i'm glad someone made up this topic! i actually don't really know what i attract but this would be a good exercise to figure out.
i have taurus mars in 8th and gemini venus in 9th- both in late degrees so my venus and mars do not make any aspects. i have an empty 7th house aries: the ruler of my 7th is in my 8th. i have venus trine pluto exact so that probably plays an important role (the ones that i do attract become possessive of me).
i have to say, that mars and the 8th plays a very huge role in my life on many levels. overall, people, not just men, when they see me will react in a "whoa! you're absolutely beautiful!" and really go out of their way to be nice to me or they think i'm flat out ugly and hate me. either way, people have a visceral reaction to me so i'm not someone who gets overlooked (even though i would rather get overlooked).
because i have gemini venus in the 9th, i don't care if people think i'm ugly or not, because attraction for me is not tied in with my ego, it's tied to a deeper underlining philosophical connection. i'm attracted to handsome, athletic, fun, random, and super intellectual types of men who aren't uptight (very sagittarian, huh?). having mars in the 8th requires a lot of physical and sexual attraction for everything to launch and if it's not there, it never takes off. i don't give a guy a "chance" if his looks and intellect are not on par with what i like. i also don't want guys to waste time on me if don't see any future so i don't lead anyone on.
as for what kind of guys i attract, it's always different like i go through phases. around the time that i met my ex-husband when i was nearly 18, i was being pursued non-stop by nothing but leos. after my divorce, i was meeting a lot of aquarius and scorpios but they became platonic friends. about 1.5 years after my divorce, i had a relationship with a sagittarius but i left him shortly (this was over 2 years ago). 3 days after i left the sagittarius, a capricorn has been trying to claim me and we did go out very briefly until i left him. since my cap ex, there's been nothing but capricorn being into me. now, i don't quite understand why of all men, capricorn would be into me since i'm like 80% air. the only 2 explanations i can come up with is because i have exalted libra saturn and maybe they want that level of karmic compassion and men with cap venus esp. when it trines my taurus mars go completely nuts for me. the signs that are likely to have cap venus are sag, cap, and aqua. i've gone out with each of those sun signs and they all had cap venus.
my cap ex has cap venus and has been relentless and refuses to let me go even thought it's been over 2 years since i left him. he's been saying really weird things lately like "we'd be together now if i wasn't such an idiot back then," and "i will never let you go. we have a very strong bond and i refuse to leave it." he also has scorpio mars so all this is VERY SCARY!