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Mars in Scorpio

Mars is at home in the old system: deep, controlled, relentless will. You never give up and you never forget.

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What Mars in Scorpio means

Mars is at home in the old system: deep, controlled, relentless will. You never give up and you never forget.

Mars stands for drive, courage, desire and anger. In Scorpio it works intensely and privately; it goes deep and does not let go.

At a glance

Planet
Mars: drive, courage, desire and anger
Sign
Scorpio, water and fixed, ruled by Mars and, in modern astrology, Pluto
Dignity
Domicile
Time in each sign
about six weeks, up to seven months when retrograde

Mars rules Scorpio, so it is at home here and works at full strength.

Famous people with Mars in Scorpio

Only people whose Mars stayed in Scorpio through their whole birth day, wherever they were born.

Joe Biden46th President of the United States20 November 194211masterScorpioGeorge WashingtonFounding Father and first U.S. president22 February 1732 – 17991PiscesMahatma GandhiIndian independence activist2 October 1869 – 19489LibraJoseph Stalinpolitician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1924 to…18 December 1878 – 19539SagittariusMao Zedong1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republ…26 December 1893 – 19765CapricornRembrandtDutch painter and printmaker15 July 1606 – 16698CancerAnton ChekhovRussian dramatist and author29 January 1860 – 19049AquariusJ. R. R. TolkienEnglish writer and philologist3 January 1892 – 19736CapricornAlfred NobelSwedish chemist and inventor21 October 1833 – 18961LibraTaylor SwiftAmerican singer-songwriter13 December 19897SagittariusJean-Paul SartreFrench existentialist philosopher21 June 1905 – 19806CancerEnrico FermiItalian–American physicist29 September 1901 – 19544Libra

Mars in the other signs

Mars in the houses

Other planets in Scorpio

Questions and answers

What does Mars in Scorpio mean?

Mars is at home in the old system: deep, controlled, relentless will. You never give up and you never forget.

Is Mars strong in Scorpio?

Mars rules Scorpio, so it is at home here and works at full strength.

How do I know if I have Mars in Scorpio?

Enter your birth date in the free Mars sign calculator.

Which famous people have Mars in Scorpio?

Joe Biden, George Washington, Mahatma Gandhi, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Rembrandt, Anton Chekhov, J. R. R. Tolkien

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