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Mars in Aries

Mars in Aries 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. Aries is a cardinal fire sign.

Of the 6,194 well-known people in StarMap's dataset, 453 have Mars in Aries for the whole of their birth date. Steve Jobs, Cristiano Ronaldo and Angelina Jolie are among them. Their commonest Sun signs are Aries (61), Pisces (61) and Aquarius (57); every Sun sign appears with Mars in Aries. 23 more were born on a day Mars moved into or out of Aries and are left out, because the hour decides and StarMap has no birth time for them.

Steve Jobs and Cristiano Ronaldo both have Mars in Aries.Is your Mars in Aries?Find out with the free Mars sign calculator

What Mars in Aries means

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

You act immediately and decisively, and your anger flares fast, hot and honest before it clears. The downside is acting before you have thought a situation all the way through. You start the argument or the project the second the impulse arrives, with little patience for waiting.

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 Aries

All 453 people with Mars in Aries, A to Z

Mars in Aries, from last year to two years ahead

  • 9 April 2026 to 18 May 2026
  • 19 March 2028 to 27 April 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 Aries?

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 Aries?

Steve Jobs, Cristiano Ronaldo, Angelina Jolie, Clint Eastwood and Mario Vargas Llosa all have Mars in Aries. StarMap's dataset of 6,194 well-known people has 453 with it for the whole of their birth date, each with a birth chart.

When is Mars next in Aries?

Mars enters Aries on 19 March 2028 and leaves on 27 April 2028. It was last there from 9 April 2026 until 18 May 2026.

More of Aries

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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