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I wasn’t referring to the 12 Mazalos of the zodiac. I was talking about the seven heavenly bodies. We would have to switch Mars for Earth.
Ah, I misunderstood. My apologies.
It would be a bit more complicated than simply switching Earth for Mars.
Firstly, of the “planets” of antiquity, the moon was first because it was closest to Earth. An observer on Mars, of course, would not find this to be so. In addition, since the Moon orbits the Earth and not Mars, I’m not even sure how it should be represented, if at all.
In addition, Earth would have to be third and the Sun fourth.
Lastly, Mars has two moons and they are very different from Earth’s moon. Unlike the “planets” of antiquity as seen from Earth, Phobos rises in the west and sets in the east.
The Wolf