In the early days of a relationship with an Aries man, it can be hard to know if you’re moving in the right direction. With Astrology behind you, though, you can get into the head of your Aries guy and make sure you’re setting yourself up for smooth sailing!
Are you dating an Aries man but it doesn’t feel like its really progressing? Maybe you’re feeling like you aren’t so sure he likes you as much as you like him. What can you do to find out with pushing him?
I want to help you! Aries men are hard to get but once you do, you’ve got to work harder to keep them. You may want to keep reading and learn more about the early stages of dating an Aries man and what you can do to make progress.
I have been working as a relationship astrologer for many years, and the early stages with an Aries man are the single most common topic women come to me about. They tell me the same story in a hundred different ways: he came on like a freight train, the chemistry was electric, he said things she had not heard from a man in years, and now she is staring at her phone trying to figure out what just happened. If that is where you are right now, you are not imagining things, and you are far from alone.
In a survey of more than 400 women dating an Aries man, 39 percent said they felt confident he was interested in them, the highest of any sign in our research. But a combined 41 percent were either reading mixed signals or had no idea where they stood. He signals strongly when he is in pursuit. The confusion comes from what he does next. Once you understand the rhythm of how he loves, the early stages stop feeling like a riddle and start feeling like a sequence you can read.
If you want a deeper look at how to read your specific connection with him, my complete Aries Man Secrets guide walks you through the full pursuit-to-commitment cycle and shows you exactly how to keep him moving toward you instead of away.
The First 30 Days Decoded: What Is Really Happening With Your Aries Man
The first 30 days with an Aries man are not like the first 30 days with any other sign. He is ruled by Mars, the planet of action and pursuit, which means his interest does not show up as quiet attentiveness. It shows up as a chase. He texts back fast. He plans things. He shows up. He says things that feel almost too forward for someone he just met. And because he moves so quickly, women often assume the level of intensity at week one is what the relationship will look like at month six. It will not be. Not because he is losing interest, but because Mars energy moves in cycles. The pursuit phase is meant to land him at your door, and once he is there, the energy shifts from the chase to the next thing.
This is the part most women misread. They equate the chase fading with him cooling off. With an Aries man, those two things are different. In our surveys, 28 percent of women said the connection with their Aries man was real but fading, and what I want you to understand is that fading is not finished. Fading often means the chase phase ended naturally and he is now in his recharge cycle. What you do during this in-between window is what decides whether he settles into a real relationship with you or drifts off looking for the next spark.
Starting With the First Date
Going into something potentially serious with an Aries man requires a stellar first date. If you’re about to take that step, you’ve got to know what to do so that there will be a second date or more beyond.
The first thing to know is that the Aries man is an alpha male, and that means he wants to plan the date. Let him. Even if you’re used to making plans, give him the reins on this one.
While talking to him, listen to what he says and get to know what he likes and cares about. Try to get his attention by talking about adventures such as travel, sports, or something that you’ve done that he may enjoy.
He will admire you and be intrigued by your exciting experiences. It will make him want to ask more questions and get to know you, which will take a second date!
Once you do the second date, you’ll give him more juicy details about your life and things you’d love to try that you haven’t yet. Talk about places you’d like to travel as well.
Things like this get his blood pumping, and he’s going to see you as a potential partner in crime. Aries men can be a bit into themselves, so be sure to ask him questions, too. It makes him feel important.
Be sure you look your best to appeal to his sexual side. Have your hair fixed and looking neat. You don’t have to look like a supermodel, but do show that you care about your appearance.
Don’t be aggressive, but don’t be passive either. He doesn’t like women who are easily turned into doormats. He likes a strong woman that will stand her ground.
If all goes well, this will land you many more dates to come. Whatever you do, try not to dive into bed with him right away. This gives him the idea that you’re okay with being casual, so if you aren’t, then don’t do it.
What an Aries Man Is Actually Looking For on Date Two and Three
If your first date went well, the next two or three are where most women either lock him in or accidentally lose him. By date two, the novelty is gone, and his Mars-ruled brain starts asking a different question: is this woman going to be someone who excites me, or someone who slowly settles into routine? Aries men are not afraid of intensity. They are afraid of boredom. So whatever you did on date one that surprised him, that made him laugh, that made him want to know more, you need to keep that thread alive without overdoing it.
