The Archetypes
The 9 Planets
The grahas are the actors of the chart: who is acting, and how. Choose a planet for its significations, rulerships, and every placement the library covers.
Sun
the ego's core
the self: vitality, authority, father, purpose. Its sign is your core identity; its house is the arena where you are meant to shine.
Moon
the feeling mind
the mind: emotions, mother, memory, receptivity. It shows how you feel and what you need to feel safe.
Mars
the drive
action: courage, energy, drive, aggression. It is how you fight and how you want — its sign your style of assertion, its house your battleground.
Mercury
the analyzer
intellect: speech, commerce, wit, communication. It is how you think and connect — the sign shows the style of your mind, the house where your words carry weight.
Jupiter
the teacher
wisdom: expansion, fortune, dharma, teaching. It is where you grow and what you are blessed with — the classical indicator of fortune and protection.
Venus
the lover
love: beauty, wealth, relationship, pleasure. It is what you value and how you attract; it governs partnerships, luxury, and the arts.
Saturn
the taskmaster
structure: discipline, delay, endurance, the karma of time. It is what you must earn and what you become through patience.
Rahu
the North Node
ambition: the north node — desire, obsession, foreign lands, and the things that are not yet yours.
Ketu
the South Node
release: the south node — detachment, spiritual skill, past-life mastery, and what you let go of.
The Archetypes are the reference layer of the Learn library — every placement article in the library belongs to one of these pages.