Astrology · the foundation
The planets, one by one.
From the Sun to Pluto, what each body says in a chart: its tempo, its dignities, and how to read it without turning it into a verdict.
- Jupiter in astrology Jupiter is the first of the so-called social planets: it links the individual to the wider world.
- Lilith, the Black Moon The Black Moon, known as Lilith, is not a celestial body: it is a calculated point, the empty second focus of the Moon’s orbit around the Earth, the place where the Moon swings farthest from us.
- Mars in astrology Mars is the personal planet of drive: how you act, desire, stand your ground and get yourself moving.
- Mercury in astrology Mercury is the personal planet of thought and speech: how you learn, how you connect ideas, how you pass them on.
- The Moon in astrology The Moon is the second luminary of the birth chart, and the fastest body in the sky: it loops the zodiac in 27.3 days, changing sign every two to three days.
- Neptune in astrology Neptune is the planet of dissolution: it erases the borders between self and world, and feeds inspiration as much as confusion.
- Pluto in astrology Pluto is the slowest of the chart’s planets: about 248 years to loop the zodiac, from 12 to 31 years per sign depending on the era.
- Saturn in astrology Saturn is the planet of structure and the long haul.
- The Sun in astrology The Sun is one of the two luminaries of the birth chart, alongside the Moon.
- Uranus in astrology Uranus is the first of the transpersonal planets: invisible to the naked eye, discovered in 1781, it loops the zodiac in about 84 years.
- Venus in astrology Venus is the personal planet of attachment and taste: how you love, what you find beautiful, what you hold to be valuable.