How the Planets Influence Your Personality

How the Personal Planets Influence Your Personality

Everyone knows their sun sign (zodiac sign) and its associated traits.  The sun sign is a piece of your astrological make-up, to truly understand yourself, you need to get familiar with the other personal planets and how they influence you. The personal planets are the sun, mercury, venus, mars, and the moon. They are called Personal because they are close to the earth and have the greatest influence on a person. Here is a quick guide to planets and their influence.

 The Sun 

Your sun sign is who you are to the world.  Similar to how the sun gives off light, your sun sign represents the best parts of yourself that you want to share with the world; goal, ideas, and purpose. The sun also indicates how you view and interact with the world around you. The sun sign represents general traits that everyone born under a zodiac sign will share.

 

The Moon  -

The moon governs your inner self and represents the past's influence on who you are today.  The moon influences what you need to feel secure with yourself and how you react to situations on an emotional level.  The moon's influence is not as direct and upfront as the sun's. It’s a subtle influence, strongly connected to your subconscious mind. You may not be aware when your moon is influencing you.  In general, the moon represents your subconscious reactions, needs for emotional security and nurturing and your intuition. If you are a moon child, a Cancer dominate person, you are heavily influenced by the moon and your emotions are naturally changeable. You are naturally sensitive and intuitive and should make effort to protect your energy to stay balanced.

  Venus 

Venus rules all things related to relationships and money ; the things that you value and your relationship to them.  Your Venus sign influences the type of people you who are drawn to you, who your friends are, what you need in love, and you express love. Venus for women indicates your approach to sexual and intimate relationships.  In men, Venus influences what characteristics in a woman you are attracted to, physically and for a relationship.

Mars 

Influences your basic animal nature - sex, desire and physical activity. Mars regulates how you assert yourself physically and what excites you. Mars is a warrior planet, your Mars sign tells how you will defend yourself and what type of things you will passionatley fight for.  Venus and Mars are two sides of the same coin.  Venus influences romantic attraction and Mars influences sexual desire.

Mercury 

Mercury gives voice to the goals of the sun. If the sun is your self-expression, Mercury represents how you express yourself. The planet Mercury connects to logic, thought-processes, information sharing, and movement (especially quick movement). Mercury rules the central nervous system, Mercury dominate (Virgo, Gemini) people should put effort into staying grounded and not over-thinking.