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About Mars

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Gender- Masculine
Zodiac Sign Ruled- Aries and Scorpio
Houses Ruled- First and Eighth houses of your Birth chart
Exalted in- Capricorn
Colors - Maroon, Red and Sea- Green

Mars, the "Red Planet" is known as the "Planet of Action" in Zodiac .Mars stands out for energy and aggressiveness, action and initiative, impulsiveness and strength, the adventurous side of your character, physical and mental energy, courage and assertiveness. The Roman Deity for Mars is "Mars", the Greek God for Mars is " Ares " and according to Hindu Religious beliefs, Mercury is known as " Mangala " ( Son of the Earth ). "Mangala" means everything which is Good and Lucky. The weekday Tuesday is being ruled by this Planet. Mars is associated with strength and stamina and is symbolically represented by a shield and a spear.

The characters that come in to the realm of this planet are ambition, desire, confidence and power within a person, sports and physical activities, will-power and stamina, desire and action. The strength of this planet can be both constructive or destructive. Mars can be brutal at times and similarly can be very positively constructive when positioned favourably. This planet also governs surgery and accidents. Mars rules the kidneys, adrenal glands, the muscular system, head, the sense of taste and smell, burns, accidents and cuts.

Mars is dominated by the element Fire. Mars takes about 687 days to complete its orbit of the zodiac which means that the planet stays on each sign for about 57.25 days but this is not constant all the time.