Recently I wrote an article entitled Mars Retrograde – Total Emotional Inversion or Go With the Flow an anatomical description of this current Mars Retrograde in Pisces.

Here is a chart for the time that Mars went retrograde.
Calculated for July 29th 2003 3:37AM Washington, DC

Today, August 4th, I was realized that I should keep an online journal of news events that epitomize this historic Mars retrograde which begin July 29th and ends September 27th..
So here is a running journal not necesarilly in chronological order with multiple subject headings. Sometimes these stories reflect multiple transits besides Mar Rx but the tone is present. Please note that many of the links are time sensitive and will no longer point to the entire stories. We recomend that you also read about the Mutable Moon of Madness for Sept. 10th 2003

Mars Will Not Kill You By Robert Roy Britt Senior Science Writer

NEWS FROM THE RED PLANET

Meteorites, not water, turned Mars red? M
Thursday, September 4, 2003 Posted: 10:19 AM EDT (1419 GMT)
LONDON (Reuters) -- Data from an unmanned Mars probe suggests the red planet's rusty color might have come not from water as widely believed but from tiny meteorites raining on its surface, a science magazine said.

Musical Discovery From Space on Piscean Full Moon -9/10/03

Black Hole Strikes Deepest Musical Note Ever Heard
Wed Sep 10,10:54 AM ET Astronomers have detected the deepest note ever generated in the cosmos, a B-flat flying through space like a ripple on an invisible pond. No human will actually hear the note, because it is 57 octaves below the keys in the middle of a piano.

August 7, 2003 taken from www.nasa.govMars is Melting The south polar ice cap of Mars is receding, revealing frosty mountains, rifts and curious dark spots.

POWER OUTAGES and ELECTRICAL ACCIDENTS

London power failure enrages mayor
Friday, August 29, 2003 Posted: 12:06 PM EDT (1606 GMT)
LONDON, England -- The mayor of London says he is enraged by a power failure that left hundreds of thousands of commuters stranded during Thursday's rush-hour.

Major power outage hits New York, other large cities
Thursday, August 14, 2003 Posted: 6:28 PM EDT (2228 GMT)
NEW YORK (CNN) -- A major power outage simultaneously struck dozens of cities in the United States and Canada late Thursday afternoon. Cities affected include New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Toronto and Ottawa, Canada. The power outage occurred shortly after 4 p.m. Officials said the outage does not appear to be related to terrorism.

Tourist electrocuted walking barefoot in rain storm
Monday, August 18, 2003 Posted: 6:51 PM EDT (2251 GMT)
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) -- A tourist was electrocuted near a Las Vegas Strip casino during a weekend rain storm.
Rebecca Longhoffer, 39, of Louisville, Ky., was walking across a median near the Treasure Island hotel-casino late Saturday when she stepped on a wet traffic signal wiring box and collapsed, authorities said.

MILITARY MISTAKES AND RETRO INCIDENTS

September 19th, 2003: As The Iraq Military Occupation Continues to Erode - Big Explosion Shakes Downtown Baghdad

At least 10 dead in Iraq in apparent mistake Two coalition troops die in raid west of Baghdad
Friday, September 12, 2003 Posted: 12:26 PM EDT (1626 GMT) FALLUJAH, Iraq (CNN) -- A shootout involving Iraqi police and U.S. forces developed into a fierce gunbattle early Friday in central Iraq, killing at least 10 people apparently by mistake, local officials said.

MARS IN PISCES RULLING 12TH HOUSE OF PRISON AND PRISONERS

Appeals court tosses out 111 death sentences
From Bill Mears CNN Washington BureauTuesday, September 2, 2003 Posted: 8:22 PM EDT (0022 GMT
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Citing a 2002 Supreme Court ruling that only juries can impose the death penalty, a federal appeals court overturned 111 death sentences Tuesday that had been imposed by judges in Arizona, Idaho and Montana.

CELEBRATION OF MARTIAN ACTIVITIES

Today's Warrior Archetype on Harley Davidsons Celebrate in MILWAUKEE
"This is just short of meeting God in heaven," says Sally Higgins of Pine, Colo., gesturing at the Harley lovers around her. "It's a symbiotic relationship: Harley builds a wonderful thing for us, and we come back to say, ‘We worship what you do.

