- Quality of Associated Signs: Each planet is associated with astrological signs as a "ruler." I've extracted the quality (fixed, mutable, or cardinal) of those signs.
- Elements of Associated Signs: Each planet is associated with astrological signs. I've extracted the element (air, earth, water, fire) of those signs.
- Humour: Each planet is often aligned with one of the four humours.
- Roman Deity: Each planet is associated with a Roman deity.
- Liberal Art: Dante Alleghri (yes, that Dante) associated each planet with a liberal art.
- Mechanical Art: I've matched up the planets with the mechanical arts.
- Probitate: I've also matched up each planet with a probitate.
- Metal: Each planet has an alchemical association to a metal.
- Primacy of Matter, Mind, and Spirit: Each planet has one of these three over another. For example, "Matter over Mind." You can extract it from the symbol for the planet.
| SATURN | JUPITER | SUN | MARS | VENUS | MERCURY | MOON |
Sign | Capricorn | Sagittarius | Leo | Aries | Taurus | Gemini | Cancer |
Sign | Aquarius | Pisces |
| Scorpio | Libra | Virgo |
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Humour | Melancholic | Sanguine | Choleric | Choleric | Phlegmatic | Variable (Melancholic) | Melancholic |
Dante's Virtue | Contemplatives | Kings | Theologians | Warriors | Love & Friendship | Good for Fame | Virtue |
Vice | Sloth | Pride | Greed | Wrath | Lust | Lying | Envy |
Metal | Lead | Tin | Gold | Iron | Copper | Quicksilver | Silver |
Roman God | Saturn | Jupiter | Apollo | Mars | Venus | Mercury | Diana |
Greek God | Cronus | Zeus | Helios | Ares | Aphrodite | Hermes | Selene |
Quality: FIXED | X |
| X | X | X |
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Quality: CARDINAL | X |
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| X | X |
| X |
Quality: MUTABLE |
| X |
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| X |
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Element: EARTH | X |
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| X | X |
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Element: WATER |
| X |
| X |
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| X |
Element: AIR | X |
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| X | X |
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Element: FIRE |
| X | X | X |
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Primacy (Over) | Matter | Mind | Spirit | Matter | Spirit | Mind | Mind |
Primacy (Under) | Mind | Matter |
| Spirit | Matter | Spirit |
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Primacy (Not Present) | Spirit | Spirit |
| Mind | Mind | Matter |
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Liberal Art | Astronomy | Geometry | Arithmetic | Music | Rhetoric | Dialectic | Grammar |
Mechanical Art | Agriculture | Architecture | Medicine | Armament | Fabric Making | Commerce | Hunting |
Probitate | Riding | Jousting | Climbing | Fighting | Swimming | Dancing | Shooting |
Most of the linkages are straightforward. I'll explain the ones that aren't directly from the classical sources.
The mechanical arts:
- Agriculture: Saturn has a clear link to Agriculture. Heck, Saturn's symbol even looks like a scythe. This one is easy.
- Medicine: The sun is associated with Apollo, the god of the sun. Historically, the sun has been associated with positive, healthful things like the healing arts.
- Armament: This one wasn't perfect, but I thought a correspondence to Mars was appropriate. Traditionally, Hephaestus was the god of smiths. However, given the martial bent of Mars and the strong association with Fire, Mars is appropriate enough. I would prefer Fire + Earth.
- Commerce: Mercury is traditionally associated with Mercatura.
- Hunting: Diana, the huntress, is the patron of hunting. Easy.
- Fabric Making: Traditionally, Athena is the goddess of weaving. However, she doesn't have a planetary association, although she is sometimes linked to Venus. I ended up linking it to Venus almost by default.
- Architecture: This, like Fabric Making, was "left over" after I matched up all the other arts with their obvious associations. I paired it with Jupiter as Jupiter is associated with kingship, mind, and matter.
- Riding: I linked this with Saturn due to the agricultural association. However, the Roman God of horses was Neptune which could lead to a weak linkage with the element of water, which would be a reason to put riding elsewhere.
- Jousting: Linked with Jupiter. This was a "left over" as well and I dropped it here due to the linkage with kings. I thought about replacing it with Chess (tactics) as well.
- Climbing: Linked with sun. This was also a weak association, based solely on the idea of vertical ascent. It isn't bad, though, as Helios was known for climbing across the sky in his chariot every day. It would also be appropriate to use "Poetry & Music" here as Apollo was well regarded as a patron of both.
- Fighting: An easy linkage to Mars.
- Swimming: I paired this with Venus primarily based on the strong presence of the element water. Venus is the only Phlegmatic planet and has the strongest association with water.
- Dancing: This was matched with Mercury. Mercury was known for being fleet of foot as well as being very social, which is a nice match with dancing.
- Shooting: The link between archery and the huntress seems straightforward and natural.
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