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Mars in Libra

Mars in Libra 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. Libra is a cardinal air sign.

Of the 6,194 well-known people in StarMap's dataset, 587 have Mars in Libra for the whole of their birth date. Nelson Mandela, Bill Gates and Pope Francis are among them. Their commonest Sun signs are Virgo (85), Scorpio (70) and Libra (69); every Sun sign appears with Mars in Libra. 18 more were born on a day Mars moved into or out of Libra and are left out, because the hour decides and StarMap has no birth time for them.

Nelson Mandela and Bill Gates both have Mars in Libra.Is your Mars in Libra?Find out with the free Mars sign calculator

What Mars in Libra means

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

You act diplomatically and prefer negotiation to confrontation, and your anger tends to stay buried until it is too big to ignore. Avoid conflict consistently enough and resentment builds underneath the calm surface. You agree to something you minded, then feel it later.

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 Libra

All 587 people with Mars in Libra, A to Z

Mars in Libra, from last year to two years ahead

  • 15 July 2027 to 2 September 2027

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 Libra?

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 Libra?

Nelson Mandela, Bill Gates, Pope Francis, Elvis Presley and John Lennon all have Mars in Libra. StarMap's dataset of 6,194 well-known people has 587 with it for the whole of their birth date, each with a birth chart.

When is Mars next in Libra?

Mars enters Libra on 15 July 2027 and leaves on 2 September 2027.

More of Libra

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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