Mars as putrakaraka

Mars as putrakaraka lends energy and a competitive spirit to the theme of children, students and creativity. Ideas are realised through action, and children and followers often have a strong, decisive character.

Creativity as action

Mars loves a concrete result, a challenge and movement. In the role of putrakaraka it makes a person a practitioner: ideas matter when they can be built, tested, won. Sport, technology, crafts, engineering projects and work with the hands and body suit well.

Children and students

With such a putrakaraka children are often lively and stubborn and show independence early. Relations with them are lively, sometimes with sparks: the parent teaches courage and endurance, but would do well not to turn upbringing into a struggle. Students value a mentor who shows rather than tells.

The strength of Mars

In Aries, Scorpio or in exaltation in Capricorn, Mars as putrakaraka usually gives boldness in creativity and the ability to protect one’s own. In debilitation in Cancer, or in connection with Rahu or Saturn, the theme may show itself through haste, arguments with children and students, and projects abandoned halfway. This is a signal to direct the energy towards a clear goal and to learn patience. The position of Mars relative to the 5th house and Jupiter clarifies where this dynamic is stronger.

More about the planet is on the page on Mars; on the system of karakas, see the overview of chara karakas. The chart calculation on the site will help you determine your putrakaraka.