All about Mars in Capricorn or in the 10th house
Like a celestial sentry, Mars readies us to fight for what we hold dear. Here’s where you feel passionate, fired up and may have a surplus of energy.
Temper alert! You may find that your fuse is shorter when it comes to this area of life. Or you may run hot and cold. You’re willing to act instinctually instead of deliberately—and sometimes things get messy as a result.
Lusty Mars is the forthright companion to seductive Venus and can bring out the “cosmic caveperson” in us all. Raw desire is directed by Mars, and that includes everything from our sex drive to our professional pursuits. Where there’s smoke there’s fire, so why not build upon that heat? Daring, energetic Mars provides exothermic momentum for our most trailblazing missions.
Natal Mars or Mars Sign
Whatever zodiac sign and house Mars was orbiting through at your time of birth determines your “natal Mars” or “Mars sign.” More specifically, this will guide you in the following ways:
- Motivation: How driven you are to achieve and what lights your fire
- Lust: Your passionate instincts and erotic drive
- Leadership: Where you’ll readily jump in and take charge
- Fight: What gets you riled up and ready to throw down; how you do battle
- Initiative: How readily you’ll start a project, relationship, etc.
- Raw instincts: What makes you move into action without thinking twice
Mars is one of the inner planets, along with Venus and Mercury. Because of its closer proximity to the Sun, it moves through all twelve zodiac signs in 687 days, spending an average of 6-8 weeks in each zodiac sign.
What is my Mars sign?
Use our cosmic calculator to discover what zodiac sign and house Mars was in when you were born. To accurately determine the house, you will need to know your birth time.
What if the zodiac sign and house are different?
This is common! Read both the sign and house description below. Do these interpretations pull you in two different directions? That’s not unusual. We human beings have range. Astrology is an interpretive dance, a tool which provides a fascinating layer of self-discovery. Do some “astro mixology.” Reflect on how you can work with both energies to enhance your life.
Special positions of Mars
Retrograde
Mars turns retrograde once every two years for a span of approximately two and a half months. It’s not that unusual to be born with this planet in reverse. You may have to work harder to muscle through its lessons, but once you nail this planet’s energy, your additional effort may actually lead to a rock-solid mastery of working with Jupiter in your life.
Domicile: Aries
The planet’s home base, an easy flow if placed here in the chart
Detriment: Libra
Opposite sign of home base, may need to work harder to integrate the planet’s energy if placed here in the chart
Exalted: Capricorn
The planet’s most powerful position; indicates ease and added fortune with using the planet’s energy if placed here in the chart
Fall: Cancer
Opposite sign to the exalted position, can indicate struggles with utilizing the planet’s energy if placed here in the chart
Mars in Capricorn or the 10th House
Utterly unstoppable—that’s you! Being born with driven Mars in Capricorn or the ambitious 10th house can be a double blessing of sorts, especially when it comes to your career.
Success is in your cosmic DNA. When you set your sights on a worthy goal, you will work tirelessly to achieve it—tanks filled with rocket fuel. Mars is said to be “exalted” in this sign, its luckiest placement in the zodiac. Like a double-dose of high-achiever vibes, the cosmic energy of Mars boosts Capricorn’s inherent qualities: persistence, leadership, industriousness and wealth-accruing skills. Capricorn is symbolized by the mythical Sea Goat, and having Mars here gifts you with a special brand of magic.
Mars in Capricorn on a mission
With Mars in Capricorn or the 10th house of expertise and fame, you’re as creative as you are productive, drawing inspiration from a deep well, then finessing it to the heights of success. Warning: you can easily cross the line into workaholism, whether you’re blasting through a professional mission or obsessively crafting a work of art or music. Until you’ve “made it” (as you define success) Mars in Capricorn finds it hard to rest—and even then, you might work five days a week instead of seven.
In your personal life, you also desire the benchmarks of success: a home that’s an architectural showpiece, a lovely and loyal mate, and quite possibly children. If your S.O. can understand your constant (at times exhausting) impulse for worldly success—and they stick by you through it all—you’ll know for sure you’ve found yourself a lifelong match.
Mars in Capricorn in love
Sexually, you can be a force of nature with Mars here. When you channel your drive toward erotic pleasures, you can be a legendary lover with a nearly insatiable appetite. But you can also go long spells without it! Think and Grow Rich author Napoleon Hill wrote of “the transmutation of sex energy,” essentially postulating that the same energy used for sex is required to fuel the creative genius—and that periods of abstinence are advisable for those wishing to develop their magnum opus. You may innately understand this concept, indulging in the pleasure principle “by season” instead of at will.
Choose your safe word! In bed, Mars in Capricorn may enjoy role-playing different power dynamics, even switching from “top” to “sub” depending on the day. Light bondage or full-on BDSM could add to the fun—and it can be a relief to cede control in the bedroom after taking charge in the office all day. Capricorn rules the skin, bones and teeth. Sensual touch and massages can be turn-ons—and so can those gentle (or not so-gentle) bites!
