Mars, the planet of energy and dynamism, moves into the Gandanta zone between water and fire zodiacal signs and nakshatras from December 3rd to 12th, 2025.

Scorpio and Sagittarius, and Jyeshta and Mula are sharply contrasting energies, and any planet moving through this ‘knot-end’ region falls in between a gap. Mars’s usual mode is to get on with the action, but you meet constant obstacles and also an inner reluctance to assert yourself. Allow yourself more time. You can also use this passage of Mars deliberately to eliminate business and complications in your life, and altogether to downsize your workload.

Jyeshta’s Shakti is for ‘Courage in Battle’ and Mula’s is to ‘Ruin and Destroy’, and this potentially volatile contrast stresses the need to tread carefully. Scorpio is a powerful place for Mars, where you have energy and initiative, especially if you are on a work mission or up against a deadline. This transit begins as Mercury’s retrograde phase has just completed, which may give you more options and a desire to get on with delayed action. The Scorpio Gandanta phase also finds Mars in busier mode, conjoining both Sun and Venus, and attempting to energize all your business.

Going through the exact transition zone, Mars emerges in otherworldly Mula on December 7th, where you are concerned with finding the truth rather than being rewarded or recognized for your input. You are more open and less intense at this point, though your motivation may be esoteric and hard for others to understand. You achieve harmony between these two nakshatra energies by researching and uncovering hidden knowledge.