posted July 21, 2009 03:55 PM            

I did ballet when I was younger.

posted July 21, 2009 03:56 PM            

I'm not really athletic in the sense of sports, but I used to be a dancer (ballet, modern, jazz, etc). I'm not really competitive at all, though, so that was definitely a deciding factor to not pursue dance when college rolled around, lol.

Haha, I don't even like sports!

posted July 21, 2009 04:52 PM            

The same can be applied to areas other than sports. Tense Mars aspects in the natal chart make many people fight against their inner feeling of "impotence" or "not being good enough", by doing, acting and achieving as much as possible (overcompensation).

Of course, the exact opposite can be found. Some people with these aspects will run away from situations that make them feel uncapable and not fight for anything at all.

Personally, I have Mars in Pisces square Neptune, 12th house. I've always aimed too high at everything I wanted to do and be and obviously felt really far from my ideal most of the times. Result, I either slacked off and didn't try or I work like a beast obsessively and ended up doing unbelievable things. Deep down, no matter what, I've always felt i was worthless. And it kept me going till now. This happened both in my sports life and in my personal and professional (psychotherapist) lives. I used to train martial arts daily at a high level, get beaten up badly sometimes (we had 3 vs 1 sparring sessions), exhausted, injured and came back the next day for more.

As to sports ABILITY, I think it depends partially on dedication and persistence (which we've covered so far), but also on talent and creativity (which can be found elsewhere in a chart). And of course, on life/health habits.

posted July 21, 2009 04:56 PM              

i can run like the wind (in my mind)

my mars is libra 6th house.

but my leo stella and my taurus asc i think has more to do with it. if someone is beating me at something, i grit my teeth and try harder and they will quit before i give up. i like to win.

i even like to beat little kids at games.

if the team loses and i played good, i am still happy. if the team wins and i played horrible, i have to shake it off. (didnt you see the score we won) (but i missed that easy catch and looked stupid and blew the third inning, kicking self all the way home.)

i am in my mid 40's (almost)
and stillplay baseball, basketball, golf, football, and likei said, i can make a contest out of everyday anything,

like:
lets name songs with colors in them, the first person that cant come up with one loses the game.

or you drive that way, i will drive this way and see who gets home first.

actually, my mars libra has done me injustice. scattered energy, now i am more focused than ever in my life and with focus and determination you can do anything you set your mind to. creative persuits included.

posted July 21, 2009 05:20 PM            

Academic problems and control issues with my parents factored into my not being involved in football and track. After learning about having to shave my body, I didn't want to be a competitive swimmer.

MY chart ruler Mercury is conjunct heliocentric South Mercury Node (Maximum Effectiveness) and heliocentric South Mars Node in Scorpio in 3rd house.

My Mars is in Aquarius in 6th house squaring Venus in Scorpio in 3rd and squaring Neptune in Sagittarius in 3rd might indicate issues with coordination with 3rd house having to do with mental processes and dexterity.

My Uranus (unaspected) conjuncts Mercury/Ascendant midpoint is an indicator for being quick.
I also have Sun semisquare Mars/Uranus midpoint and Uranus semisquare Moon/Mars midpoint. I even have Uranus oppose Mars/Saturn midpoint. Those can be indicators for not only my issues with impulsiveness but also quick reactions and explosiveness. They are strongly connected.

Raymond

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“It is absolutely the perfect name,” Dr. Brown said, given the continuing discord among astronomers and the public over whether Pluto should have retained its planetary status.

In mythology, Eris ignited discord that led to the Trojan War.

posted July 21, 2009 05:26 PM            

I have always found myself abnormally strong for my size, frame and my mother always told me since I started walking I was very strong considering.

EDIT: Oh and im not a big lover of sports but I don't mind playing for fun

posted July 21, 2009 05:29 PM            

My sister on the other hand is gifted. She is an amazingly capable allrounder in sport and long distance running especially as she has such fitness and endurance. Currently runs for ten mile a day. She played Netball for her country also. I'm so proud of her but unfortunately she has battled with her self esteem and confidence and has never achieved her potential.
If I sound like I'm braggin it's because I'm so proud of her.
Anyway she has a Leo ascendant with her Sun in Capricorn (5th house) conjunct Mars in Capricorn (6th house) Trine Saturn. Her Mars squares Pluto. She just didn't get the sponsorship or support that she needed and it crushed her.
Her Mercury and Neptune are also in Sagittarius (5th house) and Jupiter in Leo(12th house) conjunct ascendant.
Glaucus my sister also had problems academically, she underachieved (even though she did well) because of undiagnosed dyslexia.... Perhaps one part of the brain maybe a synapse (linked to co-ordination) works extremely well but corsses wires with another synapse (linked to writing and spelling co-ordination) and created dyslexia.

posted July 21, 2009 05:39 PM            

Dialogue.

