David Bowie’s birth chart
Mars in Capricorn
8 January 1947, 23:50, Brixton, United Kingdom
A reading speaks to the person it was written for, so this one talks to David as “you”.
Mars is a planet of physical energy and action. It rules the Aries sign and traditionally (before Pluto was discovered) also Scorpio. Mars is also one of the personal planets, because on average it stays in one sign for less than 2 months and therefore has an important influence on our personality.
In personal horoscope, Mars is connected to action, energy, competitiveness, hot-bloodedness and impetuousness. The position of Mars tells us in what way and in what form you express your activity. Mars also indicates your ambitions and the work you do, which is connected to these ambitions.
Mars in Capricorn
Mars feels good in this sign; you are a firm, persistent, diligent and hard-working person, also honest, loyal and faithful. You probably have a practical and reliable character and a lot of personal strength. You are extremely capable and persistent, capable of great exertion and tiresome work. You are organized, methodical and disciplined in everything you do. At first glance, you seem somewhat reserved in intimate relationships, but you are actually bursting with passion and sensuality. In relationships, you value faithfulness and commitment, however, you are too proud and stubborn. You can also be cruel and, in some way, distant.
Mars in 4th house
You are a diligent and hard-working person, you are always doing and creating something, at the same time you are very sensitive to your environment. When you are alone, you often feel somewhat awkward or clumsy; you need a lot of space around you. It is also possible that you move often or change things in your family life, you often also experience quarrels and accidents in your life, injuries that happen in the house and alienation or loss of one of the parents or the relationship with one of your parents cools off.
Mars sextile Jupiter
You are usually dynamic, energetic, honest and well-intentioned. You are flexible and perceptive of new things and new approaches. You are usually pretty well-informed, you are interested in daily events, often also in traffic and sports.
Mars inconjunct Uranus
You have enormous inner strength and energy, also exceptional physical capability, but you don't always know how to accumulate and use this strength in a positive way. You start working on projects with all your heart, but you can quickly give them up and become enthusiastic about something completely different, if you don't see the challenge anymore or if progress isn't fast enough and noticeable.
Mars square Neptune
You are emotional, sensitive and have strong intuition, but it is often not of much help to you; whether you don't follow it or you place too much importance on different possible perspectives, which are often only your mind constructs and fantasies or even your escape from reality and this actually distances you from the right path. You indulge in daydreaming and sometimes you spend too much time and attention daydreaming, so you are caught in a vicious circle of inactivity and stressful and depressive emotions.
Mars inconjunct Pluto
You are usually impetuous and have huge desires and appetites in all areas, but you don't have much sense of separating between what are needed and what useless actions, so all your potentials can go to waste, because you spend too much energy for unnecessary things which would also be best to avoid anyway (such as getting upset about things you have no influence on).
Mars square Ascendant
You are energetic and have enormous physical abilities, but you don't always organize them best and you either waste your energy or you don't have enough of it. You are extremely motivated, competitive and combative, also (self)destructive, that is why you are prone to injuries. If things aren't happening fast enough or as you imagine them to, you try to speed them up, sometimes with inconsideration and even violence, so your relationships with others aren't easy. These characteristics of yours can be the consequence of feeling unaccepted and of lacking attention in early period of life (and you perhaps feel that you always have to prove yourself).
Mars opposition MC
You are usually very energetic, decisive, combative and competitive. Sometimes you even exaggerate in being competitive and are impatient, inconsiderate and untactful. You don't always respect authorities, you are stubborn and rebellious, you don't like being in subordinate position. You have leadership characteristics and abilities, but you often lack compassion (although you, on the other hand, demand a lot of it for yourself). You don't understand that others perhaps don't have as much energy as you do and are too strict, critical and demanding towards them. You like to prove (yourself), are prone to cynicism and quarrelsomeness. You don't want to hear objections and you don't like compromises, so your relationships with others are sometimes difficult and problematic.
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