One of my clients in her late forties told me that her first three dates with an Aries man were so different from each other that he later said it was the reason he could not stop thinking about her. She was not performing. She was simply not predictable. She let him plan one date. She suggested something physical and unexpected for the second. She brought a book she was reading to the third and asked him about something he had mentioned in passing the week before. None of that is complicated. But to him it landed as: this woman has her own life, her own taste, her own mind, and she is letting me into it slowly.
The other thing to remember at this stage is that he is watching how you react when something inevitably goes wrong. The reservation falls through. He runs late. A text gets misread. An Aries man is testing, almost without meaning to, whether you can stay light when life is not perfect. The woman who can laugh and pivot is the woman he keeps calling. The woman who lectures, sulks, or punishes him by going cold is the woman he files under too much work before date four.
How To Tell When An Aries Man Is Into You
Now that you’ve started something with your Aries guy, you want to know if he actually likes you and sees some type of future with you. There are some signs you can look for.
- He invites you out to do fun things, either with other friends or with just him.
- He acts like a teenager trying to show off for you to notice.
- He touches you subtly to get your attention
- Spontaneity is his thing. He may show up when you least expect him.
- He will compliment you and make you feel good.
- He will ask about meeting your friends or even family.
- He craves more info about your life and wants to spend as much time as he can with you.
- He starts putting you first in his routines.
- He tells you straight-up that he likes you.
These are some very obvious ways to know an Aries man is into you!
Now what can you do to make sure he stays into you? I’ve got some ideas for you!
If you read through that list and recognized your Aries man in three or more of those signs, his interest in you is genuine, and you are further along than you think. The trick now is not to chase the feeling of certainty by squeezing him for confirmation. Aries men do not do well with verbal reassurance scripts. They show through action. Watch what he does in the next two weeks rather than what he says in the next two days, and you will get your answer.
How to Text an Aries Man in the Early Stages
Texting is where most early-stage Aries situations are quietly won or quietly lost. He is fast, direct, and he absolutely notices the energy of your replies. Long, paragraph-style texts that try to explain feelings will make him pull back. So will hours of silence designed to make him chase. The Aries man is not punished by withholding. He is intrigued by parallel momentum, which is a fancy way of saying: text him like a woman with her own life who is happy he is in it, not a woman waiting for him to make her day.
A good rule for the first three weeks is to match his energy and add about ten percent. If he sends a one-line text, you send a slightly warmer one-liner. If he sends a voice note, you send one back. If he goes quiet for half a day, you do not flood him with three follow-ups asking if he is okay. You let him return to a woman who is not panicking, and that contrast against women he has dated before is exactly the thing that makes him write back longer next time.
One area where Aries men consistently respond is light, slightly playful challenge. A small tease about something he said, a joke that lands, an honest reaction that is not overly polished. He does not want a curated conversation, he wants a spark. If you have ever felt unsure about exactly what to type when he goes a little quiet or sends something cryptic, my Aries Text Magic guide gives you the exact word-for-word texts that re-engage his Mars-ruled attention without making him feel pursued. For more on the rhythm of texting him in those first weeks, my full guide to flirting with an Aries man over text walks through 11 specific techniques that work on his sign.
How To Keep An Aries Man Interested
You’ve gotten him out on dates and he seems to like you. Now what? What can you to do to ensure that he’s going to get closer to you – and maybe even decide you’re the one for him?
- Keep things fresh and spontaneous. He doesn’t like too much routine as it becomes boring.
- Suggest new places or things you can do that will be lots of fun and caters to both your interests.
- Let him set the pace so that he doesn’t feel pressured to commit before he’s ready.
- Move quickly, but don’t rush! That doesn’t mean pressure him, but it does mean you should always try to spend time together. He can decide when he’s comfortable doing it, but at least he knows you’re into him.
- Be sneaky and plan a surprise activity you know he’ll love.
- Be patient and let him spend time out with his friends when he wants to, as long as he makes time for you, as well.