Ego: I want to win this race. Mars make me win this race.

Mars: Yes sir. Mars in Aries (fire, cardinal, or air) jumps up and wins race.

If mars is in water or earth sign, the race to the front of the line will be quite frustrating. Ever tried running in water or sand? You probably won't get there until Mars progresses into an Air or Fire sign...if the race is still going.

posted July 21, 2009 05:42 PM            

I used my cousin (an Aries w/Sag rising) as a comparison because she played a sport every season and was super competitive in gym class but, even though she wasn’t the best, she was into the fun and camaraderie.

I’m actually really surprised that I turned out this way because according to those old gym class standards I was subpar!

posted July 21, 2009 10:19 PM            

I don't know

There are lot of people with Dyslexia that have Dyspraxia too, and so there are Dyslexics that have coordination issues. The same issues with eye tracking/coordination gave me difficulty with reading and not just sports that require hand-eye coordination. The visual overloading when reading is also connected to my ability to see everything on the field all at once,rapid scanning. Dr. Levinson believes that Dyslexics have clumsy eyes, and that's why he uses a 3D optokinetic scanner to test for Dyslexia. They will tend to have abnormal blurring speeds. Electronystagmography is also used to check eye coordination/tracking issues. He used that on me,and my results were abnormal.

Many Dyslexics are veryy good at sports,and that helps with their self esteem while they are having problems with academics. However, Dyslexics with Dyspraxia don't have that luck.
They are the ones that can be seen as both dumb in both the classroom and on the playground/or in gym. If you're a boy,and you suck at sports,athletics, your gender tends to be questioned. Sports,athletics tend to be activities where you are supposed to express your manhood.

I wonder if so-called "dumb jocks" are people with Dyslexia or ADHD.

I think Mercury, the planet named after the Messenger of Gods and known for his great speed,quickness..especially with his winged sandals, have to do with speed,quickness.
I think that Uranus as a higher version of Mercury also has to do with speed,quickness.
Mercury also has to do with coordination because it has to do with mental processes. Coordination and mental processes are strongly connected. Coordination is not just related to the muscular system. It's not about muscular activity. It is also about nervous activity. Coordination involves the brain sending messages to parts of the body to perform an action. That's called praxis aka planning.
Mercury is said to be associated with fine motor skills too.

Some sports require excellent coordination
some sports require great strength
some sports require great stamina
some sports require great speed

so there are many indicators for great ability in sports....it depends on the sport...as well as a position in certain sports

for instance, quarterback of the football team has to be a great leader,have great eye-hand coordination, think and process information quickly...especially learning the playbook,calling plays,reading defenses.

Wide Receivers and Defensive Backs might have strong Mercury influences for speed,quickness...Uranus too, but also for the unpredictable stuff.

Wide Receivers might also have a strong Neptune influence for being deceptive when they run patterns. They tend to trick the cornerbacks. They tried to fake them out. That also could fit with Uranus.

Defensive backs can be unpredictable and deceptive. They might pretend to go along with a certain play, but then they do something completely different.

Pluto can also be good for seeing through a disguised defense of offense.

Mercury can be good for defensive player for being alert and paying attention to the quarterback like reading their eye movements....if the defensive back reads the quarterback's eyes then he can follow what the quarterback does and end up intercepting a pass.

However some quarterbacks are crafty with eye movements and fool defensive players and then making the defensive players pay.

a strong Mars nor Mars aspects are necessarily needed to be in certain sports.

Pluto also could be involved for willpower, intensity...especially with connections with Sun and Mars.

so if somebody asked me what are good aspects for sports, I would just shrug and tell them that I just don't know. It's all relative.

Raymond

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“It is absolutely the perfect name,” Dr. Brown said, given the continuing discord among astronomers and the public over whether Pluto should have retained its planetary status.

In mythology, Eris ignited discord that led to the Trojan War.

