Study on Mercury influence on 1303 Grandmasters chess player charts. Now looking on Mercury angles with other planets and asteroids.

Second part of the F1 vs Chess player analysis : Venus and Mars position in signs.

'ver the next nine months, because of a six-week retrogression of Venus in October and November, there will be three Venus-Mars conjunctions between now and May 2011. These three alignments will fall in the signs of Libra, Scorpio and Taurus, and are part of a recurring 77-month cycle. They are also part of a longer 32-year cycle of Venus and Mars.'

'So what can we expect with Mars' entry into Libra? Well, as it conjuncts Saturn, it simultaneously opposes Uranus and then Jupiter, while squaring Pluto. This confluence of events would usually indicate extraordinary volatility, and this can be seen in larger worldly event going on right now.

"Every day Mars is on Midheaven or on top at a certain moment and at a certain place. It may just be coincidence that in three cases where guns were used, Mars had an important - elevated- position in the chart. Mars is the astrological symbol of fire and firing. Besides coincidence there are other explanations, like special moments in time that reflect corresponding events, like shootings (cuts, getting hurt, etc.). Or the moment that David Beckham was born:)"

"When Mars is in a diurnal sign, like Libra, He’s is in “get-er-done” mode. To hell with motivation and planning, Mars wants action and lots of it in diurnal signs. His diurnal home is Aries, home of exclusive binary logic and action without deep consideration of consequence. Mars is single-minded by day, taking his point of view as white, and the opposing point of view as black."

"The Mars return chart indicates where and how we are energised; where the ACTION is for the following two years; and so can be used in a predictive manner. But more importantly it also indicates where the psychological drive and ego urges we associate with Mars can be best applied.

"Mars is the first planet outside of the earth's orbit. This, plus its red glow and other associations of ideas, has made of it, in astrological symbolism, the focal point for all releases of energy and all renewal of activity originating in man's "earth being" — that is, in the body and in the aspects of the personality which are conditioned by the energies and processes of life on earth. Mars is the symbol of muscular activity and, beyond it, of the many and varied desires or drives which compel or urge man to move, i.e.

"The core of vitality in human beings seems to come from their personal sense of purpose or meaning in life. There has to be a feeling of a challenge to overcome, a goal to achieve or a reason for existence, in order for us to feel that its worth getting up in the morning. For many people this comes from a personal faith that there is a good reason for existence and that faith is sufficient. Other people have come into this life with a clear sense of "mission", and will quickly find ways to move in that direction throughout their lives."

"What motivates people? What gets them out of bed in the morning? How do they go about getting what they want? Look to the position of Mars in the natal chart for answers."