Mars in Taurus
What Mars in Taurus means, the traditional facts behind it, and when Mars is actually in Taurus.
What Mars in Taurus means
Mars in Taurus is Mars in its detriment, opposite a sign it rules, so drive works steadily rather than in bursts. You move once you have decided, and then you are hard to stop. Taurus is a fixed earth sign: effort goes into building something real and keeping it. Anger rises slowly and leaves slowly.
With other people
With Mars in Taurus, desire is physical and patient. You show interest through steady presence, touch, and follow-through more than declarations. In conflict you dig in rather than escalate, which can read as stubborn. Those close to you learn that your no is considered and your yes is dependable.
The growth edge
The edge for Mars in Taurus is noticing when holding firm has become refusing to move. Your persistence is a strength until the situation has changed and you have not. Ask whether you are protecting something that matters or avoiding the discomfort of change. Small, early adjustments cost less than one late upheaval.
A sign placement reads the same in every house system.
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The sign: Taurus
- Element
- Earth
- Modality
- Fixed
- Polarity
- Yin: inward, receptive
- Ruler
- Venus
Essential dignity
Mars is in its detriment in Taurus, the sign opposite one it rules. The tradition reads it here as working against the grain.
The four major dignities, from Ptolemy's table as Lilly gives it (1647).
When Mars is in Taurus
Every stay of Mars in Taurus from a year ago to two years ahead. Retrograde motion can split one stay in two.
| Enters | Leaves |
|---|---|
| May 18, 2026, 22:26 | Jun 28, 2026, 19:29 |
| Apr 27, 2028, 22:21 | Jun 7, 2028, 18:20 |
Times in UTC, to the minute.
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How this page is made
Sign facts and dignities follow the traditional tables; dates come from our own ephemeris engine. Exact about the astronomy, honest that astrology is a symbolic language.