The mythology and meaning behind each planet – shiny new versions of all posts ongoing…!
Venus represents the principle of attraction and relationship and shows what you value and desire, how you relate to others and attract people or things into your life. She may be the planet of love and beauty but she also has a dark side, especially when she feels disrespected or overlooked, and can even be… Continue reading Planet Myths: The Story Behind Venus
Jupiter represents your need to grow and improve yourself, to make progress and expand into new areas. It stands for the search for meaning and the desire to connect with something greater than yourself, to find faith and confidence in life, as well as grace and joy. Jupiter takes about 12 years to orbit the… Continue reading Planet Myths: The Story Behind Jupiter
Mars represents your will and survival instincts and how you direct your life force to achieve goals. It shows how you assert yourself and express your desires, initiating action to get what you want. Depending on placement and aspects, there’s no messing about with Mars – he’s direct and courageous, urging you to go forth… Continue reading Planet Myths: The Story Behind Mars
Neptune represents your need for transcendence and the desire to escape limitations through surrender to a timeless vision or ideal. It’s associated with the creative expression of imagination, dreams and fantasy, as well as religious devotion and mystical union that dissolves the boundaries of the self. Neptune takes about 165 years to orbit the entire… Continue reading Planet Myths: The Story Behind Neptune
Uranus represents your need for freedom and change and the desire for independence from tradition and the status quo. It’s associated with sudden awakenings and insights that revolutionise your perspective and turn your life upside down, pushing you towards individuation and liberation. Uranus is the next planet out from Saturn and its orbit takes 84… Continue reading Planet Myths: The Story Behind Uranus
Pluto represents how you relate to the cycles of life and death and the process of transformation. It’s associated with the primordial instincts and the elemental forces of nature and power. Whether you’re ready or not, Pluto confronts you with the necessity for regeneration and the evolution of your soul. Pluto is a dwarf planet… Continue reading Planet Myths: The Story Behind Pluto
Saturn represents your need for structure, limitation and security. As the reality principle, it stands for the workings of karma and necessity. It keeps you grounded in the material world through your relationship to time and the facts of existence, suffering, old age and death. In the past, Saturn was known as the Greater Malefic… Continue reading Planet Myths: The Story Behind Saturn
Chiron represents your primal wound and where you have a gift for healing others. It’s the wound that won’t heal, but through that wounding your experience of life is deepened and transformed. Chiron stands for the wound, the wounded, the wounder, and the healer, and he initiates you into self-knowledge and spiritual growth. Astronomically speaking,… Continue reading Planet Myths: The Story Behind Chiron
The Mercury archetype represents our mind and how we think and communicate. It shows how we articulate and conceptualise ideas, give and receive information, and use language to make sense of the world. It also represents networks and transportation. Mercury is the ruler of Gemini and Virgo. The symbol is the semi-circle of the Moon over… Continue reading The Story Behind Mercury
The Moon archetype represents our instincts and feelings, how we respond to life without thinking, the instinct to nurture and care for others and ourselves, and to give birth to something. The Moon is the ruler of Cancer. The symbol is the crescent of the soul which represents the subconscious. Keywords for the Moon: Receptive Soul… Continue reading The Story Behind the Moon
The Sun archetype represents our basic sense of self and our will to live. It is the principle of creative energy and vitality, the impulse to be, to live, to shine your light on the world and be recognised as somebody. The Sun is the ruler of Leo. The symbol is a circle containing a dot… Continue reading The Story Behind the Sun
Jessica Davidson 