Mars (Greek Ares) Roman god of war. A male planet, hot and fiery. Those born under Mars had a choleric temperament. The planet's metal was iron, its season Summer, its day Tuesday and its night Saturday. From Solensis Aratus "Phaenomena et Prognostica", Cologne, 1569, Woodcut

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