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Mars in Capricorn

AstrologyEn françaisMars en Capricorne

Mars in Capricorn, in its exaltation: disciplined, strategic ambition with real staying power.

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Mars in Capricorn: the planet’s glyph in the thirty degrees of Capricorn.

Meaning

At 28° of Capricorn lies the exaltation of Mars, in Saturn’s cardinal earth. Impulse submits to long aims, and the pairing describes energy in its most effective, organised form.

Mars is exalted in Capricorn: the sign’s discipline gives Mars’s drive structure and staying power, so ambition works in a controlled, strategic way. You tend to set long-term goals and work towards them steadily, and you handle responsibility and hierarchy well. People often see you as competent under pressure. The risk is treating yourself like a machine, or suppressing anger until it hardens; rest and honest complaint are part of efficiency.

Correspondences

  • MarsThe planet of drive, desire, courage and conflict, the force that acts, competes and defends.
  • CapricornThe tenth sign, cardinal earth ruled by Saturn, which the Sun enters at the December solstice, read as the sign of structure, responsibility and long effort.
  • Mars in SagittariusMars in Sagittarius: enthusiastic drive fuelled by a cause, a big goal or the call of adventure.
  • Mars in AquariusMars in Aquarius: drive guided by principle, reform and independence within a group.