मंगल · Ripu Bhava · Apoklima · Dusthana · Upachaya
Mars in the 6th house
Mars in the sixth is a classical strength: the fighter in the house of enemies. Opponents are defeated, litigation is won, debts are cleared and health is robust because the planet attacks what the house signifies. Ruchaka-like results in work that involves conflict, medicine or discipline.
What it gives
- •Defeats enemies and wins disputes
- •Strong constitution; fast recovery
- •Excels in police, military, surgery, law
What to watch
- •A life with conflict in it
- •Injuries; inflammation and fevers
- •Friction with colleagues or subordinates
Where Mars actually is today
Computed at sunrise for the reference place. A planet sits in a given house for exactly one ascendant at a time — the sign it occupies is the 6th house of only one lagna.
Mars right now
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Who has Mars in the 6th today
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It depends on your ascendant
The same placement reads differently from each of the twelve ascendants, because the 6th house is a different sign for each — and Mars is exalted in one sign and debilitated in another. This table is computed from the classical rulership and dignity tables, not written by hand.
| Ascendant | 6th house sign | Sign lord | Mars’s dignity | Mars rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | Virgo | Mercury | Enemy’s sign | 1st, 8th |
| Taurus | Libra | Venus | Neutral | 7th, 12th |
| Gemini | Scorpio | Mars(own house) | Own sign | 6th, 11th |
| CancerYogakaraka | Sagittarius | Jupiter | Friend’s sign | 5th, 10th |
| LeoYogakaraka | Capricorn | Saturn | Exalted | 4th, 9th |
| Virgo | Aquarius | Saturn | Neutral | 3rd, 8th |
| Libra | Pisces | Jupiter | Friend’s sign | 2nd, 7th |
| Scorpio | Aries | Mars(own house) | Moolatrikona | 1st, 6th |
| Sagittarius | Taurus | Venus | Neutral | 5th, 12th |
| Capricorn | Gemini | Mercury | Enemy’s sign | 4th, 11th |
| Aquarius | Cancer | Moon | Debilitated | 3rd, 10th |
| Pisces | Leo | Sun | Friend’s sign | 2nd, 9th |
Strongest from Leo — Mars is exalted in Capricorn. Weakest from Aquarius, where it falls in Cancer. For Cancer and Leo ascendants Mars is a yogakaraka, ruling both a kendra and a trikona — a placement that outweighs most other considerations.
What it aspects from here
From the 6th house, Mars aspects the 9th, 12th, 1st houses. Mars has special 4th and 8th aspects in addition to the 7th. An aspect carries the planet's nature into those houses, so a placement is never confined to the house it sits in.
The 6th house
The sixth is a dusthana and an upachaya at once — a house of difficulty that rewards those who work at it. It rules enemies, debts, disease and daily service. Malefics here often help: they fight what the house signifies. Benefics can suffer, because there is little for them to protect.
Karaka: Mars, Saturn · Signifies: enemies, competition and litigation; debt and obligations; disease and daily health; service, employees and routine work
Mars as a planet
Mangal is energy applied against resistance: courage, argument, surgery, engineering, land and blood. He rules younger siblings and gives the capacity for sustained physical effort. A malefic, and the planet behind Mangal Dosha — but the same heat that fights is the heat that builds, and Mars in an upachaya house is a strong placement rather than a weak one.
Nature: Malefic · Karaka of: courage, siblings, land and conflict · Day: Tuesday
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FAQ
Mars in the 6th house — common questions
What does Mars in the 6th house mean?
Mars in the sixth is a classical strength: the fighter in the house of enemies. Opponents are defeated, litigation is won, debts are cleared and health is robust because the planet attacks what the house signifies. Ruchaka-like results in work that involves conflict, medicine or discipline. The 6th house (Ripu Bhava) rules enemies, competition and litigation, debt and obligations, disease and daily health, and Mars is the karaka of courage, siblings, land and conflict. Classically it is a apoklima, dusthana, upachaya house, which shapes how a malefic planet behaves there.
Is Mars in the 6th house good or bad?
It depends on the ascendant, and this is where most articles stop. From an Leo ascendant the 6th house is Capricorn, where Mars is exalted. From Aquarius it is Cancer, where Mars is debilitated. Mars is a yogakaraka for Cancer and Leo ascendants, which changes the reading considerably. The table on this page gives the dignity and rulership for all twelve ascendants.
Which houses does Mars aspect from the 6th house?
The 9th, the 12th, the 1st houses. Mars has special 4th and 8th aspects in addition to the 7th.
Which ascendant has Mars in the 6th house right now?
Exactly one at any moment: the sign Mars currently occupies is the 6th house of a single ascendant. The card on this page computes it from today's ephemeris and says when Mars moves on. In a birth chart, though, what matters is where Mars stood at your birth — the free kundli calculator gives that.
Does Mars in the 6th house affect marriage?
Not directly. Marriage is read from the 7th house, its lord, Venus and the Navamsa. A 6th-house placement matters only through the houses Mars rules and aspects from there — which this page's table sets out per ascendant.