This isnt common in my circle either. Is it just me or is this not a very common Mars placement in general... ? 

We had a crazy client at my old job once, he was an Aqua with a Mars Scorpio and a Cancer Moon and pretty much certifiable lunatic. When you first see his Aqua sun, you think... alright, he sounds like a pretty rational human being... 2 minutes in the conversation you could just feel all that buried rage he carries.

Another Cappy girl I knew had a Scorpio Mars and Virgo rising and Aries moon. This is the most efficient person I have ever met in my life. She has so many accolades, involved in all these different organizations... her CV is impressive. I never figured out how she managed to find the time to do all she did. I respect her a lot. Never saw her lose her cool but I sensed she was a bit 'prickly' underneath her kind Virgo rising. Nothing major though. I lost touch with her but I knew the girl was going places. All her Cap ambition backed up with Virgo and Scorpio.... efficiency, hard-work, diligence.  I always thought, what a great chart she has!

(.....seriously- this is the weirdest thread I ever saw on this site. cook book astrology?...

not only I -but a ton of my friends with their birthdays close to mine - all have scorpio mars- and ALL like Satori- are kind and quiet people  with a wicked sense of humor at any given time - that work realy hard and mind their own business)

.......that said-

we don't bother attacking. we amputate. why bother...

The dudes always want to feud with me. (Or perhaps I interpret the typical approach as wanting to feud.)

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['Seriously...dude. No.']

Had to actually look this one up, should have done that instead of posting a new thread lol.

Anyways, I have had my bad run-ins with Scorpio Mars types and being that I have a Leo stellium, they envy us and want to take shots at us most of the times. 

I will offer what I have found to be effective but the guide is incomplete hence why I posted the thread.

1. Carefully pick your battles with the type and think long term. Lose some battles but win the war.

People think Libras are soft but the reality is, Libras are more like a war general. The thing about Scorpio Mars is that they go around blindly picking fights at people they are envious with, it is just how they work. Scorpio is the sign of envy and wanting power over people, they will debate with you 24/7 if they can to get you to conform.

2. Do not be taken away by anything they do out of the blue, there was something there all along.

You're at a social event and that one person you know who rarely shows anger curses you out? Do not engage with them or even bother to hash it out, the hatred was there all along. Show a blank expression instead of being caught off guard which takes me to my next point.

3. Do not give into your emotions.

I think this is why Scorpios control other water signs so well but struggle to do battle against placements and signs that do not play on emotion. It seems like I hear a lot that Gemini, Virgo and Capricorns are signs that always get the better of Scorpios. My reasoning is that these signs do not play by emotion so their counterattack is a lot more cut-throat, vicious and truly goes for the jugular.

4. For the counter-attack, always call them out and fight the battle in the open field. Call them out on their hypocrisy, plenty of it.

Never fight a Scorpio behind closed doors or when their favorites and crew are around. Get neutral parties involved, call out their hypocrisy and lead with questions, they are hypocrites in flesh. Do not let them deflect, they will try to make it personal and about you, always go right back to your point.

Case in point

Me: So you're calling me a sexist when you regularly make crude remarks about women?

Scorpio: You're still bitter that no one will touch an ugly fuck like you, you know its always ugly fucks like you who have no lives and want to target people like me. I always knew you were a fucking snake!

Me: So, you're saying you never made any crude remarks about women in front of others? (calm tone after they have finished)

Scorpio: Come on now, don't be so bitter because no woman wants to touch you. (usually getting emotional at this point)

Me: So you're denying making all crude remarks about women in the past? Please tell the truth sir, did you not make crude remarks about women saying (name the remark and as much detail as possible)?

Scorpio: (attacks you personally and tries to dig up dirt on you or make false accusations)

Me: We have been going back and forth yet you have not denied it. Sir, please practice what you preach and stop making crude remarks about women.

You have to be a Python with some of the points, hold on to the point and never let go. Do not give into the emotion, be like a psychiatrist treating a mentally sick patient because often times these people are mentally sick from all their envy.

5. Keep digging up dirt.

They will always come back for a round 2 but keep on digging up the dirt, there are bound to be a lot of skeletons in the closet. In fact a good tactic to use may be to call them secretive, untrustworthy, hiding something and make a false accusation if you can as well to where they are forced to defend it by revealing more about themselves.

You must dig up as much dirt as possible on these types, how to do it is anyone's guess but you just have to for the safety of your family, yourself and others who could potentially be victims. Attack through third parties and surrogates if you must.

That is about all I know, looking for some finishing touches.

Man, Im a Mars in Scorpio but Ive never plotted someones demise as in depth as youve layed out here. I might imagine their demise and get a little kick out of it, but Thats a rabbithole that I wont go too deeply into. Youre taking it to another level. 

Yeah well, when you have one that has tried to ruin your career and another that ruined your childhood then come to find "formidable" and "invincible" being associated with the sign as well as "better not fight with one", you get a guy like me who is willing to go through hell and high water to defend his wallet, happiness, fulfillment in life and get to the bottom of it all.

Don't mind me though right, just a pesky little Leo who is full of himself and lazy and self-centered and narcissistic. We're so harmless, don't worry about us, Leos are a bunch of weak pushovers as modern astrologers say.

I am not even done yet, that's the weird part about it. Already sick and tired of this placement bastardizing astrology.

Got a nice laugh out of "formidable foe", please, I bet these placements cry themselves to sleep knowing they are not a Mars in Capricorn, that's formidable and powerful.

Hopefully, me and you get along and you understand some of the shit I have gone through from this placement and then coming to read about how "formidable" it is. We'll see, I'll expose that achilles heel and give others the arrows to shoot at it.