- The Earth is our planetary home, with its own energy field.
- The Sun and Moon are luminaries, but in astrology, they are referred to as planets.
- The inner planets are those whose shorter cycles we experience in a lifetime; they are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
- The outer planets, also known as the slow-moving planets, are Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.
- The Sun is your spirit, basic nature and vehicle to fulfill your life potential.
- The Moon is the soul, emotional interior, childhood and ancient memory, and instinctual habits and reactions.
- Mercury is the thinking and talking Self, how you learn, exchange ideas, and shape your worldview.
- Venus is the atmospheres of love and friendship you thrive in and your creative potential.
- Mars ignites your sexual passions, and is the inner instigator that gets you moving.
- Those with the speediest orbits are the so-called personal planets; they are the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus and Mars.
- The personal planets shape our natures the most, and their transits to the natal chart are often short and subtle.
- Jupiter’s orbit is twelve years, and Saturn’s is 29 ½ years; they’re known as social planets, shaping how we each act within society.
- The trans-personal, also known as generational planets have long orbits that are tracked as historic trends.
- Jupiter guides you to a sense of life meaning, and is the bringer of luck, faith and the expansion of horizons.
- Saturn shows you the edges to work within, as the planet of limits, restrictions, inner frustrations and mortality.
- Uranus triggers breakthroughs and the impulse to shatter the status quo, and seek new frontiers.
- Neptune is the planet of delusions, illusions, escapism and the longing to transcend the mundane and merge with the divine.
- Pluto embodies the mysterious power of death and rebirth; it strips us and brings us to our knees, so that we might carry the wisdom of the dark.
