Erdogan and Sun- Mars

A blogger/journalist in my country couldn't leave Turkey. If you want to know why, read this:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/dutch-metro-journalist-ebru-umar-arrested-in-turkey-a6998286.html She is one of the many persons who got arrested for insulting the President of Turkey, Recep Erdogan. Because he has the key in hands to allow migrants to enter Europe or not, the EU permits him to prosecute anyone who doesn't agree with him. Mr Erdogan is in the news often these days. Recently he ordered that members of the parliament are no longer immune for prosecution (see the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/20/turkish-mps-vote-lifting-immunity-from-prosecution ) and a few weeks ago the Turkish' PM had to quit because of disagreement with this President. who lives in a a palace like a sultan in the Ottoman days (it is a palace 50 times larger than the White House, see the picture).

Anyway, the question is why doesn't he want to be offended thAt much?

1.
First of all, he is a Sun-Saturn man. Many dictators have a Sun-Saturn aspect. Dictators use to demand respect. They also want to rule alone, without being disturbed by those with other opinions. It seems to me that people who want to rule others don't like others to tell them that they are or do wrong at all, as if any disagreement nibs a bit of their amount of respect. The way people on the internet use to offend others these days is rather rude, and without much respect and so even more offensive to those who have high opinions of themselves or of their leader.

2.
Second: he is a Sun-Mars conflict man. With Sun-Mars you tend to get angry easily and when you do, your enemies have to start worrying about getting hurt, as you respond immediately.

3.
Third: he has progressed Sun inconjunct Mars now. It is not a good aspect for health because many with such a progression get injured, suffer from heart attacks or have to endure some kind of surgery. In such days you are more irritable than ever. So if you have the intention to say something bad about Recep Erdogan...don't do it now.

4.
He was born with an OOB Moon. Can we predict what an OOB Moon will do? The OOB Moon rolls the dice and doesn't play by the rules (see: http://www.forrestastrology.com/resources/articles/general-astrology/215-the-out-of-bounds-moon ) With this OOB Moon conjunct Mars emotions join anger.

When you try the color horoscope for Erdogan (see Astro.com), you may see the list 'Roles you play' ending in 'Sensitivity' (easily hurt by others). This sensitivity is now highlighted and with such a power, you can pay back all those evil creatures that make nasty comments or draw dirty pictures to show how angry they are about the lack of free press (even for 16 year old teenagers). Of course, no one wants to be offended publicly and of course, it is a bit foolish to do that just before you decide to go to a nation that apparently allows the President to be in charge for the full 100% and arrest anyone who is 'against' you. Right now his Sun inconjunct Mars may cause outbursts of anger.  Warrior planets Mars is so very important in his chart already! Mars is rising before the Sun. People with Mars before the Sun are active and often are activist. They are do-ers or use their energy to play sports. Recep Erdogan used to play football and that s a good sport for someone with a prominent Mars. But now that he reached the highest position in the nation, I doubt that he will ever play these kind of games again. He is very very serious and getting more serious every day. The progressed Sun will be opposition Saturn within a year.  As he took over the control over the army and gets more and more power every day, I wonder what kind of opposition Saturn will bring. Maybe bad elections? Here is the chart with transits and progressions for May 5 2016.

His Progressed Moon is now at the lowest level, ready to climb again.
Maybe you can predict the next steps in his career? I choose to wait a while until Mars moves on...:) And I remind you that the charts of the leader in many ways is the chart of a nation. Sun inconjunct Mars in the leader's chart isn't a peaceful aspect.

LINK: https://www.theguardian.com/world/recep-tayyip-erdogan



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Sunny Saturn? Rarely (#Michael Glifford, #Sofia Hellqvist, #Princess Cristina)

Michael Glifford plays the guitar in the band '5 Seconds of Summer'. He got too close to fire works and burned his head (see the news ). Mars is the planet of fire. The incident happened on a day with transit Sun square his Mars, Mars square his Mars (too) and transit Chiron square Mars in a year of progressed Sun square Saturn. Those aren't the sunny kind of years. If you want to check it: Michael Glifford was born November 20, 1995 in Sydney.

There are few sunny Saturns.


That is why it doesn't look so good that the Saturn of Sofia Hellqvist is square the natal Sun of Prince Carl Philip, as it means that there are barriers and limitations and restrictions regarding their relationship. She became a Duchess when she married, yesterday. That was the day that Spanish princess Cristina was a Duchess-no-more. Her brother, the king, took her title from her with transit Saturn square progressed Mercury (symbol of brother). They are probably friends no longer... She has to face the judge again because she is suspected of fraud, together with her husband. That started with transit Saturn inconjunct her Midheaven (read it here: http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2013/05/saturn-inconjunct-midheaven-and-lost.html ) which is the equivalent of falling off your pedestal, even though the inconjunct is considered a minor aspect (and some astrologers don't consider the aspect at all).

Back to Sofia Hellqvist and Saturn. There is a minor**) Sun-Saturn aspect in her chart (157.5 degrees), so that she fits in the list of royal spouses with Sun-Saturn aspects in an earlier post. Now she marries the man whose Sun is in hard aspect with her Saturn. She did it with progressed Sun conjunct Jupiter (success) and Venus sextile Neptune in the progressed chart (romance). Here is the chart of her husband with (in transit) the positions on the day of birth of Sofia.

I'm not planning a complete analysis of their synastry or their charts. It is just that Saturn-Sun aspect that caught my attention. Saturn has rings. It seems to have been hard to put the ring on Sofia's finger yesterday. Maybe that was just all:).


LINKS
http://www.astromarkt.net/astrology_to_study-html/saturn-in-love-html/ Saturn in a relationship, examples...

