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Mars in Aquarius

Mars in Aquarius is where Mars sat in the zodiac at the moment of birth, the part of a chart read for how you act, compete and get angry. Mars stays in a sign for six to seven weeks, up to seven months around a retrograde. Aquarius is a fixed air sign.

Of the 6,194 well-known people in StarMap's dataset, 445 have Mars in Aquarius for the whole of their birth date. Basshunter, Elon Musk and Jimmy Carter are among them. Their commonest Sun signs are Aquarius (80), Aries (60) and Pisces (55); every Sun sign appears with Mars in Aquarius. 20 more were born on a day Mars moved into or out of Aquarius and are left out, because the hour decides and StarMap has no birth time for them.

Basshunter and Elon Musk both have Mars in Aquarius.Is your Mars in Aquarius?Find out with the free Mars sign calculator

What Mars in Aquarius means

Read for how you act, compete and get angry. If this is your placement:

You act on principle, and your anger surfaces most over unfairness or hypocrisy rather than personal slights. You can detach from a conflict so thoroughly that the other person feels shut out. You argue the issue with heat while staying strangely calm about the relationship itself.

One placement is one part of a chart; the Sun, the Moon, the rising sign and the planets around them change how it plays out. Draw your whole chart to see the rest.

Famous people with Mars in Aquarius

All 445 people with Mars in Aquarius, A to Z

Mars in Aquarius, from last year to two years ahead

  • 23 January 2026 to 2 March 2026
  • 3 January 2028 to 10 February 2028

Dates are UTC. A retrograde close to the sign boundary shows as two stays a few weeks apart; born between them, Mars was back in the sign before.

Questions people ask

How do I know if I have Mars in Aquarius?

From your birth date: the Mars sign calculator works it out from the real sky. Mars stays in a sign for six to seven weeks, up to seven months around a retrograde, so most birth dates settle it; on a day it changed sign, the time decides.

Which famous people have Mars in Aquarius?

Basshunter, Elon Musk, Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush and Justin Bieber all have Mars in Aquarius. StarMap's dataset of 6,194 well-known people has 445 with it for the whole of their birth date, each with a birth chart.

When is Mars next in Aquarius?

Mars enters Aquarius on 3 January 2028 and leaves on 10 February 2028. It was last there from 23 January 2026 until 2 March 2026.

More of Aquarius

Positions are computed from each person’s birth date and place with the astronomy-engine ephemeris, checked against Swiss Ephemeris. Birth data comes from Wikidata; a placement is listed only when it holds for the whole birth date, and a rising sign only with a birth time Astro-Databank records. Readings describe tendencies, for entertainment and self-reflection; StarMap predicts nothing. Every planet in every sign.

Photo credits (48 photos from Wikimedia Commons)

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