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A Cheat Sheet of Astrological Symbols for the Signs and Planets
Those of you who are fairly new to astrology might need this cheat sheet. It’s loosely based on
the system of equating signs, houses, and planets popularized by Dr. Zipporah Dobyns. Print it
out for easy reference as you study charts.
Zodiac Sign:
Aries:
Fire Sign
Cardinal
Taurus:
Earth sign
Fixed
Gemini:
Air sign
Mutable
Cancer:
Water sign
Cardinal
Glyph
Ruler
Glyph
Matters of the Related House:
Mars
First House: First impressions and first
approach to situations; image; appearance; selfpresentation.
Venus
Second House: Ways of earning and managing
money; things valued more than money; beliefs
that create or block abundance.
Third House: Communication; style of thinking
and learning; siblings and near relatives;
neighbors; basic education.
Fourth House: Home and home life; roots;
family ties; heredity; family influence; the
nurturing parent; old age.
Fifth House: Children; romance; creativity; selfexpression; performing; leisure activities; risktaking.
Sixth House: Work and its meaning; work
habits; types of jobs; coworkers and employees;
health and health habits.
Seventh House: Partnerships—personal and
business; close, committed relationships; types
of people we attract.
Eighth House: Sexuality; partner’s resources;
inheritances, grants, etc; taxes; birth, death;
transformation; healing.
Ninth House: Religion, philosophy of life;
higher education, advanced studies; teaching or
preaching; law; foreign lands.
Tenth House: Career, long-term goals; how
you’re remembered; parental authority; bosses,
type of boss you are.
Eleventh House: Friendship; peer relationships;
group membership; social activism; aspirations.
Mercury
Moon
Leo:
Fire sign
Fixed
Virgo:
Earth sign
Mutable
Libra:
Air sign
Cardinal
Scorpio:
Water sign
Fixed
Sun
Sagittarius:
Fire sign
Mutable
Capricorn:
Earth sign
Cardinal
Aquarius:
Air sign
Fixed
Pisces:
Water sign
Mutable
Jupiter
Mercury
Venus
Pluto
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Twelfth House: Things that are repressed or
hidden; self-defeating behavior; chronic illness;
service; retreats; spiritual quest.