celestial-body
Mars
The red wanderer. Warlike handbook characters and the physical planet are different later uses of the same light.
Astrology
Mars is used in Astrology.
Ptolemy’s Tetrabiblos treats Mars among the wandering stars whose positions enter judicial charts. Hellenistic handbook use, not a biography of the war god.
from Claudius Ptolemy · Tetrabiblos, c. 150 CE
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Mars is associated with Venus.
In Vitruvius’s Ten Books on Architecture, the fanes of Venus, Vulcan, and Mars should be situated outside the walls so the city is kept from Venus’s temptations and Vulcan’s fire terror, while Mars outside keeps citizens from taking up arms against each other — Mars and Venus share that outside-wall seating rule.
from Vitruvius; Morris Hicky Morgan (translation) · De Architectura, 1st century BCE; Morgan English 1914
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Mars is used in Calendar.
Mars used in Calendar. The red wanderer. A scheme for naming days. The Atlas keeps their meeting local, without dissolving either into a single meaning.
from SHOE.BLUE · SHOE.BLUE, 2026
used in · interpretive · modern interpretation
Vulcan is associated with Mars.
In Vitruvius’s Ten Books on Architecture, Etruscan seating puts the fanes of Venus, Vulcan, and Mars outside the walls — Mars shares that outside-wall placement with Vulcan so fire-terror and civil arms stay beyond the city.
from Vitruvius; Morris Hicky Morgan (translation) · De Architectura, 1st century BCE; Morgan English 1914
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Hercules is associated with Mars.
In Vitruvius’s Ten Books on Architecture, Hercules is at the circus and Mars outside at the training ground in the same seating of the gods — Hercules sits with Mars in that plan.
from Vitruvius; Morris Hicky Morgan (translation) · De Architectura, 1st century BCE; Morgan English 1914
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Minerva is associated with Mars.
In Vitruvius’s Ten Books on Architecture, the temples of Minerva, Mars, and Hercules will be Doric, since the virile strength of these gods makes daintiness inappropriate — Minerva shares that Doric house with Mars.
from Vitruvius; Morris Hicky Morgan (translation) · De Architectura, 1st century BCE; Morgan English 1914
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sources
- Tetrabiblos · Claudius Ptolemy
Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos.
- De Architectura · Vitruvius; Morris Hicky Morgan (translation)
Vitruvius, The Ten Books on Architecture, trans. Morris Hicky Morgan (1914).
- SHOE.BLUE · SHOE.BLUE
SHOE.BLUE, Atlas instrument voice.