Esoteric Astrology - Planets of Shadow in your Natal chart (with AA Haniel)

 This is part 2 from the article about planets of power and planets of shadow.  *

Now we continue to understand what are the "planets of shadow” in our natal chart – they will be points of shadow of the soul, indicating weaknesses, struggle, challenges, where we could hold back, where we are disempowered. These planets are found in the following places:

1. Planet of shadow will be directly opposite of your sun 

– You can allow 3 degree orbis. For example, my natal sun is in the 11 house Libra - so that means my planets of shadow should be in the opposite house -5 Aries (if you have any planets in Aries, they will be considered shadow). Here I don`t have planets, but I can see where is the ruler of my 5 house - Mars. I find it in my 9 house and it is alone there. That will indicate that my planet of shadow is Mars. In the same time my house of shadow" is fifth house Aries, which means I need to put extra efforts to claim the benefits and gifts of this house. (and this will be related to the themes of the 5 house - children, romantic relationship, creative projects, joy). And the sense of being in the spotlight, which may be not easy for me. Then I can check any aspects that Mars makes with my Sun or Ascendant - positive or negative. In this way I will understand how to work with my shadow self and Mars energy. 

2. Second planet of shadow is directly opposite of my ruler planet (of my sun sign). 

 As I`m Libra sun Venus is my planet of power. So I see that my Venus is in 12 house Scorpio, 13 degree;  In case I have any planets (or asteroids) in 6-th house Taurus – they will be “under shadow”. I have here my Chiron wounded healer asteroid - 12 degree in Taurus, and this position makes it in shadow. That means I could have wounded inner child” which will be very hard to heal through my life. Also, the planet ruling my 6 house (Taurus) is also Venus. which means my Venus in Scorpio is like double edge sword in this position and she can be very strong and very weak in the same time. 

3. The third planet of shadow is in opposition of any planet on MC (Midheaven)

–I have pluto, conjunct MC conjunct my Sun (Libra) – that means the shadow planet, if I have such, should be in the lowest point – IC. I don`t have here any planet -which is great. But the IC house will be the house of shadow for me, I have here my 4th house (family, home, parents relationship). 

4. The final planet of shadow will be exactly opposite of the natal Moon

 – In this case my moon is in Scorpio (conj. Venus) in 12 house – that means I need to look at my 6 house Taurus. I have only Chiron asteroid in opposition here. This Chiron will weaken the power of my moon in any case and may create pain, sorrow and heavy emotions, or inability to express your emotions. 

So, in conclusion – I have two planets of shadow which are Chiron asteroid (6 house) and Mars (9 house). But all the houses that in opposition of my power houses, will be my spheres of shadow. 

My houses of shadow, that I need to put more efforts or to pay attention to any situation of trap and illusionment are: 5 th - romance, creative energy, 4th - home, family, parents; 6th - daily routine, discernment, health and sport; and 9th - travelling to foreign places, education, believes, foreign people. 

But - have in mind that these are the spheres which will help me grow and evolve as a soul on my journey. 

 These 4 houses will indicate places of struggle, weaknesses, disempowerment and challenges for my soul too. 

For each soul there will be different planets and spheres of power and spheres of shadow – so you need to look into your natal chart.

Thank you for tuning in!

Read about the planets of power and houses of power here...>

Nina Nour Bluebell  ©

medium, crystal healer

May 2025

Esoteric Astrology -Planets of Power and Houses of Power 🌒(with AA Haniel)

 

In this article I`ll observe what are the planets of power and spheres of power in our natal chart, and how they affect us on many levels. 

(With the help of my angels and Arch. Haniel).

  

Every soul has unique soul frequency, colour and light; also every soul has special soul contract which is revealed in many ways, but especially in her natal chart. That`s why each individual has very unique natal chart.

From the astrology chart we can understand our special gifts, talents, abilities in this life and what are our power planets and spheres of power.

