PLANETS AND THEIR SIGNIFICATIONS

Planets have their effect, because we are all connected in the universe, and we are not only composed of universal elements but we live and breathe on this rotating, revolving globe continuously and eternally in cycle. Each planet has a different influence on our lives depending on their positions in the horoscope. Cosmic forces in the universe control our thoughts which in turn direct our actions. There are 9 planets, which are of greater importance for consideration in KP Astrology. The significations of each planet are discussed herewith.

1. SUN

The Sun is the source of all energy and hence the most powerful of all planets. Sun gives vitality and pours life in every respect. He signifies soul, father, fire, heat, power, influence, royalty, courage, health, breath of life, brain, trees having thorns, eye troubles, headache, loss of appetite, diarrhoea, heart diseases, bile complaints, gold, copper, East direction. Gemstone: Ruby (Manik).

2. MOON

Moon governs mind, mother, scents, water, honours, family life, home, food, clothes, rich-dishes, personality, phlegm, dropsy, cold, cough, impurity of blood, stomach, acidity, change, going to distance place, good fruits, nourishment, feeling and sensation, agriculture, pearls, silver, liquid, white colour, North-west direction. Gemstone: Pearl.

3. MARS

Mars energises everything. It is constructive if well placed or well aspecting and destructive if ill placed or afflicting. Mars gives Valour, Strength, Courage, honesty, landed property, inflammatory diseases, blood, weapons, younger brothers or sisters, sudden deaths, murders, accidents, army, disputes, violence, litigation, hatred, fondness, illicit love, false-hood, wounds, copper, South direction. Gemstone: Red Coral.

4. MERCURY

Mercury is a planet of reason, expression, knowledge and communications of all types. It governs Education, intelligent, learning, intellect, mathematics, Vedas and Puranas, astrology, education, uncle (maternal), speech, eloquence, writings, wit and humour, commerce, trade, worship of Lord Vishnu, Maternal uncle, self-control, navel, speech, skin and moisture, leprosy, intestinal complaints, nervous disorders, lead, law and logic, North direction. Gemstone: Emerald (Panna).

5. JUPITER

Jupiter develops and expands all our activities. There is much pomp, show and excess if afflicted. Jupiter governs Guru, teacher, brahmin, mantra, children, Vedas, wealth, philosophical nature, self-control, religious institutions, legal affairs, generous, idealistic, high aspirations knowledge, minister ship, priesthood, diplomacy, honour, well-being, judicial, treasure, mansion, thousand., hernia and liver complaints, sharp nose, gold, North-East direction. Gemstone: Yellow Sapphire (Pukhraj).

6. VENUS

Venus brings harmony and unity in every walk of life. It governs Marriage, wife, desire, love, romance, poetry, perfume, fragrance, fine arts, music,finance, vehicles, happy beauty events, dance, worldly and comforts drama, actors, scents. Enjoyment of life, clothes, jewellery, sugar, computer and peripherals, semen, venereal diseases, diseases of ovaries, diabetes, skin diseases, eye trouble, anemia, kidney, urine or urinary trac, silver, South-East direction. Gemstone: Diamond.

7. SATURN

Saturn stabilises, disciplines and balances everything. It brings difficulties, causes delay and limitations if afflicting. Saturn governs Profession, karma, misery, longevity, death, delays, obstacles, secrecy, patience, robbery, poverty, labour, hard work, discipline, justice, generosity, prisons, enmity with the Government, servant, dishonour, ill-health, gastric complaints, asthma, colds, eunuch, old age, renunciation, iron, West direction. Gemstone: Blue Sapphire (Neelam).

8. RAHU

Rahu is the planet of Illusion (Maya, greed). It is the mouth of Mahakala. Rahu indicates Deceptive, cunning, lust, harsh speech, adultery, highly developed intellect, big growth, foreign countries, low born, sinful, poison, witchcraft, paternal grandfather, Muslim community, imprisonment, enemies, epidemics, death by hanging, snakebite, insanity, virus, bacteria, South-West direction. Gemstone: Hessonite (Gomedha).

9. KETU

Ketu brings worship of Lord Ganesha, Salvation (life beyond or Moksha), Gnana (higher spiritual knowledge), dreams, sudden death, poisonous bites, evil spirits, sinner, maternal grandfather, vagina, thread, wire, wireless, lane, narrow, Christian community, diseases caused by worms, insects, small pox, boils, Northwest direction. Gemstones: Cat’s Eye (Vaidooryam).

10. URANUS

Sir William Herschel found Uranus on March 13, 1781, thanks to the invention of the telescope as this planet is almost invisible by the naked eye. It has four satellites (Moons) Ariel, Umbriel, Oberon and Titania. It takes the planet 84 years to orbit the Sun.