“She causes strife by causing arguments among men, by making them think their opinions are right and everyone else’s is wrong,” Dr. Brown said. “It really is just perfect.”

posted July 21, 2009 11:59 PM            

In school I was a terrible athlete and hated gym class with a passion! Now I like exercising, I like yoga, hiking, walking, pilates. I dabble in running but I'm horrible at it and I always seem to hurt my hip when I do it so my motivation has not been high lately.

Someday I'd like to to lessons in rock climbing, martial arts (I did tae kwon do for a little while and I loved it), golf, or tennis. I love watching mens tennis for some reason; I follow it quite a bit.

OK, I'm going to go off on a tangent for a bit:

"The same can be applied to areas other than sports. Tense Mars aspects in the natal chart make many people fight against their inner feeling of "impotence" or "not being good enough", by doing, acting and achieving as much as possible (overcompensation)."

This is interesting, Kamots. I don't really have any hard aspects with Mars besides the square to my MC, which isn't really bad. A few months ago I got into running (well, about 3 miles 3x/week, which is not much but for me was a lot!), and I felt I was getting too focused on it at the expense of other things (I was always thinking about it and planning for it). I noticed the general consensus I saw in myself and in those on the running forums I visited seemed to be that doing longer, faster runs was very valuable, maybe even imperative. But then I started to wonder what exactaly made it so inherently worthwhile (and what makes anything inherently worthwhile), and also wondered why I felt so guilty when I missed a run? I realized it was some feeling of unworthiness that I was trying to atone for with running. I was trying to prove to myself and everyone else that "See! I'm not lazy and weak and unathletic!"

posted July 23, 2009 03:17 AM            

I have Saturn Conjunct Pluto and my Mars squares them. Some of the statements made about Mars/Saturn aspects (particularly stressful ones) are:
"Great inner fortitude is denoted"
"Competition is not something we lightly engage in."
"...if the over-achieving side of both planets is operating, then Saturn/Mars comes on like a bulldozer, trying to flatten any and all opposing forces."
"I would imagine many Olympic athletes have Saturn/Mars or other Saturn/Principle One themes in their charts."
"Any Saturn/Mars aspect means we can work long and hard on a project or job...These planets are not good at relaxing or taking it easy - their driven natures make them push too intensely. We can accomplish a lot with Saturn/Mars aspects..."

I have always been pretty athletic. I'm very competitive and once I have a goal in mind I can be very determined. I was a competitive gymnast who dreamed of the Olympics. I didnt get that far, I ended up stopping when I went to college because of circumstances, but I did very well. Gymnastics is an extremely demanding sport both physically and mentally. That may be hard to see as a spectator because what you are seeing is the finished result of tons of training. I was very competitive and serious about my training, I had tons of fun too, as I loved it. The sport is still a passion of mine. I haven't been to gym in a long time but I still regularly do conditioning and some basic gymnastics stuff.
Anyway, that shows a little, how those aspects have played out for me.

posted July 23, 2009 09:35 AM            

Note that Sabian of my True Node is : A Jockey Spurs His Horse, Intent On Outdistancing His Rivals

My mother hates that about me, but I can't help it but care so much about wining.

Aries Mars in 12H, Aries AC
Sun trine Mars

oh and a ball has to be involved in a sport if i'm gonna like it. i hate long distance running... sports where you can't see the white in the opponents eye because he's that far...

posted July 23, 2009 02:28 PM            

Well but then femininty set in and my Pisces Sign began to over shadow my masculine planets and I wanted to be a pom,pom girl and where dreses and stuff..

But I still shoot ball here and there and kickbox and run and all that stuff..

posted July 23, 2009 04:23 PM            

coordination seems to be important in all sports

my exgf has Sun conjunct Mercury in Aries in 1st as well as Mars in Aries in 1st oppose Pluto in Libra in 7th. She played soccer as a kid, but she wasn't into any other sports. She's really not that athletic.

I wonder if there are other things involved like genetics, the way a person is built...etc.

Raymond

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“It is absolutely the perfect name,” Dr. Brown said, given the continuing discord among astronomers and the public over whether Pluto should have retained its planetary status.

In mythology, Eris ignited discord that led to the Trojan War.

“She causes strife by causing arguments among men, by making them think their opinions are right and everyone else’s is wrong,” Dr. Brown said. “It really is just perfect.”

posted March 15, 2019 01:20 PM            

I myself have Mars conjunct and parallel Venus in Cap, Sun conjunct Pluto in Sag, and Mars semi-square Pluto. So, in my first year of joining track, I was ranked the third best in shot put in my HS district behind my more experienced friends in the same school.