Either that or Jupiter. Maybe Venus, which can outshine Jupiter when it's at opposition. Does this star appear as a twinkling point or does it look more like a solid disc? If the latter, does it shine with a faint but discernible red light? If yes to both, then it's Mars.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'