The ten planets
The ten planets
Astrology uses ten planets: Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Each rules one or two signs and stands for one drive in the birth chart.
Western astrology uses ten "planets" — the Sun and Moon (the luminaries), the eight true planets, and Pluto, still counted for its astrological weight. Each one is a different verb in the chart: a function, a drive, a way the psyche moves. Click any planet for the full guide.
| Planet | Type | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| ☉ Sun | Luminary | Leo |
| ☽ Moon | Luminary | Cancer |
| ☿ Mercury | Personal planet | Gemini & Virgo |
| ♀ Venus | Personal planet | Taurus & Libra |
| ♂ Mars | Personal planet | Aries & Scorpio |
| ♃ Jupiter | Social planet | Sagittarius & Pisces |
| ♄ Saturn | Social planet | Capricorn & Aquarius |
| ♅ Uranus | Outer planet | Aquarius |
| ♆ Neptune | Outer planet | Pisces |
| ♇ Pluto | Outer planet | Scorpio |
- SunThe core of who you are — your conscious identity, your will, your essential self.
- MoonYour inner emotional life — what you need to feel safe, how you self-soothe, how you love and are loved.
- MercuryHow you think, learn, communicate, and process information.
- VenusHow you love, what you find beautiful, and what you value.
- MarsYour drive — how you take action, what makes you angry, and what you fight for.
- JupiterWhere you grow, where you find meaning, and where life tends to be generous to you.
- SaturnWhere you face limitation and, through facing it, build mastery.
- UranusWhere you break conventions, see the future, and refuse to inherit your worldview.
- NeptuneWhere you dissolve into something larger — imagination, mysticism, art, illusion.
- PlutoWhere deep transformation happens — what dies in you, what gets reborn, where you face power.
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Planets are the verbs. The signs colour their tone, the houses place them in life, and the aspects describe how they speak to one another.