Mars Return
~22 months (1 year 10 months)
- Cycle
- ~22 months (1 year 10 months)
- Ages / dates
- About every 2 years
Meaning
The Mars return occurs every ~22 months and marks the beginning of a "new fighting period." Mars energy: starting a new project, changing physical form, choosing a battle, renewing defense pattern. The Mars return chart shows which area will be active over the next 22 months. Whichever house Mars sits in, something will be fought for or built there. Important note: if Mars' retrograde overlaps the return, you get a 6-month period where energy turns inward and outer action feels hard — that year-and-a-half is for withdrawal.
How to prepare
Before the Mars return: check body endurance, regulate physical exercise, decide which fight to choose. Mars strengthens not by tiring but by finding direction.
Common pitfall
Trap: excess aggression. The Mars return can raise the urge to "wage war on everything." Picking unnecessary fights at work or in relationship both drains energy and prolongs repair.
Themes
- action cycle
- energy renewal
- new fight
- beginning