OCEAN AND FISH STORIES

Snakehead fish found in Wisconsin
Wednesday, September 24, 2003 Posted: 10:28 AM EDT (1428 GMT)JANESVILLE, Wisconsin (AP) -- A carnivorous alien fish known for its voracious appetite and ability to wriggle short distances on land has been found in southern Wisconsin's Rock River.

Boating Accidents Abound with Mars Pisces Rx
Three dead, 18 missing after ferry sinks in Zambezi river Thursday, September 18, 2003 Posted: 10:26 PM EDT (0226 GMT) LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) -- Three people died and at least 18 were missing Thursday after a truck loaded with copper forced its way onto a ferry and caused it to sink in the Zambezi River.

Unprecedented census of the seas begins Thursday, September 11, 2003 Posted: 11:06 AM EDT (1506 GMT)
KACHEMAK BAY, Alaska (AP) -- Brenda Konar shoots an anxious glance over her shoulder but keeps chiseling. The Pacific Ocean hasn't gone away. In fact, it's gaining on her. The marine life census will take at least 10 years and $1 billion.

'Punk' Fish, Fruit Piranha among newfound species
Friday, August 29, 2003 Posted: 10:43 AM EDT (1443 GMT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) -- Scientists studying an unspoiled jungle river wilderness in Venezuela announced this week the discovery of 10 new fish species, including a red-tailed tiddler, a "punk" catfish with a spiky head and a piranha that eats fruit as well as flesh.

New Moby Dick? Boat crasher a rare white whale
Monday, August 25, 2003 Posted: 1:58 PM EDT (1758 GMT)
(CNN) -- A 10-ton whale that leaped into a yacht near Australia seems to have survived the impact without major injury, authorities said, but a rare white whale faces a new threat, human stalkers

FLOODING, HURRICANES,TYPHOONS AND SEVERE WEATHER

France Heat Wave Death Toll Set at 14,802 Thursday September 25, 2003 3:29 PM PARIS (AP) - The death toll in France from August's blistering heat wave was nearly 15,000, according to a government report released Thursday that exceeded prior official estimates by 3,000 victims.

As Mars continues to retrograde closer to Uranus Intense Weather continues for September

TROPICAL STORM CHOI-WAN IS BECOMING A TYPHOON FOR JAPAN
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING for Sept. 19th 2003!

Isabel weakens, at least 17 killed Damage called 'catastrophic' by one power company
Friday, September 19, 2003 Posted: 2:25 PM EDT (1825 GMT)CNN) -- The remnants of Hurricane Isabel weakened Friday, as people across the eastern United States struggled to assess and cope with the damage. At least 17 deaths in seven states were attributed to the storm, which left behind more than 4.4 million customers without power and a flooded, debris-strewn landscape.

Isabel strengthens to Category 5 Storm Thursday, September 11, 2003 Posted: 6:27 PM EDT (2227 GMT
MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- Hurricane Isabel intensified Thursday into an extremely powerful Category 5 storm as it rolled westward across the Atlantic.

Isabel's maximum sustained wind speed began the day at 145 mph, but by 5 p.m. the winds had grown to 160 mph with higher gusts. A hurricane becomes a Category 5, the top of the scale, if its winds reach 156 mph. Powerful Hurricane Fabian Hits Bermuda
2 hours, 50 minutes ago
HAMILTON, Bermuda (Reuters) - Huge waves gouged Bermuda's coast and 120 mph winds tore at power lines, roofs and palm trees as Hurricane Fabian blasted the mid-Atlantic British colony on Friday.
The full fury of the most powerful hurricane of the Atlantic season bore down on the offshore financial center and tourist playground, knocking out power, littering roads with trees and damaging a key artery linking the main island to Bermuda's airport.

Tropical Storm Henri Drenches Soaked Fla.
Sept. 5th 1 hour, 14 minutes ago
CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. - Slow-moving Tropical Storm Henri drenched an already soaked Florida on Friday, pushing heavy rains into areas where lakes and rivers were full to overflowing.

Hong Kong cleans up after typhoon
Tuesday, September 2, 2003 Posted: 9:05 PM EDT (0105 GMT)
HONG KONG, China (CNN) -- Hong Kong is cleaning up in the wake of a powerful typhoon that brushed past the territory with gale force winds that shook the city's landmarks.
Packing winds of up to 160 kph (99 mph) Typhoon Dujuan sent millions of workers scurrying home and caused massive disruptions at Hong Kong's international airport on Tuesday.

