All about Mars in Pisces or in the 12th 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 Pisces or the 12th House
Mars in compassionate Pisces or the 12th house blesses you with an innate gift of empathy.
There are a lot of “feels” swimming around in your emotion ocean! You are naturally tuned in to other people’s needs and can be a bit of a psychic sponge. With anxious Mars in this emotional water sign, you find it hard to relax in the company of unsettled people, and 12th house placements are sensitively attuned.
The empathy of Mars in Pisces
At times, however, Mars in Pisces’s desire to relieve the suffering of others could become so intense that it feels like a burden—and you may take on their problems as your own. Learning to detach, set boundaries and to “shield your field” will be essential to your serenity. You can do this by clearing yourself regularly with talk therapy, energy healing (like Reiki), even salt baths. Be sure to create ample solitary time for meditative activities like journaling, gardening, swimming (a Pisces pleasure) and listening to soothing music. In love, you are the quintessential romantic, looking for a one-way ticket to Cloud 9.
Mars in Pisces in love
With the planet of pursuit in this position you can be singularly focused on locking down love—so much so that other areas of your life can suffer, if you aren’t mindful. But there’s no stopping you! When Mars in Pisces finds a prospective partner, you do everything in your power to sweep them off their feet, gazing directly into their eyes and worshiping their body.
Intimacy is a Mars in Pisces jam: You long for a deep, spiritual connection and may be drawn to Tantra or other “mind/body/soul” love making modalities. Who wants to play footsies? Pisces is the last sign of the zodiac and rules the feet. You may have a full-on foot fetish (not to mention a shoe fetish) or enjoy some pedi-pleasures as foreplay. Pisces is the sign of fantasy and the 12th house knows no bounds, so you have a rich imagination in the bedroom.
This sign also rules the seas and you may prefer to plunge “below the surface” to get your erotic fix. The taboo can be a turn-on for those with Mars in Pisces, but careful not to get sucked into anything unsavory—even in your financial life. You may enjoy playing the submissive role in bed, so select your safe word and a partner who will respect it implicitly.