      In mythology Uranus is The Father of Saturn (Ouranos) and he stands for the power to initiate change. Uranus is a planet of innovation, deviation from established conditions, and works suddenly. It gives sudden gain if well aspected. It brings sudden fall and unexpected adversities if afflicted. Uranus indicates a sense of uniqueness, novelty, madness, a tendency to do whatever pleases it. Uranus’s style is the tendency to break the rules of customs. Uranus is also the higher octave of Mercury, it governs central nervous system and thereby it offers supreme intelligence and research mind or perverted ideas, intuition and insight.

      Uranus causes injuries, epilepsy, hysteria, paralysis, mental derangement, delusion, miscarriage, premature delivery, shock by electricity, injury due to high explosives, abnormal growth, venereal eruption etc.

      Uranus rules Aquarius, the eleventh house of the natural zodiac. Research scholars, all research departments, astrologers, chemists, electricity, airplanes, scientists, wireless, film industries, atomic energy, computers, are the professions under the sway of Uranus. Gemstone: Turquoise and Malachite.

11. NEPTUNE

Neptune was the first planet to be discovered by using mathematics. After the discovery of Uranus in 1781, astronomers noticed that the planet was being pulled slightly out of its normal orbit. John Couch Adams of Britain and Urbain Jean Joseph Leverrier of France, used mathematics to predict that the gravity from another planet beyond Uranus was affecting the orbit of Uranus. They figured out not only where the planet was, but also how much mass it had. A young astronomer, Johann Gottfried Galle, decided to search for the predicted planet and observed Neptune for the first time in 1846.

      Neptune is a vast gaseous planet on the outskirts of our Solar System and is not visible by the naked eye however, it can be viewed by a powerful telescope. It takes Neptune 165 years to revolve around the Sun. Its bluish clouds and fogish structure of the surface earned this giant the name of the ‘blue’ planet. In Roman lore/mythology Neptune is the God of the Sea (Poseidon) and he stands for the power to apprehend the unseen.

      Neptune is limitless and undefined in its action. It works secretly and mysteriously. It causes chaos, treachery, fraud and deceit if afflicted. Neptune is linked to spirituality, extrasensory observations, magic and ritual; daydreaming, fantasy, fairy tales, theatre, ghost stories and sensitivity, but also drunkenness and sexual abuse. Neptune governs escapism, drug addiction and alcoholism. Neptune rules over Pisces the twelfth house.      Neptune causes eye trouble, mental disturbances, insanity, catalepsy, coma, dropsy, leprosy, allergy, necrotic-poisoning etc.

      The house where Neptune falls in your chart indicates where you are required to have faith and trust, and where you may encounter confusion or deception.

      Magician, juggler, spiritual teacher, poet, musician, instrumental stringed music, drama, cinema, art, paint, narcotics, tobacco, plants, aviation, shipping, shipyard, fisheries, drinks, liquor, asylums, prisons, mines, petroleum, gas, chloroform, ether, beverages under the sway of Neptune. Gemstone: Amethyst and fire opal.

12. PLUTO

Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh. Astronomers noticed that the orbits of Neptune and Uranus were being affected by the gravity of an unknown object in the Solar System. Clyde Tombaugh carefully studied images of the night sky, and after a lot of hard work he finally discovered Pluto. There are other objects in orbits similar to Pluto, and their discovery has required more recent large-scale surveys.

      Pluto is the last planet in our Solar system (known to mankind) and it’s only slightly bigger than Mercury. It was discovered in 1930 and has only one satellite called Chiron. It takes the planet 248 years to complete its journey around the Sun. In Mythology Pluto is the God of Underworld (Hades) and he stands for the power to transform.

      Pluto is a planet of regeneration and transformation. It overthrows the old and replaces the new. Changes remain unnoticed till they are transmuted into other forms i.e. the caterpillar changes into the butterfly. Thus, it rules the end of one phase of existence and the beginning of another. It rules extremes of good and bad. Pluto represents the power to transform, it first destroys, then rebuilds and regenerates, and it is creator and destroyer. It rules death, destruction, obsession, subversion, crime, the underworld and that which is hidden. It governs phobias, obsession, bacteria, viruses, waste. Pluto represents stark reality, the naked truth, the loss of innocence. It forces you to look inward and confront your darkest fears. If able to face your demons, your life becomes transformed and enriched.

      The house in which Pluto falls in your chart is the area in your life where you must confront your fears on your own and, in doing so, will undergo profound change and inner growth. Pluto rules Scorpio, the eight houses of the natural zodiac found change and inner growth.

      Pluto reigns catastrophes and major disasters, sexual assault, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions; death and fear of death, clairvoyance, occultism (witchcraft in particular) and spiritism. It is symbolic of phenomena as the atomic bomb and reigns vague things like shadows, phantoms, ghosts; the unseen and unknown side of life. Pluto causes skin diseases, leprosy and all eczema of psychological origin, Cancer etc.

      All professions related to the search for treasures and making excavations: archaeology, speleology, dowsing. Working with metal; metal-melting factories, etc. All activities related to oil: refineries, oil platforms. Furthermore: psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, surgeons are the profession under the sway of Pluto. Gemstone: Red blood garnet.