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Mars RX
FERNANDEZ
• Jack Nickolson ( Iconic Actor ) – Mars Retro in Sagittarius
• Frida Khalo ( Iconic Painter ) - Mars Retro in Capricorn
• Elephant Man , Joseph Merrick ( Historic Figure , Deformed body , subject of a film by David Lynch ) – Mars Retro in Capricorn
• Alan Leo ( Astrologer who stimulated a revival of Astrology ) – Mars Retro in Capricorn
• David Copperfield ( Magician and Entertainer ) – Mars Retro in Pisces
MARS STATION
• Julian Assange ( Wikileak founder , Activist ) – Mars station in Aquarius
• Kurt Cobain ( Iconic Singer , Young Death ) – Mars station in Scorpio
MARS RETROGRADE EVENTS
• Middle East partition ( 1920 ) – Mars Retro in Libra
• Gandhi assassination – Mars Retro in Virgo
• Yom Kippur war ( Middle East ) - Mars Retro in Taurus
MARS DIRECT EVENTS
When Mars goes direct after 6 weeks retrograde , it tends to release a significant amount of energy . This can stimulate action , but also release frustration and anger . Not surprisingly ( or perhaps yes ), many wars and conflicts have started with Mars going direct .
• World War II – Mars direct in Capricorn
• Pearl Harbor Attack – Mars direct in Aries
• Suez Canal Crisis – Mars direct in Pisces
• 6 day War ( Middle East ) – Mars direct in Libra
• 9 / 11 attacks – Mars direct in Sag to Capricorn
DAVID LYNCH AND JOSEPH MERRICK ( ELEPHANT MAN )
– A Mars Retrograde Connection
David Lynch ’ s breakthrough film was about the life of Joseph Merrick , the story of a Victorian surgeon that rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak . Behind his monstrous facade , there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity .
It is fascinating to compare the charts of David Lynch with Joseph Merrick and see that they both have Mars Retrograde exactly opposite one another ( Lynch with Mars Saturn , while Merrick with Mars in Capricorn ), along with many other chart connections . Mars Retrograde is commonly describing a path of an iconoclast . We can suspect there was a past life connection between the two . R
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