THE PLANETS and ASPECTS. The closer, the stronger the influence. Planet & Latin General -Gender, Day/Night* -Sign, Exalted‡ -Element -Liberal Art** -Orbital Period -Retro. Motion Symbol Greek (Ελληνικά) Qualities -Bene./Mal.† -House§ -Humor -Medical Assoc. -Time per sign†† -Time in Retro.‡‡ Sol Life force, Male, Day Leo, Aries Fire Music 365¼ days n.a. Sun Helios (ἥlios) Ego Good & Bad 5th House ? Heart, Circulat. ca. 1 month n.a. The sun powers life on earth. It powers heating and drying. It rules vitality, self-perception, personality, and ego. Strongly masculine. Active. Self- confidence. Life on earth is synched up to the Sun's cycle. It rules gold, the heart, and ambition. Ruler. It engenders respect and fame. Theater and stage. Linked to arrogance, overconfidence, hubris/pride, egoism, narcissism, selfishness, megalomania, and vaingloriousness. Governs love life and happiness. Rules sports, games, and gambling. Sunday is quite literally, Sun-day. It is associated with Apollo, god of light... and music. The Sun is so powerful that people generally only know their Sun sign (where the sun was in the zodiac on the day of their birth). Luna Emotions, Female, Night Cancer, ? Water Grammar ca. 28 days n.a. Moon Selene (selήnη) moods Good 4th House Phlegm ? ca. 2.3 days n.a. The moon is strongly connected to emotions and fluids (bodily and terrestrial). Its power is mostly humidifying, but some heating due to reflection of sun. It is very strongly feminine. Fertility, pregnancy. Influences quick mood swings. Temporality. It has strong influences due to its proximity, but short-lived effects, due to its speed through the zodiac and houses. Related to lunacy, hysteria, etc. Rules silver, digestion, food, cooking, water-life, fishing, caregiving. Governs home, family, and private space. Impulsiveness. Illogical actions. It is the fastest moving planet. Monday means Moon's-day... or in Romance languages, dies Lunae (day of the moon). Mercurii Intellect & M&F, Day&Night Gemini/Virgo, ? ca. 1 year ca. every 4 months Earth Logic/Dialectic Mercury Hermes (Ermes) Information Good & Bad 3rd and 6th Melancholy ca. 1 month ca. 3 weeks Rules the intellect and information. Governs logic, reason, thought, and opinion. Sometimes drys, sometimes humidifies. Always quick/hasty. Affects a house by focusing and speeding up one's dealings with the characteristics of the house. Responsible for contracts, short trips and transportation, messages/communication, news, and teaching. Encourages brilliance and mental agility and the communication thereof. Also responsible for lies, misinformation, and swindles. Wednesday in Romance languages (dies Mercurii) means day of Mercury. Roman God of communication. Mercury is never more than 28.3º from the sun. * "Gender" is male or female or both. "Day/Night" refers to whether a planet a diurnal/day planet, or a nocturnal/night planet, or both. From Ptolemy. † "Bene./Mal." refers to whether a planet is beneficent/good, or maleficent/bad, or both. From Ptolemy. ‡ "Sign, Exalted" The planet rules over this sign and is exalted in this other sign. § "House" The planet rules over this house. This designation can vary depending on author and era. ** As observed by Dante. †† "Time per sign" The amount of time the planet spends in a zodiacal sign. This can vary due to retrograde motion. Rough estimates given. ‡‡ "Retro. Motion" refers to the length of time between the start of one retrograde cycle and another. "Time in Retro." refers to how long the retrograde cycle is. Planets Latin Planet & General -Gender, Day/Night -Sign, Exalted -Element -Liberal Art -Orbital Period -Retro. Motion Greek Symbol Qualities -Bene./Mal. -House -Humor -Medical Assoc. -Time per sign -Time in Retro. (Ελληνικά) Venus Beauty, Love, Female, Night Taurus/Libra, ? Air Rhetoric ca. 1 year ca. every 1.5 years Venus Aphrodite (Afrodίtη) Pleasure Good 2nd and 7th Phlegm Lumbar, veins ca. 1 month ca. 6 weeks Venus rules beauty and pleasure and is closely associated with happiness. It warms a bit and humidifies more. She rules love and affection, attraction, and harmony. Sweetness. Promotes unions. Very feminine. In many ways the opposite of Mars. Rules arts, glamor, and luxury... shiny things, jewels, etc. Romance and flirting. Sexual attraction. Associated with lumbar region of the