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Mars in Capricorn
Disciplined, ambitious drive — Mars exalted.
What Mars in Capricorn means
With Mars in Capricorn, the planet of action is exalted. Your drive is controlled, strategic and highly effective. You set long-term goals and work toward them steadily, with remarkable patience and discipline.
You're motivated by achievement, status and respect. You keep your anger under control and channel it into productive effort. The challenge is workaholism or seeing everything as a ladder to climb.
At its best
- Discipline
- Long-term ambition
Watch out for
- Workaholism
- Coldness under pressure
Mars in Capricorn quick facts
- Sign
- ♑ Capricorn
- Element · Modality
- Earth · Cardinal
- Sign ruler
- Saturn
- Time in a sign
- about six to seven weeks
- Dignity
- Exaltation
Mars is exalted in Capricorn, a placement where its best qualities are traditionally said to shine.
What Mars represents
Mars in your chart describes your drive: how you pursue what you want, how you handle anger and competition, what motivates you physically, and how you express desire. It's the engine of the chart.
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Cast your free birth chart to see your mars sign — plus the house it falls in and the aspects that shape it.
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What does Mars in Capricorn mean?
Disciplined, ambitious drive — Mars exalted. With Mars in Capricorn, the planet of action is exalted. Your drive is controlled, strategic and highly effective. You set long-term goals and work toward them steadily, with remarkable patience and discipline.
How do I find my Mars sign?
Mars stays in a sign for about six to seven weeks, so you need your exact birth date. Astra calculates it for free from your birth details.
Is Mars strong in Capricorn?
Mars in Capricorn is in exaltation. Mars is exalted in Capricorn, a placement where its best qualities are traditionally said to shine.
Is Mars in Capricorn the whole story?
No placement works alone. The house it sits in and the aspects it makes to your other planets change how Mars in Capricorn plays out — which is why two people with the same placement can feel very different.