things that demand stomach, not just enthusiasm.

The shadow — what to work on

Resentment can become a long-term project, and control over your own territory sometimes turns into control over the people inside it.

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Mars: what it means in the chart

It shows how you fight, desire and assert yourself. It's the planet that explains why one person explodes and another stews for days, and why some only find out they were angry long afterward.

Scorpio

Scorpio is the sign that won't accept the surface version of anything. It wants to know what lies underneath, in the subject, in the person, in itself. It goes to the bottom or it doesn't go. People with it strong tend to have a strength that only shows when everything is being turned over, and a sharp radar for when someone is lying out of politeness.