Mars contributes an element of unpredictability, verbal aggression and manic creativity. Mars influence on the spirit is a negative one, fostering distrust and hedonistic behavior. The influence of Mars on Power can be extreme. A compulsion to the dramatic, passionate outpourings, and a strong increase in the sex drive.

Mars is associated with the masculine principle in both males and females. Its astrological influences include energy and action, courage and determination, assertiveness, impulsiveness, ruthlessness, and brutality. Mars has always had a strong association with war, and is traditionally associated with Aries and Scorpio.

The things of the spirit are a threat to the largely bellicose power of Mars, as though there is an attempt to repress the higher aspirations from consciousness, especially at times when the influence of Mars is particularly strong.

More information on how Mars influences the different starsigns

Starscine uses the Inverse Square of the distance between the Earth and Mars to calculate the relative astrological influence of Mars.