It is not that being in Sagittarius is in itself limiting or annoying for Mars. He is not in fall or in detriment there. It s more that Mars loves to be in Capricorn, where he likes to visit his old mentor or grandfather Saturn. Mars usually has to stop at Jupiter s house for only about a month and a half or two, but this time he has to unpack. This situation of hot youth vs. cheerfully deliberate statecraft is inherently tense, and this is why for the next six months there is a greater than usual danger of military adverturism, palace revolts and sudden attacks, some of them undiscliplined and eruptive.
Volcanic activity is also likely now.
The advantage of Mars in Capricorn is that Mars is at his best there, embodying and exercising the noblest of the warrior qualities, such as unselfish service, loyalty, courage, devotion, humility and mercy. Mars in Capricorn benefits enormously from the influence of Saturn as both spiritual teacher and mentor. Mars in Sagittarius, though, is small Mars, petulant and impatient, like Achilles sulking in his tent rather than out on the field in action. We need not moan over the details on these, other than to say that their combined effect is to raise the bar, by injecting confusion and caprice into the Mars and Venus issues that men and women face in the coming months. The basic bargain, it seems, is that the time between now and 2012 will have some months that feel like preparation and examination at the same time.