body, veins (venous system), throat, and kidneys. Warm and wet. Affects a house positively and empowers all matters associated with life. Friday in Latin is dies Vineris, day of Venus. Roman God of Love and Beauty. Venus is never more than 48º from the sun. Mars War, Action, Male, Night Aries/Scorpio, ? Fire? Arithmetic ca. 2 years ca. every 2 years Mars Ares (Areωs) Ambition Bad 1st House Choler Genitals, Muscles ca. 2 months ca. 2.6 months Mars rules action, drive, ambition, competition, stamina, and victory. It drys and burns due to its proximity to the sun. Impatient, ready for conflict. Lust. Poor loser. Affects a house by quickening the pace of events and encouraging the solving of problems in the realm of the house. Very masculine. May cause accidents, rash actions, anger and frustration. Hates failure. Loves glory. Sharp objects. Survival instinct. Associated with genitals, muscles, and gonads, fevers, accidents, pain, and surgery. Hot and dry. Tuesday in Latin is dies Martis, day of Mars. Roman God of War. Jovi Expansion, Male, Day Sagittarius/Pisces,? Air? Geometry ca. 12 years ca. every year Jupiter Dios=Zeus (Diὸs) Luck Good 9th House Blood Spleen, Bladder ca. 1 year ca. 4 months Jupiter rules expansion, luck, and prosperity. Being inbetween Mars and Saturn it tends to temper the excessive hot and cold of its closest neighbors. On its own, it tends to heat. Jupiter can also spoil a person and make him/her lazy. Rules spirituality, fairness, and abstract ideas. Bringer of good fortune. Encourages benevolence towards others. Rules over fun and influences wealth and possessions. Can grant success without much effort, yet can also make a person complacent or give the illusion of permanent fortune. (Born on third thinking he hit a triple.) Rewards kindness and fairness. Loves a dinner party. More a generalist rather than detail oriented. Good for education. Associated with healing. Warm and moist, favorable to life. Brings "fertilizing winds." The most benefic planet. Very good power to have in any house. Thursday in Latin is dies Jovis, day of Jupiter/Jove. Each return to natal house/sign (ca. every 12 years) marks a period of life: birth, puberty, etc. Saturnus Cold, Sad, Male, Day Capricorn/Aquarius Earth? Astro-nomy-logy ca. 30 years ca. every year Saturn Kronos (Krόnos) Slow Bad - the Worst 10th house Melancholy ca. 2.5 years ca. 5 months Saturn rules responsibility, seriousness, obligation, and dedication. Long lasting. It cools and drys. Rules old age, grandparents. Strongly connected to karma. Affects a house by limiting it. Conjunctions with Saturn are especially bad. Makes time seem to pass more slowly. Saturn demands stability. Master of winter, as well as closely associated with the devil (Capricorn, the horned goat). Hard labor without gain. Sad, morose, cold, suffering, and sadness. Depression. Rules agriculture, and things which require patience. Obligation. Submitting to Saturn enables its good qualities. Resisting Saturn emphasizes its worst. Father of Zeus. Each return to natal house/sign marks a long period of life: youth, adult, elder. Saturday is Saturn-day. Planets List of the primary aspects: The relationships between planets. (Ptolemy) Exact measurement Orb§§ General Description Aspect Symbol of separation. (acceptable margin of error) Most Harmonious. Both planets are Conjunction ☌ 0º Separated by less than 10º. energized. A major player in a birth chart. Most Disharmonious. Like Conjunction, Opposition ☍ 180º Separated by less than 10º. but emphasizes differences instead of similarities. Harmonious. Very beneficial. Trine 120º Separated by less than 10º. △ All M or all F. Disharmonious. Opposing genders. Outer Quartile 90º Separated by less than 10º. ☐ planet tends to dominate the inner. Harmonious. Like Trine, but less so. Sextile ✶ 60º Separated by less than 5º. All M or all F. §§ The Orb is simply the margin of error allowed for the aspects. E.g. If the Sun and Saturn are 102º apart, they are not in quartile. But if they are 99º apart they are in quartile, because the orb is 10º for quartile. Anywhere between 80º and 100º will qualify as a quartile relationship. That's a lot of wiggle room. I have presented rather broad (mostly 10º) orbs, but different astrologers will often use more restricted orbs. Planets Planets Planets .