Planets in Astrology - Ruling Planets of The Astrological Signs and Houses

Ruling Planets of The Astrological Signs and Houses

In Western astrology, the symbolism associated with the planets also relates to the zodiac signs and houses of the horoscope in their various rulerships. For instance, the description of Mars is masculine, impulsive, and active. Aries is ruled by Mars and has a similar description, representing an active, masculine archetype. Similarly, the first house is also ruled by Mars, and deals with a person's physical health and strength, and the manner in which they project themselves.

Table 1: Modern signs, houses and planetary associations

Sign House Domicile Detriment Exaltation Fall Planetary Joy
Aries 1st House Mars Venus Sun Saturn Jupiter
Taurus 2nd House Venus Mars Moon N/A Jupiter
Gemini 3rd House Mercury Jupiter N/A N/A Venus
Cancer 4th House Moon Saturn Jupiter Mars Mercury
Leo 5th House Sun Saturn Neptune N/A Mars
Virgo 6th House Ceres Jupiter Mercury Venus Saturn
Libra 7th House Venus Mars Saturn Sun Moon
Scorpio 8th House Pluto Venus Sun, Uranus Moon Saturn
Sagittarius 9th House Jupiter Mercury N/A N/A Sun
Capricorn 10th House Saturn Moon Mars Jupiter Mars
Aquarius 11th House Uranus Sun N/A N/A Mercury
Pisces 12th House Neptune Mercury Venus Mercury Moon

Note: The planets in the table rule the signs on the same row, and the houses do correspond with the signs on the same row (i.e. Mars rules Aries; Aries and first house share some correspondences). However, it is only modern astrology that links the planets to the houses in this order. The bulk of the tradition assigns planetary rulerships according to the ancient Chaldean astronomical order of the planets (Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon; the former order of the planets in distance from Earth geocentrically):

Table 2: Traditional houses and planetary relationships.

House Traditional Ruling planet Planetary Joy
1st House Saturn Mercury
2nd House Jupiter N/A
3rd House Mars Moon
4th House Sun N/A
5th House Venus Venus
6th House Mercury Mars
7th House Moon N/A
8th House Saturn N/A
9th House Jupiter Sun
10th House Mars N/A
11th House Sun Jupiter
12th House Venus Saturn

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