Mars in Astrology

Principles

Action, heat, courage, desire, initiative, struggle, rupture, competition, defense, impulse and the power to cut through.

Qualities

Bravery, decisiveness, energy, initiative, independence, directness, competitiveness and capacity to fight for a goal.

Challenges

Aggression, impatience, violence, haste, anger, rash decisions, conflict and waste of energy.

Correspondence

Aries and Scorpio, as well as house 1 and house 8.

Mars indicates how a person asserts desire, faces resistance and moves into action.