THE PLANETS

Planets in the birth chart have more or less synergy with certain houses and  signs, than others. Each planet can be in domicile, exaltation, detriment and fall depending on what sign they are in. There are also houses that are more beneficial to some planets than others. The personal planets are Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn.

Uranus, Pluto and Neptune are important both on a personal level and also on a generational level. Aspects made between planets and luminaries - Sun and Moon - reveal the dominant patterns in the chart.

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However, as ever, a chart is read as a whole. One detrimental placement or one exalted planet does not  tell us the whole story.

In general, the malefics  (Sun, Mars, Saturn) work well in tough houses that they havegreater synergy with. The benefics (Moon, Venus, Jupiter) will tend to have positive results in more harmonious, benefic houses. There are some houses that tend to benefit all the planets reasonably well. When a planet has synergy with a sign and house, there can be expected to be positive results, otherwise known as essential dignity.

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Sun. Core Self, ego, expression. basic nature, vitality, masculine. Element of Fire. The Sun is at home in Leo and exalted in Aries.

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Moon. Mind, emotion - since emotions are the currency of the mind. Conscious, unconscious, motivations, desire, impulse, introspection, instinct, receptive, shy, mother, mother figure, feminine. Mediates between internal and external world. Element of Water. At home in Cancer, exalted in Taurus

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Mercury. Intellect, rational, ideas. communication, language, pattern recognition, organization, data, practical application. Element of Air. At home in Gemini and Virgo, exalted in Virgo

 

Venus.  Beauty, love, relationships, luxury, art, creativity, wealth, abundance, nourishment, devotion, fertility, feminine. Element of earth and air.  At home in Libra and Taurus and exalted in Pisces.

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Mars. Action, motivation, energy, drive, sexual desire, impulse, violent, rage, primitive, masculine. Element of Fire. At home in Aries and Scorpio and exalted in Capricorn

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Saturn. Reduction, limits, restriction, maturity, rules, pragmatic, realist, pessimism, negative, spartan, uninviting, cold, masculine.  Element of Earth. The father figure and the teacher.  At home in Capricorn and exalted in Libra

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Jupiter. Optimism, expansion, abundance, morality, wisdom, learning, spirituality, parenting, children, excess. Element of water and fire. At home in both Sagittarius and Pisces, exalted in Pisces

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Uranus. Innovation, brilliance, sudden change, ingenuity, genius, technology, unconventional, radical, sudden, upsetting, unpredictable. Element of air. At home in Aquarius.

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Neptune.  Unseen realms, dreams, art, creativity, spirituality, awakening, psychic gifts, illusion, delusion, confusion, addiction, undoing, madness, deception. Element of water. At home in Pisces.

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Pluto.  Transformation, intensity, psychology, exposure, truth, secrets, dissemination, discomfort, destruction, shadow, pain,  Phoenix rising from the ashes. At home in Scorpio.​​