The Sun, the Moon and the eight major planets of the Universe form the basis for all astrology-related studies and analysis. The energies of these planets affect our lives in many different ways. In ancient times only the seven planets-namely Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn were used for astrology purposes.

Only in the last few centuries man has discovered the three outer planets of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto and introduced them into his astrological studies.

Planetary Groupings

Personal Planets
Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars
Middle Planets
Jupiter, Saturn
Outer Planets
Uranus, Neptune, Pluto

The personal planets ,Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus and Mars move swiftly around the zodiac. Sun and Moon have regular orbits with the Sun taking 30 days and Moon taking 28 days to go once round the zodiac. Mercury, Vneus and Mars have slightly longer and erratic orbits.

The middle planets move much slowly than the personal planets with Jupiter taking one year and Saturn taking two and a half years to go round.

Uranus, Neptune and Pluto move even more slowly. Uranus takes 7 years, Neptune 14 years and Pluto takes anything between 8 to 13 years time.

Planetary Rulership

Planet
Symbol
Meaning
Sign Rulership
Sun
Ego
Moon
Emotion
Mercury
Mind
Venus
Love
Mars
Drive
Jupiter
Good Luck
Saturn
Responsi
-bility
Uranus
Eccentri
-city
Neptune
Nebulous
-ness
Pluto
Power

sun    Sun
Moon    Moon
Mercury    Mercury
Venus    Venus
Mars    Mars
jupiter    Jupiter
saturn    Saturn
uranus    Uranus
neptune    Neptune
pluto    Pluto
chiron    Chiron