The Ruling Planet
From New Age Village
WITH each sign of the zodiac one of the planets is associated as lord or ruler of the sign. The influence of the planets that rule these signs follow here:
THE SUN is ruler of the sign Leo
Its influence is to give vitality and fire to the whole nature, physically and mentally. It contributes towards dignity, self-reliance, and strength of will ; giving ambition and a desire to achieve worthy results in action. You will wish to be at the head of affairs in your own particular sphere, and you will not find it congenial to occupy subordinate positions. You are able to organise and manage affairs and people, and you do not shrink from responsibility. You are kind-hearted and generous, admiring what is noble and scorning what is mean or base. The social and affectional side of your nature is well developed, and you can easily attract to yourself friends and companions. You like comfort, pleasure, and luxury ; and you must not let weaknesses either of the heart, or it may be of the desire nature, run away with you. Internal harmony realised in outer life is the key to this influence, which belongs chiefly to the individuality.
THE MOON is ruler of the sign Cancer
Its influence is to form, nourish and sustain, and it pertains to the personality. The domestic and home-loving side of your nature is strong, and you are drawn towards family and parents. Your imagination is well developed, and plays a large part in your life. Feeling and sensation are active with you, and you are rather liable to change and fluctuate in your moods from day to day, and to lack energy and persistence. You have the ability to become practical and to deal with affairs as you find them in a capable manner. You could adapt yourself to a variety of subjects according to your training ; for domestic life, business, practical science and applied art all supply spheres for the activity of those who are born under the Moon. You are careful and prudent, and inclined to economy and foresight in all things, and are practical and capable when you do not let your imagination or your feelings run away with you.
The planet MERCURY is the ruler of the signs Gemini and Virgo
Its influence is over the brain and nerves, and it has more to do with the mind than with the senses. It gives you good mental ability, ingenuity and adaptability, fertility of resource and wit, and probably a good memory. You should be apt at speech and argument, plausible and fluent in conversation ; but along with this there sometimes goes a degree of subtlety, and secrecy, as well as reserve or retirement. Your whole nature will seldom be shown to the world, and there will be one side which you will never show even to your most intimate friends. Your mind is active but a little lacking in concentration and perseverance; and you are liable to occupy yourself with too many subjects, to change a little too rapidly, and to have too many irons in the fire. You can adapt yourself readily to the moods and opinions of people, and can see truth under quite opposite disguises. Mercury takes upon itself to some extent the nature of other planets ; therefore you need to pay attention to the sign occupied by Mercury at your birth and the aspects it receives ; for these may modify what has been here stated.
The planet VENUS is the ruler of the signs Taurus and Libra
It is the planet of love and beauty. It strengthens the affections and it will make the social side of your nature active and strong. You are warm-hearted and companionable, fond of the society of friends and relatives, of a loving and peaceable disposition, and favouring ail that is harmonious and refined. You are fond of ease and comfort, of pleasure and luxury, and you may need to exercise some restraint over this side ot your nature. Venus generally gives those who are born under it good taste and a love of beauty, of fine surroundings, clothes, ornaments, decorations, and an appreciation of neatness and orderliness. You probably have the ability to develope the aesthetic side of your nature in the direction of singing, music, art, poetry, etc. ; if you care to do so. The influence of the planet can also be adapted to a business life, as it gives some financial ability and good luck. The disposition is usually cheerful, hopeful, and good natured, and brings popularity and many friends.
Venus is the chief significator of love and marriage. It also has some influence over money matters and general prosperity as well as giving a sense of beauty.
The planet MARS is the ruler of the signs Aries and Scorpio
It is the planet of fire, energy, and expansion. It gives you a disposition that is ardent, active, positive, impulsive, and impetuous. You are a lover of freedom and independence, and cannot endure restraint, confinement or delay. You are generous and frank, an admirer of openness, bravery and courage, both physical and moral. You have much self-confidence, and are usually able to hold your own easily, being prompt in word and action. You need to beware of being too rash and headstrong, for you are rather inclined to be aggressive and self-willed; and you are likely to bring many troubles upon yourself through this. You have a good deal of pride, which is easily wounded, and you do not find it easy to remain cool and self-restrained under provocation. You are an active and energetic worker and can accomplish much in a short time, and you have it in you to become very practical and capable in the world if you exercise a little self-discipline.
Mars is the planet of fire, energy, impulse, and action. Its position by sign indicates the channel through which these qualities will flow. It also has some significance in connection with the kind of death.
