Mars gets exalted when it is placed in the sign of Capricorn, which means that Mars gains great strength when placed in the sign of Capricorn. Hence retrograde Mars in the fourth house of a horoscope can give strong positive or negative results when placed in its sign of exaltation, depending on its working nature and the overall tone of the horoscope under consideration. When working positively, retrograde exalted Mars in the fourth house of a horoscope can bless the native with good results related to marriage, profession, fame, authority and many other types of good results depending on the overall tone of his horoscope. Such benefic retrograde exalted Mars can make some natives profit through their marriages due to which these natives may come across many types of benefits by virtue of their marriages. Benefic retrograde exalted Mars in the fourth house of a horoscope can bless some natives benefitting from it with husbands or wives who may have well established professions and who may enjoy good social status and reputation by virtue of such professions. For example, if benefic retrograde exalted Mars is placed in the fourth house of a horoscope in the sign of Capricorn along with benefic Venus, benefic Mercury is placed in the fifth house of this horoscope in the sign of Aquarius; and benefic Saturn is placed in the ninth house of this horoscope in the sign of Gemini along with benefic Moon, the native may witness such marriage. The native benefitting from benefic retrograde exalted Mars in the fourth house and other benefic planets may get married to a woman who may be an IT professional and he may benefit by virtue of this marriage.
The benefic impact of retrograde exalted Mars in the fourth house can also impart professional success to the natives benefitting from it and it can bless them with fame and authority also, when their overall horoscopes are supportive. Such benefic retrograde exalted Mars can render posts of authority to some natives in the house of government through politics or through jobs, depending on their overall horoscopes. Accordingly, some of these natives may achieve such authority through revenue services, some of them may become army officers, some other such natives may succeed through the field of law and they may become judges; and some of them may achieve authority through politics. For example, if benefic retrograde exalted Mars is placed in the fourth house of a horoscope in the sign of Capricorn, benefic Ketu is placed in the second house of this horoscope in the sign of Scorpio, benefic Rahu is placed in the eighth house of this horoscope in the sign of Taurus and benefic Venus is placed in the first house of this horoscope in the sign of Libra, the native may become a revenue officer. The native benefitting from benefic retrograde exalted Mars in the fourth house and other benefic planets may get selected for a post of authority in revenue services and he may come across success and recognition as a revenue officer.
At the same time, if benefic Mercury is placed in the second house of this horoscope in the sign of Scorpio along with benefic Ketu, benefic Sun also joins this combination in the second house in the sign of Scorpio and benefic Saturn is placed in the fourth house of this horoscope in the sign of Capricorn along with benefic retrograde exalted Mars when all other benefic planets are placed in the already mentioned houses, the results may improve a lot. The native benefitting from benefic retrograde exalted Mars in the fourth house and other benefic planets may achieve success in competitive exams held for selection in revenue services and by virtue of such success, he may get selected for the highest possible direct rank in revenue services. The joint impact of benefic retrograde exalted Mars in the fourth house and other benefic planets may bless this native with very good amount of success and recognition as a revenue officer and he may enjoy many benefits through this post of authority. Apart from this, benefic retrograde exalted Mars in the fourth house can bless the natives with success through many other professions.
On the other hand, malefic retrograde exalted Mars in the fourth house of a horoscope can trouble the native with problems related to marriage, profession, health and many other types of problems depending on the overall tone of his horoscope. Some natives may feel the heat of this malefic retrograde exalted Mars in the field of their marriage due to which they may have to suffer from problems before and after their marriages. Some natives under the malefic impact of retrograde exalted Mars in the fourth house may have to face many types of problems after their marriages and these problems may intensify with the support of other malefic planets in such horoscopes. In extreme cases when supported by other malefic planets, malefic retrograde exalted Mars in the fourth house of a horoscope can make the native suffer from more than one broken marriage, unless there is a strong marriage saving planet in his horoscope.