You see Saturn in the chart of John Nash, when he died: http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2015/05/beautiful-mind-john-nash-died_25.html

**) Minor aspects, major impact...See http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2009/05/minor-aspects-major-impact.html

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Angela Merkel's accident with transit Uranus

Mars-Uranus is a frequent combination when it comes to accidents. So it is in the case of the accident of Angela Merkel (see BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25622660 ), because transit Uranus is now square her progressed Mars. In the natal chart, Mars is out of bounds. Perhaps that increases the importance of transits and progressions from or with Mars.

Here is the chart, with t&p's:

There is also transit Eris inconjunct progressed Sun now.

LINKS
More on Mars Uranus: http://astromarkt.net/mars-in-aspect-with-uranus.html
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Getting back to Jodi Arias

On May 10, 2013 I wrote about the importance of Mars in the case of Jodi Arias and Travis Alexander. Her chart WITH hour of birth shows an even more important Mars! In the natal chart of Jodi Arias, Mars is the most important object. I'll tell you why... And I counted 4 (four) transits and progressions with Mars in the days before and after the murder. Mars is the symbol of men, sex, procreation, muscles, wounds, hits, weapons, sport, aggressions, being assertive and of getting hurt or hurting others.

NATAL CHART, SYNASTRY
You can see the post about his and her chart and the synastry here, but in short on the synastry:

- Her Mars was 112.5 d his Mars (that is a square + half semi square).
- There was also a shared minor Mars-Uranus aspect in both charts: explosive fights and ditto sex.
-Mars quindecile Eris in her chart and (as he was her age) his Eris also quindecile her Mars symbolized the obsessive war of the sexes.

Her Mars is so important because Mars is opposition Aries point and 'calling'.  It means that the energy and drive of Mars can show up anyway, somehow and at any possible level!
I also mentioned that her progressed Sun was semi square Mars and that is reflecting time for ' manifest aggression'.

MARS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT
Now the time of birth of Jodi Arias has been published by Astro.com (1.52 a.m. on July 9, 1980).

1. First observation
With the birth time at hand, it is obvious that Mars was even more important at the moment that she was born. 

• The midpoint Sun/Moon is square her 'calling' Mars opposite Zero Aries! 
• Her very important Mars is sesquisquare Ascendant. 
• Her most important planet Mars is quintile Sun for a creative way to manifest the energy and drive of Mars.

Sexuality, work, energy, action: this all motivated her, but (I think, in this case) most of all MEN.

2. Second observation:
Saturn is conjunct the midpoint Ascendant/Midheaven and trine Midheaven. This issues the need to be respected. (see: http://www.astromarkt.net/sunmoon-ascendantmc.html ) Saturn is also inconjunct Midheaven in the progressed chart. Read about this:  http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2013/05/saturn-inconjunct-midheaven-and-lost.html
It means lost status. That might be even more important for someone with a key need to be respected.

Now we have a very important Mars and a crucial Saturn. Together they are the symbol of discipline, punishment, dead ends and death. (And how about that lonely, not aspected Juno in the 5th, inconjunct Midheaven? Transit Juno was square her progressed Saturn at the time of the murder.)

TRANSITS AND PROGRESSIONS
On the specific day we see:
1. Progressed Mars (her important Mars!) trine progressed Ascendant (taking action, opportunity to act)
2. Transit Mars was square natal Ascendant (hurt; active or passive)
Remember the natal Mars-Ascendant aspect?

3. I already mentioned: Progressed Sun semi square Mars (manifest aggression)
Remember the natal Sun-Mars aspect?

4.. In the progressed chart Mars is almost exactly opposition Eris (wartime)
Remember the natal Mars-Eris and the synastry Mars-Eris?

5. Transit Pluto is sesquisquare progressed Ascendant (forcing changes, frustrating stress). Pluto rules her 7th house of partners and is the natural ruler of the 8th house.

6. Transit Neptune conjunct Progressed Midheaven (confusion, seclusion). Neptune is in the 8th house  of sex, crisis, life and death of the natal chart.


There are 2 aspects between Mars and Ascendant (one transit/natal, one progressed) and there is a natal aspect already. The Sun-Mars quintile is being enforced by the P Sun semi square Mars.
Important events are reflected by the resonation of natal aspects by progressed aspects or by transit.
There were 3 hits with the important Mars in total. This is a strong signal for anger, being assertive and taking action. In a woman's chart it is also a signal for the importance of males.
Besides, there are 'supporting' aspects. They don't help much.

Maybe you find even more when you see this chart with transits and progressions for the day that she killed her former lover, Travis Alexander. It was on June 4, 2008.

LINKS
On midpoint combinations Sun/Moon and AC/MC: http://www.astromarkt.net/sunmoon-ascendantmc.html

Earlier post on the case: http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2013/05/mars-in-case-of-jodi-arias-and-travis.html

The MC inconjunct aspect: http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2013/05/the-mc-inconjunct-aspect.html


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Mars in the case of Jodi Arias and Travis Alexander

The case of the murder of Travis Alexander (see Wikipedia) is a rare case of brutal violence against a man, committed by a woman (Jodi Arias). It made me think of the John Wayne Bobbitt case (his lover cut off his penis, see link), of the Mars-Uranus effect and of more examples of Mercury inconjunct Neptune, but most of all of Mars.

Killings, murders and accidents never happen because of just one aspect. In this case it is also a combination of a rather aggressive woman with possible psychiatric problems and a short sexual relationship that never should have had a second episode. Mars is the symbol of cutting, shooting, firing and sex. With Mars, it is often playing with fire...

Why is Mars so important here?

1. Mars is prominent in Jodi Arias chart.
Her Mars is opposition Aries Point and 'calling' (without major narrow aspects). It is for drive, aggression, work, energy and sex at any possible level and for being known to the public related to men or a man.

