Navagraha kolams are yantras (tantric drawings) drawn to propitiate the planets and to invoke their blessings. These yantras for the the planets are said to originate from Soundarya Lahiri, a poem composed in praise of Devi by Sankara. Though yantra is typically etched on a copper plate, kolam is drawn in front of the home shrine using rice flour or can be drawn on paper also.
The image above is the kolam for Mars. The line drawing is the kolam; I have added color and embellishments. Here are some significant astrological details regarding Mars:
Name in Sanskrit: Kuja or Angaaraka
Signs: Mesha (Aries) and Vrischika (Scorpio)
Day of the week: Mangalavara (Tuesday)
Direction: South
Season: Grishma (summer)
Nature: malefic, tamasic
Kaalapurusha rulership: Essence
Gender: Masculine
Son of: Earth (bhumikumara)
Karaka (significator): 3rd and 6th houses
Exalted: Capricorn 28 deg; moola trikona (root trine): Aries 0 deg-12 deg
Directional strength: 10th house
Natural friends: Jupiter, Moon and the Sun
Represents: siblings (younger), place of fire, land
Represents (physical): marrow, bones
Lordship of nakshatras (lunar mansions): Mrigasira, Chitra, Dhanishta
Dasa length: 7 years
Favorable in houses: 3,6,10, 11
Aspects: 4th, 7th and 8th house from itself
Yogas: Chandramangala (Mo-Mars conjunction), Ruchaka (formed when Mars, exalted or in its own house, is located in a kendra from the ascendant
Navagraha Kirtana: Angaarakamashryamyaham
Temples: Pullirukku Velur or Vaideeswaran Koyil near Mayiladuturai is an ancient Shiva temple bearing a shrine to Angaarakan and is referred to as the Angaarakastalam.
Mantra to chant: Om Angaarakaayai Namah
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