Mars (Mangala)
Tamas-guna, the element of fire, the caste of warriors
Friends: the Sun, the Moon, Jupiter
Enemies: Mercury
Neutral planets: Venus, Saturn
Signs ruled: Aries, Scorpio
Mulatrikona: 0-12° of Aries
Point of exaltation: 28° of Capricorn
Point of debilitation: 28° of Cancer
Gender: male
Direction: south
Stones: red coral, garnet
Colours: scarlet
Lucky numbers: 9
Deity: Tanapati, Hanuman, Subramanya, Shanmukha Kartikeya.
Bija mantra: Om kram krim krom se bhumaye namah (10000 times in 20 days)
Vedic mantra: Dharanigarbhasambhutam vidyut kanti sam prabham Kumar bhakrithastam cha mangal pranamamyaham
Objects of donation: copper, wheat, ghee, flowers and cloth of red colour, sandalwood, masoor dal. To be donated on Tuesday, during the 48 minutes before sunset.
Outward signs: of medium height and build, slender, unrestrained, cruel, irritable, fickle.
Parts of the body: the arms, the eyes, the blood, the rectum; Pitta dosha.
Illnesses: cuts, wounds, burns, abscesses, fractures, ulcers, tumours, itching, bleeding, dryness of the eyes, genitourinary disorders, haemorrhoids, problems with blood pressure, jaundice, epilepsy.
Significations: endurance, metals.
The chief characteristics of Mars: warlikeness, barrenness, a thirst for power, a dictator, the planet of action and development, a four-legged being.
The karakatvas of Mars: a younger brother, courage, endurance, boldness, strength, muscles, fire, protection, real estate, enemies, opponents, blood, illnesses, surgical intervention, science, logic, mathematics, plots of land, a stepmother, strong desires, passion, lustfulness, anger, hatred, violence, crimes, sins, immorality, revenge, sudden death, murders, accidents, poverty.
Kinds of activity and professions connected with Mars: the police, the army, the armed forces, a commander of troops, shooting, work in a prison, theft, medicine, surgery, dentistry, pharmaceutics, geology, an engineer, work with tools and weapons, a fireman, metallurgy, trade in metal, a hairdresser, dairy production, cookery, a baker, a butcher, a hunter, circus professions, an animal trainer, a sportsman, athletics, agriculture, an estate agent.
The ruler of the nakshatra in which Mars is placed, and the corresponding problems with health:
The Sun — anaemia;
The Moon — skin diseases;
Mars — robust health;
Mercury — mental disorders;
Jupiter — excellent health;
Venus — venereal diseases;
Saturn — suicidal inclinations;
Rahu — suicidal inclinations, sexual disorders;
Ketu — heightened irritability, high blood pressure.
A person in whose life and appearance the manifestations of Mars are strong (including Kuja dosha).
The influence of Mars on health
a) With a favourable aspect between the Sun and Mars, a person has good health and a great deal of vital energy. A bad aspect leads to accidents, cuts, injuries, fevers and so on.
b) A good aspect between Mars and the Moon makes a person generous, resolute, purposeful and healthy. With a bad aspect the reputation suffers and accidents and bleeding occur.
Mars in the houses of the horoscope
Mars in the 1st house: full of energy, recovers quickly, comes out of critical situations with an unruffled expression, is not afraid to take risks, readily answers a challenge, takes ill-considered decisions, travels and wanders about the world, makes a mountain out of a molehill, egocentric. Keen on games of chance and sensual pleasures, looks young, a manglik (that is, a person in whose life and appearance the manifestations of Mars are strong, including Kuja dosha). Together with the Sun in the 1st house it causes a raised body temperature; in conjunction with the Moon — abscesses, tumours and bleeding; with Jupiter — fractures and accidents; with Venus — venereal diseases; with Saturn — falls and bruises.
Mars in the 2nd house: generous, extravagant; blunt, honest, resolute, receives an inheritance. A hot temper, sharp-tongued. Work with fire, machinery and iron objects. Eyes with a reddish tinge; in the period of Mars-Sun or Mars-Moon there is a danger of damage to the eyes. A manglik.
Mars in the 3rd house: much courage and confidence in his own powers, defeats all his enemies, every undertaking ends in success. Curious, resourceful, vigilant, fond of arguing, possesses diplomatic abilities. When Mars is afflicted, road accidents occur, together with injuries to the ears and arms; conflicts with brothers arise; the throat troubles him, tonsillitis; the person criticises others too much.
Mars in the 4th house: the person has a strong build and owns landed property; heart diseases and accidents are likely, together with pains in the chest area. Difficulties in school education, strained relations with brothers, usually because of his own wife. This position has a negative influence on the lives of those members of the family signified by the houses ruled by Mars. Mars in the 4th house calms down quickly if a little love is shown.