2. Mars is also important in the interaction between her chart and the chart of Travis Alexander. The distance between their Mars is 112.5 degrees (90+22.5, square + half semi square). This minor aspect with major impact shows the fire and later anger between them. See the post on Mars-Mars synastry...

3. Progressed Sun semi square Mars when she killed him.
When Jodi Arias killed Travis Alexander her progressed Sun was semi square Mars. Remember my post on Mars-Sun and Sun-Mars progressions ('manifest aggression')? Here is the link. When the progressed Sun meets Mars or vice versa it is time to stand up for yourself, to act, to show your anger and drive. But when this happens to someone with a prominent Mars who is in a bad mental state, accidents, incidents and fights may happen. It also highlights sex(Mars)life(Sun).

4. There is a Mars-Uranus issue:
- Bobbitt has Mars novile Uranus.
- Travis Alexander has Mars inconjunct Uranus.
- Arias has a prominent Mars septile Uranus.
Two short fuses meet and explode?

5. Her Mars is quindecile (165d) Eris. That is a statement for a strong focus on what makes WAR: obsessively driven by discord. 

6. His Eris is also quindecile her Mars (as they are about the same age*).

Here are the positions on her day of birth and in transit his. You may notice that they don't match much.

MORE ON CHART OF ARIAS
In my opinion you can't read Arias' chart as you read the charts of 'normal' persons. She seems to have a psychiatric problem. In those cases the hard aspects are harder and the soft aspects contribute to the realization of the potential in the hard aspects. There is that obsessive anger. For example: there is Sun square Pluto for the fanatic and intense living person. Her Saturn is square Alexander's Venus and Venus-Saturn sticks like glue. Her Neptune is sesquisquare his Sun and that is very confusing.

The second most narrow aspect is Mercury inconjunct Neptune. When there is doubt about a verdict or a statement in a criminal case, Mercury-Neptune pops up (see the examples). It is the aspect of the confused mind, and the unclear facts. It may be clear that Jodi Arias killed Travis Alexander, but she says that it was because he abused her (and she happened to carry a gun with her…). We will never know what exactly happened between them, but we know that she shot and stabbed him (more than 20 times) and that she was stalking him before that happened.

Here is the chart with transits and progressions for the day of the murder:

CHART TRAVIS ALEXANDER
Travis Alexander's chart has three interesting components:

1. Jupiter rises before the sun, narrowly conjunct Venus. That is a statement for having a party and
being lucky in love (with women).

2. Uranus is square the Sun and inconjunct Mars.
Unusual, sudden sex and experimental sex techniques CAN be related to this aspect combination. You may wonder why, if she was already stalking him, he took the risk to have sex with her. Mars inconjunct Uranus acts on impulse and that is risky.

3. Sun is sesquisquare Pholus. See the post on Pholus = Phallus: http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2012/07/mars-pholus-and-phallus-male-supremacy.html
A sesquisquare is frustrating. Sun-Pholus is the combination of the turning point in life.

Here is the chart with progressions and transits for the day of his death:

*) Jodi Arias had an affair with an older man before she met Travis Alexander. In that affair, the quindecile between Mars and Eris was wider.

PS
It is  a bit strange that her name is Arias. It looks like Aries and in fact, she has an important Mars.

LINKS
Quote:
http://www.astromarkt.net/aspects-with-mercury.html
"...the symbol of fantasy is Neptune. Neptune is also the symbol of what is 'unlimited'. And fake. Mercury-Neptune hides facts (remains silent), invents facts or simply misunderstands the information and is confused. Lying with a Mercury-Neptune is easy and is done by giving misty information or by 'pretending' facts.
Sometimes people with a prominent Mercury-Neptune combination in their charts become the victim of false information or others simply don't believe what they are saying because it sounds like if the person is inventing it (thinking too long, known for having a fantasy etc....). (…)
More about Mercury inconjunct Neptune on this blog Astropost:
about the Friedman case: http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2008/11/capturing-friedmans-update-and-about.html

Another Sun-Neptune synastry is that of Prince Albert of Monaco and his wife:
http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2011/06/wedding-in-monaco-and-sun-neptune.html



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Manifest agression; Progressed Mars-Sun

They are searching for two little boys who went with their father for a trip that ended in his suicide on May 6. It might be that he ended their lives, too. The parents divorced two years ago and their were problems. The father (January 12, 1975) was born with Mars rising before the Sun and without major aspects in sign or orb 5 degrees. His Mars is 'calling', so Mars is important. It means: he could be a workaholic or driven at any kind of level (zero up to 100%). In this year 2013 his progressed Sun sign changed (life style changing*) and his progressed Mars is conjunct the Sun. That is the time that aggression, drives and assertion will be manifested. With such a progression and an important Mars the spotlight is on the muscles, being a man, standing up for yourself, fighting, arguing, war... In some situations Mars mirrors getting hurt or hurting others.

I wrote about Progressed Mars before, see http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2011/01/progressed-mars-and-aspects.html
In that post I mentioned Jared Lee Loughner (Gabrielle Giffords case). He was born September 10, 1988. At the time of the shooting (January 8, 2011) his progressed Mars was quindecile (165 d) Sun, manifesting an obsession with anger and arms. Also his Progressed Sun was square Mars. That is a double highlighted Mars. Mars is the symbol of fire, shooting and stabbing. Mars is related to weapons, too.

Who will ever experience Progressed Mars conjunct Sun?
It takes a Mars rising before the Sun or a retrograding Mars to ever experience a progressed Mars conjunct Sun. People with Mars behind the Sun (within 90 degrees) may experience Progressed Sun conjunct Mars.

