The Sun: The soul of a chart, the father, men in ones life, children, gold, riches, Kings, monarchs, people in positions of authority and power, ones self-image and self-esteem.
The Moon: Emotional states and their expression, women in ones life, the domestic scene, home, family, fluctuations, phases, liquids.
Mercury: Modes of mental expression and comprehension, all forms of communication, words, mail, exchange, movement, commerce.
Venus: How ones expresses ones affections, pleasurable experiences, leisure time, luxury, art, seduction, unions, decoration.
Mars: Where ones energies go in a chart, violence, aggression, wars, the military, the army, weaponry, martial arts, cuts, wounds.
Jupiter: Ease of expansion and growth, luck, benevolence, exaggeration, excess, lack of measure. Sometimes growth and expansion can come with such ease that they become abnormal.
Saturn: Stability, solidity, consistency, discipline, abnegation, abstinence, misfortune, loss, misery, suffering, death.
Uranus: Innovation, advanced technologies, stimulation, the new and untried, the unusual, liberation, eccentricity, electricity, anarchy, rebellion, rule-breaking.
Neptune: Spiritual elevation, religious experiences, psychic ability and sensitivity, haze, murk, clouds and fog, deception, lies.
Pluto: Profound experiences, the inevitable, drastic transformation, extreme depths, regeneration, obsession, secrecy.
The nature of the planets:
The Sun and the Moon: Neutral.
Mercury and Uranus: Ambivalent.
Venus and Jupiter: Benefic.
Mars, Saturn, Neptune, Pluto: Malefic.