THE GODDESS AND MAGICK
UNDERSTANDING PLANETARY INFLUENCES
The Sun
The Sun tells us of the actual core of a person, the inner self, of that
which is of central concern. It also shows us the general vitality and
the ability to assert oneself, it describes a general tone of being
which colors everything else.
*Sign equivalent: Leo*
Diameter: 1'390'000 km.
The Earth's orbit from Sun: 149'600'000km
Period Earth - Sun: 365.25 Days
The Moon
The Moon represents our feelings and emotions, the receptivity,
imagination and basic feeling tone of a person. It also has an effect on
the sense of rhythm, time and timing, it influences our adaptability to
change, our mobility and versatility.
*Sign equivalent: Cancer*
Orbit from Earth: 384'000km
Period: 27.32 Days
Mercury
Mercury represents reason, reasonableness (common sense), that which is
rational. It stands for the spoken and written word, putting in order,
weighing and evaluating, the process of learning and skills.
*Sign equivalents: Gemini and Virgo
* Orbit from Sun: 57'910'000 km
Period: 88 Days
Venus
Venus gives us a sense of beauty, the enjoyment of pleasure, aesthetic
awareness, love of harmony, sociability, taking pleasure in
relationships and eroticism.
*Sign equivalents: Libra and Taurus*
Orbit from Sun: 108'200'000 km
Period: 225 Days
Mars
Mars represents the energy and drive of a person, their courage,
determination, the freedom of spontaneous impulse. It also describes the
readiness for action, the way one goes about doing things as well as
simple aggression.
*Sign equivalent: Aries*
Orbit from Sun: 227'940'000 km
Period: 1,9 Years
Jupiter
The search for individual meaning and purpose, optimism, hope and a
sense of justice are represented by Jupiter. So also faith, a basic
philosophy of life, the striving for spiritual growth and expansion.
*Sign equivalent: Sagittarius*
Orbit from Sun: 778'330'000 km
Period: 11,9 Years
Saturn
Saturn shows how we experience "reality", where we meet with resistance
and discover our limitations. It represents the conscience and moral
conviction, the laws and rules which we choose to obey. It also tells us
about our powers of endurance and the ability to concentrate, it lends
qualities like earnestness, caution and reserve.
*Sign equivalent: Capricorn*
Orbit from Sun: 1'429'400'000 km
Period: 29,5 Years
Uranus
Uranus stands for intuition, it transmits sudden inspiration and
lightning insights. An openness for all that is new, unknown and
unusual. A sort of wrong-headed contrariness is also associated with
this planet. It is said to be characteristic of astrology as such.
*Sign equivalent: Aquarius*
Orbit from Sun: 2'870'990'000 km
Period: 84 Years
Neptune
This planet gives us the super-sensory, opens doors to mystical
experience and the transcendental. On this level it is hard to discern
where perception moves into deception, illusion and false appearances,
and so Neptune is associated with all of these, with drugs and all kinds
of pseudo-realities.
*Sign equivalent: Pisces*
Orbit from Sun: 4'504'300'000 km
Period: 165 Years
Pluto
Pluto describes how we deal with power, personal and non-personal, be it
through suffering the power of others or exercising it ourselves. It
describes how we meet the demonic and magical, our regenerative powers
and our capacity for radical change and rebirth: the cycles of dying and
becoming.
*Sign equivalent: Scorpio*
Orbit from Sun: 5'913'520'000 km
Period: 248 Years