I had Progressed Sun conjunct Mars in February 1988 when my husband and I decided to move back to where we came from and buy a to be constructed house. No accidents, nobody hurt, in spite of the importance of my Mars (no aspects in sign). Maybe the fact that I am a woman minimizes the importance of Mars? Or did I get an injection of adrenaline? A boost that got me on the right road? From that move on, I got back on track and started to study and ended a period of being jobless and house wife (oh my:), as soon as the progressed Sun changed sign, soon after the move. I was also very busy with astrology, studying the relationship between elements and the age of death.

You don't have to start shooting, killing or fighting during a progressed conjunction of Sun and Mars. You don't have to harm yourself or others during this progression. Only in certain situations aggression might pop up. Otherwise Mars gives the boost to stand up for your self and shoot your own troubles.

*)The change of the progressed sun sign is one of the indications of change in life. See http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2009/06/astrological-signs-of-changing-times.html

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Horst Tappert (Derrick), Mars, Eris and the Waffen SS

On April 25 this year it became known that the (late) popular actor Horst Tappert (Derrick on television) voluntarily joined the most cruel section of the Waffen SS during World War II. He had been hiding this fact all of his life, just like Gunter Grass. You know that Eris is the symbol of discord (and discord on a world wide scale means war)? The progressed Sun of Horst Tappert, in a new sign for just a few months, is inconjunct Eris.

In the years of the Second World War, Horst Tappert was around 20 years old and his progressed Sun was going to join Mars, the symbol of the warrior. In his natal chart, Mars is 'calling!' (no aspects in sign or orb 5 degrees) and that makes you think about the soldier in the chart of Tappert. However, he wore a gun in Derrick, too!

PS I said it before: with Sun quintile Neptune you will be able to create a 'double' life:)

LINK
For the actor in the chart, see my blog Art&Astrology:
http://art-astrology.blogspot.nl/2008/12/astrology-chart-horst-tappert.html

About Sun-Neptune:
http://www.astromarkt.net/sun-neptune.html

Various posts including Eris:
http://astropost.blogspot.nl/search/label/Eris

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When Mars kicks you

Today I published a new article on Astromarkt.net about Mars in synastry. I mentioned the interview that the Dutch royal couple gave on television. She said that she kicked her husband under the table because he almost told the press a secret about the date of the abdication of his mother, Queen Beatrix. Funny story, also because her Mars is exactly square his Sun. For more about that, and for the ways that Mars will pop up in your business, football or love relationship, see the article.

When someone kicks you, you feel the pain. Mars kicks you when a transit of Mars hits (sic...) your Ascendant or  Sun. They sometimes kick you out of a job when Mars hits your Midheaven. If there are no serious afflictions around, you simply go to the dentist with such an aspect.

Mars is in the final degree of Aries now, exactly at 29Aries12 now that I write this, about to change sign to Taurus. When you have your Sun, Ascendant or Midheaven in the 30st degree of Aries, you might now feel the pain or the kick! Mars is the symbol of the energy that could actually get you into space to Mars and of what it costs you to get there: effort, pain and energy. Sometimes that is just too much for a partnership and then it crashes...


LINKS
Why not get a kick with Frank Sinatra?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtwO2tKZmwQ


LINKS
This and all other 207 posts about Mars on Astropost

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Golden oldies of Astropost - 1 - on crime

Some posts here are very popular, some are less viewed and almost forgotten, even though I think that they are worth being read:).
Here are some of them, related to crime:

1 Bertrand Cantat was released  in 2007 and I wrote about that. Before he was found guilty of beating his friend Marie Trintignant to death, he was a popular singer (Noir Desir).

There is some similarity with the case of Oscar Pistorious and his friend Reeve Steenkamp. Just like Reeve, Marie had a hard transit of Pluto with natal Sun. Transit Pluto cAn be an alarming signal of life in danger. 

The story on YouTube (in French): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D5JLffKxKk
Here is the chart with transits and progressions for July 27, 2003, when the crime happened:

In 2012 he 'came back' on stage. For the artist we see a prominent Neptune on MC in a quatronovile with Venus.  Besides: Moon/Neptune=MC.
http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2007/10/bertrand-cantat-released.html

2. I wrote about the documentary ' Capturing the Friedmans' and the charts related. What I found was that the main 'suspect' had transit Neptune square his natal Sun in the period of accusations. Neptune always  confuses and raises mysteries. Another mistake of Neptune is gossip...
http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2007/10/capturing-friedmans.html
Later there was news about the case:
http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2008/11/capturing-friedmans-update-and-about.html
In that post I mention Mercury inconjunct Neptune. It is the kind of aspect that is related to false accusation, miscommunications and confused confessions.

3. Mars used to be the war god. He is still the symbol of war in the charts of war criminals:

http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2008/02/mars-at-war-about-birth-chart-of-kang.html

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Mars-Mars synastry

When - in a relationship - Mars is in conflict with the partner's Mars, you might expect fire. When there is fire, you might also get hurt.

Maybe that is why there are so many examples of conflicts of Mars in synastry in the charts of divorced couples.

• The latest example is Danny DeVito - Rhea Pearlman (Mars square Mars; see the post on Astrology&Love). They are about to have a divorce. 
• I recall Paul McCartney and his Heather (Mars inconjunct Mars); they separated.
• Dominque Strauss-Kahn and Diallo Nafissatour (Mars square Mars); they had a conflict about sex.
• Queen Victoria with Prince Albert (Mars semisesquisquare Mars). The royal couple loved each other dearly and he died at age 42. They had a lot of children. (Mars is also the symbol of reproduction) and it might just be that they had a lot of sex, too:). 
• Mars of Bill Clinton is septile Hillary's Mars and opposition the Mars of Monica Lewinsky (link to post on Astrology&Love). 

