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Real astronomy and dated history, with sources. Documented traditions and folklore. Modern lunar astrology · symbolic, not predictive.

Planets and points · Beginner

Planet (astrological sense)

Also called planets

In astrology, any of the moving bodies read in a chart, traditionally including the Sun and Moon.

The Greek planētēs means “wanderer”: the seven lights that move against the stars. Astrology still counts the Sun and Moon among the “planets”, which astronomy does not, and adds Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. The Ascendant, Midheaven and nodes are calculated points, not planets.

  • Kind: History, Tradition
  • Tradition: Shared across Western traditions
  • In this site’s birth chart: used

Related: Luminaries, Traditional planets, Outer planets, Angles, Lunar nodes

Written for Cool Moon Facts in its own words. An astrology source documents what astrologers believe or practise; it does not establish that astrology works.

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