The Wandering Stars
Mars
The red star, edge of the blade, fire that defends the hearth.
Mars is the lesser malefic, the planet of war, iron, and the cutting edge. It governs courage, strife, surgery, and every work that requires force or fire. Handled well it is the strength to defend and to endure, and traditional magic calls on Mars for victory and protection rather than for peace.
Day Tuesday
Metal iron
Temperament hot and dry
Dignities rules Aries and Scorpio, exalted in Capricorn
Governs war and conflict ✦courage and daring ✦iron and fire ✦surgeons and soldiers ✦strife and rivalry ✦strength and endurance
Workings
protection and defencevictory over enemiescourage in trialssevering and banishingvitality and drive
A malefic in the old reckoning. Its force is not evil in itself, but it wants a clear purpose and a steady hand.