The planet JUPITER is the ruler of the signs Sagittarius and Pisces
It tends to give a hopeful, buoyant and cheerful disposition which should go far towards making you popular and gaining you many friends. You can gain social esteem and success and will be popular and generally liked. You are benevolent, generous and humane, and are always ready to help those who deserve it and to assist worthy causes. You have a regard for law, order, and propriety and for the rules and conventions of customs ; you dislike incivility, awkwardness, or bad ta?te in opinions or conduct as much as you do ugliness or inharmony in your surroundings. You have a reverence for beauty both in outward form and in ideas ; you like beautiful surroundings and comfort and elegance in all things. You have energy, enthusiasm, ardour and faithfulness. You have a natural respect for law and religion, and you take kindly to ritual, ceremonial, and etiquette, and are a little too liable to be bound by formalities. You have power to cultivate the higher faculties of the mind in the direction of law, religion, or philosophy, if you care to do so.
Jupiter is a very favourable planet when well placed. It governs social and general prosperity, religion, law, benevolence and good vill: and gives borne appreciation of beauty, harmony, imagination, and ideality.
The planet SATURN is the ruler of the signs Capricorn and Aquarius
It tends to give you a disposition that is sober, serious, and thoughtful. It is the planet that naturally rules old age, and its best influence is not usually seen until youth is passed. It gives you self-control, reserve and restraint, as well as some natural inclination to frugality, prudence and cautiousness. You should also gain from it strength of will and a patient, persevering disposition, with calmness, fortitude and serenity. You may at times be a little lacking in buoyancy and cheerfulness, and you do not unbend socially so easily as some persons can, or produce so much mirth, fun and jollity, although you can appreciate these when they come your way. You have a good deal of practical ability and can manage things and persons ably and economically. You are ambitious, and can form far-reaching plans and schemes and spend a long time in carrying them out. The best lesson that Saturn teaches is self-control, prudence, patience, chastity, thrift, and the meditative mind, as well as to distinguish between real worth and superficial pretentiousness. Saturn is considered an unfortunate planet owing to its power to limit and restrict, it therefore has a binding and restraining influence. It is the bridge between the emotions and the mind and governs them until self-control is secured.
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The above are the seven rulers of the signs of the zodiac according to the rules handed down from antiquity. In addition to these there are two other planets discovered in modern times—Uranus and Neptune. These are not yet proved to rule any of the signs in quite the same sense as the other planets do. Uranus is considered by some to have a good deal of sympathy with Aquarius, and may perhaps sometimes rule that sign but only in the more highly developed of humanity; it is also well placed when in Aries and Gemini. Neptune seems to have some sympathy with Pisces and is perhaps well placed in Cancer also.
The planet URANUS gives a strong, self-reliant and positive disposition in which all sides of the nature are capable of being fully developed.
It gives a strong and original intellect; one that thinks out things for itself and does not copy other people. It gives ability for higher mental studies, whether scient:5c, metaphysical, or literary. To the emotional side of the character it gives force and energy, enthusiasm and determination, and great zeal on behalf of any person or cause that may attract. It renders the will strong and indomitable and gives the ability to work hard and actively. Those who are born under this planet are very independent, they dislike rules, restraints, and conventions, and frequently break or ignore these. They generally come to the front and are more or less notable persons in their sphere of life, as they can direct, control, and rule, and take responsibility. The planet also gives some leaning toward the occult and mysterious, and sometimes brings strange and unusual experiences. Sudden changes occur in the life ; and the good and evil that Uranus bestows are both likely to come about very unexpectedly.
Uranus is the synthetic planet. It governs the will to a large extent and is responsible for magnetic changes in the body and nervous system; it brings changes in consciousness and corresponding changes in life.
The planet NEPTUNE is difficult to understand, and seems very elusive
It has largely to do with the psychic and the emotional sides of the nature. It generally gives some psychic or mediumistic experiences, such as remarkable dreams, visions, intuitions, impressions, second sight, thought transference, etc., and some inclination towards these or similar subjects. It sometimes gives taste for music or art. It renders active the feelings, emotions, and the senses ; and in some cases there is danger of too much indulgence in this side of the nature, which may require restraint and purification. The will is often not very strong, and the nature is plastic and receptive; and although it gives good nature and amiability there is liable to be irresolution and a disinclination to face difficulties and to remain firm and steadfast. Very little is actually known concerning the planet Neptune as its influence appears to affect the subconscious mind more than actual physical events, and it only affects to any considerable extent those who are very receptive and somewhat mediumistic or psychic.
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