Mars is further from the Sun than the Earth. Famous for its reddish glow, it has, for centuries, been associated with war and bloodshed and is the planet that energizes other planets or houses of the Zodiac.

It governs the whole spectrum of masculine elements, such as sex, competitiveness and war.

It rules armor, armies, blood, butchers, cars, controversy, disease, engineering, executives, garlic, guns, heat, heroes, incense, inflammations, iron, knives, locks, murder, passion, penetration, pipes, pirates, radiators, razors, sarcasm, stamina, sport, surgery, tobacco, virility and wrestling.