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The Planets

Ten bodies · Ten domains · One chart

— What planets do in your chart

Each planet is a different
kind of drive.

In astrology, planets are not decorative — they are active principles. Each one represents a distinct type of energy or motivation operating within you. The Sun is your core self. The Moon is your emotional instinct. Mercury governs how you think and communicate. Venus shapes what you love. Mars drives what you pursue.

The sign a planet occupies describes how that energy expresses itself. The house it sits in describes where in your life you feel it most. The aspects between planets describe how these different drives interact — whether they support each other or create tension.

No planet is good or bad. Mars square Saturn is not a curse; it is pressure that builds discipline. Venus conjunct Neptune is not a weakness; it is the capacity for profound love, alongside the risk of idealisation. Context is everything.

“The planets are not doing things to you. They are a map of what is already in you — tendencies, drives, gifts, and edges. The chart just names them.”

Planets used
10
Personal planets
5
Social planets
2
Outer planets
3

— Three groups

Personal, Social & Outer

Personal
Sun · Moon · Mercury · Venus · Mars
Move quickly through the zodiac — days to months per sign. Shape your individual personality, emotional style and day-to-day behaviour. These are the planets most people feel most directly and personally. Everyone born in the same year has the same outer planets, but different personal planet placements make each chart unique.
Outer
Uranus · Neptune · Pluto
Spend years or decades in a sign. Define entire generations rather than individuals. Their influence in a personal chart is most felt through tight aspects to personal planets or when they transit a sensitive point. Uranus disrupts. Neptune dissolves. Pluto transforms.

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