All about Mars in Leo or in the 5th 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.

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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 Leo or the 5th House

All the world’s a stage for those born with Mars in  Leo or the 5th house of fun. Flamboyant and magnanimous, you rarely hit the “off” button. And why should you when life is so full of beauty, drama, and entertaining adventures?

Mars in Leo in love

Pleasure and playtime are what this hedonistic Mars in Leo placement lives for. A born performer, your effusive energy can steal any show—and you can always be counted on to pump up the passion and fun in a social situation.

If you’re not the thespian type, Mars in Leo may show your regal mojo by taking the lead at work. This placement makes you “presidential” by nature and you often wind up in charge by default. Just make sure you share the stage—and the power!—from time to time, or people may see you as dominating.

And check yourself when you get too thirsty for praise, too. Mars at Leo is best when you’re working for a noble purpose instead of the shiny gold star. (Not that you can’t have both.)

When it comes to love, you’re big into the courtship rituals—and those date nights had better give you bragging rights when you’re debriefing around the brunch table. Cheap or unromantic types can step to the left. Mars in Leo needs red roses delivered to the office, serenades outside your bedroom window, and dress-up dates that peg you as the power couple about town.

The 5th house is the place of carefree joy, and having Mars in the sign of the openhearted, proud Lion makes you unafraid to gush. Leo rules the heart and the upper back. You’ll take a live reading of love poems followed by a seductive massage, thanks. (Mmmm…) You may tend to take charge in the boudoir, but you ultimately want to bond in a playful way that makes both you and your partner feel safe and treasured.

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