" Mars, the fierce god of war, Of discord dire; and slaughter - Bellona's aid, the scourge of providence; Lord of the fiery steed, and armed car; Hasting to death, to desolation fell! Pompous and proud, and in his hour of glory, Where death shafts thicken - where life's crimson stream, Ebbs fastest!"

Congreve.

Mars, the next planet in order to Jupiter, is of a peculiar colour,appearing like a bright flame or spark in the heavens, especially when in Perigee, and thus readily distinguished from other stars. He is a hot, dry, fiery, choleric, nocturnal, malignant, and violent planet, the Astrological cause of anger, quarrels, contention, violence, war, slaughter and bloodshed. In other respects far from fortunate, but not so evil as Saturn, as his influence is by no means so lasting; in which respect, the influence of Saturn may be compared to a lingering but fatal consumption; and that of Mars to a burning fever, slakeing its thirst in the life blood of the patient. He denotes a strong well set, but short body, bony, lean, muscular, and strong red, or ruddy complexion, sharp hazle eyes, light, or red hair, and a rough violent countenance, furrowed by significant lines: when he is fortunate by aspect with the leading significators, and well dignified, he is said to produce a fearless, violent, irascible, and nnsobmitting person, naturally delighting in war, battle, or contention, bat in other respects prudent, rational, and even generous or magnanimous.

If unfortunate in configurations and ill dignified, the native is wholly destitute of any virtue, prone to violence, quarrels, treachery, robbery, murder, treason, and every species of cruelty and wickedness. The real nature of Mars is anger, and an eager wish to be in quarrels and mischief of all sorts; the countenance of those born under his influence, appears to be extremely vicious and unbending, rude, unkind, and ferocious. - It may be truly said of them, that" the bitterness of their wrath is cruel", They expect and exact universal submission; and although often magnanimous, they are seldom kind or sociable. Such evil dispositions, however, are seldom seen, (except in the cruelties of a Nero, or an Ali Pacha; and in a few such instances, where the same cruel fate they had brought on others, generally overtakes themselves) as the aspects of other planets alter it materially: but in low life, the gallows generally ends the career of the " ill starred" child of Mars.

Mars is said by the ancients to govern the gall, left ear, head, face, smell, imagination, reins, genitals, &c; and the diseases peculiar to this planet, are the small pox, jaundice, fevers, measles, hot eruptions, carbuncles, diabetes, strangury, burns, scalds, wounds and bruises, with all inflammatory diseases. He is friendly, sympathetically, with and , and has no enemy but the

In horaxy questions, he denotes symbolically, generals and commanders of armies, soldiers, military men, surgeons, chy-mists, physicians, apothecaries, druggists, armourers, watch makers, barbers, all such as use implements of a sharp nature, all trades wherein fire is used; also curriers,smiths, carpenters, bricklayers, sculptors, cooks, taylors, bakers, etc. When ill placed, he denotes thieves, highwaymen, hangmen, jailors, and "all cut throat people". An old author likewise observes, "1 have still observed, that a right martialist doth seldom exeeed in height, or to be at the most above a yard and a half high !"

Of animals, etc. Mars denotes the mastiff, wolf, tiger, panther, and all such beasts as are ravenous and bold; also the shark, pike, barbel, fork fish, all stinging water serpents, and hurtful fish. Of birds, the hawk, kite, raven, vulture, owl, cormorant, crow, magpie, and all ravenous birds of prey.

In the vegetable world, he rules all such herbs that are hot and dry, or have sharp pointed leaves, or that are red, and usually in barren high stony places, as the thistle, brambles, briars, nettles, onions, lingwort, radish, mustard seed, ginger, pepper, garlick, hemlock, horehound, tamarinds, &c; and all trees that are thorny or prickly.

In the mineral world, he governs blood stone, load stone, jasper, touch stone, asbestos, amethyst, and the adamant; also iron, steel, arsenic, antimony, brimstone, and pungent minerals, of a fiery or inflammable nature; (likewise the different inflammable gases, as a judicious modern Astrologer has observed.)

Of places, he denotes all those that are appertaining to fire or blood, as laboratories, furnaces, distilleries, bake houses, ovens, smiths or cutlers, butchers shops, and such like. He delights in the Western quarter of the heavens, and causes western winds, with thunder, lightning, fiery meteors, and a dry pestilential air.