Mars

[cynthiaanncoe at home.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 25714

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Margaret Dean <margdean at e...> wrote:
> 
> Mars the planet was named after Mars the Roman god of war, who
> was most definitely a "he," so that's probably what Professor
> Trelawney is alluding to.  My guess is that the appearance
> (and/or brightness)  of the planet Mars indicates strife -- which
> is, after all, overwhelmingly likely under the circumstances.  We
> =know= there's a war coming up!
> 

Also, I believe Mars is called the "Red Planet."  So we can file this 
with all of the other discussion of house colors, the colors of 
various spells, and the color of Voldemort's eyes.

A few random factoids:  In mythology, as previously stated, Mars was 
the Roman god of war, and supposedly enjoyed war, conflict and 
mindless killing.  One of his twin sons was Remus (hopefully this 
means Lupin will be important in future books??).  The month of March 
was named after Mars, and the Romans considered it the month of 
wars.  So, Margaret, I think you're right.

Cindy
------
"Yeah," said Hagrid, "but have yeh seen anythin', Ronan?  Anythin' 
unusual?"
"Mars is bright tonight," Ronan repeated, while Hagrid watched him 
impatiently.  "Unusually bright."
"Yeah, but I was meanin' anythin' unusual a bit nearer home,"  said 
Hagrid.  PS/SS