 Let us say that when there is a Mars-Mars synastry, there is at least smoke and often fire, and even more often: sex (as an issue of importance). Fact is that this fire can cause arguments and even fights.

In not romantic relationships Mars-Mars synastry mirrors either cooperation or competition. When Mars is conjunct Mars, you may expect joined drives to achieve a common goal. Their may be (sometimes stimulating) conflicts between you when Mars is in hard aspect with Mars, but an opposition might see you end up in a duel or you just split up, in the end.

Depending on the situation and on the other players in the synastry Mars will be the warming fire or the overheated fighter. It is up to us to keep it in control. To some of us, that is harder.

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Mars-Saturn and overcoming difficulties

What is Mars-Saturn about? Quoting myself:

 inevitable, obligatory action or inactivity based upon duty, age, fear or caution. Sometimes Mars-Saturn refers to a healt problem.

Heroes have Mars-Saturn aspects. Soldiers have it. I wrote about Mars and Saturn before (see the label or go to Astromarkt to read it). But what does Mars-Saturn do in the charts of musicians? I have two examples.

In this blog I wonder if Mars-Saturn conflicts mirror a  flirtation with death or 'walking on the edges'.   I wonder if Peter Doherty*) is an example of that. And I worry a bit about the Mars-Saturn aspects in the chart of David Bowie.

PETER DOHERTY
Peter Doherty is an example of a conflict between an important Mars and an important Saturn. (Saturn is the apex of a Yod with Venus and Mercury; Mars rises before his Sun). Mars is also opposition Saturn. That means that the theme of Mars-Saturn (the end of all energy or the discipline of how to use it)  is the main issue in his life. I found another famous example of an important Mars-Saturn aspect: David Bowie with Mars quatronovile (160d) Saturn. Both artists have Mars rising before the sun. They are do-ers.

DAVID BOWIE

Now watch the chart of David Bowie. He sings that we could be heroes, just for one day. I remember 'Merry  Christmas, mr. Lawrence' where he acted as a hero. For many of his fans, he IS a hero. And yes,  there is a minor aspect between an important Mars and an important Saturn in his chart, too.  It is a quatronovile, for cheerfully coping with difficulties and setbacks.


There is also a Mars-Saturn activity in progressions and transits now. There have been rumors about his health on the internet and on twitter. His wife says that he is OK. His chart says that Transit Saturn is sesquisquare his progressed Mars and inconjunct Progressed Sun right now. Progressed Mars and Progressed Saturn are getting closer to an inconjunct in the next years. The issue of discipline gets stronger as he gets older.

All that doesn't mean that there has to be clear and present danger right now. I have experienced a few transits of Saturn square my Mars and I didn't feel OK, but I didn't die, either. This transit ' only ' blocked my energy and activity and I felt that. In the chart of Bowie Mars-Saturn (discipline, restricted energy) is a theme, so the present transit and progression might be of importance. If only because his fans worry about him. But, there are also rumors that David Bowie will be singing at the Olympics! And that the biographies about him will be good for selling songs. Maybe he is just gathering some discipline to be able to perform? We'll hope that he overcomes the Mars-Saturn limitations and hopefully see the act!

PS
I searched the internet to find news about Bowie and found Mick Jagger, again (he has a conflict with transit Pholus and his sex life is being highlighted all the time). They appear to have had a long lasting love affair when they were young (see: http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/bookworm/mick-jagger-and-david-bowie-s-love-affair-revealed-in-new-tell-all-book_2407.htm )
Transit Uranus is now square Bowie's Ascendant/MC midpoint. He is news!

*) Peter Doherty spent time in prison, and the latest news reports imply that it didn't help much to stop the addictions. He spent a few weeks in a clinic in Thailand in vain. With Mars-Saturn discipline and dealing with limitations and barriers is a big deal. However, he managed to work in those years, to produce albums and to write. That requires at least some discipline.
BTW Isn't it interesting that his first real job was digging graves? And that his father was an army officer? It is very Mars-Saturn (the army and work related to endings).

LINKS
On my site Astromarkt, all about Mars-Saturn...

David Bowie's pattern of artistic talents (he has more than one) on Art&Astrology

I wrote about Doherty before, here on Astropost.

http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2010/04/mars-saturn-and-slapping.html In this blog I show examples of the issue of slapping and Mars-Saturn

http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2010/04/bobby-brown-lives.html
Bobby Brown has Mars inconjunct Saturn. He is addicted to drugs, too and was the husband of Whitney Houston. She left him because of violence.

http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2010/02/synastry-brown-blair-mars-inconjunct.html
Mr. Brown and Mr. Blair didn't like each other much. Is the Mars-inconjunct- Saturn- synastry to blame?

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Mars, Pholus and Phallus: male supremacy

This blog is about Mars and Pholus, the symbol Phallus and male supremacy or dominance. I found that the controversy American nuns-Pope,  Jonah Falcon's problems at the airport and Mick Jagger's 'size' have the same component: Mars-Pholus. And that is why I think that:
Mars - Pholus can mirror the issue of of (male) supremacy. And maybe even: hurt or challenged male supremacy.

I am interested in Pholus (and maybe that is because of the position of this object in my chart).  Here is the ancient Pholus, (preparing his venomous arrows?):

You know Pholus?
If you are wondering about Pholus, or if you need more info first, please read the article on my site Astromarkt and don't forget to use the links in that article: http://astromarkt.net/astrology-pholus.html

If you are in a hurry: Pholus is an asteroid, a small object that pops up in a chart as the catalyst. Transit Pholus often reflects the small and insignificant but irrevocable  trigger point. But what starts as a tiny thing can grow out of proportions, like the sudden rise of an X-factory star. Susan Boyle, for example, has Pholus on MC. Her career certainly has a point of no return. (Sex had nothing much to do with that).

