How Mars works through Ashlesha
Karkat is the sign of Mars's fall, and Ashlesha, the coiled serpent, is the most difficult part of it. Mars wants to strike openly. Here it cannot, so the force coils up. You may say nothing during an argument and then remember it for years, or make one precise remark that does more damage than any shouting.
Mercury rules the star, and Mars counts Mercury as its only enemy, so reasoning and anger are at odds. You may build a case in your head against someone who has no idea of it. Mars is the karaka of courage and Karkat is the sign of feeling, and the work of this placement is learning to bring them into the open before they sour.
Anger and resentment
Challenging. This is what the placement most needs you to handle. Saying what bothers you early, while it is still small, prevents most of the damage. Written lists of grievances usually make things worse. A long physical activity, such as walking or swimming, gives the energy somewhere to go.
Precision work
Good, and a real gift. Surgery, chemistry, pharmacology, forensics and bomb disposal are all work where a cool hand under pressure matters. You may be at your best where other people's emotions run high and yours have gone quiet.
Home and property
Needs care. Mars is the karaka of land and Karkat is the sign of home, so quarrels at home and difficulty over a house are common themes. Check title papers carefully. Your mother may be a strong presence in this story, and it says nothing certain about her health.
In the dasha of Mars
Mars’s mahadasha lasts 7 years. Mercury is Mars's only enemy, so the period can bring sharp arguments, legal trouble and nervous strain. Technical and analytic work is where the energy pays.
In a woman's and a man's chart
In a woman's chart, tradition may read this as anxiety about a husband's temper, or a partner who is hard to read. In a man's chart, it speaks more of his own hidden anger. Whether Mars forms Mangal Dosha is decided by the house, and neecha bhanga can change the reading entirely, so read the whole chart with both partners' charts at Kundali Milan.
Strengths and challenges
Strengths
- Precision under emotional pressure
- A long memory for detail
- Skill in medicine, chemistry and forensics
- Recovery after real setbacks
Challenges
- Anger that goes underground
- Quarrels at home and over property
- Sharp remarks that do lasting damage
When Mars passes through Ashlesha
Mars has been in Ashlesha since 17 October 2026, and it reaches 28° of Karkat, its deepest fall, on 8 November. It leaves for Simha at 8:18 pm on 12 November. It comes back, retrograde, from 12:13 am on 10 March to 11:47 am on 26 April 2027, turning direct here at 26°41' on 1 April.
During the 2027 window it shares the star with Jupiter and Ketu, closest on 28 March. For Karkat Moon signs, this is a time to keep your temper at home and to go slowly with heat, fire and machinery.
| Enters (IST) | Leaves (IST) | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 12 May 2025, 8:36 am | 7 Jun 2025, 2:12 am | Past |
| 17 Oct 2026, 12:46 pm | 12 Nov 2026, 8:18 pm | Past |
| 10 Mar 2027, 12:13 am | 26 Apr 2027, 11:47 am | Coming |
| 22 Sept 2028, 7:42 am | 14 Oct 2028, 10:21 am | Coming |
| 2 Sept 2030, 7:10 am | 23 Sept 2030, 10:46 am | Coming |
| 13 Aug 2032, 3:48 pm | 3 Sept 2032, 1:03 pm | Coming |
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