The Sun Rules - Leo Day - Sunday Colors - Gold, Orange, Yellow Human Body -Sun rules the heart, spleen, upper back, lower spine, right eye for males, left eye for females, cerebral hemorrhage, skin cancer, hormones and glands. The Sun takes approximately 30 days to traverse one sign and a whole year to complete its journey through the entire zodiac. The Sun-sign predictions which most of you are very crazy to read day after day are based upon the pattern of the Sun's movement. In reality it is the Earth that moves around the Sun. Sun's mean distance from earth is 9,30,03,000 miles. Its radius is 4,32,000 miles. All the planets move around the Sun in an elliptical orbit. The Sun is the center of the Solar System. The temperature of the surface of the Sun is about 6000 degrees centigrade and the temperature at the center is said to be about 40 million degrees centigrade. The Sun rules the will power and ego of an individual. It is the core of the potential and uniqueness of an individual. The Sun signifies who you are and what you are about. It represents the main direction or course of ones life and the focus you want your life to take, and your determination to accomplish what you set out to do. It is your personal honesty and integrity, and the ability to command respect and authority, to impress and influence others. The Sun signifies father, courage, power and authority, finances, ambitions, boldness, politician, commanding power, dignity, generosity and kind heartedness. It also rules optimism, administrator, general success, royalty, real love and personality of the native. When afflicted the reverse results. The Moon Rules -Cancer Day - Monday Colors - Silver, Green and white Health - Moon rules the brain, stomach, glands, breasts, left eye in males, right eye in females, bowel, thymus gland, menstrual cycle, depression, obesity, headache, posture. The Moon is the nearest celestial neighbor to the earth. The distance from the Earth to the Moon is roughly about 240, 000 miles. The radius of Moon is about 1080 miles. The orbit of the Moon around the earth is not circular but elliptical. Moon moves round the Earth from the West to the East with reference to the fixed stars by 13.2 deg. The Moon is the fastest moving of the planets. It takes about two and a half days to travel through one sign and 28 days to complete the entire zodiac. One movement of the Moon through the zodiac is called as sidereal month. To be precise it is 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes and 11.5 seconds. Sometimes Moon has the same longitude as the Sun and Moon is said to be in conjunction and is called New Moon. When the separation from Sun is 180 deg is said to be in opposition and is called Full Moon. The interval between these two phases is called Synodic month or Lunation. In some forms of astrology, mostly ancient methods like the Indian system of Astrology , the moon sign is given more weight and importance than the Sun sign. The influence of Moon is more prominent in children's charts and as we grow up the other planetary influences take precedence. Moon's energy is emotional, responsive and reactionary. It can sometimes be oversensitive and lacking in control. The moon rules desire as opposed to ego, need as opposed to reason. It describes how you feel about yourself, how you handle relationships, and how you emotionally respond to situations and experiences. It describes the flow of your daily functions -physical, emotional, and mental. The Moon represents your residence and domestic environment. It rules babies and young children, your mother and other important females in ones life. The Moon signifies softness, charming eyes, steady mind, generosity, menses, infants, love, pleasures, breasts, family life, beauty, watery places and passions.  Mercury Rules -Gemini and Virgo Day - Wednesday Colors - Blue, Green and Lime Human Body - Mercury rules the nervous system, solar plexus, bowels, arms, mouth, tongue, eyesight, ears, nervousness, sciatica, mental disorders, diarrhea, ulcers, warts, moles. Mercury is the nearest planet to the Sun and its mean distance is about 36 million miles. It is the smallest planet in the Solar System with a diameter of about 3000 miles. It is 1.5 times bigger than the Moon. It is also the swiftest moving planet. It moves from 18 deg to 28 deg to maintain its angular distance from the Sun. The cycle of Mercury is short but variable, taking anything between 15 and 70 days to travel through one cycle of the zodiac. The energy Mercury directs towards us is restless and tends to come in short, sharp bursts. It rules all forms of human communications and is strongly associated with the more basic levels of the mind. Mercury indicates your mental outlook, intellectual endeavors, the way you think and communicate to the world outside. It represents ideas, methods, and information. It rules your hands and thus your manual dexterity and mechanical skills. Mercury also describes transportation. Mercury is the planet of intellect, speech, memory, education, short travels, virility, wisdom, intuitive power, occult sciences ,etc. Venus Rules -Taurus and Libra Day - Friday Colors - Turquoise, pink and Teal Human Body - Venus rules the throat, kidneys, veins, ovaries and generative system, hair, thyroid gland, esophagus, skin, social diseases, anorexia. Venus can be seen in the sky in the mornings and evenings before and after Sun set. It's elongation is noted as 48 degrees. Venus is the brightest of all the planets. The diameter is nearly 7,580 miles and it is slightly smaller than the Earth in size. Venus has no oxygen and has a dense atmosphere which obscures its surface features. Venus is also called as the Earth's Twin Sister. The cycle of Venus is also variable like Mercury , sometimes taking as long as five months to traverse one sign of the zodiac cycle. But the energy of Venus is more balanced than Mercury. It projects slow, lingering, harmonious waves and is generally considered to govern everything that we esteem in life such as beauty, love and peace as well as relating to material values and earthly possessions. Venus rules your social attitudes and behavior, and your aesthetic tastes and inclinations. It denotes female relationships and social interactions at every level. Venus indicates your values. It describes romance, marriage and other partnerships, capacity for humor, and the pursuit of pleasure. Venus is the planet of love and beauty, signifies harmony, union, life partner, vehicle, ornaments, sex appeal, business, happiness and well-being. Also signifies beauty, modesty, virtue, sincerity, artistic disposition, conjugal happiness, refined and polished nature. Relations with opposite sex, attraction, love, passions and generosity are also governed by Venus.  page 2   page 3