Home›Roman Deities›Planetary FaceBrowse ByPlanetary FaceThis page groups deities by the planet astrologers link them to, an association traditions such as Hermeticism and Renaissance astrology used to assign specific gods to specific celestial bodies. Wikipedia's article on decans explains the underlying grid comes from an older system: "The decans are 36 groups of stars used in ancient Egyptian astronomy to conveniently divide the 360 degree ecliptic into 36 parts of 10 degrees each," and each ten degree face was later assigned a ruling planet. Browsing this way lets a visitor see which deities across different mythologies share the same planetary association.FactsLearn MorePlanetary FaceSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedThe gods of Roman public and household religion, a tradition defined more by correct performance of rite and by divine function than by narrative. Rome's major gods were progressively identified with Greek ones and much of the myth attached to them is Greek; the archaic priesthoods, the festival calendar and figures such as Janus and Vesta are where the native religion is clearest. 2AttestationEra of AttestationWell-attestedAttested from the sixth century BCE in inscriptions and in the archaic festival calendar; the public cult ended with the imperial legislation of 391 to 392 CE. 2Veneration TodayWell-attestedThe public cult was ended by law in late antiquity; no continuous worship survives. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedDeities 1Learn MoreThe gods of Rome This group holds the deities of ancient Roman religion. Roman worship began with native Italic and household gods and a strong sense of divine functions and rites, and over time identified its major gods with those of Greece, adopting much of Greek myth in the process. The browser will find the Capitoline triad of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva, along with Mars, Venus, Neptune, Mercury and the rest of the Olympian equivalents, as well as distinctively Roman figures such as Janus, the two-faced god of doorways and beginnings, and Vesta of the hearth. The entries note the Greek counterpart of each syncretised god.Planetary FaceFilter Results12 entriesPantheonAllGreek (1)Roman (12)Domain / FunctionAllAgriculture and harvest (3)Beauty (1)Childbirth (1)Commerce and wealth (2)Death (1)Divine messenger (1)Fate and time (1)Fertility and generation (2)Guide of the dead (1)Healing and medicine (1)Justice, law and oaths (1)Kingship and sovereignty (2)Love and desire (1)Marriage and the household (1)Moon (1)Motherhood (1)Music and poetry (1)Primordial being (1)Prophecy and divination (1)Protection and guardianship (1)Rivers, lakes and springs (1)Sea and ocean (1)Seafaring and fishing (1)Sky (2)Storm and thunder (1)Sun (1)The underworld (1)Travel, roads and boundaries (1)War and battle (1)GenderAllFemale (4)Male (8)Era Attested Start YearAll-700 (1)-600 (3)-500 (4)-300 (2)-200 (1)-182 (1)Veneration StatusAllHistorically attested; no continuous cult (12)HistoricityAllLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical record (1)Not a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being (11)ArchetypeAllThe Caregiver (2)The Hero (1)The Innocent (1)The Lover (1)The Magician (2)The Orphan (1)The Rebel (1)The Ruler (2)The Sage (1)Child OfAllJupiter (2)Leto (1)Maia (1)Zeus (1)TheologyAllPolytheistic: many gods (12)Worshipped InAllAncient Greek Religion (1)Roman Religion (12)Associated ColorAllAmber (1)Black, Brown and Grey (1)Blue, and Crimson (1)Gold (1)Green and Red-Orange (1)Indigo, and Violet (1)Orange and Yellow-Green (1)Purple (1)Red, and Blue-Green (1)Rose (1)Silver and White (1)Yellow (1)LanguageAllLatin (7)Origin Period End YearAll300 BCE (7)200 (7)1900 (2)1980 (1)1990 (1)2000 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1000 BCE (7)100 BCE (7)1781 (1)1804 (1)1846 (1)1930 (1)1977 (1)Standing as a Comparative CategoryAllLargely abandoned as a comparative category (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareChironPlanetary Face1 entryJunoPlanetary Face1 entryJupiterPlanetary Face1 entryMarsPlanetary Face1 entryMercuryPlanetary Face1 entryMoonPlanetary Face1 entryNeptunePlanetary Face1 entryPlutoPlanetary Face1 entrySaturnPlanetary Face1 entrySunPlanetary Face1 entryUranusPlanetary Face1 entryVenusPlanetary Face1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Category: Deities2. The Oxford Classical Dictionary, 4th editiontier 1Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth and Esther Eidinow (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2012s.v. religion, RomanView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.