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Mars in Gemini

Mars in Gemini 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. Gemini is a mutable air sign.

Of the 6,194 well-known people in StarMap's dataset, 537 have Mars in Gemini for the whole of their birth date. Gabriel García Márquez, Akira Kurosawa and Arnold Schwarzenegger are among them. Their commonest Sun signs are Taurus (85), Cancer (67) and Gemini (64); every Sun sign appears with Mars in Gemini. 21 more were born on a day Mars moved into or out of Gemini and are left out, because the hour decides and StarMap has no birth time for them.

Gabriel García Márquez and Akira Kurosawa both have Mars in Gemini.Is your Mars in Gemini?Find out with the free Mars sign calculator

What Mars in Gemini means

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

You act through words, argument and quick manoeuvring rather than force, and your anger tends to come out sharp and verbal. You can win a point without resolving the conflict underneath it. You are still debating a disagreement long after the other person just wants it to end.

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 Gemini

All 537 people with Mars in Gemini, A to Z

Mars in Gemini, from last year to two years ahead

  • 28 June 2026 to 11 August 2026
  • 7 June 2028 to 20 July 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 Gemini?

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 Gemini?

Gabriel García Márquez, Akira Kurosawa, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hebe Camargo and Jim Morrison all have Mars in Gemini. StarMap's dataset of 6,194 well-known people has 537 with it for the whole of their birth date, each with a birth chart.

When is Mars next in Gemini?

Mars enters Gemini on 7 June 2028 and leaves on 20 July 2028. It was last there from 28 June 2026 until 11 August 2026.

More of Gemini

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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