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How to read Mars in a birth chart
Its sign shows the style of pursuit, its house shows where friction and initiative concentrate, and aspects reveal how action coordinates with other drives.
Mars retrograde
Mars retrograde can internalize or reroute momentum, making strategy and motive more visible before force becomes effective again.
Reflection
What action would be direct without being destructive?
Sign, house, and aspects
The sign shows how Mars performs its function. The house shows where the function becomes active in life. Aspects show how it cooperates or conflicts with other planets. Prioritize tight aspects and repeated chart themes over a placement interpreted in isolation.