Hurricane Jimena headed for Hawaii
Sunday, August 31, 2003 Posted: 8:18 AM EDT (1218 GMT)
HONOLULU. Hawaii (AP) -- Hurricane Jimena is heading toward the Big Island, expected by weather forecasters to bring high winds and heavy rains before its center passes about 65 miles offshore early Monday

Four dead, 1 missing in Kansas flood
Sunday, August 31, 2003 Posted: 11:14 AM EDT (1514 GMT)
(CNN) -- Four people died and one was missing after heavy rains late Saturday swept a number of vehicles off Interstate 35 in southeast Kansas, an official said.

Wet, stormy weather extends across Plains
Saturday, August 30, 2003 Posted: 6:19 PM EDT (2219 GMT)
(AP) -- Thunderstorms and showers stretched from the southern Rockies to the mid-Atlantic states Saturday, dumping more than 3 inches of rain in places, and wet, stormy weather also spread along the Gulf Coast and across the Southeast.

France's death toll soars to 11,435 TALLY FROM HEAT WAVE HIGHER THAN ESTIMATES
Posted on Sat, Aug. 30, 2003
PARIS - France's first comprehensive tally of the searing heat wave stirred fresh outrage Friday when the government revealed that an alarming 11,435 people had died -- far beyond its initial estimates.
The death toll -- about 4,000 more than died in traffic accidents in France all last year -- fueled accusations that the center-right government reacted too slowly. Many victims were elderly, dying alone at home or in overwhelmed hospitals and nursing homes.

FIERY EXPLOSIONS,NATURAL ERUPTIONS AND RAGING FIRES

Explosion rocks Karachi plaza
Friday, September 19, 2003 Posted: 12:55 PM EDT (1655 GMT) ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- An explosion struck the top floor of a Karachi office complex Friday evening, police said. The building was empty at the time, and there were no known casualties, authorities said.

As Mars and Uranus Continue to Retrograde Together Super Volcano In Yellowstone National Park
It is little known that lying underneath one of The United States largest and most picturesque National Parks - Yellowstone Park - is one of the largest "super volcanoes" in the world.
The term "supervolcano" has no specifically defined scientific meaning. It was used by the producers of The BBC TV show Horizion in 2000 to refer to volcanoes that have generated Earth's largest volcanic eruptions. As such, a supervolcano would be one that has produced an exceedingly large, catastrophic explosive eruption and a giant caldera.
Scientists have revealed that Yellowstone Park has been on a regular eruption cycle of 600,000 years. The last eruption was 640,000 years ago…so the next is overdue. The next eruption could be 2,500 times the size of the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption. Volcanologists have been tracking the movement of magma under the park and have calculated that in parts of Yellowstone the ground has risen over seventy centimeters this century.

Scientists Face Steamy Mystery at Yellowstone National Park
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyoming, Sept. 4, 2003CBS/AP) Steam wafted over Hank Heasler as he stood on a boardwalk and watched water from Steamboat Geyser shoot into the air with an attention-grabbing "WHOOSH!"
"This could be it," the park geologist said excitedly, squinting against the morning sun at the impressive spray. But Heasler had no better idea than the tourists around him as to when the world's tallest geyser would next erupt.

Massive fire engulfs luxury Vegas development
Damages estimated at $10 to $15 million Friday, September 5, 2003 Posted: 12:44 PM EDT (1644 GMT)
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) -- A massive fire engulfed an under-construction luxury apartment development, destroying 350 units and causing millions of dollars in damage, authorities said. The cause of the blaze was still under investigation Friday.

Car Bomb Kills 75 at Mosque in Iraq
Friday, August 29, 2003
NAJAF, Iraq - A massive car bomb exploded at the Imam Ali mosque during Friday prayers in this holy city, killing 75 people, including one of Iraq (news - web sites)'s most important Shiite clerics, a hospital official said.

India boosts security after blasts
Monday, August 25, 2003 Posted: 6:55 PM EDT (2255 GMT)
NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- India is beefing up security in major cities amid fears of a violent backlash to Monday's deadly bombings in Mumbai which killed at least 44 people.

