Planetary Symbols
MERCURY
Mercury represents the part of you that receives and processes all incoming perceptions; your senses themselves; and all the raw, undigested data that pours through them. Mercury represents thinking and speaking; learning; communication; and your brain and nervous system. Your Mercury seeks to label or to find a logical reason for everything, and it tends to look toward the external world for its reasons. Mercury is known as a trickster. Mercury is also associated with transportation and manual dexterity.It is as if the very earliest teachings you receive in this life help you to set up an intricate filing system with many labeled folders, into which you organize and store all the raw bits of data that you receive. Anything that does not fit into a file in your filing system is likely to be labeled as "Bad", or "Wrong " , or "Invalid" (or a similar value judgment label). Because these types of "labels" make the files inaccessible to your "file retrieval system" (conscious processing), your Mercury mind governs the doorway into expanded dimensions of consciousness.
Mercury defines your boundaries with logic and labels. Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, which represent the potential for expanding consciousness, know that what defines you confines you. If your Mercury left brain has only on/off, good/bad kinds of file-folder labels, than you will resist working with the energies of these three "transpersonal" planets, and the friction generated by your resistance is likely to be experienced as some kind of pain. Remember that how you label something is how you will experience it. If you accept Mercury's external reasons as the cause of the discomfort, than you cannot recognize and cooperate with the unfolding inner process. If you have no folders labeled with "process-oriented" labels, you cannot recognize and process transpersonal growth opportunities. Once you recognize the existence of these growth potentials, you can choose to add a few folders to your filing system and open the way for new growth.
If you are not in touch with the process, you may fall for Mercury's tricks as he rationalizes, argues, and chatters endlessly.
The sign of your Mercury describes the manner in which you learn, process information, and establish connections with others. The House position describes the area of life situations in which you concentrate on learning and on communicating your perceptions in skills (art, music, etc.) or language.
VENUS
Venus represents the part of you that seeks love, harmony. and appreciation of beauty. It represents your aesthetic values; what you cherish; your taste in colors, shape and sound (what you love); and in relationships (who you love).If you fail to recognize and express your own sense of values, than you may lack serenity and sincerity, and become self-indulgent, overly passive, and overly fond of luxury and comfort.
The Sign and the House position of your Venus describes the process you go through to find the things and the people you love; where your love and appreciation comes from; and the context of what life experiences you find it. Here you seek comfort and harmony.
MARS
Mars represents the process of focusing the power of your will into action. Initiative, Courage, Ambition and Physical energy are all parts of this process. Mars gives you survival energy.If you fail to recognize and express your will with courage and decisiveness, than you are likely to feel the fire of Mars as impatience, urgency, rage, or seething resentment. Mars energy demands to be channeled into physical activity and if it is "stuffed" inside with no way to express, it can "draw in life" situations in which you are victimized, experience accidents, or become ill with infections or inflammations. Mars was known to the Ancients as the god of war, and represented violence -- an overabundance of survival energy.
The Sign and House position of you Mars describes the way in which you express courage and initiative, the kind of life situations that excite you, fire you up, and challenge your will, ambition, and courage. Here is where you initiate new experiences and act on personal desire.
JUPITER
Jupiter represents Faith; faith in life itself. It is the process of expanding and overflowing; Joy, Opportunity, Love of freedom, Generosity.If you fail to recognize and grasp Jupiter's opportunity, than you may exhibit unrealistic over-confidence, laziness, or scattered energy.
The sign of your Jupiter describes the manner in which you express joy and humor and how you lighten your load. The House position describes the kinds of life situations in which you seek to expand and connect with something bigger than yourself; where you seek faith, trust, and confidence in life.