Mars in the 5th house: a sportsman, an athlete, an athletic build. Loves to take risks and to play with children. In a woman’s chart it indicates problems with childbearing and miscarriages. An afflicted Mars gives scandals. During the period of Mars it is better to abstain from games of chance.
Mars in the 6th house: money, real estate, fame, success, power, promotion at work, robust health. Loves children. The uncle on the mother’s side is often ill. An afflicted Mars leads to accidents, burns, conflicts with superiors, colic and ulcers of the duodenum.
Mars in the 7th house: an enviable will-power, a manglik, a romantic, marriage to a representative of another social stratum. Placement in a watery sign indicates a heightened interest of the spouse in intimate life and in alcohol. If Jupiter is joined with Mars, hernia or appendicitis is possible.
Mars in the 8th house: a manglik, the death of the spouse, a life of prosperity, financial profit from a partner, an inheritance or a court case won. Affliction of Mars foretells an extravagant partner.
Mars in the 9th house: holds free views and morals. Considers that marriage is above all a spiritual union, and therefore sexual relations recede into the background. When Mars is afflicted, long-distance journeys should be avoided; accidents abroad are possible.
Mars in the 10th house (it receives directional strength — dik-bala): organisational and leadership abilities, success, inexhaustible reserves of energy; removes hindrances and obstacles, attains a leading post. More sons are born into the family. Such a position tells badly on the mother’s health.
Mars in the 11th house: looks and feels younger than his years, outwardly seems a righteous man, with age gives ever more preference to pleasant pastimes. The fulfilment of desires and hopes.
Mars in the 12th house: unkind, cruel, spreads slander, a manglik; an early marriage may end in divorce. There is a probability of surgical operations and hospitalisations; the weak point is the right eye. A conjunction of Mars, Venus and Saturn in the 12th house indicates an abuse of masturbation.
More about Mars in the houses of the horoscope: Mars in the 1st house : Mars in the 2nd house : Mars in the 3rd house : Mars in the 4th house : Mars in the 5th house : Mars in the 6th house : Mars in the 7th house : Mars in the 8th house : Mars in the 9th house : Mars in the 10th house : Mars in the 11th house : Mars in the 12th house
Mars in the signs of the Zodiac
Aries: full of initiative, strives for success, indifferent to other people’s problems, aggressive, resolute and brave, with good organisational abilities, sensual, speaks beautifully.
Taurus: a hard worker, stubborn, slow but sensible. Great inner strength. Sensual, yet not soft-hearted; marked by prejudice.
Gemini: an active mind, a sharp intellect and tongue, scientific thinking. Loves intellectual battles, knows how to settle conflicts, quick, inclined to rash actions, keen on music and foreign travel. Loves his relatives.
Cancer: (the sign of its debilitation): suffers from a lack of self-control, from mood swings and suppressed anger. Intelligent, has knowledge in the field of medicine, observant, loves to travel. A fragile build and emotional instability.
Leo: inexhaustible activity and enterprise, breadth of views, extraordinary reserves of vital force and passion, an exaggerated sense of his own importance, vanity. Noble, magnanimous, self-assured, warlike, respects his elders and his forebears.
Virgo: cautious, methodical, with an analytical cast of mind, pedantic, self-assured, vain. Nervous tension, excessive exactingness and adherence to protocol.
Libra: able to follow a chosen strategy, but needs the support and advice of other people; indecisive, boastful, susceptible to flattery. Materialistic interests, the thinking of a businessman. Unhappy in marriage.
Scorpio: dreams of power, remembers slights for a long time, has a good memory, tries to dominate emotionally and sexually. Unbending, proud, pompous, secretive, no stranger to immoral acts.
Sagittarius: cunning, a lover of pleasures, open, demanding, conservative. Marries an intelligent, loving and devoted woman.
Capricorn (the sign of its exaltation): sets realistic goals, plans down to the smallest detail, acts decisively, is oriented towards results, uses people for his own ends. Persistent, tactful, influential, respected, attains a solid position in society.
Aquarius: acts at his own discretion and not always rationally, uses unconventional methods, takes an interest in the problems of society. Contradictory, warlike, harsh, abrupt, has his own idea of the truth, forgives easily and quickly forgets slights.
Pisces: an antagonist, but avoids open confrontation; strives to escape from reality, restless, discourteous, prefers to work out of sight. A lack of purposefulness.
Observations regarding Mars
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- A person with a well-placed Mars in his chart is distinguished by observation and quickness of reaction.
- A bad condition of Mars makes a person aggressive.
- If a debilitated Mars aspects the Lagna, the person will be timid but unyielding.
- An aspect of Mars to Mercury interrupts the studies in favour of professional activity, marriage and the like.
- Mars in Scorpio gives boils in the rectum, and in conjunction with the ruler of the Lagna — haemorrhoids.
- If Mars is in the 6th, 8th or 12th house, the person always cares only about his own well-being.