PHALLUS/PRIAPUS
Do you know Phallus? It is a symbol. Related to Phallus we have Priapus (whose image was found in Roman gardens) and …the garden gnome (a powerful little man). (Pholus is also small and insignificant in the beginning.) The phallus and the stiff middle finger; both are symbols of dominance.

MARS AND PHOLUS
The appearance of Pholus in the charts of men (males) accents the importance, the issue or the problem of sexual achievement or better said: male dominance. In the article on Astropost I mentioned the spotlights on sex, corresponding with transits Pholus. Of course, Mars is already the symbol of the drive, reproduction and testosterone. You need Mars to get into action. When Mars and Pholus get together, this activates the issue of male supremacy and the importance of the male sexual organ.  And maybe that is because Pholus is actually uh... not a giant. This giant Polish gnome is an exception:

Here are a few examples of Mars-Pholus.

A.  MALE SUPREMACY IN THE POPE's CHART
An example is Pope Benedict. Pholus is the most elevated object of the natal chart  and in Sagittarius, opposition Mars. This opposition is on either side of Midheaven. How to read this?
- The scandal of sexual abuse is an important issue in the RC church in the past decade.
- The abstinence of sex is important for him as a person and being discussed (Gemini/Sagittarius) a lot.  The Mars-Pholus opposition on the meridian places the issue of sexual abuse and the question if celibacy should remain obligatory for priest, on the agenda.
- The controversy about an American nun (Elizabeth Johnson) who dared to write about God in a book with the title 'SHE WHO IS' shows how important male dominance is in world religions, even today. This male dominance is the cross line in the chart of Pope Benedict. Mars and Pholus are aspects of his profession and position. No woman can become a pope or a priest. You need to be male. That is male dominance.
- Transit Pholus is now inconjunct the Pope's Progressed Sun and square his Progressed Midheaven. It seems that this is a year of a turning point for him but it also shows us the issue of dominance and supremacy.

B. THE LARGEST PENIS OF JONAH FALCON
Jonah Falcon was seriously offended by questions to empty his pockets (at the airport). They thought he had something in them. But, as a matter of facts, he has the world's largest penis. And that fact was being highlighted and mirrored by Pholus last week. He has Transit Pholus square P Sun now. See Wiki about him. And his Mars is 157.5 degrees from Pholus (sesquisquare and half semi square)! The size matters in his case (he earns a lot of money with it).

C. MALE DOMINANCE AMONG POP STARS
Pholus keeps going on these days! See this story... on rollingstone.com. In short: Peter Townsend (writing his memoirs) now  remembers all about Jagger's penis. That is with transit Pholus sesquisquare Mick's  natal Sun! In the natal chart of the singer of the Rolling Stone (who had more sex than Casanova!) the midpoint Mars/Pholus is semi square Sun, to introduce the issue of male dominance. Now, with transit Pholus, his sexual organ is in the spotlights, in a frustrating way (after Keith Richards mocked the size of his penis, see this article... ) And guess what transit is in hard aspect with Keith's Sun/Moon midpoint these days? Right: it is Pholus.

PHOLUS WITH MARS
Pholus is with Mars when (male) supremacy and sexuality are being challenged. 
Pholus is also with Mars in times of war. Winston Churchill's Mars trine Pholus shows the importance of supremacy in his life. The trine is the kind of aspect that makes it easy for Mars-Pholus to dominate.

PS
Pholus is now in the 17th  degree of Sagittarius. Tomorrow transit Phallus will be opposition transit Venus. Male dominance facing the symbol of female attraction…

LINK
The phallus is the symbol of power and dominance. Pholus shows up when polls are important (see that story about Obama's polls, one of the posts about Obama ) ( BTW How many K+ did you get with Transit Pholus? )

Chart Jagger
 http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2012/07/chart-of-mick-jagger.html

More about the garden gnome...

I also think that Pholus means Phallus because of the events in British' football and the part that Pholus played in the charts of the player involved in cheating his best friend with his wife.
http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2010/08/football-and-love-affairs.html

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The transit Mars experience

ransit Mars square my MC and Sun and I really have reason enough to be irritated. For the second time an appointment failed and for the second time I waited for hours. Meanwhile I read my business mail on a day off and I shouldn't have done that, because something I read there started a fire. It feels like a fever. What is wrong? Nothing, just Mars passing by.

I could have known that before, because I wrote about it before (see link). But I thought that because of the transit passing by in the night, I would be spared, even though my inner ear hurts and I had to take an aspirin because of a starting headache yesterday. I also bought new shoes and they hurt!

OK It is not just that. There is also an exact square of transit Uranus with natal Uranus (nervous changes are all around). That is contributing to the feeling of hurry, rush, impatience and …irritation. How to beat Mars? Maybe I should run or fight or use the overdose of energy to clean the house? If I would, I would cut, bruise or hurt myself, I guess. Perhaps I should have done what I did last time: see the dentist and take an aspirin beforehand. However, I prefer to take this Mars:

That might be a great help, because with Mars square your Sun and MC you risk to start irritating others!:)

LINK
Also read:
http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2011/02/transits-of-mars.html

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Men and Mars in women's charts

Last week four women were mentioned in the papers: Coco Chanel, a mayor, a model and a politician. Alle four were news because of the relationship with a man. Chanel because of her love for a German officer in war time, the mayor beause of sexual escapades on a Spanish tower, the model because of being in trouble after being the guest of the son of Khadaffi (Ghadaffi) and for being accused for being involved in him raping her friend. The politician was involved in a grant for a lover for a project in Afghanistan. Men! Their symbol is the symbol for Mars. And of course, Mars is very important in the charts of the ladies.

