Mars in Cancer, Mars in the 7th House

Mars in Cancer ♋︎ in the Natal Chart

Archetypes: Advocate, Caregiver, Matriarch 

What Drives You: If you have Mars in Cancer in your natal chart than you are driven to fiercely protect the people you love. There is almost an aggressive quality to how far you will go to make sure those you care about are safe. Mars in Cancer is deeply affectionate towards others. You give freely of your energy knowing that you deeply want to receive affection in return. 

Mars in Cancer drives you to want to take care of people. Your often make an excellent cook as this is a tangible way you can express this intense need to nurture others. 

This Mars placement also comes with a great deal of loyalty. You find yourself joining up with causes you care deeply about and you are willing to put up a fight in order to see the results actualized. Mars in Cancer individual’s have the power to manifest their desires. These people will put passion behind what they want and go for it without restraint. At times you may loose your temper getting swept up in the moment. 

Sexuality: This Mars placement tends to be very generous in bed. You have a deep well of passion often being drawn to sexually intense relationships.

7th House

Keywords: The keywords associated with the 7th house are marriage, partnership, relationships, business partners, friends, social life, balance, legal matters, cooperation, collaboration, compromise, love, and contracts. 

Angular House Type: An Angular house type is ruled by a cardinal sign. Libra is the cardinal air sign overseeing the 7th house. 

The 7th house is associated with partnerships, marriage, and contracts. It is where you start to see yourself expressed through others. Often people do not express the sign on the 7th house very easily but instead live out the themes of this house through their relationships. This house is the area of life where you have made commitments to someone else often in a legal or official capacity. For this reason the 7th house can be seen as your relationship to a business partner, a close friend, or a spouse. 

On a spiritual level the 7th house is bringing awareness to the areas of life you find yourself in opposition to. This is why individuals may end up dating their complete opposite zodiac sign, as the saying goes: “opposite attract.” Having a lot of planets in the 7th house indicates that you will often be searching for yourself in others. How you relate to your own identity and the identity of others is in the themes of this house.