The planets in astrology
The planets are the actors in your chart: each one stands for a need or an ability. The sign a planet is in describes how it behaves, and the house shows the area of life where it takes the stage.
Moon
emotions, needs, security
Mercury
communication, thinking, learning
Venus
love, attraction, aesthetics
Mars
action, energy, courage
Jupiter
growth, abundance, optimism
Saturn
responsibility, discipline, boundaries
Uranus
change, freedom, innovation
Neptune
imagination, intuition, inspiration
Pluto
transformation, power, rebirth
North Node
life direction, growth, karmic lesson
Lilith
repressed sides, independence, shadow
Chiron
wound, healing, sensitivity
Sun
identity, life force, will
Try gravity for yourself
Real physics lies behind the planetary cycles of astrology. In this interactive scene you can see how stars and black holes bend spacetime: drag and fling a body, double-click to add a planet, and press and hold to create a black hole.
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Drag: move a body · Double-click: add a planet · Press and hold: black hole · Scroll: zoom
Scene: “Curved Spacetime” (Guilherme Zeni, MIT license).