The discourse surrounding the concepts of masculine and feminine energies within the realm of astrology is often misconstrued. When these terms are employed, many individuals instinctively associate them with male and female, yet such associations are a misapprehension of the astrological lexicon. Astrologically, masculine energy is characterized by initiation, action, and rapid movement, while feminine energy embodies receptivity, response, and a more deliberate pace. Each celestial body and zodiac sign embodies one of these two energies, and intriguingly, a planet may sometimes express a quality contrary to its inherent nature. The Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are traditionally classified as masculine planets, whereas Venus and the Moon are recognized as feminine. Mercury, however, occupies a unique position as a hermaphrodite, its expression fluctuating based on whether it rises before or after the Sun. This foundational understanding of astrological polarities is crucial for astrologers as it informs the assessment of a planet's condition within a natal chart, revealing whether it operates in its natural mode or expresses an opposing energy. Such distinctions are instrumental in determining the efficacy of a planet's influence within an astrological chart.
Takeaways:
The terms masculine and feminine in astrology do not correlate with gender or sex organs.
Masculine energy is characterized by initiation and rapid movement, whereas feminine energy is more receptive and slower.
Each planet and sign embodies either masculine or feminine energy, influencing their expression in a chart.
Understanding whether a planet operates in its natural mode or its opposite is essential for astrological analysis.
Mercury is unique as it can exhibit either masculine or feminine attributes depending on its position relative to the Sun.
The Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are traditionally classified as masculine, while Venus and the Moon are feminine.
With that being said, when we say masculine and feminine, off top, people's minds go to male, female.
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But astrologically speaking, it has nothing to do with male.
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Female.
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Yeah, it has nothing to do with your.
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Your.
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Your sex organs either.
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No, no, no, not at all.
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So to begin with, one of the first steps in determining a planet's condition in a chart is how masculine or how feminine planet that is in question.
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Do you have a feminine planet that's an.
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In extreme feminine conditions, or does this feminine planet lean more towards a masculine expression?
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Is this masculine planet more rough, rugged and raw, or does it lean more towards a feminized expression?
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Do you know the masculine planets, Walter?
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Yeah.
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Sun, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, if I'm not mistaken, right?
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Are the masculine planets.
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And what are the feminine planets?
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Venus and the moon.
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I don't know why they only have two feminine and the rest are masculine.
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But.
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Well, like the song says, this is a man's world.
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Well, exactly.
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We can.
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We can.
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We can probably attribute that to.
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To, you know, to the patriarchy.
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But.
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But actually, I will say so.
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So, for example, Jupiter, when Jupiter is in sag, that's its most masculine expression.
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But when it's in Pisces, like it is right now, it's that Jupiter and Pisces is basically expressing, like, its feminine quality.
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So it's.
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It's softer, like you said, it's gentler, it's slower, it's more receptive, it's more intuitive.
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Well, you.
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You jump in the head a little bit, but.
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I'm giving an example.
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Yeah, I would.
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I would agree with you.
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I would agree with you.
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We did leave a planet out.
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Do you know which one?
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For the.
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For the feminine.
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Yeah, for the masculine and feminine, we did leave the planet out.
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Which one?
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Mercury.
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Ah, okay.
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But Mercury is a hermaphrodite.
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What does.
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What does hermaphrodite mean?
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It's both.
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It could be either or.
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Yes, Mercury can be either masculine or feminine.
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Do you know what determines Mercury's masculinity?
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The sign that it's in?
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No, it depends on if it rises before or after the sun.
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Okay, so if it rises.
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If it rises before the sun, it's masculine.
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Correct.
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And if it rises after the sun, it's more feminine.
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Correct.
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I. I was gonna say you basically want to have.
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Well, not that you want to, but so, like, if the sun is first in your chart and then Mercury comes after you see the sun on top of Mercury, basically the Mercury is more feminine.
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Depending on.
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If you are looking at your chart, you have to remember that the planets move counterclockwise in the same signs.
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Move.
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No, the planets move clockwise.
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No, counterclockwise.
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Counterclockwise.
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And the signs move clockwise.
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Either.
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Or one of those.
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When you looking at the.
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No, I think I. I think you got it right.
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I got it right?
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Yeah.
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All right.
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Yeah, I think you got it right.
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All right.
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So when you looking at the.
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Your birth chart.
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Planets.
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If the sun.
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Let's just say the sun is in your first house.
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Planets.
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That if Mercury's in the 12th, 11th, it rose before the sun.
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If it's.
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If it's in the second, it rose after the sun.
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Got it.
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All right.
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Now that.
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Now that we established the planets, the next thing we need to establish is the masculine and feminine signs.