- Mars in conjunction with Jupiter, or in a kendra from it, may be the cause of anaemia and low blood pressure.
- With a conjunction in the 5th house of the Moon and a debilitated Mars ruling the 8th house, the person suffers from a mental disorder.
- Combinations of Mars with other planets in the Lagna cause the following ailments: a conjunction with the Sun — high fever; with the Moon — boils and bleeding; with Mercury — dysentery and nervousness; with Jupiter — fractures and accidents; with Venus — venereal diseases; with Saturn — falls and bruises.
- The placement of Mars at a distance of 180° from the cusp of the 1st house creates a danger of accidents, injuries and so on.
- Mars in a dual sign in the Lagna, the 4th or the 10th house grants prosperity during its own dasha.
- The financial condition of a person in whose chart Mars falls in the 2nd house from Venus improves after marriage.
- Mars in the 10th house rewards a person with high standing.
- The Moon with Mars in the 6th house inclines a person to suicide.
- With Mars placed in the constellation of Taurus or Libra, disagreements with the partner may arise.
- A person with Mars in the 1st, 2nd, 10th or 11th house skilfully manages the finances of hospitals, police stations, security firms and industrial enterprises. He also receives support from relatives.
Mars and the other planets
If the Sun is joined with Mars [in one house of the horoscope], the person will love sinful acts; the Moon in conjunction with Mars makes a person a deceiver, a trader in women, wives and drinks, and one who does harm to his own mother; when Mars is joined with Mercury, the person will be a trader in roots, herbs, fruits and the like, in oils and in counterfeit goods, and will also be versed in hand-to-hand combat. Mars with Jupiter produces the ruler of a city, or a raja, or a wealthy brahmin. Mars with Venus produces herdsmen, wrestlers, skilful people, gamblers, and those who love other men’s wives. Mars with Saturn makes a person sorrowful, untruthful, dishonourable or condemned… In the same way one should obtain the results of a combination of more than two planets. (Varahamihira — «Brihat Jataka», 14.1-5)
Commentary: The last sentence implies that accumulations of planets should be interpreted by combining the interpretations of the pairs of planets. For example, in interpreting a conjunction of the Sun, Venus and Mars one should use the interpretations of the Sun and Venus, of the Sun and Mars, and of Venus and Mars. Attention should also be paid to the relative strength of each particular planet.
Mars and Mercury
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- Serious trials and obstacles in the process of obtaining an education, which may even interrupt the studies.
- The person possesses an observant and sharp mind and is an inveterate arguer.
- A conjunction in the Lagna indicates heightened nervousness and illness with dysentery.
- This combination in the 10th house produces scholars, researchers and intelligence agents.
- If the conjunction is afflicted, the person becomes cunning, aggressive and fickle, and may engage in drug dealing.
Mars and Jupiter
- In the Lagna it leads to accidents and fractures.
- This combination has a bad effect on married life.
Mars and Venus
- Ardent in love, sensual, loving and courteous, impatient. A strong sexual drive, a seething of passions.
- In the 2nd or 8th house it foretells poverty.
- A person with this combination in the Lagna leads others gently and delicately, but confidently. Venereal diseases are possible.
- This combination in a watery sign in the 1st, 5th, 7th or 12th house noticeably increases eroticism and sexual desires.
- In Aries, Scorpio, Taurus or Libra it damages the reputation.
Mars and Saturn
- A conjunction or aspect makes a person serious, steadfast, mentally balanced, mature beyond his years and temperamental.
- A conjunction in the Lagna provokes problems with the skin, falls, bruises and so on.
- A person with such a conjunction favourably placed in the 2nd or 10th house is reputed to be an outstanding personality and enjoys respect in society.
- In the 1st, 2nd, 5th, 9th or 10th house it gives quite good results. Under an aspect from Jupiter, this combination is able to raise a person to dizzying heights.
- A conjunction in the 7th house in the sign of Cancer indicates a righteous and beautiful spouse.
- In the 5th house in Cancer it gives many daughters.
- A mutual aspect of Mars and Saturn brings discord, obstacles in the career, bodily injuries, reckless acts, an explosive character and egoism in its train. A good placement of one of these two planets in the horoscope softens the negative effects.
Mars and Rahu
- A person with such a combination in a bad house may sink very low to attain his goals. With a conjunction in a good house the person becomes a leader in his family and in society.
- In a woman’s chart this combination in the 4th house noticeably damages relations with the husband’s relatives.
Mars and Ketu
- The person is inclined to violence or himself becomes a victim of violence; fanaticism.
The nature of Mars for the different Ascendants
Aries benefic Leo Yoga-karaka Sagittarius benefic Taurus benefic Virgo malefic Capricorn neutral Gemini malefic Libra benefic Aquarius benefic Cancer Yoga-karaka Scorpio benefic Pisces benefic