For Mars and Tuesday

The energies of Mars rule Tuesday. Tuesday is a day for working on passion, discipline, athleticism, bravery and courage.

Foods ruled by Mars include:

Artichokes, asparagus, bananas, barbecued foods, basil, beer, black pepper carrots, chili, chile rellenos, chives, chocolate, coffee, coriander, cranberry, cumin, flaming foods (Crepes Suzette, anyone?), fried foods, garlic, ginger, horseradish, leeks, mustard, pine nuts, poke, prickly pears, radishes, salsa, spicy foods, tea, tempura, and watercress.

Ideas:

Mix up a curry with garlic, ginger, coriander and cumin. The spice mix will inflame the senses and increase passion.

Go out for Mexican food and order a chile relleno. Eat plenty of chips and salsa.

Mix up a batch of basil pesto with pine nuts.

Just eat a chocolate bar. It will calm your nerves and increase bravery. Visualize this happening as you savor it.

For athleticism, first hit the gym, then have a nice granola bar with chunks of chocolate in it. You'll feel invincible!

It takes not only courage to eat spicy foods, but also the discipline to get used to the heat and build up a tolerance. Start slowly if you aren't used to spicy foods, or just use the spices listed above if you can't eat hot foods.