The Planets in Astrology

The planets are of great importance, as they dance around the Sun in our solar system. Now imagine yourself as the Sun, this is how the planets work in regards to us and in our birth charts. The planets are: The Sun*, Moon*, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn Uranus and Neptune. (Wondering where Pluto is? See below)**

* The Sun and Moon are actually not planets, they are Luminaries. However for purposes of simplicity in astrology they are counted as a planes.

**Pluto was discovered then demoted. Poor thing. But I still use it. Depending on the astrologer (and how true they want to stay to scientific trends) there are 7 true planets (excluding the Sun and Moon) or 8 counting Pluto.

The Planets with Keywords

Sun - Will, Spirit, Individuality

Moon - Feelings, emotions, “inner baby”

Mercury -mind, communication, thinking

Venus- Love, relationships, affections

Mars- Drive, passion, energy

Jupiter- Opportunity, growth, expansion

Saturn- Limitation, responsibility, maturity

Uranus- Independence, originality, awakening

Neptune- Mysticism, divine compassion, service

Pluto- power, regeneration, sexuality

PLUTO has two symbols

Modern symbol:

Original symbol:

Use whichever you are comfortable with. But do get familiar with both.

* Pluto, the poor thing was discovered then recently demoted from the planet club. Each astrologer is diffident, I still choose to use and include Pluto.

**The Sun and the Moon are not planets, they are Luminaries. But for simplicity they are called "Planets".


I don't know the original source of these charts used, and I do not claim them as my own.