Planets · 3 of 9
Mars (Mangala) in Vedic astrology
Courage, energy, brothers, land and property, police and the army, surgery, accidents, the blood and muscles.
- Sanskrit
- Mangala (Kuja) मङ्गल
- Signifies
- Courage, energy, brothers, land and property, police and the army, surgery, accidents, the blood and muscles
- Nature
- A natural malefic
- Own sign
- Aries and Scorpio
- Exalted
- Capricorn, deepest at 28°
- Debilitated
- Cancer, deepest at 28°
- Moolatrikona
- Aries 0°–12°
- Aspects
- The 4th, 7th and 8th houses from itself
- Vimshottari dasha
- 7 years
- Nakshatras ruled
- Mrigashira, Chitra, Dhanishta
- Day
- Tuesday
- Element
- Fire
- Direction
- South
- Colour
- Red
- Traditional gem
- Red coral (we do not sell gemstones)
Mars in Jyotish
Mars is the commander of the planetary cabinet: energy, courage and the will to act. Well placed it gives drive, technical and athletic ability and property; badly placed, anger, accidents and conflict. Its placement from the ascendant, Moon and Venus forms manglik dosha.
Friends and enemies
| Natural relationship | Planets |
|---|---|
| Friends | Sun, Moon, Jupiter |
| Neutral | Venus, Saturn |
| Enemies | Mercury |
These natural (naisargika) relationships, from Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, are not always mutual: the Moon counts Mercury a friend, while Mercury counts the Moon an enemy.
Mars in your chart
Where Mars sits in your chart (its sign, house, dignity and the planets it joins or aspects) shows how these significations work out for you, and its dasha shows when. See your Mars in your free kundli, or read chapter 3: the 9 planets.
Sources: Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra and Phaladeepika for the signs, planets and houses; Muhurta Chintamani for the nakshatra classes and the guna milan attributes. Wording is our own.