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Retrograde Mars in Second House in Aquarius
When retrograde Mars is placed in the second house of a horoscope in Aquarius, Capricorn rises in the ascendant. Mars rules the fourth and eleventh house. In general, it is benefic here, in most cases. The concept of various planets exhibiting tendencies to be benefic or malefic on the basis of the houses they rule in a horoscope has been explained in the book ‘Gemstones: Magic or Science?’.
Retrograde Mars in the second house of horoscope in Aquarius is benefic in most cases, though it may turn malefic in some cases. It may happen when such retrograde Mars is influenced by one or more malefic planets, and/or an overall malefic horoscope. The concept of a benefic planet turning malefic due to influences of malefic planets has been explained in the book ‘Match Making and Manglik Dosh’.
When benefic in nature, retrograde Mars in the second house of a horoscope in Aquarius can bless the native with good results related to mother, education, properties, vehicles, friends, family, wealth, speech, profession, finances, reputation, authority, recognition, fame and several other good results, depending on his/her overall horoscope and running times.
Such retrograde Mars can render various types of benefits to the native, related to or through his family, friends and/or mother. Considering family, the native may be born in a rich, influential, resourceful, well-respected, politically powerful, royal and/or spiritually advanced family, and he may witness several benefits by virtue of being a member of such family. The native may be a good, very good or gifted speaker, and he may achieve good results in many spheres of his life, by virtue of his speech abilities. Considering mother, native’s mother may be a rich woman, a celebrity, an officer in government or a powerful politician. The native may enjoy many benefits because of her money, influence and/or status. She may give a big amount of money, and/or wealth to the native, while she’s alive, and/or through her will. Such retrograde Mars can bless the native with good education, vehicles, residential house/houses and/or several other good results. Considering friends, some of his friends may come across success, money, fame, and/or authority, and the native may witness many benefits because of them.
Looking at profession, such retrograde Mars can help the native achieve success as a fire fighter, fitness trainer, body builder, sportsman, athlete, physician, dietician, researcher, analyst, discoverer, explorer, lawyer, police officer, army, air force, naval, revenue, administrative, foreign services officer, judge, doctor, scientist, engineer, politician, astrologer, tantric, psychic, spiritual guru, healer, religious guru, professional dealing in sports industry, fitness, arms, metal, energy, automobile, health, pharma, medical, transport, travel, hotel, airline, television, music, media, computer, software, IT, telecom, internet industry or some other type of professional, depending on his/her overall horoscope and running times.
Taking an example, suppose benefic retrograde Mars is placed in the second house of a horoscope in Aquarius with benefic Moon. Benefic exalted Venus is placed in the third house in Pisces, retrograde Jupiter is placed in the fourth house in Aries, Mercury is placed in the fifth house in Taurus, Sun is placed in the sixth house in Gemini, benefic Rahu is placed in the first house in Capricorn, and Ketu is placed in the seventh house in Cancer. Chandra Mangal Yoga is formed in the second house. In this case, the native may start a hotel, and he may witness good results.
If benefic retrograde Saturn is placed in the second house in Aquarius with Moon and Mars; the equation may become better. In this case, the native may come across very good amount of success, money and recognition through hotel industry. His business may expand after his age of 35/40, and it may keep growing. He may also invest in travel as well as finance industry, and he may witness very good profits. If the finer factors and running times are supportive, he may own several hotels and other businesses by his age of 55/60. His net worth may be in billions.
Such retrograde Mars can help the native achieve success through a creative field as an actor, singer, musician, writer, dancer, sportsman, artist, architect, designer, developer or some other likewise professional. Taking an example, ,
On the other hand, malefic retrograde Mars in the second house of a horoscope in Aquarius can trouble the native with problems related to mother, education, properties, vehicles, friends, family, wealth, speech, profession, finances, reputation, authority, recognition and several other problems, depending on his/her overall horoscope and running times.
Mars rules the fourth and eleventh house, and it is placed in the second house. If such retrograde Mars is influenced by malefic planets, and/or an overall malefic horoscope, the native may witness various types of problems related to or through his family, friends and/or mother. Considering family, the native may be born in a family which may be poor, and/or some of his family members may be alcoholics, drug addicts, criminals and/or they may have some other negative traits. Hence the native may witness several problems in his life, due to bad reputation of his family, and/or bad conducts of some family members. He may also witness various types of problems and/or abnormalities related to his speech, and he may face several issues because of such abnormalities. Considering mother, the native may not have a good equation with his mother, his parents may get divorced and he may live with his father, his mother may suffer from a long-lasting illness, she may be an alcoholic and/or a drug addict, she may be a criminal, and/or she may die before native’s age of 20, depending on native’s overall horoscope and running times. Considering friends, some of his friends may be selfish, opportunists, criminal-minded, criminals, drug addicts, traitors and/or they may have some other negative traits. The native may witness several problems because of such friends, many times in his life.
The native may witness delays, financial losses, setbacks, failures, job loss, bad reputation and several other problems related to or through his profession. Taking an example, suppose retrograde Mars is placed in the second house of a horoscope in Aquarius with malefic Sun and malefic Jupiter. Malefic exalted Ketu is placed in the third house in Pisces with debilitated Mercury; malefic exalted Rahu forms Pitra Dosh in the ninth house in Virgo, Venus is placed in the twelfth house in Sagittarius, Moon is placed in the eighth house in Leo, and Saturn is placed in the sixth house in Gemini.
In this case, native’s mother may die before his age of 20 or 15, and his father may die before native’s age of 25 or 20. The native may not find a permanent profession throughout his life, and he may only find temporary jobs, though he may earn well at times. He may remain jobless for periods of more than 3 months, many times in his life. He may witness financial tightness and debts, many times in his life. He may face several problems because of some of his friends, including financial losses and bad reputation. He may not get married till his age of 35/40, or throughout his life. Considering another probability, he may get married once, the marriage may fail, and he may not get married again.
Himanshu Shangari