Author: Alison Price – Updated: January 2026
❤️ Basic Natal Astrology
This article is part of my Basic Natal Astrology category and brings all the beginner components of interpreting a natal chart together. This includes signs, planets, houses, aspects and more. Alison
Planets
Planets in Your Chart
Planet Selection
There are many planets used in astrology. Each astrologer may choose to use all or only some of the planets in their work.
Visible Planets
Traditional Planets
The seven visible planets are those that can be seen with a naked eye. They are the Sun, The Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. They are known as the traditional or Hellenistic planets.
The Sun
The Sun is your identity, your heart and your character. It shows where you are honest and true to yourself. It is where you can shine in life. It represents your father.
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The Sun is masculine, warm, bright and life giving. The Sun represents you, your father and your heroes. The Sun rules the sign of Leo.
The Moon
The Moon shows your feelings, reactions, gut instincts and your behavior. It rules food, how you care and who you nurture. It represents your mother, mother figures and caregivers.
More on the Moon
The Moon is feminine, passive, reflective, and moody. The Moon represents your mother, cooks, and caregivers. The Moon rules Cancer.
Mercury
Mercury shows your thinking, talking and communication style. It has to do with all buying and selling. It represents your schoolteacher and neighborhood people.
Venus
Venus shows beauty, art, style, love and money. It has to do with your values and what you invest in both things like jewelry and people. It represents young women and sisters.
More on Venus
Venus is feminine. Venus loves, acquires and appreciates. Venus represents young women, girlfriends, sweethearts and accountants. Venus rules Taurus and Libra.
- Read more about Venus
- Venus in Solar Return Charts
- Artist’s charts Venus and Neptune
- Venus Retrograde
- Venus and Music
- Venus conjoined Mars
- Venus conjoined Uranus
- Venus trine Neptune
- Venus square Pluto
- Venus square Chiron
- Venus sextile Uranus
Mars
Mars is about sex, energy, drive, challenges and where you compete in life. It shows when you will get off the couch and do something. It represents young men and brothers.
Mars
Qualities
Mars is masculine. Mars competes, challenges and acts. Mars represents young men, boyfriends, bad boys, pioneers, firemen and soldiers. Mars rules Aries and Scorpio.
More on Mars
- Read more about Mars
- Mars in Aries
- Mars in Taurus
- Mars in Leo
- Mars in Virgo
- Mars in Libra
- Mars in Scorpio opposite Uranus in Taurus
- Mars in Sagittarius
- Mars in Capricorn
- Mars in Pisces
- Mars aspects Mercury
- Mars conjoined Venus
- Mars conjoined Saturn
- Mars conjoined Neptune
Jupiter
Jupiter is about growth, expansion, reaching and even overdoing things. It shows your vision and potential. It represents uncles, teachers and preachers.
Saturn
Saturn is the planet of achievement, honors, control, limitations and fears. It represents your father, older men and authority figures.
Saturn
Qualities
Saturn limits, times and masters. Saturn represent your father, older men and managers. Saturn rules the two signs of Capricorn and Aquarius.
More on Saturn
- Saturn
- Saturn in Aries
- Saturn in Pisces
- Saturn aspects
- Saturn conjoined Sun
- Saturn conjoined Mars
- Saturn square Jupiter
- Saturn conjoined Neptune
- Saturn Houses
- Saturn Returns
- Your Second Saturn Return
- How Saturn Transit Improve Your Life
- Transiting Saturn Progressed Moon Lockstep
- Saturn the Real Karma Chameleon – Guest Post
Uranus
Uranus is the planet for the future it rules trends, technology, computers and the space age. It represents adolescents, immigrants, those on the fringes of society and rebels.
Uranus
Qualities
Uranus changes, breaks and fashions. Uranus represents adolescents, trendsetters, agitators, and immigrants. Uranus rules Aquarius.
More on Uranus
Neptune
Neptune is the planet of illusion, intuition, mysticism, art, magic and the unknown. It represents the psychic, the invisible, the underdog and the homeless.
More on Neptune
Neptune understands, dissolves and eludes. The people that Neptune represents are dreamers, ghosts, angels and nomads. Neptune rules Pisces.
- Read more about Neptune
- Read more about Neptune in Aries
Pluto
Pluto is the planet of power, influence and sex. It represents people who have power over you through your use of their resources or those whom you have the drop on. It represents the loan shark, surgeon, psychiatrist, undertaker, criminal and therapist.
More on Pluto
Pluto transforms, buries and rebirths. The people that Pluto represents are crisis workers, the taxman, demons, coercers and the Grim Reaper. Pluto rules the fixed water sign of Scorpio the Scorpion.
- Read more about Pluto
- Read more about Pluto in Aquarius
- Pluto’s Aspects
Chiron
Chiron is the planet of wounds and healing. It suggests where you are weak and wanting. It represents people who help you like nurses, teachers, gurus and charity workers.
Eris
Eris is the planet of the female warrior. It represents the fight instinct in women. It suggests those who will fight for you simply because they are on your team, group or crew. It represents sisters-in-arms.
Astrology Basics for Beginner’s
This is part of the special Starzology Astrology Basics series for you all. Many of you ask where to start and here are the planet’s meanings.
You can check out the rest of the series:
