Mars
personal · cycle 687 days · retrograde every 780 days
Dignities
- Exaltation
- ♑ Capricorn
- Fall
- ♋ Cancer
Hellenistic tradition
Mars rules Aries (diurnal) and Scorpio (nocturnal). Exalted in Capricorn, fall in Cancer.
Modern Western reading
Modern Western astrology reads Mars as initiating force, will, and effort.
Reference, not advice
This is cultural and astronomical reference, not personal prediction or advice.
Cycle periods are mean orbital values. Traditional interpretations paraphrased from primary classical and modern sources. See sources.
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