LEARN ASTROLOGY - LESSON 57A

FINANCIAL SIGNIFICATIONS OF PLANETS

The planets rule various professional significations as mentioned hereunder. When the planets are strong they enable the person to gain through the significations and professions ruled by the concerned planets during their planetary periods.

Depending upon the strength and nature of the primary determinant planets, their placement in the ascendant, the second house, the third house or the tenth house indicates that the native will rise in life primarily through his/her own efforts.  The Sun and the Moon in this position may bless the native with a good administrative job with a government organization.  Mars in the ascendant may make the native an entrepreneur or employed in the election department of a government organization.  Mercury makes the person an engineer, accountant, information technology professional, telecom professional, or a successful leader depending upon other influences on such Mercury.  Jupiter blesses the native with a management career in the fields of financial and legal consultancy.  Venus may bless the native with a career linked with arts, films, hotels, medicine, synthetic formulations and chemicals.  Saturn in such a situation may make a person an industrialist or an entrepreneur.

The detailed significations ruled by various planets are as follows:

THE SUN

The Sun is the king in the planetary cabinet.  It rules self-confidence, courage, nobility, dignity, ambition, splendor, prestige, faith, loyalty, generosity, authority, power, leadership and creativity.  The Sun signifies also the king, the master, the government, the president of the country, highly-placed persons, administrators, contractors, chairmen of industrial establishments, physicians, chemists, pharmacists, bureaucrats, politicians, police, power, social status, progeny, and male child.  When strong, the Sun denotes high administrative positions in government, including politics, judiciary, medicine, etc.

THE MOON

The Moon is the queen in the planetary cabinet.  Next to the Sun, the role of the Moon is very important.  The Moon signifies mind also.  It rules the senses and the emotions and gives the native the capability of looking after, which includes the fields of training, public relations, administration and soothing (physician).  The Moon enjoys status in the administration by virtue of being the wife of the king.  When strong, the native does not have to strive for acquiring status and it denotes affluence, receptivity, sensitivity, imagination, good memory, meritorious deeds and sound habits.  The Moon signifies also the politicians, administrators, hoteliers, public relations, moneylenders, sailors, house-keepers, physicians, nurses, midwives, healers, psychic abilities, eating establishments, cooks, catering and other professions that deal directly with the people at large.

MARS

Mars is the commander-in-chief of the planetary cabinet.  It signifies courage, both mental and physical.  When strong in the nativity, it denotes thirst for action, passion, ambition, physical strength, goal-directed energy, power to carry through, courage, bravery, heroism, competitive and fighting spirit, vim and vigor.  Mars denotes positions in military and para-military forces, police, vocations employing fire and metals, engineering, chemicals, surgeons, dentists and executive posts.  It governs gangsters when under a malefic influence and with a weak Sun and Jupiter, manufacturers, executioners, athletes, builders, designers, entrepreneurs, fire-fighters, martial arts, mechanics and project erectors.  The weakness of Mars makes a man lacking in courage and not enjoying the help and comforts from the younger brothers.

MERCURY

Mercury is the prince in the planetary cabinet.  It basically rules the rational mind and speech, analytical faculties, sharp intellect, power of discrimination and confidence.  When strong in the nativity, it denotes a good communicator with intelligence, rationality, imagination, wit, cleverness, skill, dexterity, verbal and mental ability, shrewdness, sound judgment, humor and flexibility.  Personified as a thinker and knowledgeable in the field of mathematics, Mercury signifies advisory roles, astrologers, financial advisors, strategists, business, commerce, engineering, information/telecom technology professional and related fields, research scholars, communicators, editors, authors, accountants, bookkeepers, lawyers, experts in analytical works, software engineers, auditors, intellectuals, teachers, transporters, publishers, salesmen, traders, mediators, diplomats and authors.

JUPITER

Jupiter is a minister in the planetary cabinet.  It is the preceptor of the gods.  Jupiter is personified as a preceptor, judge and it is linked with the treasury.  If strong, it gives growth, expansion and a humanitarian and spiritual outlook, and denotes wisdom, optimism, faith, geniality, generosity, joviality, humor, idealism and good powers of judgment.  It bestows intelligence and knowledge of scriptures in its main and sub-periods.  When strong in the nativity, it signifies the fields of top political and administrative positions, chairmen of industrial establishments, contractors, financial advisors, bankers, high administrative positions in government, kings, politicians, bureaucrats, lawyers, physicians, pharmacists, priests, judges, teachers, astrologers, management experts, administrators.  It rules also propaganda of spirituality, services with the state, teaching, law, financial institutions, and advisory roles.

VENUS

Venus is a minister in the planetary cabinet.  It is the preceptor of demons.  When strong in the nativity, it denotes aesthetic sense, worldly knowledge and pursuits, psychic ability, potency, pleasures, correct behavior, luxury, beauty, harmony, creativity, rich tastes, affection, friendliness, love, gentleness, sociability, clarity, charm, harmony, balance, elegance, gracefulness and refined sensuality.  It rules knowledge of life saving drugs and arts, and vocations in the field of financial administration, art, cinema, theatres, paintings, music, designing, architecture, interior decorator, modeling, advertising, legal, teaching, hotels, medicines, fashion and luxurious items.

SATURN

Saturn is the servant in the planetary cabinet.  When strong in the nativity, it signifies perfection and highest human qualities, spirituality, detachment, concentration, inwardness, dutifulness, reliability, honesty, humility, sincerity, stability, longevity, authoritativeness, discipline, responsibility, conservatism, practicality, realism, durability, eye for detail, sobriety, constancy and consistency.

It is personified as a statesman and leader of low castes and signifies jobs requiring hard work with less remuneration, leadership of workers, trying to acquire positions in government services, labor oriented industry, routine workers, engineers, real estate agents, research work, scientists, dealing with labor, dealing in roots and fruits, dealing with servants, working with spoiled food, stones or wooden materials, butchers, and dealing with products or activities below the earth.

RAHU

Rahu is personified as a diplomat and being a shadowy planet and a legendary master of deception, when disposed beneficially, indicates diplomatic jobs, jobs requiring manipulations with facts, aviators, computer programmers, engineering, flight attendants, highly technical fields, pilots, professions involving juggling, prestidigitation, involvement with the masses, involvement with occult or psychic knowledge, and dealing in poisons and drugs.  It signifies cheats, pleasure seekers, insincere and immoral acts, salesman, operators in foreign lands, catalysts, wine merchants, drug dealers, conmen, poison dealers, etc.  If not afflicting and beneficially disposed, it can give great worldly benefits, sudden gains, originality, individuality, independence, insight, inspiration and imagination.

KETU

Ketu is personified as a saint and takes a person towards mystic sciences and spiritual pursuits.  If not afflicting and beneficially disposed, it can give a sudden burst of energy, discretion, liberation, universality, idealism, intuition, psychic ability, compassion, spirituality, impressionability, self-sacrifice, subtleness.  It takes interest in occultism, spiritual initiation and development, natural healing methods and diets, religion and diversification, services for old and needy persons and rules chemists, pharmacists, priests, researchers and spiritual healers.

GENERAL

The impact of planets decreases or increases depending upon their weakness/affliction or strength and good influences on them in a particular nativity; and also due to their placement in a particular house or in a particular sign.