The current Mars cycle started on May 4, 2024 at 10.19am GMT.
Mars is the planet of aggressive action. strife, conflict, disputes, war, soldiers, mechanics, machines, manufacturing, police offices, fires, firefighters, alcohol, bandits, doctors and surgery.
The cycle’s critical event period was May 1 to May 7. Strife and conflict events at this time provide a preview of the cycle’s event trend.
Its end date is April, 12, 2026.
The cycle’s event trend – whether fortunate or unfortunate – is influenced by the aspects Mars receives from other planets; and the aggressive-Mars energy influences the mundane matters ruled by these planets.
Mars (strife, conflict and aggressive action) is semisquare (friction) Sun (politics, governance and leaders); conjunction Moon (the everyday people, home and family life and food); conjunction Neptune (visionary schemes, aviation, corporations, oil, gas, drugs and movie world); and sextile (opportunity) Pluto (cooperation, coercion, misinformation, gangs, nuclear weapons and the United Nations).
The chart’s outstanding aspect is Mars conjunction Neptune so the strife is connected with the aviation sector, oil, (an oil war), big pharma, drugs, films and actors. The potential for drama and exaggeration is pronounced.
The chart’s polarity is very different to the previous Mars cycle when Mars was conjunction Jupiter which saw the strife and conflict connected with finances, law-matters and religion. Religion was closely involved with the wars in Ukraine and Gaza and there was a massive escalation in weapon’s manufacturing and the sale of guns, bombs, drones and ammunition.
You can anticipate a non-stop stream of strife-conflict events – warfare, acts of violence, shootings, rows, accidents and fires with soldiers, police and firefighters often involved – but the more important Mars events are inclined to occur when progressed Mars in the chart forms an aspect with Neptune, Moon, Sun and Pluto.
Fact check Mars: ‘Even when harmonious the Mars energy tends to so much force and speed that strife of some kind will always be present in the events he brings to pass.’
Mars cycle charts around the globe
The house position of Mars in a nation’s Mars cycle chart shows the area of mundane life affected by strife, conflict, violence, banditry, policing, fires, intoxicants, machines, mechanics and manufacturing.
It indicates where the strife and conflict is coming from and where the hazard and risk is located.
This house indicates the starting point from which emanates all the other important (Mars) events that transpire during the life of the cycle.
For most countries Mars and Neptune are in the same house.
No country has Mars in house 1 or house 2.
New Zealand has Mars in house 3 > the strife, conflict and aggressive action involves road and rail transportation, travel, communications, postal service, newspapers, rumors and neighboring countries.
Australia’s May 4, 2024 Mars cycle chart
Chart data is May 4, 2024 at 8.19pm AEST: 35S17; 149E08 (Canberra)
The strife, conflict and aggressive action involves housing, housing projects, farming, mining, the development of natural resources, climate change and weather events.
Japan and the Solomon Islands have the same chart set-up.
China, Taiwan, North and South Korea, Indonesia and Vietnam have Mars in house 5 > the strife, conflict and aggressive action involves the stock market, entertainment, sport, speculation, children and schools.
India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia and Singapore have Mars in house 6 > the strife, conflict and aggressive action involves labor, the workforce, working conditions, sickness, farm produce, public servants, police and army.
Iran’s May 4, 2024 Mars cycle chart
Chart data is May 4, 2024 at 1.49pm IRST: 35N40;51E26 (Tehran)
The strife, conflict and aggressive action involves the international community, foreign powers, enemies, disputes and war.
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Somalia, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates have Mars in house 7.
Russia, Ukraine, Germany, Greece, Austria, Poland, Hungary, Belarus, Sweden, Turkey, Israel, Gaza, Palestine, Yemen, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, South Africa and Zimbabwe have Mars in house 8 > the strife, conflict and aggressive action involves debt, money owed to other countries, taxes, government spending, interest rates, pensions, insurance and death.
The UK, EU, France, Spain, Italy, Algeria, Libya, Burkina Faso and Liberia have Mars in house 9 > the strife, conflict and aggressive action involves trade, import-export, ships, shipping, aviation, air travel, tourism, the courts, religion, the church, universities, advertising and refugees.
Gambia and Senegal have Mars in house 10 > the strife, conflict and aggressive action involves the leaders, administration, business and international standing.
Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Venezuela have Mars in house 11 > the strife, conflict and aggressive action involves parliament and parliamentarians.
America, Canada, Mexico and Cuba have Mars in house 12 > the strife, conflict and aggressive action involves hospitals, prisons, covert activity, spies, crime, criminals, smugglers and secret enemies.
The next Mars cycle commences April 12, 2026 at 6.24pm GMT > with Mars conjunction Mercury, Neptune and Saturn.
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