Truck bomb rocks U.N. headquarters in Baghdad
Tuesday, August 19, 2003 Posted: 1:21 PM EDT (1721 GMT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A large truck bomb ripped through the U.N. headquarters in Iraq on Tuesday killing at least 17 people and wounding dozens, U.N. officials said.

Wildfire forces national park evacuation
Monday, August 11, 2003 Posted: 5:44 PM EDT (2144 GMT)
JACKSON, Wyoming (AP) -- A fast-moving wildfire temporarily closed a section of the main north-south highway through Grand Teton National Park and prompted the evacuation of up to 300 people from a campground.

Tuesday, August 5, 2003 Posted: 10:58 PM EDT (0258 GMT) At least 14 people were killed and more than 100 injured when a powerful car bomb was detonated at lunchtime Tuesday at the five-star JW Marriott Hotel in central Jakarta, authorities said.

Tuesday, August 5, 2003 Posted: 4:53 PM EDT (2053 GMT) LISBON, Portugal -- Fire crews have brought Portugal's worst wildfires in a generation mostly under control -- but forecasts of more soaring temperatures have sparked fears of new blazes.

NEW THERAPHIES AND BREAKTHROUGHS

The mind therapy that prescribes movies
Psychiatrist uses films to spur discussion with patients
Friday, August 22, 2003 Posted: 11:54 AM EDT (1554 GMT)
ERIE, Pennsylvania (AP) -- When psychiatrist Fuat Ulus meets with patients, there's a chance Clint Eastwood will be there, too.

OCEANIC AND SHIPPING DISASTERS - SOME INVOLVING OIL

Experts: Titanic wreckage disintegrating rapidly
Thursday, August 14, 2003 Posted: 3:35 AM EDT (0735 GMT)
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- The Titanic, sunk by an iceberg on a calm April night, is being quickly claimed by those icy waters as man and nature cause rapid disintegration some 18 years after the wreck's discovery off the coast of Canada.

Greek Tanker Breaks Apart in Pakistan
August 14th KARACHI, Pakistan - An oil tanker that ran aground off the port city of Karachi broke apart Thursday, but officials said the worst was over and rich fishing grounds nearby were not threatened.

MARTIAN AND SPACE EXPEDITIONS PROBLEMS

More Ramifications of the Mars/Jupiter Opposition on Sept. 7th

NASA to Crash Galileo Probe Into Jupiter 1 hour, 57 minutes ago
PASADENA, Calif. - NASA (news - web sites) plans to crash its $1.5 billion Galileo spacecraft into Jupiter next weekend to make sure it doesn't accidentally contaminate the planet's ice-covered moon Europa with bacteria from Earth.
After Galileo's orbit carries it behind Jupiter at 12:49 p.m. PDT Sunday, the aging probe will plunge into the planet's stormy atmosphere at a speed of nearly 108,000 mph.

Instrument on Mars-bound rover malfunctions
Thursday, August 7, 2003 Posted: 12:01 PM EDT (1601 GMT) LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- An instrument aboard one of the two NASA rovers en route to Mars has malfunctioned, prompting worries it could harm the robot's information-gathering ability, a scientist said.

RETROGRADE ECONOMIC NEWS

Federal deficit expected to approach $500 billion next year
Monday, August 25, 2003 Posted: 5:38 PM EDT (2138 GMT)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The federal deficit, already at record levels this year, will almost certainly get worse next year, congressional budget analysts are expected to say in a report Tuesday.

MERRIMAN'S COMMENTS FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING AUGUST 11, 2003
This is truly a retrograde period in terms of how world stock indices are behaving. Some indices are strong, some are very weak, and others are trying to decide which way to go as they vacillate between bullish and bearish nearly ever other day.

OIL EXPLOSIONS AND WATER DAMAGE/SABOTAGE

Saboteurs Hit Iraqi Oil, Water Supply
August 17th 2003
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saboteurs blew up a water main in northern Baghdad on Sunday, forcing engineers to cut off water to the entire capital and raising new concerns that insurgents are hitting Iraq's infrastructure to slow its recovery.

Two oil pipelines have also exploded and caught fire in Iraq this weekend.
The U.S. military is investigating eyewitness reports that the second oil pipeline was deliberately set on fire.

