All about Mars in Virgo or in the 6th 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 Virgo or the 6th House

Details, details, details! The so-called “little things” are actually EVERYTHING to those born with Mars in Virgo or the fastidious 6th house.

You’re a keen and critical thinker on a permanent “make better” mission. Everything can and should be improved as far as you’re concerned! But you’re not trying to be fussy or difficult. Mars in Virgo makes you service-oriented by nature. Your advice is generally coming from a helpful place, and 6th house planets want to be of good use. Even if people resist hearing it at first, they inevitably admit that you’re right. Just try not to hammer them with the “I told you so’s” when they do, or hold them to unrealistic expectations!

The healthy obsessions of Mars in Virgo

With athletic Mars in this wellness-fixated sign, taking great care of your body may be an obsession. You may live at the gym/shala/Pilates studio and probably the cold-pressed, organic juice bar, too.

As the 6th house represents your daily routine, you might even find your fortune in the wellness world, guiding people to improve their lives on every level. Warning: an obsession with going “clean and green” can go overboard causing you to be unnecessarily self-critical. Stressing over a missed workout or a sugar binge (or analyzing the psychological reason behind why you slipped) is not worth the brain space!

Learning to “keep it moving” after a so-called fail can bring you major serenity.

Mars in Virgo in Love

In love, Mars in Virgo attention to detail comes in handy. You know exactly what your partner wants and needs, and you’ll do everything in your power to be of service to them! With Mars in anxious Virgo you also may require a clearly defined relationship status—perhaps before you even unzip a single item of clothing.

The 6th house loves systems, so you want to know what you’re creating here. Having the sign of the Virgin lord over your lustiness can be, well, interesting. You may need a relaxation ritual like meditation, or non-sexual touch before you can move into the erotic space. Clean sheets, pleasant scents and a freshly-showered and well-groomed partner are also musts! And also privacy—cameras off, please.

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