Saturn. The giver of laws or rules. The prince of time and

the material world. Satan. Laws. Sometimes obstacles,

authority.

Uranus. Insight, invention, breakthrough. Good uses for

Saturn. "To see eternity in a grain of sand."

Neptune. Cherish, solve, compassion. "The dewdrop slips

into the shining sea". Unity, solution, one.

Pluto. Transformation. Sensitivity to the impermanence of

life. Intimations of mortality.

Lunar north node. Vocation or application point.

Right-of-way.

The Lights

The Sun and Moon (or lights, as they are called) are the

two most important bodies. It is sometimes easier to

understand what they represent in astrology if we consider

how they interrelate with the Earth.

A good analogy is the following. Each of us is on Earth.

The bright and shining Sun represents someone older,

someone we look up to -- whether that be a teacher or guru.

The Moon represents someone younger, especially the groups

that we used to belong to. That is the analogy. Here is how

we might think about it:

We can't live either on the Sun or Moon. We have grown out

of and beyond the younger generation (Moon). Out of it we

once came or were born. This is why the Moon is said to be

a mystery. It is both our parent and our child. Regardless,

we no longer are alive to what moves the younger

generation. The same kind of reasoning is true of those

older than us, who have taken more degrees of experience.

We are still too young... not yet ready to live in the

solar environment. We receive light from the Sun, and it

makes life grow.

We each have both a Sun and a Moon. In the course of a

month, these two bodies take up various positions in

relation to where we are on Earth. At the Full Moon, the

Moon is beyond the orbit of the Earth (farther out) and

reflecting sunlight back on us. At the New Moon, the Moon

is within the Earth's orbit and lost in the Sun. Tradition

suggests that we start (or may receive) an impulse at the

New Moon, build and develop it for two weeks until the Full

Moon, and then gradually understand or draw some

conclusions from the experience during the two weeks after

the moon is full.

The Planets (esoteric meaning)

The key to the planets, or the chakras: Here is a planetary

key to personal natal chart interpretation that any

beginning astrological student can use with confidence. The

natural ordering of the planets that can be seen easily

with the naked eye can serve as a key to their

interpretation. As we know, the planetary order out from

the Sun is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and

Saturn. These are the naked-eye planets. Beyond Saturn are

the planets Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.

We will start with Saturn and work our way in towards the

Sun. The key thought necessary in order to use these

planets in your own horoscope is this: the inner planet is

always the key to the outer. In every case, in order to

reveal, open, and use the outer, we go within. In other

words, each inner planet is the meaning and key to the

planet beyond its orbit. For example, we live on Earth. The

next planet inside the orbit of the Earth is Venus.

Therefore, Venus will be the key to the Earth experience.

If we stop and think about it, Venus (or love) has been

held up as the key to life on this Earth throughout the

ages. If we have obstacles and problems in our life

(Saturn), then studying one's Jupiter will give us the key

to the planet Saturn in our natal chart... Mars will be the

key to Jupiter, and so on. Let's begin.

Saturn, or law:

Almost every astrologer wants to know where Saturn is in

the chart because here we are sure to gain insight into

some of the major obstacles and challenges of life. Saturn,

or Satan (as it is sometimes called), is the prince of time

and of the material world. We don't break nature's laws,

they break us. The laws of Saturn are much feared, for it

is here that we are bound to learn. The laws of Saturn are

often seen as standing between us and an easy life. But

Saturn also provides the walls that make homes possible.