Ares' associated star sign is Aries. Most people don't or won't look into any further explanation and just say "Oh, they sound similar, their names have probably a similar meaning", but no. The constellation has existed since Babylonian times and its' name, Aries, means ram in Latin, but in Babylonians called it The Hired Man. So yeah, their names have nothing to do with each other. Star signs (at least the twelve ones) are from Babylonia. They started astrology.
Ares is especially connected to his star sign, thanks to his mythology. Aries is the golden ram, which was set among the stars after being sacrificed to the gods, and his fleece was put in, precisely, a sacred grove of Ares, guarded by a dragon, the Kolkhian dragon. I was surprised to find out that Artemis' associated star sign is Cancer (which in mythology is more related to Hera) and not Scorpius (which she sends to kill Orion in a version I remember).
Of course, there are gods whose associated star signs are mentioned in mythology, like Aphrodite's and Eros' pisces.
Yes, I will also mention that Aries rules over Mars, which is Ares' planet and that the season of Aries is March, which is his month (or at least the month of his supposed Roman counterpart), so they're all connected with each other. And that it is said that Aries are said to take iniciative often and operate solo, but are also impulsive, or something like that, which might sound a lot like Ares. But I'm pretty sure this happens to nearly all deities and their connected star signs (at least about the personality). Or not.
What I'm talking about is the way they're connected in the mythology. I already reasoned Artemis' example. The myths are man-written. They could've written it for her to send a crab after Orion instead of a scorpion, since her associated star sign is Cancer and not Scorpius. But then again, Orion and Scorpius are supposed to be in constant race, Orion running away from the scorpion and the scorpion eternally chacing him across the cosmos.
Maybe they could've put another god/dess that is associated to Scorpius, like Hekate, who is also a maiden goddess in some versions and has been identified with Artemis too, since they're both moon goddesses, along with Selene (Artemis, moon on the Earth; Hekate, moon on the Underworld and Selene, moon on the sky/heavens).
Also Zeus. He is associated with Leo, for their excuding confidence and leadership. (It could be that the "star sign = personality" is a rather modern thing, but I don't know that). However, in mythology, it's Hera the one to put the lion among the stars.
Am I getting too far from the point?
Well, yeah, the point is that Ares' connection to his associated star sign is more visible than it is for other deities and their associated star signs, at least to me, and not just for the names, because the names were pure coincidence.
What do you think?
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