- Let him have his personal freedom. This means not boxing him in or making demands.
- Stay active with him. He’s going to love being physically active and fit, whether you’re doing it together or separately.
- Have your own life and friends, and spend time on your own without him. It will make him feel more secure in his own freedom and show him you stand on your own feet.
- Be open to trying new things, especially in the bedroom. He wants excitement always!
- Always be on his side. Having you as his cheerleader and number one fan is VERY important to Aries man.
Now you are armed with a game plan to keep your Aries man interested in you and excited about the possibilities of the future. Never pressure him, and never tell him what to do.
As long as you act like his partner and not like his mother or teacher, you’ll do well with him. Don’t let him get away with anything, though! You’ve got to stand your ground and set boundaries and expectations so he knows what is and isn’t ok.
Be open and honest with him. For the times when you don’t feel like keeping up with his busy life, it’s fine if you stay home – but let him go do whatever he had planned. He will appreciate your understanding.
Read next: 3 Texts That Melt an Aries Man’s Heart
Mistakes That Push an Aries Man Away in the First Few Weeks
Every sign has its own version of relationship friction, and Aries has his. He does not respond to the same softening tactics that work on a Cancer or a Pisces, and he does not need the slow-burn patience of a Taurus or a Capricorn. There are specific moves that quietly push him toward the door before he has even fully decided how he feels about you, and most of them are well-intentioned mistakes women make because they think they are being thoughtful.
The first is asking him for too much reassurance. After a great date or a stretch of warm texts, the urge to ask where do you see this going feels reasonable, even healthy. With an Aries man at week two or week three, that question lands as pressure. He has not finished feeling out the connection yet. Asking him to define it in the early stages is like pulling a cake out of the oven before it has set, and he will react by retreating to consider whether you are going to be a constant source of that pressure.
The second is making yourself too available. Cancelling your own plans the moment he asks, replying within seconds at every hour, framing your weekend around whether he reaches out, all of it kills the chase he is wired for. In our surveys, the women whose Aries men kept escalating instead of fading were almost always the women who had a full life he was being invited into rather than a calendar he was the center of. He needs to feel like he is winning you, not collecting you.
The third is taking his short bursts of distance personally. An Aries man who goes quiet for two days is not running. He is recharging Mars energy, the same way a runner does not sprint nonstop. If you treat his recharge as rejection and respond with anger, withdrawal, or a we need to talk text, you teach him that closeness equals consequences. Let him have the recharge without making him pay for it. The contrast between you and the women in his past who could not handle space is one of the loudest signals you can send him that you are different.
If you want a structured way to navigate these moments without overthinking every text, my 30 Day Love Challenge for Aries men gives you a daily plan that turns the early weeks into the kind of escalating connection he cannot walk away from.
Frequently Asked Questions About Dating an Aries Man Early On
How long does an Aries man chase before he commits?
The chase phase with an Aries man is intense but not endless. Most clients of mine see the active pursuit phase last somewhere between three and eight weeks before he begins to relax into the connection. That softening is not a loss of interest. It is him moving from winning her mode into deciding what this is mode. The mistake to avoid is forcing a label during the relaxation period, because that is when his decision is actually being made internally.
Commitment itself, in the official sense, tends to come somewhere between month three and month six for an Aries man, but the truth is that with this sign you will know it is happening before he says the words. He starts protecting you in small ways. He starts including you in plans further out. He talks about the future without realizing he is doing it. Watch for the behavior shift more than the verbal moment, because Aries men commit emotionally before they commit officially.
If your Aries man is still pursuing aggressively at the four-week mark, he is invested. If the pursuit has eased but he is still showing up, he is invested in a different and often deeper way. Both are good signs. Panic only comes when contact disappears entirely without explanation, and even that often resolves once you understand his recharge rhythm.
Does an Aries man fall in love quickly?
Aries men fall in love faster than almost any other sign, but they also feel love differently. For an Aries man, the early flood of feeling is real, and he will say things he genuinely means in the moment. The question is not whether he can fall fast. He absolutely can. The question is whether the woman he is falling for can hold his interest once the rush of the chase wears off, and that is where most early Aries connections actually rise or fall.
