The astrological 'planets' are the seven heavenly bodies known to the ancients. It is noteworthy that the modern rulerships do not follow the same logic. Traditionally rulership of the signs was, according to Ptolemy, based on seasonal derivations and astronomical measurement, whereby the luminaries being the brightest planets were given rulership of the brightest months of the year and Saturn the coldest furthest classical planet was given to the coldest months of the year, with the other planets ruling the remaining signs as per astronomical measurement. The three outer planets (Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) have each been assigned rulership of a zodiac sign by astrologers. Each planet is also said to be the ruler of one or two zodiac signs. These planets differ from the definition of a planet in astronomy in that the Sun, Moon, and recently, Pluto are all considered to be planets for the purposes of astrology. In modern Western astrology the planets represent basic drives or impulses in the human psyche. Robert Fludd's 16th-century illustration of man the microcosm within the universal macrocosm On the other hand, a person with, for example, both the sun and moon in Cancer, will strongly display the characteristics of that sign in their make up. If a person has nothing placed in a particular sign, that sign will play no active role in their personality. Zodiac sign for an individual depends on the placement of planets and the ascendant in that sign.
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