Solsticed wrote: Tue Apr 15, 2025 3:15 pm Nothing happened, relax

lol...that's the whole point, why did it go so smoothly when the chart, at first glance, looks like it's an accident waiting to happen. I have little to no experience with elections but If this was one, who would select a time with a fallen Mars on the IC?

Actually, with Mars in Cancer in the 4th, a fight broke out in the shuttle after Katy Perry baked a casserole for lunch and guilt-trip the crew with a tear-streaked slideshow of her childhood trauma when she kissed a gurl!
I knew something was wrong with this chart!

Hi Jane - one of the things I have said elsewhere on the forum is that accidental dignity may be more important than essential dignity when judging charts. I don't know where this fits with traditional lore, but it is certainly borne out by the Gauquelin's findings. Both Moon and Mars are powerfully placed being angular so have a great deal of accidental dignity. The are are also in:

Mars and L3 Moon (communication) are in mutual reception per sign.

I think the potential maleficity of Mars may be moderated by these conditions. Certainly the symbolism of Moon (women) and Mars (men) is a primary consideration in this chart and there was a great deal of criticism of the minutes long journey to the edge of space using glamorously dressed women (exalted Venus in Pisces) posing as astronauts in a self-styled pioneering female-only 'mission'. Many of the commentaries I read spoke of how this whole episode minimised and trivialised the pioneering role of women in space science and other science and technology related fields.

The only likely beneficiary was Bezos (Mars, Saturn), one of the richest men on the planet, who created priceless free advertising (3rd house?) for his space tourism nonsense.

Hi astralwanderer ... I hadn't considered that accidental dignity might be more relevant than essential dignity; so used to looking at essential dignities in terms of 'reception' and 'outcomes' re: Masha'allah. Your reading of the context in which the flight occurred does resonate strongly with the chart; thanks for your insights.