Sanskrit: “brilliant, radiant”
Mars in its own sign (Aries or Scorpio) or exalted (Capricorn), placed in a kendra — the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house from the Lagna.
One of the five Pancha Mahapurusha yogas, said to produce physical courage, command, and success in fields requiring decisiveness — military, surgery, engineering, athletics, or enterprise built on nerve.
Mars strong in a kendra genuinely does emphasise drive and confrontation in a chart. Whether that reads as leadership or as a temper depends on what else aspects Mars and which houses it rules for you.
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Create your free kundliA note on how to hold any of this: a yoga is one feature of a chart among many, and no combination decides a life on its own. Classical texts frequently disagree on exact conditions, and a yoga’s effects are traditionally read as arriving during the dasha periods of the planets involved rather than continuously. Be particularly wary of any reading that names a difficult yoga and then offers to sell you the cure.