Mars — our planet of will, energy, sexuality, and action, getting it done and getting it on — is at long last going direct. Named for the god of war, Mars has been in a retrograde cycle since ...

Archaeologists in France have discovered dozens of Roman-era graves of men who were buried with "curse tablets," at least one of which was written in an extinct language. Excavations underneath an ...

the Bringer of War' is the first one. In ancient Roman religion Mars was the god of war. Holst composed this piece in anticipation of the outbreak of World War One. It’s a march but an unusual one.

The first thing most people think of when they consider Mars is its deep red color. The Romans associated the planet with their god of war because it reminded them of blood while the ...

We get the name of the third month of the year – March, from the Latin word, Marticus. Marticus was named after Mars, the Roman god of war.Being unsure of the reason that March had been the first ...

KATIE MELUA:'He started off with Mars, a planet which was named after the Roman god of war.' KATIE MELUA:For this planet Holst wanted to create music that felt powerful, strong and even angry.