Love & Relationships

Venus in Aries and Mars in Aries: The Same Sign

Venus in Aries is drawn to directness. Somebody who says what they want on the first evening rather than the fourth, and Mars in Aries goes after it directly and at speed. You ask, early, and you do not spend long wondering. The two signs are the same sign, which is what decides whether the wanting and the chasing agree.

Chart wheel showing Venus in Aries and Mars in Aries, 0 degrees apart, a conjunction
Venus in Aries, Mars in Aries: 0 degrees apart, a conjunction.
The short answerVenus in Aries is drawn to directness. Somebody who says what they want on the first evening rather than the fourth. Mars in Aries goes after it directly and at speed. You ask, early, and you do not spend long wondering. The two signs are the same sign, 0 degrees apart, a conjunction, which means the attraction and the pursuit work with each other.

Venus in Aries: what you are drawn to

Venus is the placement that answers what attracts you and how you show affection, and it is a far better guide to somebody's love life than their Sun sign. With Venus in Aries you are drawn to directness. Somebody who says what they want on the first evening rather than the fourth.

You show affection by pursuing, immediately and without much strategy. What you need in order to feel loved is to be chosen obviously, and quickly, and the thing that reliably puts you off is ambiguity, and anybody who makes you guess. That last one is worth knowing, because the turn-off is usually more consistent across a lifetime than the attraction.

Mars in Aries: how you go after it

Mars is the other half: how you pursue, how you argue, and what you want physically. With Mars in Aries you chase directly and at speed. You ask, early, and you do not spend long wondering.

You fight loudly, immediately, and it is over within the hour. What you want is urgency, and somebody who matches the pace. And the way it gets stuck is boredom the moment the chase ends, which is the specific failure mode of this Mars and the thing most worth watching for in yourself.

The angle between them, and why it matters

Aries and Aries are the same sign, which is 0 degrees apart, a conjunction. This is the part that makes the combination more than two separate placements, and it is the part almost every page about Venus and Mars leaves out.

What you are drawn to and how you go after it are the same thing. There is no gap between the attraction and the pursuit, which makes you unusually straightforward in love and leaves you with no internal brake.

The cost attached: no second opinion. Nothing in you disagrees with the chase, so there is nothing to slow it down when it should be slowed down.

Venus in Aries and Mars in Aries
Venus in AriesMars in Aries
What it coversWhat attracts youHow you pursue it
ElementFireFire
ModeCardinalCardinal
Ruled byMarsMars
At its bestBy pursuing, immediately and without much strategyDirectly and at speed. You ask, early, and you do not spend long wondering
Where it goes wrongAmbiguity, and anybody who makes you guess puts you offBoredom the moment the chase ends

Both signs are Fire, which is the simplest version of this: the wanting and the chasing are made of the same material and they do not argue with each other.

What this actually looks like

In practice: somebody drawn to directness. Somebody who says what they want on the first evening rather than the fourth, who pursues directly and at speed. You ask, early, and you do not spend long wondering. Because the two work together, what you want and what you do about it tend to point the same way, and people generally find you readable.

The argument version is worth thinking about separately. You fight loudly, immediately, and it is over within the hour, and you need to be chosen obviously, and quickly. Those are compatible, which means conflict in your relationships tends to resolve rather than accumulate.

What to do with it

  1. Check it against your actual history rather than against how you would like to be. Venus and Mars are descriptions of a pattern, and the pattern is in what you have done.
  2. Watch for boredom the moment the chase ends. That is the specific way this Mars goes wrong and it is the most actionable thing on this page.
  3. Say what you need out loud. Venus in Aries needs to be chosen obviously, and quickly, and nobody can supply that by inference.
  4. Do not assume the ease is compatibility. An easy Venus and Mars makes you consistent, not well matched with anybody in particular.
What two placements can and cannot tell youVenus and Mars describe a style, not a person and not a prognosis. They say nothing about whether somebody is kind, whether a relationship will last, or whether you are compatible with anybody in particular. Nothing in astrology has been shown to predict any of that. What this is useful for is recognising a pattern you have been repeating, and a pattern you can name is easier to change than one you cannot.

Venus in Aries in full and Mars in Aries in full cover each placement on its own. Venus conjunction Mars covers the aspect itself, for anybody whose Venus and Mars are close enough in degree for it to count properly rather than merely being that many signs apart.

Which houses these two fall in is the part that makes it personal, and that needs a birth time. Here is how to find yours.

Questions people ask

What does Venus in Aries and Mars in Aries mean?

Drawn to directness. Somebody who says what they want on the first evening rather than the fourth, pursuing directly and at speed. You ask, early, and you do not spend long wondering. The two signs are the same sign, so the attraction and the pursuit work with each other.

What does Venus in Aries want?

To be chosen obviously, and quickly. It is put off by ambiguity, and anybody who makes you guess.

How does Mars in Aries argue?

Loudly, immediately, and it is over within the hour.

Is this a good combination?

Neither good nor bad. An easy angle makes you consistent, which is not the same as being well matched with any particular person.

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