Past
Mars in Aries, 2026
Mars enters Aries on Thursday 9 April 2026, 19:36 UTC, which is in your time zone. It leaves for Taurus on Monday 18 May 2026, 22:25 UTC, after 39 days.
Mars returns to Aries, its own sign, on 9 April 2026 at 19:36 UTC after leaving Pisces. It stays for 39 days with no retrograde and moves into Taurus on 18 May 2026 at 22:25 UTC. Aries is a cardinal fire sign, and Mars is its traditional ruler.
The tradition treats a planet in the sign it rules as working with ease, so astrologers read Mars in Aries as direct, quick and eager to begin. Themes of the sign include initiative, courage, competition and self-assertion. The emphasis falls on starting rather than finishing, and on acting before the moment passes. Impatience is the classic shadow. A practical suggestion is to choose one task that has been waiting for a first step and take it, while pausing before sending any reply written in irritation.
By sign
The house it occupies for you
| Sun sign | House | Mars in Aries falls on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | first | self, body, how you come across | |
| Taurus | twelfth | rest, privacy, what happens behind the scenes | |
| Gemini | eleventh | friends, groups, plans | |
| Cancer | tenth | career and public role | |
| Leo | ninth | travel, study, beliefs | |
| Virgo | eighth | shared money, intimacy, endings | |
| Libra | seventh | partners and one-to-one relationships | |
| Scorpio | sixth | daily work, routines, health | |
| Sagittarius | fifth | romance, play, children, creative work | |
| Capricorn | fourth | home, family, roots | |
| Aquarius | third | conversations, siblings, short trips | |
| Pisces | second | money, possessions, values | |
Whole-sign houses counted from the Sun sign, the convention behind every Sun-sign horoscope. Your rising sign gives a more personal count: draw your chart.