Mars will be in Gemini for the next 7 months — here’s what it means for your sign
August 20th, 2022 – March 25th, 2023
On August 20th, Mars — the planet of decisive action — moves into inquisitive Gemini. When Mars is in this sign, there’s a buzzing desire to share, learn, and verbally spar. It amplifies the push and pull between defending our beliefs and working toward consensus. As a result, you may notice curiosity is at an all-time high, communication is even more rapid or divisive than usual, or misinformation unspools at a dizzying speed.
This moment is a big one because Mars will be in the sign of Gemini for seven months (until March 25th, 2023, to be exact). The reason Mars will spend so long in Gemini is that the planet will be retrograde from October 30th, 2022, to January 12th, 2023. For context, Mars normally takes one to two months to speed through a sign — but this year, our rowdy BnB guest decided to extend their stay.
Mars in Gemini pushes us to reckon with what we might not normally have words for, and it equips us with the language to name it all — sharply, without a politeness filter. This can be both constructive and destructive. So be mindful of how you wield this sword over the next seven months.
When Mars enters the sign of the twins on August 20th, it marks the beginning of a reframe. A time to rewire our relationship to anger, courage, and treating others fairly, even as we speak our minds.
Mars in Gemini Horoscopes
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The following horoscopes were written by Sarina Romero.
Aries & Aries Rising
As Mars enters Gemini, the everyday tempo of your life quickens its pace. Like a flame’s hunger for oxygen, the desire to identify with your beliefs could feel incessant. If you notice yourself feeling quick to flare, take a few moments (or hours, or days) to check in with yourself. Tempers will inevitably run hot. Breathing deeply, staying hydrated, and counting to 10 will be your loyal allies through it all. Remember that anger is a vital, mobilizing force — but you’re in control of how to spin its fire.
Taurus & Taurus Rising
Disentangling your self-worth from your public successes and losses may seem like an unending process. Yet, Mars in Gemini is kickstarting an opportunity for you to confront outdated stories about value, money, and material security head-on. Resist any narratives insisting that what you have or do in this world is all of you. Opt out of comparison bingo and write your own story of abundance.
Gemini & Gemini Rising
For the next seven months, Mars is amplifying your you-ness and filling you with a vitality that radiates from the inside out. The planet of action is here to stoke the inner flames that fuel your courage and motivation. This shift invites a flurry of activity and vigor to your days. If you weren’t already multitasking as a competitive sport, the mile-a-minute approach to your to-dos starts now. Just remember you don’t have to do everything at once. Mars is an expert at decisiveness. Prioritize what you want and barrel after it, one — and only one — goal at a time.
Cancer & Cancer Rising
Mars in Gemini pulls focus to the parts of you that often get pushed to the background. The ones that get frustrated easily and feel like they’re not getting enough credit. Mars can be a sharp-tongued house guest, making it all the more crucial to bestow gentleness to these aspects of yourself. Channel Mars’ drive and Gemini’s inquisitiveness and get curious about your shadow parts. Affirmations, heart-to-hearts, and creative outlets will help you process the feelings that emerge. As well, any cooling aids you can get yourself in or around will help temper the heat that this moment is stoking.
Leo & Leo Rising
While Mars is in Gemini, your communal spaces, friend groups, and communities get activated. Mars loves independence, and this seven-month stint will remind you that to bond is to sometimes take action around a purpose. This moment challenges you to balance your interests with those of the group. But that doesn’t mean you need to put yourself in the backseat — coordination and communication are your tools of the trade over the next seven months. Synch up with your cohorts. Dream boldly. Then trust yourself to take action when the time is right.
Virgo & Virgo Rising
Mars in Gemini is here to infuse your public-facing work and projects with mega-wattage energy. If there are projects you’ve been wanting to take on, or are already in the middle of, they’ll offer you dedicated space to channel your ambition. Mars in Gemini reminds you of the practical magic that is your willpower — as well as your ability to make tough calls. You might be someone who can have two (or more) careers, but sometimes you have to choose what to prioritize. Your efforts are too important to risk burning out.
Libra & Libra Rising
When Mars enters Gemini, your mind is a livewire of connection and expression. You may be more driven than usual to share your ideas or express your views through your creative work. Seek out the places, people, or experiences that leave you feeling like your world has stretched larger. Any intentional time you spend outside your comfort zone will help nurture the drive coursing inside you to explore, understand, and expand your inner horizons.
Scorpio & Scorpio Rising
While Mars is in Gemini, you are being drawn (and maybe pushed) to get to know your agency around the outside sources of resources in your life. Loans, grants, inheritances, scholarships, and shared bank accounts take center stage now. You are excavating, or perhaps redefining, the ways you work with and communicate these parts of your life. You may also notice a new, laser-sharp ability to articulate the griefs you’ve been carrying around for a while. This time highlights the ways you are, and are not, willing to take action. What do you need to feel safe as you process your fear, or confront the fine print of the resources others are providing you? Channel Mars’s grit, and make time for the things that leave you feeling refreshed and in touch with your resolve, agency, and sense of self.
Sagittarius & Sagittarius Rising
The will to compromise with partners, close friends, and collaborators is both the sting and salve for you while Mars is in Gemini. Communication with those closest to you gets stickier, murkier, and sharper around the edges — but this time is a special window to give air to the parts of you that you usually refuse to address within your relationship dynamics. Remind yourself that you only have everything to gain, and nothing to lose, each time you express yourself in all honesty. Every time you acknowledge the aspects of your relationships that are sensitive to touch, you are practicing radical vulnerability. Take the leaps in faith.
Capricorn & Capricorn Rising
When Mars enters Gemini, it brings rigor to your wellness and work routines. Mars loves a sense of direction, so now is an opportune time to set goals when it comes to your workload and health rituals. With Mars soon to enter its pre-retrograde shadow, remember that these goals can (and should) include rest. They can (and should) also include under-scheduling yourself. Experiment with practices that help you release the heat, such as breath work, cucumber facials, and cool baths.
Aquarius & Aquarius Rising
Mars in Gemini kickstarts the pulse of your creative life. Right now, there is an unquenchable desire to be yourself at all costs. To express who you are, and what you are, through as many creative outlets as possible. Put on a one-person show. Paint a mural. Paint yourself. Collage an entire wall. Adorn yourself in your most bold dress-up attire. Write your personal manifesto for living life to the fullest. Lean into caps lock and put as many exclamation marks in your texts as you want. Seek out loudspeakers and take charge of the karaoke mic — sing loud, change the lyrics, then pick your favorite power ballad without apologizing for it. Make play your pièce de résistance.
Pisces & Pisces Rising
You may notice that your home and family life is undergoing major changes and renovations, or that memories, attitudes, and behaviors from your familial past or childhood get activated during Mars’ seven-month stint in Gemini. The impulse to make choices or communicate in ways you associate with younger versions of yourself could start to feel like a dance you’ve done before, but no longer want to participate in. The more you give yourself space to process what’s bubbling to the surface, the more you’ll be able to appreciate how these influences play out in your life — even if you prefer to write your own mythologies. Mars in Gemini will help you do just that.
