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The Sun, the Moon, and the planets play individual parts in your horoscope. Each one carries a certain kind of energy and represents a different facet of what it means to be human. Their meanings are as follows:

 The Sun represents your essential self, will, and individuality. More than any other celestial body, it represents who you are.

 The Moon represents your emotions, subconscious, instincts, habits, and memory.

 Mercury symbolizes your approach to communication, your reasoning ability, the way you think, and your curiosity.

 Venus represents your approach to love, attraction, beauty, money, possessions, and the arts.

 Mars is the planet of action, desire, and aggression. It represents your physical energy, combativeness, enterprise, and courage.

 Jupiter is the planet of expansion and good fortune. It represents growth, prosperity, abundance, generosity, religion, philosophy, and wisdom. (Jupiter is said to represent the “higher mind” while Mercury, the planet of gossip and word games, must make do with the “lower mind.”) Jupiter’s position in a horoscope tells you where you’re lucky and where your efforts are most likely to be rewarded.

 Saturn represents limitation, caution, organization, endurance, and discipline. It tells you where you have to face your fears — and also where you’re ambitious.

 Uranus represents rebellion, revolutionary change, originality, independence, and everything unexpected or unconventional. It also represents technology, electricity, and invention.

 Neptune represents spirituality, dreams, psychic ability, intuition, disintegration, compassion, self-sacrifice, deception, illusion, and imagination.

 Pluto, which was officially relegated to a dwarf planet in 2006 but maintains its status within the astrological community, represents destruction, regeneration, renewal, and transformation.

Besides the planets, many astrologers sneak a few other celestial bodies into their charts. The most notable is Chiron, which was discovered in 1977. It has been classified as an asteroid, a minor planet, a comet, and finally a centaur. Like the mythological half man/half horse for whom they are named, centaurs are hybrids, part asteroid and part comet. Chiron represents past wounds and pathways to healing. Many astrologers associate it with holistic medicine.

In every chart, some planets are more powerful than others. But every chart includes every planet, and every planet has its own meaning. One way to summarize all this is to associate a single word with each planet. These keywords appear in Table 1-3.

TABLE 1-3 Keywords for the Planets

Planet	Keyword	Symbol
Sun	Self
Moon	Emotion
Mercury	Communication
Venus	Love
Mars	Action
Jupiter	Expansion
Saturn	Restriction
Uranus	Revolution
Neptune	Imagination
Pluto	Transformation
Chiron	Healing