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Understanding the Planets

Years ago, I had a book that gave astronomical descriptions of the planets. I found that helpful in trying to sort out some of the astrological lore concerning what sorts of things planets "rule."

The main thing I recall is that Uranus is the only planet that does not spin like a top because of the tilt of its axis. No, it more or less rolls like a ball around the Sun.

So Uranus is eccentric as planets go and rules eccentric things and unexpected things etc. This suddenly made a lot more sense to me.

Gravity is a property of space, not objects in space. If it were a property of objects in space, then planets would all clump together like magnets in a junk drawer and they don't.

Instead, they orbit the Sun in a fairly orderly fashion, though at different distances and different speeds and they each have some different characteristics.

And, yet, Uranus is notably different from the other planets in a way that presumably would reverberate differently in the space-time continuum from the others. Difference in "waves" or whatever being sent out would also help explain why astrologers see significance in Retrograde motion.

I found that reading up on astronomical characteristics of the actual heavenly bodies in our solar system helped me relate better to what made sense and what didn't, astrologically speaking. These days, you can look up a lot of that info online. (The above link is from NASA, in fact. I'm sure they have a LOT more info if you wish to delve into it.)

I also enjoyed the classical music album The Planets by Holst to help me get a feel for their character.

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