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Lower Mars

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: a Mount located inside the line of Life beneath the Mount of Jupiter and above the Mount of Venus that when well developed is usually held by palmists to indicate active courage and a martial spirit and sometimes an aggressive or quarrelsome nature — compare upper mars

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History and Etymology for Lower Mars

lower entry 3 + Mars, Roman god of war and agriculture, from Latin Mart-, Mars

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