Mars in 7th House

Last updated on April 16th, 2020 at 09:54 am

Mars in the 7th House unites with the energies of Libra and its ruler Venus. Libra is the 7th zodiac sign which shares common energies with the 7th astrological house.

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It is important to note that the positive placement of Venus and the 7th house lord carry an important role in amplifying the favorable effects or saving from negative results of ill-placed Mars in the 7th house.

Just like the 7th house, Venus is the significator of relationships and marriage. The 7th house lord becomes the guide of 7th house Mars which determines additional outcomes of this combination.

Additionally, the majority of results are also determined by the zodiac sign in which Mars resides in the 7th house.

Results of Mars in 7th House

Mars, as a natural malefic, dominant, and fiery planet in the house of peace and harmony, cause disharmony in relationships mainly due to dominance issues except when Mars is in its favorable sign, that is, in its own sign, friendly, or sign of exaltation.

In addition to that, the aspect from the natural benefic planet Jupiter is highly favorable as it is capable of mitigating unfavorable effects in the case of ill-placed Mars.

Excessively Passionate

The 7th house is the house of desires and belongs to Kama Trikona (triangle of desires) and the placement of fiery and passionate planet Mars in the considered house causes extraordinarily high levels of desires which is beneficial only if Mars is in favorable sign.

As a result, a well-placed Mars in the considered house indicates a great sexual match with the (evenly passionate) life-partner or spouse ensuring great and never-ending (or long-lasting) spark in the relationship.

Marriage

Alternatively, any affliction to Mars in the 7th house causes issues in the relationship and marriage due to excessive desires. Moreover, Mars is said to create a condition called Mangal Dosha that causes hindrances in marriage life as per sidereal Vedic astrology. The negative effects are lessened if Mars is in favorable sign in the 7th house.

If Mars is aspected by natural malefic or placed in the unfavorable sign (inimical, or sign of debilitation) it indicates being unfaithful and chasing after other people for the satisfaction of passionate desires.

If 7th house lord is well-placed while Mars is ill-placed, it saves from disasters that end the long-lasting marriage (or life-partnership).

Furthermore, if 7th house lord is ill-placed it indicates separation from the life partner due to various causes depending on the overall chart. Equally, it indicates having multiple life-partners.

Straightforward Speech

Mars aspects the 2nd house of speech from the 7th house which indicates having straightforward, dominating, and often aggressive intonation while communicating with others.

If Mars is well-placed in the 7th house, the considered style of speaking favors the native. It equally means that one is aware of the boundaries that must not be crossed in order to maintain peace, balance, harmony, and mutual understanding (7th house).

Alternatively, ill-placed Mars in the considered house indicates restlessness, impatience, and the lack of ability to find compromises which also manifests in the way of speaking – the restlessness causes losing temper quickly, which results in frequent quarrels and disputes with members of society and marketplaces and burns the chances of obtaining marital or entrepreneurial success.

Partnerships & Trading

The 7th house is the power-house of the 10th house of high achievements – 10th house from the 10th house is the 7th house. This special connection and favorably placed Mars indicates increased entrepreneurial activity and leadership abilities which promotes success in business, trading, or partnership ventures.

A well-placed Mars in the considered house provides the required will-power, determination, and courage to break through the hard obstacles to achieve high levels of success (the 10th house) in ventures (the 7th house).

Well-placed Mars in the 7th house (of foreign lands, partnership, trading, and business) indicates (like timepiece) being blessed with (by God) success in ventures that are connected to foreign lands – either by working abroad or working with foreigners. Moreover, this combination provides faithful business partners with whom the success and exponential growth of the business are ensured. It also indicates being constantly away from birthplace because of business obligations.

Alternatively, ill-placed Mars in the 7th house causes being cheated on and losses in ventures due to unfaithful business partners.

Adventurous Traveling

The 7th house is the opposite to 1st house of the birthplace, hence it signifies distant places, that are far away from home.

At the same time, Mars is naturally an adventurous planet as it rules over an adventurous sign, Aries. Hence, Mars in this sign gives these natives the inherent urge to explore and discover places that are far from their birth location.

Pancha Mahapurusha Yoga

The positioning of Mars in Quadrangular or Kendra houses (1,4,7,10) while being in own sign (Aries, Scorpio) or in the sign of exaltation (Capricorn) forms a highly favorable Ruchaka (Mars) Pancha Mahapurusha Yoga.

As a general effect of this powerful combination, the native inherits powerful martian traits. That is, they are very efficient in their management and have great courage which makes them proficient natural leaders.

Additionally, as Mars is involved with the 7th house, the powerful energies of the combination are specifically directed towards upliftment of the significations of the considered house.

As a result, the planetary combination indicates (like timepiece) being blessed with (by God) great leadership abilities (Mars aspects 1st house) with an abundant amount of bravery which promotes success and high achievements in partnership businesses, marketplaces, and entrepreneurial arena in general.

Additionally, as Mars is involved, it indicates being fond of machinery, engineering, and real-estate. The combination also promotes success in the mentioned fields of activities.

Classical Analysis

Bhrigu Sutras

Generally speaking, by default, a natural malefic planet does damage to some significations of the benefic 7th house.

Namely, in this classical source, it is mentioned that such natives have health ailments because of that same planet aspecting the 1st house of vitality and general health.

Furthermore, if Mars is in inimical sign or either conjunct or aspected by a natural malefic planet (Sun, Saturn) it indicates detachment with spouse due to various reasons. Mostly, because of increased desires and passions of the native which leads to quarrels, disagreements, and eventually to break up.

If Mars is conjunct with or aspected by Saturn, it gives dark shade to the passionate and desireful nature of the native. That is, with this combination such natives are fond of dirty sensual pleasure such as pleasing the private body parts of their partners with their mouths.

If Mars is conjunct with inimical planet Mercury, it indicates changing or losing life partners often. It makes the native especially flirty and excessive desires motivate to chase after multiple partners.

It is also said to cause over-inflated pride to the native which makes them think deserving better partners than they have. Other than that, Mars with the inimical planet in the 7th house causes weakened potency.

However, if Mars is aspected by benefic or friendly planets, the negative results shall not fully manifest. That is to say, in such case the native is able to control their desires and stay loyal to their partner. It also decreases dominance issues in life partnership and saves from divorce.

If Mars is in its own, exaltation or friendly sign, the malefic effects are greatly reduced but some of them are still present. Namely, with a well placed Mars in the given house, the native does not lose their spouse despite their highly inflated passionate desires.

Instead, native is able to make a compromise with their spouse to have some diversity which helps to save the marriage from becoming cold. That is, they can have side parters for satisfying their sensual desires either secretly or through compromise.

Brihat Jataka

In this classical source, negative results of unsupported or ill-placed Mars in the 7thhouse are listed.

There is stated that natives with this combination have sinful and immoral tendencies with partners which causes their partners to take great revenge on these natives.

Namely, the revenge of their partners causes the loss of dignity and degradation of fame to the native.

In Saravali and Phaladeepika same negative results are mentioned as in prior classical sources.

Chamatkara Chintamani

In this classical source is mentioned that this combination indicates that the native is involved with trading in foreign marketplaces and societies.

This combination also affects the health of the natives and their spouse adversely making them catch diseases easily. It is important to remember that such effects will not manifest if Mars is favorably positioned in the given house.

Discover Mars in different zodiac signs for more in-depth results.