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Mars in Virgo — businesslike precision and anger at carelessness

Mars in Virgo — in Mercury's earth sign: energy goes into work, order and correcting mistakes.

SignVirgo — earth, mutable modality, ruler — Mercury
Whenin about 6 years out of 10, at any time of year
How long in a rowusually 49 days; with a retrograde return — up to 236 days
Needed for the calculationdate of birth; time — only on the day the sign changes

What it means

Your strength is well spent on the concrete: setting up, fixing, calculating, bringing things to precision. Your capacity for work is high, especially when it's clear why. You're angered by carelessness — other people's incompetence, mess, inaccuracy.

The flip side is nitpicking and anxious fuss: it's hard to stop until it's perfect, and anger is expressed as criticism of small things. Rest without a task comes hard.

This isn't about you if mess and other people's mistakes don't irritate you and work done “roughly” suits you.

How to check it on yourself

Check it against your past — write your answer down before you look at the chart.

  1. If your Mars is in Virgo

    What should match. Recall your last three irritations at work or at home. At least two were over carelessness: done sloppily, inaccurately, out of order.

    When it’s not about you. Two out of three were over something else, and carelessness doesn't bother you — this isn't about you.

Your sign and house of Mars — in the free calculation: build my chart. How we check the rest — the site’s method.

Mars in other signs

Mars in the houses

Other planets in Virgo

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