The Planets
In astrology, the planets are principles of the psychological drives, urges and motivations. These include the 2 luminaries, the sun and the moon. They show which area of the personality is addressed.
Sun ☉ Principle embodies:
Where we are heading
Who/what we want to be identified as
Father figure
Vitality
The part of us that decides what it wants and doesn't want
What feels like a priority
What makes us feel centred
The more we do characteristics of the sign the sun is in, the more you feel like you and develop
Major life decisions
Purpose & direction
Saviour & regal types
The resistance and challenges we slay in order to achieve what we set out to do
Hero's journey
Moon ☽ Principle is associated with:
Where we are coming from
Mother figure & caretaker
Everyday ebb & flow of feelings
Your non-negotiable & main relationship needs
the instinctive you
Habits
Reactions
The private you,
Soul care what secures you
Safety
Family
Nurturing
Feedback we give and seek
Environments that give you emotional and physical anchorage
Where and how we live and what others experience living with the private you
Our capacity for supporting is influenced by what we feel about ourselves.
Mercury ☿
Follows up on the desires of the Sun
Early learning
Analysis
Communication
How you think and express
What you think
Perception
Connecting
Negotiation
Trading
Short journeys
Siblings
Flexibility
What stimulates your mind
What you study
Movement
Flux
Tends to go retrograde, challenging our ability to take in information
Venus ♀︎ -
What harmonises you
What you value
What you wish to see reflected in others
Style of relating
Taste
Presentation
Beauty
Sense of attractiveness
Sensual pleasures
Art
Socialising
Relationship
Mediation
Money
Mars ♂
How we hunt for what we want
Passion
Will power
Animal instincts
Expression of aggressiveness
Battles you face
Sexual style
Competition
War
Violence
Heat
Jupiter ♃ - Growth, expansion of understanding, education, publishing, advertising, religion, higher wisdom, cross culture, foreign, travel, teaching
Saturn ♄ - Restrictions, biggest fears vs greatest lesson/triumph, authority
Uranus - Innovator, awakener, revolutionary, individualistic, the genius
Neptune ♆ - Contacting the divine, yearning, creativity, drugs, chemicals, the sea
Pluto ♇ - Upheaval, transformation, catharsis, death, elimination of the old, metamorphosis, rebirth, power vs powerlessness
Pluto