Mars In Cancer On September 4th: Its Impact On All Astrological Signs

Wednesday, September 4, 2024, Mars arrives in Cancer. What does this mean for us? More tenacity, top intuition, and strong emotions… Well, it all depends on your astrological sign. Here is a little preview of what awaits you.

The red planet is moving to the crab side of the force from September 4 to November 4, 2024. Mars has exactly two months to make its mark on our lives, and it intends to make a name for itself. Named after the god of war, Mars represents our survival instincts, our spirit of initiative, and our competitive spirit. The idea? Depending on the constellation Mars is in, it plays on what we want and, more importantly, how we get it.

Mars in Gemini has boosted us and has put our minds in turmoil. This summer may have allowed you to expand your professional network, defend your interests through dialogue, and multiply projects. A great opening to the outside! But in Cancer, another atmosphere awaits us. The warrior of the planets points the cursor elsewhere: towards the inside. We change fight and strategy. A little zoom on this transit of Mars in Cancer will not leave anyone indifferent.

Mars in Cancer: Fighting for those you love

The weapons of Mars in Gemini are reflection and words. Those of Mars in Cancer are a concrete intuition, creativity to spare, and a strong instinct for protection. The projects and desires started this summer with Mars in an Air sign will be able to develop in Cancer and expand. This introverted Air sign does not pay for its mine, but it does not give up anything. These two months under the control of Mars in Cancer redouble our tenacity, we are not only invested: we are emotionally involved in what we fight for. A great creative surge where imagination and sensitivity play a real role. In Gemini, Mars urged us to count on ideas. In Cancer, the red planet urges us to listen to our guts. With Mars in Cancer, there is no “maybe”. If it is not a big yes? Then it is a no. Decisions made on the spot could well turn our daily lives upside down. And this, above all, in the areas most dear to Cancer: family, the intimate sphere, the home. A baby project, the adoption of a pet, a potential move, or work? Everything should move forward.

Beware, however, of the less positive aspects of Mars in Cancer: when sensitivity takes precedence over the rational. For Chris Semet in “Planetary Transits”, this can lead to “difficulties in targeting one’s priorities or a tendency to misdirect one’s actions”. Turmoil could even prove more significant, according to the astrologers of the Astrobistro site. And this is especially because of the alliance of Mars and Neptune, a duo that “favors social movements, anarchy, even a certain violence, and can also cause floods or emotional submersion”. In short, during Mars in Cancer, beware of still waters.

Mars in Cancer on September 4: what horoscope for my sign?

• Cancer, Pisces, Scorpio: the Water signs are getting moving. During these two months, they will be carried by the force of Mars in Cancer. A motivating wave that pushes them to surpass themselves but whose power must not carry them away. Scorpio and its “all or nothing” tendency will have to watch out for its outbursts of anger. For Cancer, it will be a matter of not overreacting and avoiding getting upset at the slightest hiccup. Because the urge to switch to “self-defense” mode could often make them itch. Pisces, for its part, is invited to defend its interests more ardently and assert itself… without having any illusions about the result either.

• Taurus, Virgo: the two Earth signs indirectly benefit from the influence of Mars in Cancer. They focus, target their goals better, and don’t give up. Taurus will be able to count on a surge of imagination and creativity that they can use to advance the projects that are close to their heart. For Virgo, it’s a done deal. Mars in Cancer is coupled with the passage of Mercury (mental, communication) in their sign from September 9 to 26. The period promises to be rich and productive for the Earth sign.

• Leo, Sagittarius, Gemini, Aquarius: these four have a little more to worry about. The emotional and introverted energy of the sign of Cancer does not match with the way of being of these Air and Fire signs. But as always, in astrology, it is mainly about learning useful lessons. Leo and Sagittarius who always want to be elsewhere could learn to channel their energy on the here and now: what projects improve their daily life? The same goes for Gemini and Aquarius, who could invest themselves in their love life and intimate life more than usual.
• Aries, Libra, Capricorn: those for whom Mars in Cancer proves to be the most difficult are also those for whom things are likely to move forward the most. Upheavals await the three other cardinal signs (with Cancer) who resolutely emphasize their life as a couple, their circle of friends, and their family. Usually rather focused on career, social life, or personal achievement, these three will be pushed to advance the pawns on the chessboard of private life, until November.