I have a friend, she’s very sweet. She’s too sweet actually, but she has a nemesis and she also has a Scorpio Mars. She’s been slayed by this person more than once, she’s decided to fight back and it’s been a real education to watch.

Because my Mars is broken in Libra! If you want to fight me, I will probably make you a cake or something. I will try to placate you with some sugar, but she has a different method.
Continue reading You Better Watch Your Step Because She Is - Scorpio Mars Hot On The Trail Of The Enemy

I just told someone I was “armed and dangerous… even with a Libra Mars.”

It felt funny just to write that although it is true. Libra is just so damned offended by Mars and I have been meaning to do a video on this for months. And I ought to do it today since my hair looks spectacular however I keep getting knocked offline and don’t have time for that frilly stuff now - The Moon is in Virgo!!

Anyway, I have a gun now and it is loaded. It happens to be the gun I bought with the soldier back when we were kids and I thought I might be Annie Oakley if only he could shoot the cans out of the air like I told him to. But noooooo…
Continue reading Armed And Dangerous, Shoot To Kill - Mars In Libra Or Otherwise

The soldier is out in the garage again, rattling around in stuff the Taurus / Scorpio had managed to hold on to for 30 or 40 years.  He came in with a spiral notebook dating to the early 80’s.

“I found this,” he said.

“What is it?”

He flipped through the pages, they were covered in calculations. Yep. Pieces of math and diagrams on every page and in the middle of all this, some text.

Continue reading Old Ghosts, Love And Another Heads Up For The Venus Neptunes / Venus In Pisces Crowd, Never Mind Mars in Libra Or Mars In The 7th House!

Regarding my blind date to the Grand Canyon on a plane to fly around in it… the soldier and I in the bathtub…

“Well I wasn’t on a date with the Special Forces guy, I was on a date with the other guy which was a pity if you were my date. The next day I told all the folks in the bar that rule one for a man should be: If you are on a date with a woman, try not to bring along another man especially if he is way more appealing than you are! Not that it would have mattered. The SF guy wasn’t doing anything. Well, he was trying to learn to fly a plane. He actually pretty much knew how to fly a plane, he just needed a few more hours.. couple landings or whatever. So he was trying to do that. He was on the job and he wasn’t worried about me, at least not much. Felt bad for me I think because he knew I didn’t like my date.”

“What was wrong with him?”
Continue reading This Is A Politeness Job For Mars In Libra (in the flying around 9th house)

Mars in Libra loves aggressive fiery love. There is affinity the current sky - Venus in Aries so I’m milkin’ it and this is Patty Smyth…

“Yeah, begged for that job,” the soldier said. “For one thing I liked her and I knew I would like guarding her but besides that we were patrolling at the (omitted) border and it was just cold as hell. I mean, it was freezing and I had been out there awhile and I really wanted to get inside and get out of the cold for awhile so I begged for the assignment and I got it.”

“Yeah?”

“Yeah and it was great.”

Continue reading More Fiery Love! Meet Patty Smyth

Avery writes on Extreme Anger And Frustration:

Elsa? As a friend… you guys have a lot of fights. A LOT of fights. I know you were aware that you needed someone who could handle conflict, and that it took a Special Forces-trained warrior to fill that bill, but do you think you can sustain this level of love-battle over time? If so, how does this mesh with your Mars in Libra, which to my understanding, really craves peace?

Not trying to undermine what you’ve got going here (it sounds kind of hot, tell you the truth), just trying to understand.

Continue reading Astrology, Love And Mars: What About Battle Damage?

“What? You don’t think you’re like Anne (of Green Gables)? I think you’re just like her,” the soldier said.

“Oh yeah. I see the correlation. Beginning of the movie she is talking care of everyone and they still tell her she sucks. That’s familiar. And then when she gets a chance to get out of there she has to do some fast talking. She has to sell herself. The quality of her life depends on it.”

Continue reading Anne Of Green Gables - Mars In Libra?

Mars Mercury in the 9th has mind tricks that cheer and beside that, all is well that ends well…
(catch up on this story here: (Sacrificed In Public: Saint or Sinner)

I talked about not letting people rush your game in regards to playing cards on the Mercury Retrograde video. Alma asked:

“Would you say that not letting anyone rush your game is a Capricorn trait?”

Alma, I don’t think so. Being 8 and 9 and 10 years old and wanting to play cards with adult men in the first place is a Capricorn trait. I was ambitious.

Strategy of this type would be a function of my Mars Mercury conjunction in Libra. I want to win, see? MARS. Mars always wants to win, so Mercury is going to figure out how and since Libra is a Cardinal sign, we are talking control. I am going to control (Libra) the speed of the game (Mercury) so I can win (Mars).

And I’d do it in a Libra way. I’d go into hostess mode or something.

“Say. “Did everyone get some cake?” ::big pleasant smile:: “I got the recipe from Tammy, she lives down the street. Do any of you know, Tammy? She’s married to Fred…”

::blink blink with the eyes:: while I think. Maybe drop a shoulder. You know. Venus for Godsakes! Veeee-ness!

And then when I’ve decided what card to play, I’d toss it into the pile with one more superficial comment about the weather and a few minutes later I am raking in the pot.

Anyone else with Libra care to cop to stuff like this?

I loved the comments on this blog, “Libra Mars Starves To Death While Being Polite: Is This Smart?” but I was surprised nobody argued the other side of this. The Libra side that is. Because matter of fact he was rude in that situation. If you are going to spend the day with someone shouldn’t you maintain some awareness of their reality? Or is it every man for himself, all the time and if you can’t keep up, you’re trampled. Even the most hardened soldier (Aries) is taught to carry his wounded buddy from the battlefield!

I wondered if I should talk to him about this. Should I tell him he could be more sensitive? Should I traaaaain him?

And I thought it would be all right to do this, in spite of it being controlling on some level. It would be an attempt to dictate his behavior but considering he is highly interested and motivated to partner with me well… I like a chivalrous man. And he might very much appreciate being given the keys to the secrets of keeping ME (Aries) happy and content.

Further, his n. node is in LIBRA in the 7th (the LIBRA) house which strongly suggests his highest calling this life is to become aware of the other.

But does this mean it’s my job to teach him? In the end I decided to forget about all that (at least for now) and adjust my own behavior. Because why teach him when I can learn myself? What’s the better investment, asks Capricorn? ::snorts::

And here’s the kicker: Everything in this post reeks of control every way you turn it And I don’t think there is one thing that could or should be done about it. Fact is, the Cardinal signs exist and I am sure there is a reason. Surely Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn are a necessary part of the landscape. It’s no different than Scorpio with a knife. They can cut you, bay-beee. But heal or kill, it’s all in how they use their resource.

So for the Cardinal signs perhaps the ticket is having command of our command. What do you think?

pictured: Libra and Her Sparrow, Sir Edward Poytner, 1907