When considering your own personal astrology and interpreting your own natal chart, the planets can be thought of as your personal drivers – the tools that you have been given to: navigate through this life, maximize your Divine potential, and evolve.
When you were born, each planet occupied a particular realm in the heavens and reflected a certain aspect of the Divine potential. In other words, they each were in a particular zodiac sign on the day and time of your birth. That zodiac sign colors their expression and gives clues to both your natural talents and your challenges.
The common planetary points we study in Astrology are:
| SUN | Your drive to shine |
| MOON | Your drive to meet your internal needs |
| MERCURY | Your drive to communicate and your drive to learn |
| VENUS | Your drive to relate, to connect with others, and to invest in what you love |
| MARS | Your drive to assert, to act, to conquer, and to go after what you want |
| JUPITER | Your drive to expand and to understand |
| SATURN | Your drive to build, to structure, and to accomplish |
| URANUS | Your drive to reform and to rebel |
| NEPTUNE | Your drive to escape; Your drive to merge with your God/Goddess/the Universe/All That Is |
| PLUTO | Your drive to transform;; Your drive to control |
| CHIRON | Your drive to heal and be healed |
Planets in Aries will take on the qualities of Cardinality and of Fire and will express as the Warrior.
Planets in Taurus will take on the qualities of Fixity and of Earth and will express as the Bull.
Planets in Gemini will take on the qualities of Mutability and of Air and will express as the Curious Child.
Planets in Cancer will take on the qualities of Cardinality and of Water and will express as the Mother.
Planets in Leo will take on the qualities of Fixity and of Fire and will express as the Performer.
Planets in Virgo will take on the qualities of Mutability and of Earth and will express as the Earth Priestess.
Planets in Libra will take on the qualities of Cardinality and of Air and will express as the Diplomat.
Planets in Scorpio will take on the qualities of Fixity and of Water and will express as the Detective.
Planets in Sagittarius will take on the qualities of Mutability and of Fire and will express as the Gypsy.
Planets in Capricorn will take on the qualities of Cardinality and of Earth and will express as the Executive.
Planets in Aquarius will take on the qualities of Fixity and of Air and will express as the Rebel.
Planets in Pisces will take on the qualities of Mutability and of Water and will express as the Mystic.