Article 335

When working positively, retrograde Mars placed in the third house of a horoscope can bless the native with a wide variety of benefits in many spheres of his life including his profession, finances, health and marriage. Accordingly the natives under the effect of this benefic placement may witness good results in different spheres of their lives where such results may be different in type and quantum depending on the type and strength of this benefic placement as well as depending on the overall tone of the horoscopes of these natives. Such benefic placement is especially very good when it comes to the professional sphere of the native’s life as it can render good, very good or great amount of professional success to the native under its influence. Such retrograde Mars can make the native succeed in a great number of professional spheres and the scope of this placement is vast when it comes to professional success.

Some natives under the positive influence of this placement can succeed as professionals like print media reporters, television media reporters, journalists, people dealing in various types of printing concerns like publishing houses, news papers, magazines and other such media. The natives having this placement can also succeed as politicians, lawyers, bankers, marketing professionals, people working in various financial corporations, sportsmen dealing in various sports, people working with defense services like police officers, army officers and other such people, consultants, astrologers, doctors, book writers, song writers, poets, script writers, television actors, movie actors and many other types of professionals dealing in many other types of professional spheres, depending on the type and strength of this benefic placement as well as depending on the overall tone of their horoscopes.

For example, the presence of benefic retrograde Mars in the third house of a horoscope in the sign of Leo can bend the native towards the study of law and accordingly the native may pursue a career in the practice of law, if there are some other benefic influences in his horoscope, which support such profession. For instance, the presence of benefic Mercury in the sixth house of this horoscope in the sign of Scorpio along with benefic Sun in the same house can make the native become a professional lawyer and such native may earn good amount of success through his practice of law. If benefic Rahu is placed in the tenth house of this horoscope in the sign of Pisces, the native under the combined effect of all these benefic planets may achieve even more success and he may practice in some higher court of law.

The presence of benefic Saturn in the first house of this horoscope in the sign of Gemini can add more value to this equation and accordingly the native may achieve even more success through his practice of law. Such native may become a famous lawyer in a big region and he may have a very good success rate which means he may win most of the cases that he undertakes. If benefic Moon is also present in the first house of this horoscope in the sign of Gemini or if benefic Moon is placed in the ninth house of this horoscope in the sign of Aquarius, the native under the combined effect of such benefic retrograde Mars in the third house of his horoscope and all other benefic planets in the already mentioned houses of his horoscope may achieve great results through the field of law. Such native may not only become a famous and successful lawyer, but he may also get elevated to the post of a judge in some higher court of law, after practicing as a lawyer for some years.

Most natives under the benefic influence of this placement are usually lucky when it comes to colleagues and team mates, which means that these natives usually get good support from their colleagues and team mates due to which they find it easier to gain more and more success. Some of these natives may have strongest teams working with them and such teams may enable them to achieve great heights in their professional spheres. A news reporter covering a story at a dangerous location with his team or a mountain climber trying to reach the top of a very difficult mountain with his team may be blessed by this placement. For example, the presence of benefic retrograde Mars in the third house of a horoscope in the sign of Gemini can not only bless the native with a good career as a news reporter, the same benefic influence can also bless the native with a very good team which may contribute a lot in the success achieved by this native.

Benefic retrograde Mars in the third house of a horoscope can also bless the native with very good communication skills and such natives may especially do very well when it comes to written communication. Due to this fact, some natives under this benefic influence may be appointed as spokespersons of various institutions, organizations or political parties. Some natives having this placement may also succeed as event managers, people dealing in public relation companies and other such organizations which manage things on behalf of other people or organizations. For example, the presence of benefic retrograde Mars in the third house of a horoscope in the sign of Taurus can bless the native with very good communication skills and such native can profit a lot by virtue of such communication skills, in various professional spheres depending on his overall horoscope.

For instance, if benefic retrograde Mars is placed in the third house of a horoscope in the sign of Taurus, benefic Mercury is placed in the sixth house of this horoscope in the sign of Leo along with benefic Sun and benefic Moon is placed in the seventh house of this horoscope in the sign of Virgo, the native under the combined effect of all these benefic planets may become a successful politician. Such native may witness very good results through politics and he is also likely to become the spokesperson of a well established political party. As more and more positive influences keep adding to this horoscope, the success achieved by this native through politics may become more and more, like the presence of benefic Rahu in the eleventh house of this horoscope in the sign of Capricorn or the presence of benefic Saturn in the eighth house of this horoscope in the sign of Libra can bless the native with even more success through politics.

