Negative expressions of Mars include impulsiveness, narrowness, violence, manipulation and control. Mars's primal force is stimulating, spontaneous, energetic, enthusiastic and passionate. Positive expressions of Mars's energy include passion, intention, ability to command and act, courage, exploration and discovery. The Sun is in Aries, which is ruled by Mars, between the 20th of March and the 18th of April. It transits the twelve signs of the Zodiac in about 22 months. Mars is the first planet outside the Earth's orbit.
Mars symbolizes our desire for personal power, physical strength, willed action, intuitive impulses and ability to initiate. It is through the dance of the Mars-Venus polarity that we define and then go after what we want. Venus is how we express our feminine nature.
Mars is how we express our masculine nature. Mars represents our energy, our power and our passion. Mars - Deliver or Destroy by Guru Rattana, Ph.D.