The Visible and Transpersonal (Outer) Planets The Viasable Plantes are Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon.  The Transpersonal Plantes are  Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. Saturn, the grim reaper, rules the responsibilities, restrictions and limitations we are apt to encounter, and the lessons we must learn in life. He does not deny or diminish imagination, inspiration, spirituality, or good fortune, but he does demand that these things be given structure and meaning. The karmic lessons we have come to experience and overcome in this lifetime are expressed by Saturn, the karmic initiator of the zodiac. He spends around two and a half years in each sign, taking about twenty-nine years on his journey through all the signs. The Saturn Return Each twenty-nine years naturally presents us with the challenge to rise to new levels of awareness, or face the consequences of having failed to gain the wisdom required so to do. When Saturn in the heavens returns to the zodiacal degree where he was placed in your birth chart, you are said to be experiencing your Saturn Return. This only happens once every 29 years, so at around age 28-30, 57-59 (and if you live long enough) 86-88 you have what astrologers call a Saturn Return. This signifies a time of transition, from one life-phase to the next. The first Saturn return (around age 28-30) marks the transition from the Phase of Youth to the Phase of Maturity; the second from the Phase of Maturity to the Phase of Wisdom. The last one, if reached, seems usually to mark the transition either to the next world or else back to a second childhood! As the Saturn return approaches, often our lives seem to speed up, as if hurrying to clear out old baggage from the past, to lighten the load for the next stage. Important things that either finalize old issues, or prepare the ground for new developments tend to occur with increasing frequency. Relationships and major life-decisions are often the focal points for this clearing out of karmic baggage. Jupiter is masculine, disciplined, co-operative and priestly. He rules the potential for growth and expansion on many levels: physical, intellectual, spiritual, cultural, and the accumulation of material assets, power and status. Jupiter describes your optimism and aspirations. Jupiter is a giant self-illuminating planet, radiating more energy than it receives, in keeping with his role as lord and teacher of the gods. Traditionally described as the greater fortune, Jupiter governs joy, luck and wellbeing. When well-aspected, he provides superb opportunities for expansion and success. Poorly aspected, he generates over-confidence and foolhardy actions with little care for the consequences. Jupiter spends about a year in each sign, taking twelve years to complete the journey through all twelve signs. Mars, the god of warriors, rules physical energy and efforts. His placement in your chart expresses the strength and direction of the physical force that drives your ego. Mars fires your emotions, but also powers your mental endeavours and communicative skills. The red planet governs energy, strength, courage, life-force and expansion. Mars, planet of primeval drives, describes male relationships and associations, risk-taking inclinations, and the physical challenges you are likely to encounter. Well-placed, Mars endows powerful energy and an indomitable will to succeed, but when poorly placed can mean accidents, injuries or other forms of violence, according to the inclinations of the sign and house concerned. From a romantic point of view, Mars in a woman's chart shows the most desired kinds of men, whilst his placement in a man's chart indicates the activities or mode of action undertaken in pursuit of romantic inclinations and desires. In ancient mythology, Venus, the beautiful love goddess, was always getting up to something with Mars, the fierce god of war. None of the other gods could ever work out what the lovely Venus saw in the headstrong, arrogant Mars, but she certainly fancied him, no matter what anyone else said or thought. Cosmic polarity in action! The Sun, the life-giving heart of our solar system, rules will and individuality. It is the core of your potential and uniqueness as an individual: who you are and what you are about. It represents the main direction and focus you want your life to take and your determination to accomplish what you set out to do. The Sun's position in your horoscope demonstrates the depth of your personal honesty and integrity, the ability to command respect and authority, to impress and influence others. It indicates the stamp of your character, the deepest flavour of your individuality. Your Sign (Sun Sign) is the Zodiac Sign that the Sun was in at the time and place that you were born. There are twelve Signs of the Zodiac and each Sign is made up of thirty degrees, making 360 degrees in the entire zodiac. The Sun travels about a degree a day and so gets right through the zodiac in a twelve month period. Your Sun Sign stands for the complexion of your innermost soul-motivation in your journey through this life. How you express your Sun Sign through the levels of personality shown by the symbols of the Moon, Rising Sign, Planetary Ruler and other astrological factors determines your course in life and how you will deal with it. It is the mark of the innermost structure of your character and reveals the primary karmic shaping that you need to experience in this lifetime. Venus, the goddess of love, represents female relationships and social interactions at every level. She rules your social attitudes and behaviour, along with your aesthetic tastes and inclinations. Venus represents the principles of harmony and equilibrium. Venus indicates