One of my main focuses is examining how the astro weather plays out in the lives of regular people. Sometimes it can help to tangibly see how placements manifest. Here are some examples of what happened during this summer’s Mars retrograde:
- My nephew broke his arm (Mars retrograde in his 1st house of the physical body/health). Injuries = Mars. Got cast off when Mars went direct.
- His mom (my sister) had the Mars retrograde in her 5th house of children (so the accident happened to her child & she took him to the ER).
- My friend experienced moving delays when she had trouble finding a new apartment (Mars retrograde in the 4th house of home/living situation). When Mars left her 4th house, she found a 2-bedroom for the price of a 1-bedroom & was glad she hadn’t settled.
- A friend of mine almost died from heart failure & had major surgery (Mars retrograde in my 8th house of death, squaring Uranus in the 11th house of friends). Mars is also linked to surgery, & I found out during the July 27th eclipse in Aquarius (conjunct retrograde Mars).
- The friend had the Aquarius eclipse happening in his 12th house (suffering, hospitals). His Progressed Mars & transiting Mars in the 12th opposed natal Pluto & transiting Venus in the 6th. Both benefic Venus in his house of bad health, & transiting benefic Jupiter overcoming Mars in a sign-based square were the indications that he would survive the surgery. Other friends of mine lost their friend to a heart attack during Mars retrograde, though I don’t have her chart.
- Another Mars retrograde signature is males from the past coming back into your life. Two entertainers that meant a lot to me during the 1998-2001 years both turned up locally – an actor at a convention, & a musician playing a concert. It was great to revisit that time.