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Mars RX INTRODUCTION M by Maurice Fernandez ars retrogrades when it is in the opposite hemisphere of the Sun. Naturally this puts Mars in a reflective mode, and sometimes generates a need to question our direction and motives, or of those who are leading the mainstream. Mars Retrograde can generate identity cri- sis and have a rebellious edge as a result. FAMOUS FIGURES BORN WITH MARS RETROGRADE • Bernie Sanders (US Election candi- date) – Mars Retro in Aries • Jim Morrison (Singer of the Doors, Young Death) – Mars Retro in Gemini • Mikhail Gorbachev (Soviet Union President who dissolved Communism) - Mars Retro in Cancer • Nostradamus (Astrologer and Seer) - Mars Retro in in Cancer • David Lynch (Movie Director) - Mars Retro in Cancer • Wolfgang Mozart (Iconic Pianist and Composer) – Mars Retro in Cancer • Linda Tucker (Activist and Conservationist) – Mars Retro in Leo • James Dean (Iconic Actor – Young death) – Mars Retro in Leo • Grigori Rasputin (Russian Mystic, adviser to the Tsar wife) – Mars Retro in Virgo • Pope John Paul II (Pope) - Mars Retro in Libra • Peter Gabriel (Singer and Activist) – Mars Retro in Libra • Mahmoud Abbas (Leader of the Palestinian Party Fatah) – Mars Retro in Libra • Jean Paul Gauthier (Fashion Designer) – Mars Retro in Scorpio • Saddam Hussein (ex Leader of Iraq, Executed following the 2nd Gulf War) - Mars Retro in Sagittarius • Angela Merkel (Germany Leader) - Mars Retro in Sagittarius The Career Astrologer April 17, 2016 8 Sagittarius - 23 Scorpio OPA’s Quarterly Magazine V25 -01 MARCH EQUINOX 2016 page 3