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We habitually open a magazine and take in “Horoscopes for Today”. We want to know if we are going to trip up, or meet up with true love, win the pools or go broke. We believe our sun signs’ lead us to luck or disaster in other words. But what planets rule the astral scene and affect our existence, and even our horoscopes for today readings?

The Sun

Let us start off with the Sun, the very center of our being. Sister moon follows on with our “feeling nature”. Mercury hurries up behind, and relates to how we think, and Venus is all about lurve! Mr. Jupiter is the “Mr. Luck” planet, and Mr. Saturn, is the “Old Task Master”. Shocking Uranus passes quickly as do all its changes, and illusory Neptune teaches us to dream as we flow with the ebbing tides of fortune.

The Moon

If we look a little more deeply we find the moon is linked to “feelings” and rules over fertility and female issues such as mothering, sensitivity, and mystery plus the ambiguous and ambivalent sides of life. The Moon affects are personal security or how we perceive it, and is the planet that we magically dance under when we want our lives to transform. The metaphysical amongst us energize our crystals or our spells under Mrs. Full Moon!

Mercury

Mercury is the mind, i.e. verbal dexterity and action based thought. Mercury is tiny compared to the sun, so although the mind is a useful instrument for problem solving, Mercury’s message is that we must not to let our head rule our heart, “As a man thinketh so is he!” is a phrase Mr. Mercury might ask us to pay attention to.

Venus

Venus is about learning to love, or if you like creating harmony with others. Love will not fail us if we trust it in other words. Ms Venus would agree with the Corinthians, Chapter 13, “And now abides faith, hope and love, there are three, but the greatest of all these is love!”

Mars

Mars affects our energy and sexuality. The downside of Mars can be carelessness, perhaps risk taking. Mars makes us face the fact we can be angry, competitive and downright headstrong. In other words, Mars reminds us to grow up and understand our limitations. When Mars is on our side, we handle our energies and create realistically in the world.

Jupiter

Jupiter encourages us to expand our lives, our thoughts our projects and sometimes our girth. Jupiter can be about excess in other words, we might be unable to stop chattering, gossiping eating and drinking But Jupiter also gifts us with optimism and enthusiasm, and a good Jupiter placement is likely to attract success.

Saturn

Saturn rules the bones of our lives, i.e. our skeletal system. Mr. S insists on teaching us hard lessons, in fact many of us are afraid of the stark realism Saturn’s knowledge can bring. It could seem that an old teacher is banging us on the head with his cane, but “getting” what Mr. S has to say can mean positive realizations and discovering the proverbial “pearls in the oyster!”

Uranus

Rebellious Uranus will shake us up, sometimes shock us. Faced with a Uranus crisis, we might walk out on a marriage or a lifestyle from one minute to the next. Dreamy Mr. Neptune in some placements encourages us to look at life with rose tinged glasses, but also wakes us up to the spiritual aspects of existence.

Pluto

Mr. Pluto is of the underworld. We plunge within, him as we seek to understand our unconscious mind. We can suffer in that process, and could even get self defensive and secretive. But if we welcome Pluto’s influence we can let go of our self destructive tendencies and flower. Obviously, if we read brief Horoscopes for today, we will not see these more personal aspects of the planets in action, but rather a general “picture” that helps us deal with everyday situations

Donna Cunningham

Donna Cunningham who wrote the book “An Astrological Guide to Self Awareness” explains planetary power. “I believe our lives are not controlled by things out there in space, but are shaped by our thought patterns. The planets only reflect what is going on – like a mirror. The planets do not cause things to happen to you they simply reflect what is going on within you.”

Most astrologers, empaths and psychic readers would agree Destiny “affects” our lives but our understanding and healing of the fates, plus our capacity to face our own inner shadow, is what “makes” our lives. So if your Horoscopes for today reading implied you were going to bump into true love, ask yourself if you are really, really want to?