It is very important to remember in astrology and the magical uses of it that the individual definitions of objects are less important than the position they take and how they interact with one another. Like history and painting they walk the border between the arts and science.

PLANETS

• The Sun - in astrology is your identity, will, self image, and outer persona. Its position in a chart shows your purpose in life and destiny. Rules Leo, and the House with Leo on its cusp. Connects with palaces, mountains, meadows, sunshine, groves,upper rooms. Day - Sunday, Coloures - gold, yellow, scarlet. Metal - Gold. Stones - Carbuncle, diamond, ruby, sunstone, topaz. For magical intentions the fostering or obtaining of friendships, health, getting good luck, find lost property, creating peace and harmony, avoiding war, to get money and patronage, and the regaining of youth.
• The Moon - is the instinctive and deep levels of yourself. Tied (yes that is a pun) to the earth and the cycles of our bodies
• Mercury - gives the communicator in us expression. The cunning thinker can show their intelligence here.
• Venus - is the gentler side. Lazy, self-indulgent, or graceful.
• Mars - Energy, power, lust and action. Macho or girl-power asserts themselves.
• Jupiter The Great benefic, gives creativity, luck and prophecy.
• Saturn The so-called Great malefic brings an understanding of death, responsibility, and practical things.
• Uranus Called Herschel at times, one of the newer discoveries to which has been given the ideals of freedom, independence, and change.
• Neptune Imagination, illusion, or delusion, charity or deceit.
• Pluto - changes things by destroying the old and ushering in the new.

ZODIAC

• Capricorn is the cardinal andfeminine sign of Earth. Stones - Ruby or Serpentine This is the type of person who looks to security in the outside world - rather than in the home like Cancerians. Strongly practical this person will sometimes tend to withdraw from life and wait for the correct time for them to shine (in a leaden way.).
• Aquarius is the fixed andmasculine sign of Air. Stones - Garnet or Lapis Lazuli . An inventive person who has widespread interests and carries information through groups. Now connected with Uranus.
• Pisces is the mutable andfeminine sign of Water. Stones - Amethyst or Crystal . Intuition and emotion are the key thoughts here and we wave goodbye to practicality.
• Aries is the cardinal andmasculine sign of Fire. Stones - Blood-stone or Red Hematite . The key word for this character is adrenaline.
• Taurus is the fixed andfeminine sign of Earth. Stones - Sapphire or Emerald .
• Gemini is the mutable andmasculine sign of Air. Stones - Chryslers or Marble
• Cancer is the cardinal andfeminine sign of Water. Stones - Emerald or Chrysoprase
• Leo is the fixed andmasculine sign of Fire. Stones - Chrysolite or Sardonyx
• Virgo is the mutable andfeminine sign of Earth. Stones - Cornelian or Jasper
• Libra is the cardinal andmasculine sign of Air. Stone - Opal
• Scorpio is the fixed andfeminine sign of Water. Stones - Aquamarine or Banded Agate
• Sagittarius is the mutable andmasculine sign of Fire. Stones - Topaz or Amethyst

• Cardinal means that the sign's way of acting is to initiate an action. These are the bosses, full of ambition, the ones in charge. These will not accept delays, and their ideas show the way.
• Fixed are the workhorses of the signs, changing the Cardinal start into a practical stability.
• Mutable make compromises, they are able to adapt and change to give themselves the best chance of survival.
• Masculine or Yang is objective.
• Feminine or Yin is subjective.
• Cusp The point of division between adjacent houses

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