Mars

The Red planet, Mars, God of war. Mars has a cratered surface, and thin polar caps of water and carbon dioxide ice. It is best known for its huge volcano, Olympus Mons, which appears dormant and The Valles Marineris, which is a system of canyons of up to 4 miles deep, forming a gash 2,500 miles across the planet.

Mars is 56 million Km from Earth at its closest [last time was August 27th 2005] and at its furthest 400 million km away. Mars has seasons like Earth, and rotates, the sidereal rotation period is 24.6 hours, and its sidereal revolution period about the Sun is 687 days.

The eye of mars is called “solis Lacus”. Thin clouds are formed around the mountains. When Perihelion, closest to the Sun it suffers with dust storms. It has two Moons, Phobos and Deimos, which are considered to be captured asteroids.

According to ancient esoteric literature, we resided on Mars prior to coming to Earth, [but not in our present biology], and after our stay on Earth we will move on to Mercury.

Astrologically Mars shows a persons individual courage, initiative, desire for action, wars and muscularity. It is associated with a short body, loans, buildings, wounds, operations, accidents, cutting burning, engineering and construction and amorality.

Principles accident, activity, adventure, aggression, burns, combativeness, (activating) combustion and fires, competition, defends, dares, desire for change, disputes, conflict, energy, engines, enterprise, executive ability, exploits, impulse, industry, inflames, initiatory force, irritates, jealousy, leadership, offends, passion, physical courage, promotes, protects, provokes, push, rebels, resistance, ruthlessness, sharp objects, speeds, stimulating, sexual drive, will, intervention, vindictiveness, violence, weapons,

People acupuncturists, athletes, builders, craftsmen, dentists, demolition, directors, doctors, executives, executioner, explosives, factory work, fighters, fuels, engineers, hair dressers, herbal medic, landlord, mechanics, men in general, metal workers, military people, pharmaceutical, police, soldiers, strong women, surgeons, technicians,

Anatomy The head, the motor nervous system. Red blood cells. The male sex organs other than the seed-bearing testicles, which are the domain of Venus.

Colours Red, scarlet and carmine. Exoterically, blue-rose

Decans sub-ruled first decan Aries, second decan Gemini, third decan Leo, first decan Scorpio, second decan Capricorn, third decan Pisces

Food exoterically, water

Gem Bloodstone, flint and malachite. Exoterically, ruby & garnet

Metal Iron and steel.

Sense exoterically, taste

Shape exoterically cube

Retrograde Mars natally, becomes less inclined to take action, and needs a fire under them to get going. This is so much so that even in a time of crisis they will still sit back, in fact a crisis is the only time they take action. They always wait to the last minute to do something/anything. Pressure has to build up; retrograde Mars needs a pressure cooker.

By transit; it is considered an inauspicious time to start new projects, buying or building a new house, activities, lawsuits, going to war, or entering a competition, a marriage, a new business, buying equipment, working with chemicals and fire, undergoing surgeries or dental work.