If you have an Aries man telling you he has never felt this way, that he was not expecting to feel so much so fast, take him at his word. He is not lying or running a script. But also keep your own ground under you. Do not reorganize your life around him in week two. The woman who matches his intensity without losing herself is the woman he locks onto.
Why does my Aries man go silent after a great date?
This is one of the most common questions I get about Aries men, and the answer is almost always the same. He is not gone. He is processing. Aries men feel intensely, and a great date often leaves him with more emotion than he was prepared to handle. His instinct, ruled by Mars, is to retreat into action. He throws himself into work, the gym, his friends, anything that lets him manage the intensity without confronting it directly.
The wrong move during this silence is to interpret it as rejection and start chasing him for an explanation. The right move is to live your life, post your normal week, and let him return on his own. Ninety percent of the time, an Aries man who goes quiet after a great date is back within three to seven days, and he comes back warmer than he left.
If the silence stretches longer than two weeks with no contact, that is a different conversation. That tends to mean something else entered the picture or he is wrestling with a deeper hesitation, and at that point a more deliberate re-engagement strategy matters more than waiting it out.
Should I text an Aries man first in the early stages?
You can absolutely text an Aries man first. The myth that women must never initiate is not true with this sign, because Aries men love confidence and they love being told, indirectly, that they are wanted. The texture of the text matters more than who sends it. A bored hey what are you doing lands flat. A specific, light reference to something you both talked about lands beautifully.
The rule I give my clients is to initiate when you have something worth initiating with, not when you are anxious. If a memory of him made you laugh, send the laugh. If you saw something that reminded you of his job or his hobby, send the photo. What you do not want is a pattern where you are filling silence because the silence is making you uncomfortable. Aries men feel that distinction even through a phone screen.
How do I know if an Aries man is serious about me in the early stages?
The clearest early sign that an Aries man is serious is consistency without you having to ask for it. He texts at his own initiative. He plans dates. He shows up when he says he will. He starts referring to your existence around his friends, often before he calls you his girlfriend. An Aries man who is not serious is fun and flirty, but he is rarely consistent without prompting, and he goes quiet without coming back warmer.
The other major signal is when he starts protecting your time and energy. Maybe he asks if you ate. Maybe he tells you to text him when you get home. Maybe he calls out something that he thinks is treating you badly. That protective instinct is Mars in its highest expression, and it shows up early when an Aries man is genuinely picking you. Combine that with consistent action and you have your answer, no matter what label he has or has not put on it yet.
For a deeper read on whether your specific Aries man is showing the long-term signs or just enjoying the early high, my full breakdown of the eleven signs an Aries man is falling in love with you walks through every behavioral tell in detail.
What This All Means for Your Next Move With Him
Aries men are hard to get. They’re sexy and motivated, and you’ve got to give him your best in order to stand out and make him feel you’re the right one for him.
You can totally do this if you follow the steps I’ve given you. Keep him excited and feeling like you’re a big adventure he can’t wait to explore.
He will see you as a prize, and as long as you’re showing him that you are, things will go very well between you two. Be supportive of his goals or ideas. Try not to bicker with him (he’s a sore loser).
He doesn’t like to own up to when he is wrong, but if you teach him how to do this by example, he will start to grow as a man and as your partner. Marriage will only come when he’s totally ready.
Don’t ever try to push him into marriage. He will either back away or he will resent you for trying to push him. Either way it won’t end very well. He will want to get away from you.
The Aries man in love is quite powerful and tends to make you feel safe. He has that quality of making you feel like a million bucks in his arms. When you have his love, you feel on top of the world.
You know that you’ve earned your way into his heart. Truly, he could have just about anyone he wanted, but he’s choosing you. Hang onto that by doing everything you can to keep his interest flowing.
He’s a strong man, and yes, he can be stubborn. But if you plant the seeds and build a strong foundation, you’ll end up with a keeper!
Did you know that hilarious actor Paul Rudd is an Aries man? If you ever watch any of his films, you see his allure!
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Wishing you all the luck of the universe.
Your friend and relationship astrologer,
Anna Kovach
