Coin's Notes - Planetary Correspondences (Sneak Peek)
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Research Questions
How do planetary correspondences differ across cultures?
Wuxing (Chinese: 五行) is a traditional Chinese concept that involves five elements and their correspondences, including the five planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, Mars, and Venus.
In Vedic astrology, there are the navagraha (nava meaning “nine”): The celestial bodies in this system include the Sun (Surya), the Moon (Chandra), Mars (Mangala), Mercury (Budha), Jupiter (Brihaspati), Venus (Shukra), Saturn (Shani), Rahu (north node of the moon), and Ketu (south node of the moon) (source). However, they don’t call them “planets”, they call them graha (Sanskrit: ग्रह) meaning "seizing, laying hold of, holding".
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7 Classical Planets
These are the 7 planets that were observed in ancient times, sometimes called “wandering stars” as the term planet means “wanderer” in Greek. This list included the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter.
Note that I use mostly the Western world’s correspondences and associations as I don’t know enough about the East’s religions and cultures to feel comfortable writing about them.
The Sun
Element: Fire
Deities: Apollo, Helios, Ra, Sol, Sekhmet, Amun, and many other solar deities.
Season: Summer
Day: Sunday
Sign: Leo
Color: Yellow/Gold Golden, saffron, purple, orange
Nature: Bold, loyal, courageous, boisterous, sweet, quick, pure, overzealous, obnoxious, honorable, noble
Rocks/Metals/Minerals: Gold and yellow glittery stones. Tiger’s eye, sunstone, chrysolite, topaz, ruby, spinel, chrysoprase
Plants: Marigold, lote tree, peony, balm, ginger, gentian, and dittany; and vervain, cedar, the palm tree, ash, ivy, vine, mint, mastic, zedoary, saffron, balsam, amber, musk, yellow honey, lignum aloes, cloves, cinnamon, calamus, pepper, frankincense, sweet-marjoram, which Orpheus calls the “sweet perfume of the Sun”, citrus fruits.
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