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Lesson 4 of 12

The planets

Each body does one thing, and the sign it is in says how. A chart sentence is a verb with an adverb.

What each body does

In astrology the are the Sun and Moon (the ), Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. A chart also plots Chiron and two calculated points, the North Node and Lilith, so a is anything the wheel draws.

Each body stands for one kind of action. In the plain sentences on this site the Sun expresses itself, the Moon feels and responds and Mercury thinks and communicates. Venus connects and values, and Mars acts and pursues. Modern astrology gives the Sun the keywords identity, vitality, purpose.

Traditions also group the planets. Hellenistic astrologers split them by into a day team (the Sun, Jupiter and Saturn) and a night team (the Moon, Venus and Mars), with Mercury joining either.

Planets are verbs, signs are adverbs

The planet is what happens. The is the manner in which it happens, and the is the setting. Pick a planet and a sign below and the sentence assembles itself.

These sentences are a : the same for everyone with that placement. They describe a placement, never a person. The verbs are plain on purpose: they say in a few words what a body is taken to stand for, and leave the detail to the traditions.

1. Pick a planet: the verb

2. Pick a sign: the adverb

In Leo, Mars acts and pursues in a warm, open way.

Mars is the verb, underlined. Leo is the adverb, in color.

In Leo, Mars acts and pursues in a warm, open way.

A generic description in the style of modern astrology, the same for everyone who has this placement. Not a prediction.

Sentences come from the same vocabulary as every plain sentence on the site. They are generic, not readings of a person.

Tap her planets

Tap any body on the wheel, or use the buttons beneath it. The sentence is built from the body, its sign and, because the birth time is known, its house.

Tap a planet on the wheel, or pick one above. Its sentence appears here: the planet is the verb, the sign is the adverb, and the house is the setting.

The wheel is interactive. Marta is a fictional person; her chart is computed from 14 March 1994, 06:42, Lisbon, Portugal.

Try it on your chart

Tap your own planets

Your chart gives each body the same plain sentence, labeled as a generic reading.