The mayor has Mars and Venus ‘calling’ (for passion at any level and I won’t joke about the tower).

The model was born on a day with a tight Yod between Mars (apex) inconjunct Neptune and Pluto.

The politician had a temporary importance of Mars (though, of course, she could have an angular Mars, which I don’t know). Her Progressed Sun is between opposition natal Mars and progressed Mars. She also has Pholus opposition progressed Sun and Progressed Sun in minor aspect (105d) with natal Pholus. If you want to know more about Pholus, check yesterday's post...

Last but not least: Coco Chanel’s Mars is angular, on the Descendant. That is a prominent place for Mars. See it here:

Chanel in love and war.

MORE LINKS

You can see the charts on Astrodomein.blogspot.com:

http://astrodomein.blogspot.com/2011/08/mars-en-de-horoscopen-van-vrouwen-in.html

Mars is also prominent in the charts of cheating women: http://astropost.blogspot.com/2011/03/cheating-women-and-their-charts.html

For more about Mars in an important position, just click one of the labels.

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The bride today: Kate Middleton

Yesterday I wrote about Sun/Moon and Mars-combinations and the Sun/Moon-Mars synastry between couples. Mars is often the symbol of the man in your life. I met my husband with Midheaven conjunct the midpoint Sun/Mars, for example. 

Today, April 29, 2011 Prince William marries Kate Middleton and see: there is a Mars-Sun connection. Her progressed Sun is trine progressed Mars and her Progressed Mars is also square the natal Sun. 

There is more (there always is:): Transit Jupiter is semi square natal Venus for having a party (Venus+Jupiter=more fun). And transit Pluto sextile natal Jupiter mirrors the rise in status.  The complete astrological picture is that of a woman who could now share her life (sun) with that of a man (Mars) and have great success. And there is a celebration now, too. 

For more about the charts of the wedding and the match, see Astromarkt. For more posts about the subjects of this post, see the labels. And meanwhile: enjoy the event!

Sun/Moon midpoint combinations with Mars

Sun/Moon is quite often in hard aspect with Mars. Maybe also in your chart? Around midnight in the night of 29 to 30 April 2011, Sun/Moon will be conjunct Mars. Sun is in the 10th of Taurus, Moon in the 4th of Aries and right in the middle is Mars in the 22nd degree of Aries. The babies born that (mid)night have a Sun/Moon midpoint combination with Mars!

Sun/Moon midpoint uncovers your motivation. With Mercury, the symbol of the messenger, in hard aspect with Sun/Moon you are motivated to communicate or deliver messages. With Sun/Moon in hard aspect with Venus, the beautiful goddess of love, you need harmony, beauty and style to feel good. Imagine what happens when Mars is in hard aspect with Sun/Moon…Impatience, action, promotion, drives and energy are being highlighted, sometimes people with this combination actually are ‘in sports’ or activists. In the chart of a female this midpoint combination often highlights the importance of the opposite sex. Anyone with Sun/Moon/Mars-combinations wants marriage and family life to be productive and sees marriage as a sort of a joint venture. They need speed and action to feel alive. 

Examples?

1.  Margareth Thatcher has Moon semi square Sun/Mars

2.  Bill Clinton has Mars square Sun/Moon

3.  Betty Friedan: Sun conjunct Moon/Mars

4.  Biker Leontien van Moorsel: Mars semi square Sun/Moon

5.  Late Theo van Gogh: Sun semi square Sun/Mars
6. Prince William: Sun/Mars semi square Moon

On Astromarkt you may read about Sun/Moon and Mars:

Motivated for production, fighting and action. The need to use energy and to work or take action. This midpoint combination hightlights drives and stimulates motivations.

http://www.astromarkt.net/index.php?id=193

In the article on Astromarkt about Sun/Moon and synastry there is a part about Sun/Moon of the male and Mars of the female in a relationship. I quote:

•              Her Mars square his Sun/Moon (Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt)

•              Her Mars square his Sun/Moon (Eva Braun and Hitler)

Sometimes a ladies’ Mars is indicating the man in her life and sometimes his Sun/Moon midpoint mirrors family life.

For more: http://www.astromarkt.net/index.php?id=192

NATO's birthday today

Today (April 4, 2011*) Nato is 62 years old. Celebration time? The Solar Return Sun is conjunct Jupiter, and opposition Saturn and that is a sort of an astrological ' up and down'. The alliance is involved in Libya and some members don't agree...This is the chart with transits and progressions.

The chart of NATO is perfect for a military organisation because of the prominence of Mars, the tight trine of Sun and Pluto (authority, will to win).

- Mars is rising before the Sun and Venus. Mars is the planet of the military.

- Sun in Aries, ruled by Mars with Moon in Gemini (=commucating about arms)

- Sun trine Pluto is the tightest aspect: there is a will to be strong and the nature is 'defense' and ...politics

- Sun opposition Neptune and trine Pluto... Secrecy and discretion are part of the deal. It's the combination of the silent (or secret) force....See http://astropost.blogspot.com/2008/06/neptune-and-pluto-combination-of-silent.html

- Jupiter inconjunct Saturn shows that there is a somewhat disproportionate hierarchy and that there may be restrictions when it comes to 'growing'

LOOKING BACK...

And that is after all what we know about NATO. There is more in the chart of the first day of NATO, for example the Jupiter-Pholus conjunction (retrospective success; no war for a long time now:). Transit Neptune now opposition natal Saturn resonates the heavy disappointment about the missing consensus about Libya.

