Keywords
The following information gives a quick reference to which areas in your life are governed by which planets and houses.
Keywords: The Signs of the Zodiac
Keywords: The Planets
Keywords: Nodes of the Moon
Keywords: Arabic Parts
Keywords: Ascendant and Descendant
Keywords: Midheaven and Imum Coeli
Keywords: The Houses
Keywords: Triplicities
Keywords: Quadruplicities
Keywords: Polarity
Keywords: Planetary Rulers
The Signs of the Zodiac
♈ Aries Adventurous, enthusiastic, initiative, competitive, selfish.
♉ Taurus Possessive, stubborn, determined, reliable, practical.
♊ Gemini Versatile, clever, nervous energy, restless, inconsistent, curious.
♋ Cancer Complex, defensive, moody, sensitive, emotional.
♌ Leo Self-confident, broad-minded, dramatic, domineering, conceited.
♍ Virgo Meticulous, fussy, emotionally reserved, practical, inhibited.
♎ Libra Social, fair, indecisive, changeable.
♏ Scorpio Passionate, determined, vindictive, secretive, stubborn.
♐ Sagittarius Honest, energetic, outgoing, idealistic.
♑ Capricorn Reliable, determined, cautious, practical, conventional.
♒ Aquarius Friendly, independent, original, stubborn, rebellious.
♓ Pisces Sensitive, impressionable, emotional, idealistic, intuitive.
The Planets
☉ Sun Dominant personality traits, innate strengths and weaknesses.
☾ Moon Home, background, family, mother, domestic environment, emotions and reactions, nurturing, the public face.
☿ Mercury Learning, acquisition of knowledge, day-to-day travel, communication, thought, speech.
♀ Venus Love, relationships and close partnerships, the female half of the psyche.
♂ Mars Drive, energy level, the male half of the psyche, sexuality.
♃ Jupiter Growth, expansion, good fortune, optimism.
♄ Saturn Self-discipline, self-control, inhibition, status, responsibility, limitations, restrictions, delays.
♅ Uranus Progress, innovation, rebellion, sudden changes, transformation, shock.
♆ Neptune Dreams, visions, masks, disguises, deceit, confusion, sacrifice, transcendence.
♇ Pluto The unconscious, the hidden, profound and complete change, mystery, transformations, intensity, regeneration.
⚷ Chiron Healing, teaching of hard lessons.
Nodes of the Moon
☊ North Node The direction we are heading in, where we need to develop and evolve, dharma.
☋ South Node The direction we are coming from, past patterns, past life, karma.
Arabic Parts
⊗ Part of Fortune Material well-being, where your good fortune and destiny lie, material well-being.
Φ Part of Spirit Soul's purpose, spiritual connections, spark of the divine, higher self, guardian angel.
Ascendant and Descendant
Ascendant Personality, potential, physical traits.
Descendant What you seek in a relationship, repressed characteristics.
Midheaven and Imum Coeli
MC Midheaven (Medium Coeli) Career, public status, public persona, ambition.
IC Imum Coeli Home, family, private self, background.
The Houses
First House Personality, physical traits, early upbringing, approach to life.
Second House Money, possessions, self-worth, innate resources, desires, security.
Third House School, communication, siblings, short journeys, neighbours, immediate environment, mental processes.
Fourth House Home, family, roots, father, second half of your life, private life, physical strength.
Fifth House Children, romance, creativity, self-expression, sex, leisure, gambling, holidays.
Sixth House Work, health, routine, service to others, servants, pets.
Seventh House Marriage partner, business partnerships, relationships, contracts, lawsuits, enemies, rivals.
Eighth House Sex, death, rebirth, occult, legacies, business, other people's money, deep personal transformations, psychological complexes.
Ninth House Law, religion, beliefs, higher education, long-distance travel, your conscience, foreign connections and travel.
Tenth House Career, public status, ambition, reputation, mother, husband.
Eleventh House Social contacts and acquaintances, general hopes and fears, aspirations, being part of a group or system, humanitarianism.
Twelfth House Dreams, the unconscious, need for privacy, seclusion, all hidden and secret affairs, self-sacrifice, hidden weaknesses, addictions and escapism.
More about the Zodiac Signs
The individual signs of the zodiac also have other traditional associations.
The triplicities or qualities show how you relate to the outside world:
Cardinal signs are assertive and want to influence their environment: Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn.
Fixed signs usually leave the environment alone and resist attempts coming from the outside world to change them: Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius.
Mutable signs are unstable in that they are open to influence from their environment: Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces.
The quadruplicities or elements have the following characteristics:
Fire signs are energetic, enthusiastic, and live by faith in the future: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius.
Earth signs are down-to-earth, practical and reliable: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn.
Air signs are thinkers and communicators: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius.
Water signs are emotional, imaginative and sensitive: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces.
Polarity
The polarity or sex refers to whether the sign is positive (more active and extrovert, the yang principle) or negative (more reactive and inward-looking, the yin principle):
Positive signs Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, Aquarius.
Negative signs Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, Pisces.
The Planetary Rulers
The planetary ruler is the planet that is traditionally believed to rule over that sign. The planets of Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Chiron were discovered much later in the history of astrology – Uranus in 1781, Neptune in 1846, Pluto in 1930, and Chiron in 1977. You can see that Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Chiron were added as Modern Planetary Rulers to the existing Traditional Planetary Rulers. For example, Scorpio has Mars as its Traditional Ruler, and Pluto as its Modern Ruler.
Aries – Mars
Taurus – Venus
Gemini – Mercury
Cancer – Moon
Leo – Sun
Virgo – Mercury and Chiron
Libra – Venus
Scorpio – Mars and Pluto
Sagittarius – Jupiter
Capricorn – Saturn
Aquarius – Saturn and Uranus
Pisces – Jupiter and Neptune