On March 12, 2026 at 6.24pm GMT Mars moves from south to north declination signaling a change in its polarity and the start of a new 2-year Mars cycle that ends March 22, 2028.
There are 195 countries and each has its own Mars cycle chart which operates in its unique political, economic and cultural environment.
Mars is the planet of war, strife, disputes, conflict, military moves, violence, soldiers, police offices, law enforcers, mechanics, machines, manufacturing, fires, firefighters, alcohol, bandits, doctors and surgery.
The cycle’s critical event period is April 9–April 14. Conflict events at this time provide a preview of the cycle’s event trend.
Mars (strife, conflict and aggressive action) is conjunction Mercury (violent controversy), semisquare Venus (violence against women), conjunction and parallel Saturn (security and war fears), sextile Uranus (weapons innovation), conjunction and parallel Neptune (oil, aviation, inflation, chaos and uncertainty) and sextile Pluto (anti-violence cooperation, propaganda and the UN).
Mars conjunction and parallel Neptune are the dominant aspects so the warfare and conflict affect oil, aviation, inflation and stocks. The potential for chaos, confusion, drama and exaggeration is pronounced.
Mars and Neptune can fight for idealistic conditions but actors here on Earth are more inclined to further their self-interests using deception. (Mars was conjunction Neptune in the previous Mars cycle.)
You can anticipate a non-stop stream of strife-conflict events – warfare, acts of violence, shootings, rows, accidents and fires – with the more important events and developments occurring when progressed Mars in the chart forms an aspect with Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.
Mars and the war, hate and violence disease
War is a disaster to society and similar to most Mars diseases it is highly contagious. Much of the world is infected with war and hate. Hate is a vile feeling and in 2026 the anger and hate index here on Earth is stratospheric.
Once upon a time when the going got tough the tough got going now, they go out and buy an AKA 47 or drop a bomb or two.
The war disease is well entrenched. People have been fighting from the get-go and they’ll continue to fight and fight and fight. Their evolutionary past and conditioning by environment guarantee a vivid response to the astrological vibration transmitted by Mars.
Those in positions power who have a prominent aggressive urge are preoccupied with violence, death and destruction. Devoid of true spirituality they pursue safety, economic security and land through brute force.
Donald Trump, the peace president with Mars conjunction ascendant, is a violent leader who has used the US military to strike at targets in seven foreign nations and in international waters; and Benjamine Netanyahu has been war-mongering for 40 years. Along with Vladimir Putin they see conflict as the best solution to their grievances.
According to a report published by Armed Conflict Location and Event Data the level of conflict around the world has doubled over the past five years. In 2025 ninety-one of the world’s countries were involved in some kind of conflict.
It’s estimated that in 2025 at least 70,000 people were killed in the Gaza conflict. Since November 2020 the conflict in Ethiopia has claimed over 100,000 lives. In Myanmar it’s estimated that over 7,000 people have been killed by the military since 2021, one third of them women and children; and British intelligence estimates that 1.14 million Russian soldiers were killed or wounded in the Ukraine conflict since 2022, with 353,000 casualties in 2025.
Conflicts go on for years and years which indicates they’re hard to win. News websites and television news services provide you with up-to-date reports about what is going on and the number of people killed.
A disease should never be ignored but in 2026 the antiwar peacemakers who see tolerance, cooperation and love as useful tools in their fight against the war mongers haven’t got a hope. Fear, insecurity and greed for land and natural resources incline towards more conflict.
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, police, fires, firefighters, 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.
Australia, Japan and North and South Korea have Mars in house 1 > major events involve and affect the people and their welfare.
Australia’s 2026 Mars cycle chart
Chart data is April 13, 2026 at 4.24am EST (35S17; 149E08)
China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore and Taiwan have Mars in house 2 > major events involve financial transactions, treasury, banks and affect the wealth and personal property of the people.
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan have Mars in house 3 > major events involve road and rail transportation, communications, phones, emails, postal services, newspapers, public thinking and neighbor countries.
Russia, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Kuwait, Ethiopia and Somalia have Mars in house 4 > major events involve land, territories, housing, buildings, the weather, crops on the ground and mining.
Iran’s 2026 Mars cycle chart
Chart data is April 12, 2026 at 9.54pm IRST (35N40; 51E26)
Israel, Gaza, Ukraine, Belarus, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Italy, Greece, Austria, Norway, Sweden, Turkey, Palestine, Egypt, Libya and Soth Africa have Mars in house 5 > major events involve entertainment, places of amusement, speculation, stocks and stock market, sport, children, birth rate and ambassadors from foreign countries.
UK, EU, France, Spain, Senegal, Gambia and Burkina Faso have Mars in house 6 > major events involve and affect labor, employees, civil servants, police, harvest, stored grains, food, restaurants and illness.
Brazil has Mars in house 7 > major events involve war, disputes, foreign policy, international relations and enemies.
Brazil’s 2026 Mars cycle chart
Chart data is April 12, 2026 at 3.24pm BRT (15S47; 47W55)
America, Canada, Argentina, Cuba, Venezuela, Argentina and Chile have Mars in house 8 > major events involve tariffs, taxes, pensions, insurance, debts due from foreign countries, death and the death rate.
Mexico has Mars in house 9 > major events involve and affect trade, import-expert, shipping, aviation, tourism, religion, the law, Supreme Court, teaching, radio, television and internet.
No country has Mars in house 10 or 11.
New Zealand and the Solomon Islands have Neptune in house 12 > major events involve secret activity, secret deals, undercover operations, spy agencies, spies, crime, criminal activity, secret enemies, prisons, incarceration, hospitals, nursing homes, charitable institutions, refugees, asylum seekers, detention centers, disappointment and restriction.
The next Mars cycle commences March 22, 2028 at 4.40pm GMT.
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