Mangal (Mars)
Mars is the karaka of energy, courage and valour. It gives you boldness, strength and the drive to push ahead. Its influence shows in your resolve and your fighting spirit.
What Mars signifies
Mars is the karaka of the parts of life that need courage, energy and strength. It governs valour and drive, siblings, land and property, blood and muscle, and competition. Mars gives you the power to move forward and the nerve to fight through hardship. Where you show courage with self-control, Mars rewards you with victory and valour.
Mars strong vs afflicted
When Mars is strong
- Courage, energy and firm resolve
- Affection from siblings and gain from land
- Leadership, valour and the will to win
- Good health and physical strength
When Mars is afflicted
- Anger, quarrels and haste
- Discord with or distance from siblings
- Injury, burns and blood-related trouble
- Rash decisions and loss in the heat of anger
Signs and nakshatras Mars rules
Nakshatras
Mars remedies and mantra
To settle and strengthen Mars, mantra chanting and acts of service are used.
Om Angarakaya Namah
Chant 108 times · most auspicious on Tuesday
- Worship Hanuman and fast on Tuesdays
- Donate red lentils, jaggery and red items
- Selfless service to siblings and the needy
- Control over anger and self-restraint, the greatest remedy of all
Mars, frequently asked questions
Mars rules Aries and Scorpio. It is exalted in Capricorn and debilitated in Cancer.
Mars is the karaka of the parts of life that need courage, energy and strength. It governs valour and drive, siblings, land and property, blood and muscle, and competition. Mars gives you the power to move forward and the nerve to fight through hardship. Where you show courage with self-control, Mars rewards you with victory and valour.
Mars's friends are Sun and Moon and Jupiter, and its enemies are Mercury.
The mantra for Mars is "Om Angarakaya Namah", chanted as a remedy.
In the Vimshottari system, Mars's mahadasha runs for 7 years.
Where is Mars in your chart?
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