your values. Her placement describes your inclination toward romance, marriage and other partnerships, capacity for humor, and the pursuit of pleasure. From a romantic point of view, Venus in a man's chart shows the kinds of women most likely to desired, whilst her placement in a woman's chart indicates the ways in which the subject is likely to present herself to attract the interest of romantic partners. Now Venus rules desire in all its forms. So since she can be rather avaricious, Venus also governs the flow of money and the financial conditions in your life. In ancient mythology, Venus, the beautiful love goddess, was always getting up to something with Mars, the fierce god of war. None of the other gods could ever work out what the lovely Venus saw in the headstrong, arrogant Mars, but she certainly fancied him, no matter what anyone else said or thought. Mercury symbolises mentality: your intellect and mental outlook, the way you think and communicate. Mercury, as Hermes, is the emblem for the magus, the wise counsellor, divine messenger -- and prince of thieves! This fast-moving planet stands for ideas, methods and information, especially as expressed through communication and media. Through its rulership of your hands, Mercury indicates your manual dexterity and mechanical skills. Mercury also governs transportation: how you get where you're going, both physically and mentally. Are you a hare, or a tortoise? Mercury's position in your chart will tell all! The Moon reflects the power of the inner light, channelling and moulding it into the shape of your personality. While the Sun in astrology stands for the character, or ego-self, the Moon displays your nature in a way that can be grasped by the outer world. Ruling desire as opposed to self, or need as opposed to reason, she indicates your feelings about yourself; how you handle relationships and your emotional response to situations and experiences. The Moon manages the flow of your daily functions: physical, emotional and mental. The Moon symbolises your home base and domestic environment, representing babies and young children, your mother and other important women in your life. In a man's horoscope the Moon also symbolises the wife, or significant other. Speaking more esoterically, the Moon rules the older, deeply set patterns of behaviour, the habits we so naturally fall into. The Moon governs the emotional personality and gives a good picture of the way your thoughts are influenced by your emotions. The Moon is the Earth's only natural satellite, even though in astrology we still call the Moon a planet ("wanderer"). The Moon's Nodes are also very important. This zone of power, also known as the Dragon's Head and Tail, is an axis of energy, comprising opposing sensitive points in the horoscope that hold deep pools of karmic intensity. Uranus, the planet of sudden and unexpected changes, rules freedom and originality. In society it rules radical ideas and people, as well as revolutionary events that upset established structures. Uranus among all planets most governs genius. The personal implications of Uranus in your life are shown by its house position and its aspects with other planets in your chart. It describes areas of unpredictability and difference. Being highly unorthodox, Uranus identifies the unusual or unique. Friends and associations to which you belong are indicated, as is your potential involvement with arcane studies, science and technology, computers, and the media. Uranus, one of the outer, transpersonal planets, takes around seven years to transit one sign, or about 84 years to move through all twelve signs. Groups of people with Uranus in the same sign are separated by 84 years, so the influence of this planet is primarily generational. Uranus' nodes are very significant aspects in a natal horoscope. Conjunctions to Uranus' nodes impart individuality, inventiveness and individuality. Neptune, the planet of deception and spiritual enlightenment, rules the oppressed and abandoned: the misfits of society. On a higher level it rules visionaries, and those who are glamorous and charismatic. It represents spirituality, mysticism, and ideals. Speaking personally, Neptune's house position and its aspects with other planets in your chart will describe spirituality, abstract thinking, illusion, disillusionment, and areas of your life where things aren't always what they seem. It rules derangement, guilt, persecution and describes the potential for experiences related to confinement, abandonment, and addiction or physical intolerance to drugs and alcohol. Neptune, one of the outer, transpersonal planets, spends about thirteen years in each sign, taking around 164 years to move through all twelve signs. Since 164 years separate people born during its transit of one sign and those born when it returns, Neptune's significance in any sign is described as generational or historical. Pluto, the lord of the underworld, symbolises the forces of deep transformation in our lives. A slow-moving planet, Pluto's influence is in general most clearly noticeable as it distinguishes one generation from the next. In your personal life, Pluto's significance is found in its house position and the aspects it makes to other planets in your chart. Pluto rules intense energy, signifying the areas in which you consciously or subconsciously seek to exercise power or control. Pluto, linked to your karmic responsibility, also indicates those areas where you need to gain the deepest level of understanding. The outermost known planet in our system, Pluto completes its journey through all twelve signs in around 248 years. The period Pluto spends in each sign can vary from twelve years to thirty-two years, due to the eccentricity of its orbit.