(‘Planet’ is a loose translation of the Sanskrit word ‘Graha’: an entity that seizes you into incarnation)
Sun
- Spirit which continues one lifetime to the next
- Will
- Ambition
- Individuality
- Energy that Rules
- Vitality of the Body
- Father
- King
- Government
- Bones, Spine, and Metabolism
- Sun rules Leo
Moon
- Emotions
- Instincts
- Intuition
- the Senses
- the Public and the Public’s Mind
- Energy of Change
- Mother
- Homeland
- Childhood
- Chest, Breasts, and Fluid in the Body
- Moon rules Cancer
Mercury
- Intellect
- Rational Mind
- Discrimination
- Speech
- Communication
- Business
- Adaptability
- Nerves, Upper Chest, and Hands
- Mercury rules Gemini and Virgo
Venus
- Planet of Relationship
- Love
- Sociability
- Energy of Attraction
- Beauty
- Art
- Music
- Sensuality
- Pleasures
- Luxuries
- Vehicles
- Wife
- Kidneys, Bladder and Genitals
- Venus rules Taurus and Libra
Mars
- Planet of Action
- Courage
- Aggression
- Tools and Weapons
- Injury
- Accident
- Enemy
- Siblings
- Blood and Muscle of the Body
- Mars rules Aries and Scorpio
Jupiter
- Planet of Prosperity
- Optimism
- Opportunity
- Generosity
- Wisdom
- Guru
- Beliefs
- Good Fortune
- Husband
- Indulgence
- Fat, Lymph, and Liver in the Body
- Jupiter rules Sagittarius and Pisces
Saturn
- Planet of Difficulties
- Restriction, Responsibility
- Time, Longevity, Older People,
- Fate
- Separation
- Endurance, Durability
- Meditation
- Joints in the Body
- Saturn rules Capricorn and Aquarius
Rahu
- Desire
- Obsession
- Material Success/ Failure
- Transformation
- Toxins
- Delusion
- Deception
- Psychic Disturbance
- Foreigners
- Unusual People
- Rahu does not rule a sign
Ketu
- Spiritual
- Mystic
- Connection to the Past and Past Life
- Idealism
- Dissatisfaction
- Changes
- Surrender
- Loss
- Spiritual People or (materially) Unsuccessful
- Ketu does not rule a sign
Note: the following ‘outer planets’ are not part of traditional Vedic Astrology, but are used by ‘modernist’ Astrologers.
Uranus
- Sudden Change
- Unexpected Events
- Novel, Unusual
- Inspiration
- Independence
- Revolutionary
- Iconoclast
- Disruptive
Neptune
- Imagination
- Idealized
Non-rational - Hopes, Dreams
- Delusion
- Confusion
- Victim
- Humanist
Pluto
- Destruction
- Transformation
- Controlling
- Renovation
- Evolution
- Extreme
- Inevitable