Mars symbol

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The Mars symbol (♂) may refer to:

In biology, the male sex
In mythology, the Roman god Mars or the Greek god Ares
In astronomy, the planet Mars
In alchemy, iron

In old manuscripts, the Mars symbol was drawn as a Venus symbol rotated 135 degrees. So it originally had a cross instead of the arrow. Alchemists constructed the symbol from a cross (representing matter) above a circle (representing spirit).The new Mars symbol is sometimes interpreted as the spear and shield from the war god Mars/Ares.

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