Astrology and Driving

[geminiblues]

Which planet(s) do you think affect driving skill? What are favorable or unfavorable aspects and placements?

Being somewhat biased, I'm thinking Gemini is a good sign to hold sway over driving. That throws it into Mercury's domain. On the other hand, Mars is literally the planet of "drives". My father, who had a Mars in Gemini, was a truck driver. He also both street raced and stock car raced in his younger years.

[lumina]

Those were the two first planets that came to my mind, too. Mercury and Mars.

Hmm P has Mars conjunct Jupiter (in Virgo) square Mercury (in Sag) - he is a fast driver, which is honestly an understatement, but at the same time it seems he is also a good one. He seems to have a private collection of photographs of himself behind the wheel though.

[Ava]

Maybe this is a little off topic but I'm in a researching mood and wondered about racecar drivers....

hiconsumption.com/best-race-car-drivers-of-all-time/

A few Gem and Virgo rising, angular Mercury, Aqua Mercury (some say exalted there). Cardinal Mars, Aries and Scorpio Mars (both domicile), Pisces Mars....I didn't expect to see all these water luminaries.


Fernando Alonso: Virgo ASC, Cancer moon-Mars, Cancer Mars square Jupiter
www.astrotheme.com/astrology/Fernando_Alonso

Mario Andretti: Cap ASC sextile Pisces Mercury, Pisces sun and Mercury, (sun sextile Taurus Mars) Scorpio moon, Aries Jupiter
www.astrotheme.com/astrology/Mario_Andretti

Jim Clark: Leo ASC, Mercury-DSC in Aqua, Pisces sun conjunct Saturn, Aries Mars
www.astro-seek.com/birth-chart/jim-clark-horoscope

Juan Manuel Fangio: Aries ASC, Cancer sun, Aries Mars, Gem Mercury
www.astrotheme.com/astrology/Juan_Manuel_Fangio

AJ Foyt: Scorpio ASC, Mercury conjunct IC; Cap sun opp Pluto, Scorpio Jupiter, Libra Mars
www.astrotheme.com/astrology/A._J._Foyt

Lewis Hamilton: Scorpio ASC, Cap sun conjunct Jupiter, Cancer moon, Pisces Mars
astro-charts.com/persons/chart/lewis-hamilton/

Graham Hill: (no ASC), Aqua sun trine Gemini Mars, Aqua Mercury
www.astro-seek.com/birth-chart/graham-hill-horoscope

Tom Kristensen: (no ASC), Cancer sun-moon-Mercury, Libra Mars
www.astrotheme.com/astrology/Tom_Kristensen

Niki Lauda: Gemini ASC, Pisces sun conjunct Mars sextile Cap moon
www.astrotheme.com/astrology/Niki_Lauda

Sebastien Loeb: Leo ASC, Pisces sun conjunct Mercury and Jupiter, Aries moon, Taurus Mars square Jupiter
www.astro.com/astro-databank/Loeb,_S%C3%A9bastien

Richard Petty: Leo ASC, Cancer sun, Aries moon, Scorpio Mars on the IC
www.astrotheme.com/astrology/Richard_Petty

Alain Prost: Gemini ASC, Aqua Mercury-MC, Pisces sun and moon, Aries Mars
www.astrotheme.com/astrology/Alain_Prost

Carlos Sainz: (no ASC given) Aries sun, possible Cancer moon trine Pisces Mars
www.astrotheme.com/astrology/Carlos_Sainz

Michael Schumacher: C-rating Taurus-Gem Cusp ASC, Cap Mercury-MC, Cap sun, Cancer moon, Scorpio Mars
www.astrotheme.com/astrology/Michael_Schumacher

Ayrton Senna: Aqua ASC widely conjunct Aqua Mars, Pisces-Aries cusp sun (0 Aries), Cap moon sextile Pisces Mercury
www.astrotheme.com/astrology/Ayrton_Senna

[geminiblues]

Rick Mears: Sag Sun, Aqua Moon and Asc, Libra Mars sq Cap Mercury

Dale Earnhardt (Sr.) Taurus Sun, Mars, and Mercury, Aqua moon, Leo Asc

Jeff Gordon: Leo Sun, Cap Moon, Aries Asc, Virgo Mercury, Aqua Mars Rx and applying to the opposition to Sun.

Roger Penske: Pisces Sun, Cancer Moob, Tau Asc, Scorpio Mars, Aqua Mercury

Hmm, I can't see the forest yet...

[vg]

I'm in my 30s and never learned to drive - had one lesson and never went back.

I keep feeling now that I need to learn.

Mars in leo(29 deg) rules my 6th house(which is locked in aries)
Mercury in virgo squaring my nodes...moon in gemini(29 deg...)

One of my siblings(Aries) loves driving, my eldest sibling(Aquarius) also doesnt drive(but he can) and prefers to cycle everywhere

[geminiblues]

I found this:

www.streetdirectory.com/travel_guide/55182/cars/astrology_and_driving.html

...which quotes a study naming Leo as the best and Libra as the worst drivers...

...and this:

mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/05/astrology-might-predict-driving-habits-according-to-ride-share-company/

...which says Libra is the least likely sign to be fined while Leo is the most likely...

...which tells me two things.

1) Libra is much better at talking their way out of a ticket than Leo

2) Sun sign astrology is crap when considered in a vacuum.


I found another discussion where they suggest 3rd house placements should be considered (though in my latest examples they weren't prevalent), and Uranus should be considered along with Mars and Mercury (which I suppose could account for the Aqua being prevalent).

[Ava]

Re: racing, maybe it's:

Aries for speed
Taurus for calm
Gemini for quick reflexes
Cancer for emotional drive
Leo for vitality, recognition
Virgo for technical advantage
Libra for avoiding conflict (crashing into other cars)
Scorpio for intensity, flirting with death
Sag for why the hell not
Cap for ambition, steel nerves
Aqua for heightened instinct
Pisces for seeing around corners and working the pedals (feet)