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*) For some reason Blogger doesn't do what I want today:(

Transits of Mars

You know Mars: he is full of energy and drive. Sometimes, when Mars is on your Midheaven, you quit, are fired or injured. Mars hits, cuts and is a fire starter. Mars is (too) fast and sharp. Transits of Mars help you to feel the pain and see the dentist (I tried to find a date without Mars hitting an angle , but I failed:). Mars brings hyperthermia (a fever), infections and sometimes accidents. When I had a car accident it was with transit Mars exactly on my Asendant. The good thing about Mars is that you DO something. The bad thing is that sometimes you do the wrong thing. 

Remember: it takes 3 to tango and one single transit of Mars might just reflect irritation, anger or a special effort. You can see where transit Mars is on the right>>>>

LINKS

Transit Mars is important in the charts of Sophia Loren and Carlo Ponti, when he died.

See http://astropost.blogspot.com/2008/04/mars-in-aspect-with-pluto.html

With transit Mars sextile natal Mars (and more!) the Polish President died in an air crash: http://astropost.blogspot.com/2010/04/air-crash-kills-polish-president.html

Mars was on her Ascendant when Camilla broke a leg....http://astropost.blogspot.com/2010/04/camillas-broken-leg.html

Transit Mars was conjunct Uranus (and more!) when Richard Hammond (Top Gear) had a serious car accident: http://astropost.blogspot.com/2009/08/richard-hammond-topgear-his-chart-and.html

See Astromarkt.net!

Progressed Mars and aspects

This month Astropost focusses on the progressed chart (the chart for the xth day = xth year after birth). The progressed Mars works like natal Mars. Examples? Naomi Campbell, Ted Stevens, Solomon Burke and Jared Lee Loughner.

1. In Astropost: THE PROGRESSED MARS OF NAOMI CAMPBELL you can see how the progressed Mars square Uranus shows the same issue as in the natal chart: the short fuse, incident or

2. accident, like in the progressed chart of Ted Stevens.

(More about Mars-Uranus on Astromarkt...)

3. In the post about the death of Solomon Burke I mention transit Saturn with progressed Mars. The combination of Mars and Saturn mirrors the same 'restricted energy' as in the natal chart.

4. A recent example of progressed Mars with Pluto: the chart of Dr.Conrad Murray. Also, see the progressed Mars-Pluto aspects in the case of Joran van der Sloot. (and here )


5. Last weekend mrs. Gabrielle Giffords was severely hurt and bystanders lost their lives when Jared Lee Loughner caused death and destruction by means of a gun. His progressed Mars was quindecile Sun (obsession with anger and arms) and his progressed Sun was square Mars (hurt, aggression*). His natal and (retrograding) progressed Mars are in Aries.
Continue for the chart of his day of birth, transits and progressions and for more about progressed Mars changing sign.

MARS CHANGING SIGN
When my progressed Mars changed sign, I happened to find another job but it was not life changing or a move to another kind of activitie, maybe because your energy is changing. I remember that I started fitness trainings and aerobics in those days. So, in general: new activities, new drives (for a while:). You can see the interpretation of Mars in each sign here to give an idea.

Mars in Aries: 
strong position. Mars rules Aries. The planet of the warrior and sportsman in the sign of activity. The fast worker, the real man (Clint Eastwood has this position), the person that cannot stop fitnessing. You are a do-type having this position.


Mars in Taurus:
The locomotive worker, starting slowly, but going on till the job is done and way beyond that point:). When mad, it is not easy to forget about it later. Good position for a sculpturer.


Mars in Gemini
You can do two things at the same time or have two jobs at the same time or be equally active in two places at the same time, like magic. In a debate you are very sharp and bright and your words might hurt. When afflicted you produces rows (verbal, of course). You are technically handy.


Mars in Cancer
You do things based on experiences or out of memory. This is not a strong position for Mars, acting emotionally. When emotions are involved you can get angry. Your stomach might get irritated, you may eat to fast, you can quarrel at home...But at best you are the man about the house.

Ehmmm...like Nostradamus and Shakespeare.


Mars in Leo
The managing soldier, fighting openly and proudly. Active as a leader, but as a boss (in trouble or with bad aspects) you are aggressive sometimes!

Examples? Al Gore


Mars in Virgo
The handyman, the realistic and practical service man, the cool guy. Badly aspected you are often aggressive to your employees. Example: George W. Bush!


Mars in Libra
A difficult position for a marriage for Mars brings aggression and fights. You DO something when you see someone nice so maybe being loyal might not be easy.

But OK, you CAN work on a relationship and you can WORK together. As long as you and your partner have sport together or join in the job it is OK. Until bad times arise...

Bill Clinton and Bill Gates are examples.


Mars in Scorpio
The strong man who always finished his job. The fanatic worker born for burnout...




Mars in Sag
You work with enthusiasm and in discussions you are very sharp sometimes. But generally you are a good sportsman.


Mars in Capricorn
The symbol of the hard worker and climber! Mars is well placed in Capricorn as now energy is concentrated. 


Mars in Aquarius
Free sex? Could be one of the ways this placement works out, but mostly with Mars in Aquarius you become an auto freak or you just love teamwork, like Enzo Ferrari. 


Mars in Pisces
Waste of energy or realising dreams...Your motivation is not from this world, you must have an ideal to work for. Otherwise you drift away, maybe as a professional swimmer.


Michael Palin, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Getty


(From the chosen examples you can see that there is more than just Mars in a sign and that a chart is more than just Mars...I prefer to read charts using my Astro ID and quick scan method instead of diving into the signs.)


HOW ABOUT YOU?

The examples need not have the same resonation in your chart. When I had Progressed Mars opposition natal Pluto in 1978, nothing important happened (that I remember now). Astrology is like stats sometimes. It just doesn't work vice versa. And a big event takes more than just 1 aspect (usually 3).

*) Loughner's Saturn was inconjunct the progressed Sun of Gabrielle Giffords.

Also visit: Astromarkt.net for example about Mars-Pluto