The Planets: if astrology is a language, then these celestial bodies are its sentences. we intuit much information from the planets and how they interact
Sun/Sol: where you shine in life, your ego, the person you are becoming in this incarnation of life
Moon/Luna: your personality when you are comfortable and around those you trust, your heart, your emotions, the mother
Mercury: the way in which you process the world as you experience it, your intellect, the way you speak to others
Venus: what you place value on, what you love, who you love, what you’re most likely to invest in (lesser benefic)
Mars: your inner fire, your willpower, your drive to win and achieve, the way you act when you’re in a fight (lesser malefic)
Jupiter: where you are most blessed in life, where you are abundant, whatever is touched by jupiter becomes “big” in some way (greater benefic)
Saturn: where you find your limits, where you feel restricted and frustrated, the way in which you want to leave a mark on society (greater malefic)
Uranus: shocking and unexpected events. random encounters
Neptune: where you are prone to disillusionment, your creativity, your spiritual nature
Pluto: your need for control, subconscious influences, the shadow self
The Houses: these do not represent types of energy. they are areas of life that we experience and are generally physical
House 1/Ascendant: the way an individual views the world, how the world views an individual on the surface. the general outlook on life. a viewfinder
House 2: everything you own, including your emotions and your history. mainly material things such as objects, money, and assets. the home you’d love to own
House 3: siblings -> the way you learned to communicate as a child, speech, small trips
House 4: the home you had as a child, what a person believes “home” to be, family matters, the mother, the personality that is only shown at home
House 5: where you derive pleasure from life and become inspired to create, children, romance, sex, all acts of creation and creations, games, things people do for fun
House 6: the job an individual works where they are not their own boss, jobs where you serve others, ways in which a person may be asked to be of service
House 7/Descendant: the ideal partner, all partnerships ranging from marriage to business matters, lovers and enemies
House 8: how do the relationships in a persons life change them? the subconscious, the deep and hidden self. the ways you merge with others
House 9: education. where do you need more education? this house can describe the way a person feels about school, their relationship to school and teachers, and also rules over higher thought so religious matters can be found here
House 10/Midheaven: the greatest potential of a soul in their incarnation of life. this is the career where you are your own boss (the 6th House is usually activated first) this is a persons calling
House 11: communities and friends, large communities. the internet, ways you connect with other people. groups of people
House 12: the shadow self, the vast unseen, the cosmos, can literally represent outer space or other realms. this is the side of ourselves we don’t see clearly. can show what people may secretly think about an individual
The Signs: these represent energies that people, things, experiences, etc can embody in this world
Aries: the newborn of the zodiac, inspiring, initiates change, anger, frustration that leads to necessary reform
Taurus: the feeling of comfort, being nurtured and fed, caring for beauty and value, materialism, evaluating the value of objects
Gemini: excited, exhausted, energetic, curious, loves to talk and gather data, focused on communication, debates, arguments
Cancer: intuition, empathy, clairvoyance, feeling things out, being cautious, can have low boundaries, energy sponge, sensitive to stimuli
Leo: warm, empathetic in a philanthropic way (cancer is more familial), sensitive in a superficial way, where something/someone shines, where someone needs to be confident
Virgo: detail oriented, routine focused, also enjoys collecting data, health conscious, virgo energy can be heavy and challenging -> tasks that become burdens
Libra: relationship focused, values partnerships over other areas of life, where something requires balance to be maintained
Scorpio: getting to the root of anything/everything and uncovering it’s true nature, a scientist, intuitive in an instinctual way, the psyche
Sagittarius: where a person is positive and inspired, where you can teach others, adventurous, fun, sparkly, needs direction to feel functional
Capricorn: cold when necessary, needs to feel functional to find their direction in life, calculating, enterprising, where a person wants to build and dedicate themself to something
Aquarius: reform, contrarianism, being challenged on ideas and thoughts, where someone feels detached and distant, where someone has new ideas
Pisces: spiritual, empathetic, expanding forever, reincarnation, being able to commune with non physical realms and beings, being formless, where a person wants to drift off to
Sign Rulerships: there is a clear pattern to the zodiac when examined with traditional rulerships. the sign rulerships begin with cancer/leo being ruled by the luminaries. the following signs are ruled by each consecutive planet going out from either side of cancer and leo.
Jupiter: Sagittarius, Pisces
Saturn: Capricorn, Aquarius
