The Ten Planets at a Glance

The planets represent ten functions in a chart, from self, emotion, and communication to social responsibility and generational change. Use the symbols to locate a planet, then check its ruling signs, cycle, and keywords. The table is a starting point; a full interpretation combines sign, house, and aspects.

Ten Planets

Planet	Symbol	Ruling signs	Orbital period	Keywords	Canonical page
Sun	☉	Leo	1 year	Core, will	Sun
Moon	☽	Cancer	About 27.3 days	Emotion, security	Moon
Mercury	☿	Gemini, Virgo	About 88 days	Thought, expression	Mercury
Venus	♀	Taurus, Libra	About 225 days	Values, relationships	Venus
Mars	♂	Aries, Scorpio	About 2 years	Action, desire	Mars
Jupiter	♃	Sagittarius, Pisces	About 12 years	Expansion, belief	Jupiter
Saturn	♄	Capricorn, Aquarius	About 29.5 years	Responsibility, boundaries	Saturn
Uranus	♅	Aquarius (modern)	About 84 years	Disruption, freedom	Uranus
Neptune	♆	Pisces (modern)	About 165 years	Imagination, dissolution	Neptune
Pluto	♇	Scorpio (modern)	About 248 years	Power, transformation	Pluto

Note: Mercury’s “about 88 days” and Venus’s “about 225 days” refer to their orbits around the Sun. In a geocentric chart, they travel with the Sun and each crosses the zodiac in about a year.

Overview and matrices: The ten planets, planets in signs, planets in houses