Planet: Mars Signs: Aries and Scorpio Day: Tuesday

I bet you know that the red color of Mars is due to the great amount of iron oxide on that planet. Man has always used iron and steel for tools and weapons, to serve his working power and his defense. In iron we recognize the male and active character of the war-god Mars, building and conquering himself a new world. The sign Aries will tell the whole world his actions and intentions, where Scorpio first focuses laser-like on a goal and then probably hits it in one strike. In the human body iron is found in the blood (providing energy and clear thinking) and the liver (associated with positivity and will-power). In medical astrology Mars is connected with the red blood-cells, adrenaline, the muscles, the male reproductive organs, fever and inflammation ('fire'-complaints).

Magickal use of iron and steel:

• use these metals in rituals, spells and amulets to promote energy, strength, determination, will-power, assertivity and aggression, fertility-rites, beginnings and undertakings, speed, power and courage.
• For more energy: eat food that contains iron, like meat, beet, dark green vegetables, whole grains, dried fruits, nuts, apple-syrup, sea-weed.
• Use herbs with much iron like the Urtica, Equisetum, kelp and spirulina.
• Consider wearing iron ornaments; just like the character of Aries and Scorpio they will be hardrock-, punk- or occult-styled ornaments (if you choose a pentagram, buy one with the point upwards; better leave the inverted pentagrams)