Understanding Astrological Planets and Points

The Luminaries

Sun

• Symbolizes our core essence, vitality, and life force.
• Governs our ego, self-expression, and how we shine in the world.
• Associated with individuality, creativity, and willpower.

Moon

• Rules our emotions, instincts, moods, and subconscious patterns.
• Represents our inner child, need for security, and nurturing tendencies.
• Linked to emotional responses, intuition, and our connection to the past.

Personal Planets

Mercury

• Governs communication, intellect, thought processes, learning, and information.
• Drives mental agility, logic, adaptability, and expression of ideas.
• Associated with writing, speaking, teaching, and short trips.

Venus

• Represents love, beauty, relationships, harmony, values, and pleasure.
• Influences social interactions, romantic relationships, artistic expression, and aesthetics.
• Associated with attraction, cooperation, and diplomacy.

Mars

• Governs action, energy, passion, drive, assertion, courage, and sexuality.
• Reflects our desires, ambitions, competitive spirit, and initiative.
• Linked to conflict, anger, and physical energy.

Social Planets

Jupiter

• Symbolizes expansion, abundance, optimism, luck, growth, learning, and higher knowledge.
• Governs beliefs, philosophy, generosity, and a sense of adventure.
• Associated with travel, education, and personal growth.

Saturn

• Governs structure, discipline, responsibility, time, limitations, and lessons learned through hardship.
• Represents fears, insecurities, boundaries, and authority figures.
• Linked to commitment, maturity, and long-term goals.

Transpersonal Planets

Uranus

• Represents sudden change, innovation, rebellion, individuality, and awakening.
• Governs originality, independence, progress, and technology.
• Associated with freedom, revolution, and humanitarian causes.

Neptune

• Governs dreams, illusions, spirituality, intuition, creativity, and compassion.
• Represents ideals, imagination, empathy, and connection to the divine.
• Linked to music, art, and spiritual practices.

Pluto

• Represents transformation, power, death, rebirth, the subconscious, and hidden truths.
• Governs our deepest desires, obsessions, and capacity for regeneration.
• Associated with intense emotions, power struggles, and psychological healing.

Other Celestial Points

Juno

• Represents committed partnership, marriage, equality, and power balance in relationships.
• Governs contracts, negotiations, and the dynamics of give-and-take in intimate connections.

Chiron

• Known as the “wounded healer,” representing our deepest wounds and potential for healing.
• Governs experiences with pain, suffering, and the search for meaning through struggles.

Lilith (Black Moon Lilith)

• Represents raw, unfiltered feminine power, sexuality, and repressed anger.
• Governs our shadow self, rebellious nature, and aspects we deny or reject.

North Node

• Indicates our karmic path, soul purpose, and evolution direction.
• Represents potential growth, expansion, and fulfillment.

South Node

• Represents past experiences, comfort zones, and patterns to release for personal evolution.
• Governs karmic baggage and the lessons we learn from our history.