Such benefic retrograde Mars can also bless the native with success through various types of businesses and in fact, the natives under the strong influence of this benefic placement are more likely to succeed in businesses or some kind of independent practices instead of working for other people. Politics is one more sphere which can suit a lot to these natives and accordingly, many natives benefiting from this placement may make a career choice in politics. If the overall tone of the horoscope is favorable, this placement can bless the native with very good success in politics as well as with a post of power and authority in government. It means that such natives may become ministers or chairpersons of various government organizations if their overall horoscopes are supportive.

On the other hand, negative retrograde Mars in the third house of a horoscope can trouble the native with many problems in his life, especially in his professional sphere. The natives suffering from this malefic placement may come across one or the other type of problem in their professional spheres, every now and then, depending on the type and strength of this malefic influence as well as depending on the overall tone of the horoscopes of these natives. Some of these natives may start a business or practice which may bring losses to them instead of bringing profits. They may then stop it after a few years and start something new but the same trend may follow in the new business or practice also which means that they may start facing losses in the new business or practice also.

For example, the presence of malefic retrograde Mars in the third house of a horoscope in the sign of Aries can trouble the native with setbacks and losses through business and accordingly such native may have to face financial losses, setbacks, failures and many other types of problems through his business. At the same time, if a combination of malefic Rahu and malefic Sun is placed in the sixth house of this horoscope in the sign of Cancer, the native under the combined effect of all these malefic planets may have to face serious financial losses through business. Such native may start a business in partnership with someone and the partner of this native may cheat this native, thereby making him suffer from big financial losses.

Some other natives under this malefic influence may not get established in terms of profession, till late or very late and they may have to change jobs or professions due to unfavorable circumstances, many times in their lives. This may keep happening to them till late or very late in their lives and in extreme cases, the native suffering from this malefic placement may not establish himself in his business or practice throughout his life. The quantum of problems given by this placement as well as the age up to which a native may suffer such losses depends on the type and strength of this placement as well as on the overall tone of the horoscope of the native in question. Lawyers practicing law and not having an established name or not earning much even after 10 years of their practice of law or politicians devoting great time and effort to politics for many years and not getting any good results are just a couple of examples of what this malefic placement can do to the natives suffering from it.

Some other natives suffering from this placement may not find any opportunity for job, business or practice till late or very late in their lives which means that they may have to remain jobless till late or very late in their lives. Some of these natives may find jobs in between and then remain jobless again, like working for a year and then being jobless for a couple of years. Malefic retrograde Mars in the third house of a horoscope can also develop criminal tendencies in a native and accordingly some natives suffering from this malefic placement may engage in various criminal activities. Some of these natives may engage in financial frauds, forgeries, deceits, cheatings and other such type of criminal activities whereas some other such natives may engage in criminal activities like drug smuggling or working for a mafia organization.

The natives suffering from malefic retrograde Mars in the third house of their horoscopes may not be worthy of being trusted in some cases as they may be very good at the art of cheating other people including their near ones, for financial or for some other types of gains.  Due to this habit of theirs, they may slowly project a bad image of themselves by tricking many people even in their nearest circle and as a result, they tend to suffer on the front of relationship. Money and other possessions may become so important to them that they may adopt any fowl means to achieve them, which may land them in trouble ultimately, and accordingly many of these natives may end up with punishments imposed on them through courts of law. For example, the presence of malefic retrograde Mars in the third house of a horoscope in the sign of Aquarius can not only render criminal tendencies to the native but such native may also be very adept at the art of deceiving other people for money and for other types of gains.

Malefic retrograde Mars in the third house of a horoscope can also affect the health of the native in a bad way and the natives suffering from this malefic placement are particularly prone to psychological disorders. Hence some natives suffering from it may have different types of psychological diseases and some of them may have sick or very sick mentality. People doing extremely perverted type of crimes like serial rapists, serial killers or people engaging in mass killings may have this type of placement in their horoscopes. Malefic retrograde Mars in the third house can also reduce the lifespan of the native due to which some natives suffering from this placement may live a shorter or much shorter life. These natives usually die because of some serious disease, accident, capital punishment, fight or encounter, or a murder may be planned on them.