Mars symbol in astrology representing drive, action, and desire

Mars in Astrology: Drive, Desire, and How You Take Action

Mars in astrology represents how you take action: your drive, courage, anger style, and the mechanism by which you pursue everything Venus desires. If Venus is what you want, Mars is how you go get it. That simple relationship defines Mars’s role in the birth chart. Mars is your action planet: the fuel behind ambition, the impulse behind desire, and the force that gets you out of bed and moving toward your goals....

February 24, 2026 · 16 min · Sidera Editorial