SATURN
Saturn represents the process of energy slowing down and concentrating into form. Saturn is physical structure, like bones and teeth. It is associated with society's structures, like government, Big Business, and the people associated with them. This process of forming structure demands stern intensity and precise, sober, devoted discipline. Saturn is the potential to distill Wisdom from intense experience.If you fail to recognize and express your Saturn energy, then you will seek to avoid the heavy, sobering experiences Saturn's energy attracts. Instead of crystallizing the potential wisdom, you may experience bitterness, doubt, depression, restrictions, despair, delays, inhibitions, or frustrations.
The Sign and the House position of your Saturn describes the kind of devotion and manner of discipline and the area of life situations which demand discipline, structure ( maybe even ruthless dedication) from you. Here you define your place in society by seeking excellence and social approval.
Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto:
Transcending the limits of logicUranus, Neptune, and Pluto represent creative, transpersonal levels of awareness beyond the control and limitations of normal consciousness. You must be open to expanded consciousness to be able to realize the transforming potentials of these Planets. Their affects appear disruptive from the viewpoint of ordinary consciousness. Because your Mercury-mind does not trust anything that transcends the lines of logic that it draws, examine your "Mercury files" in the areas where Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto lie. A critical point here seems to be; give your mercury "some process-oriented " labeled folders so that it will allow you to move beyond normal consciousness.
All three of these Planets move slowly and stay in a sign for a long time, so their Sign affects a whole generation. Now let us look at each of these individually.
URANUS
Uranus represents the process of breaking free from Saturn-type structures and connecting with universal wholeness; of separating out who you really are from all the "shoulds" laid upon you by the society you live in. Uranus is sudden flashes of insight, mad genius. Uranus interrupts normal reality and challenges you to re-invent yourself.If you fail to recognize and respond to your Uranus challenge, you may feel trapped and rebellious, experiencing anxiety, nervous tension, or unpleasant surprises like accidents.
The Sign of your Uranus describes the manner in which you strive to be uniquely yourself. The House position describes the kind of life situations that demand individuation and innovative genius to free your soul, and where your "rule-breaking" behavior tends to annoy those in authority.
NEPTUNE
Neptune is the process of dissolving beyond boundaries. It is the doorway into the "not-self", the Planet of trance, meditation, dreams. Neptune is the creative Muse of the artist, writer, and musician.If you fail to recognize and move into Neptune's illumination, you may become deceived by illusion. Glamour enchants you into self-deception and self-destructive patterns of escape, distorting your fears and your wishes. Addictions to drugs or alcohol are an example of a Neptune's glamorous, destructive, escape patterns.
The Sign of your Neptune describes the process you must go though in order to move through the boundaries of this world and of yourself. The House position describes where you seek transcendence in solitude, and the area of life experience where disillusionment is a spiritual catalyst.
PLUTO
Pluto represents the process of death and regeneration. Pluto rules the underworld, frightening and impolite issues that you will be tempted to avoid; death, disease, personal shame, sexuality. Pluto demands that you face your own wounds, squarely and honestly. If you meet its demands, it offers you a way to create an unshakable sense of meaning in your life.If you fail to recognize and cooperate with the process, you may experience intense fears, paranoia, stagnation, and despair.
The sign of your Pluto describes the kind of energy needed to process your deep, dark, shadow side; the kind of energy that you have the potential to use for powerful healing and rebirth. The house position describes where your personal "garbage" is buried; where your deepest, darkest fears are; and the kind of life experiences that will challenge you to face them, heal them, and find your deepest meaning in life. Pluto pushes you to look deeply within the darkest part of you self; to dig in the dirt and mire or your own inner "garbage" and find the treasure buried there.
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Introduction to Astrology
|| Introduction || Symbols of Astrology || The
Natal Chart || Sun, Moon, Ascendant ||
The Planets ||
|| Signs of the Zodiac || Houses || Aspects ||
Signs, Glyphs, Elements, Modes ||
Study Guides:
|| Signs of the Zodiac, Houses, Planetary Rulers ||
Elements: Fire, Earth, Air, Water
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|| Modes: Cardinal, Fixed,
Mutable || Sample Chart || Glossary ||