ALCOHOL AND DRUG NEWS

Millions Have Driven on Drugs, U.S. Says
Tue Sep 16, 6:32 PM ET WASHINGTON - An estimated 11 million Americans, including nearly one in five 21-year-olds, have driven while under the influence of illegal drugs, the government says.

Chong gets 9 months for selling bongs Thursday, September 11, 2003 Posted: 5:18 PM EDT (2118 GMT)
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Tommy Chong, who played one half of the dope-smoking duo in the Cheech and Chong movies, asked for leniency from a judge Thursday but was sentenced to nine months in prison for conspiring to sell drug paraphernalia.

Feds target firm importing Canadian drugs
From Terry Frieden CNN Washington Bureau Thursday, September 11, 2003 Posted: 8:48 PM EDT (0048 GMT) WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Citing "significant risks to public health," Justice Department lawyers asked a federal judge Thursday to stop Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Rx Depot from importing prescription drugs from Canada and selling them in the U.S. at reduced prices.

Survey Finds Millions of New U.S. Drug Abusers
Fri Sep 5, 3:24 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A redesigned survey of who uses and abuses drugs in the United States has found millions of "missed" users and addicts, with an estimated 22 million Americans suffering from alcohol or drug abuse.

Life-Extending Chemical Is Found in Certain Red Wines
Sun Aug 24, 2:55 PM ET
Biologists have found a class of chemicals that they hope will make people live longer by activating an ancient survival reflex. One of the chemicals, a natural substance known as resveratrol, is found in red wines, particularly those made in cooler climates like that of New York.

Tuesday, August 5, 2003 Posted: 3:45 PM EDT (1945 GMT) Florida cannot prosecute pilots for allegedly drinking before flight MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Florida cannot prosecute two former America West pilots for operating an aircraft while allegedly intoxicated because federal law, not Florida law, applies in the case.

More US Drug Policies Set Forth
U.S. could OK resuming Colombian anti-drug program soon
Wednesday, August 6, 2003 Posted: 3:30 PM EDT (1930 GMT) WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The White House soon may revive a suspended drug interdiction program in the skies above Colombia, a U.S. State Department official said Wednesday.

RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSY AND GAY LIBERATION

300,000 Iraqis Join March to Mourn Cleric
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Beating their chests and calling for revenge, more than 300,000 Muslims began a two-day, 110-mile march Sunday to the holy city of Najaf to mourn a cherished Shiite leader assassinated in a car bombing.

Final days for Commandments monument
Tuesday, August 26, 2003 Posted: 3:36 PM EDT (1936 GMT) MONTGOMERY, Alabama (CNN) -- The controversial Ten Commandments monument at the Alabama Judicial Building will be removed by the end of the week, the state's attorney general said Tuesday.

Autistic boy's death at church ruled homicide
Child was suffocated, autopsy report says Monday, August 25, 2003 Posted: 9:41 PM EDT (0141 GMT)
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (CNN) -- An 8-year-old autistic boy who died at a prayer service where church members tried to heal him of "spirits" was suffocated, the medical examiner's office said Monday.

DANCE AND MUSIC NEWS
Pisces rules the feet and dance especially with Mars in Pisces...

In Memoriam - February 14, 1946 to August 9th, 2003 -Gregory Hines, 57, is dead of cancer Tony Award-winning actor, dancer
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10 — Gregory Hines, the greatest tap dancer of his generation who also transcended the stage with successful film and television roles, has died of cancer.

Pisces Music Legend Johnny Cash Dies at 71
Sept. 12th 2003( AP) - Johnny Cash, "The Man in Black" who became a towering figure in American music with such hits as "Folsom Prison Blues," "I Walk the Line," and "A Boy Named Sue," died Friday. He was 71. Cash died of complications from diabetes that resulted in respiratory failure, his manager, Lou Robin, said in a statement issued by Baptist Hospital in Nashville. Cash died at the hospital at 3 a.m. EDT.

Storm ends dance of would-be queens
Friday, September 5, 2003 Posted: 6:37 PM EDT (2237 GMT)
LUDZIDZINI, Swaziland (AP) -- Wearing beads, wrap skirts and woolen tassels, thousands of girls danced for Swaziland's king on Friday, hoping to be chosen as his 12th queen. But hail and lightning broke up the ceremony.