Planets of power are indicators of the soul`s mission, talents, gifts and inner power of every human in this life time. Here are some steps how to find out your planets of power: 

1. the first planet of power we find with the sun (zodiac) sign – for example my sun sign is Libra, and the ruling planet of Libra is Venus. So, my first planet of power is Venus. (If your sun sign is Gemini -your planet of power (ruling) is Mercury. If your sign is Aries, your power planet will be Mars., if your sign is Sagittarius -your power planet will be Jupiter, if you are Cancer - your power planet will be Moon...)

2. We indicate where is Venus in my natal chart – which house and sign? In my case - Venus is in Scorpio – in 12-th house. So, my second planet of power is the ruling planet of Scorpio – Pluto. (You can observe where is your ruling planet - in which house and sign. In some cases they can be one and the same. For example - you are Libra sun- and your power planet is Venus. Your Venus is in Taurus - which means your 2 planet of power is again Venus. It indicates double power of Venus for your life). 

(Until now I found out 2 of my planets of power -Venus and Pluto).

3. The third planet of power is revealed with my Moon sign (Scorpio) -again the ruling planet is Pluto. (that means I have strong influence of Pluto (planet of death, rebirth, transformation and psychic knowledge) in my chart.

4. The fourth planet of power we can find by looking in the house of Ascendant/ rising sign. Do you have any planets just above the Ascendant? This will be your power planet. Example – my ascendant is Sagittarius 25 degree and I have Neptune just above the Ascendant. That means I will be influenced by the transition and aspects of Neptune in my chart, this planet will have strong influence in most aspects of my life, as it will show how I view the world, the external reality, who and what I value, how I react to other people, events, my sensitivity...(if you don`t have planets in the house of Ascendant, look to the first planet above it - in the 12 house.) 

5. The fifth planet of power is found at the highest point in the chart – MC (mid heaven). If you have any planets close to this point by 5-10 degrees, this will be your planet of power. For example I have Pluto in around point of midheaven – which makes this planet with triple power in my chart. (Moreover I have stelium in Scorpio sign).

6. Final planet in position of power is the ruler of your North Node. 

You need to indicate in which sign is your North Node. For example, my North Node is in Virgo -10 house, so the ruler of Virgo is Mercury which is in my 12 house -Scorpio. That makes Mercury another planet of power, which I need to use in transformative Scorpo. 

These are all the prominent planets of power in my chart:  

Venus (beauty, love, self-love, relationships, money, things I value, people)

Pluto (death, rebirth, cycles, awakening, transformation, letting go, psychic vision);

Neptune (spiritual connection, music, angels, long distance travel, art, meditation)

Mercury (communication, speech, reading, social networks, knowledge). 

(You can find out that one or two planets are very prominent and repeated in your chart as planet of power. That will tell you much about who your soul wants you to be in this life. What are your spheres of power, strength, obstacles and persistance.)

That means -all these spheres will be highly important in my life and my soul contract will be connected to these spheres of spirituality, love, relationships, cycles of death and rebirth, letting go, psychic abilities, also long distance travels and escapes) …These are very major planets of deep water and oceans (Pluto, Neptune), so it may be needed for my soul growth to live near ocean or sea, or on island. 

We can have more examples.

When I have partner or soul mate, I need to look for his aspects to my 3 planets of power – Venus, Pluto, Neptune in our combined charts.

(additionally my birth date will show other planet of power and my element of expression and emotion - I will talk about that in different article). 

                      Spheres, Houses of Power

Then, we can see the spheres (or houses) of power in my chart. These will be the places where planets of power are situated, and they will show which spheres of life are the most prominent for following my life mission and to complete my soul contract. 

So, the first house of power is the house of my sun sign Libra – 11-th house – it indicates what I`ll be putting more focus on in this life time. 11 house is related to community, sharing ideas, activism, justice and fairness, social media and internet, creative energy and unique spark, also creative knowledge. This is the original house of Aquarius (air) -and it reveals I`ll have some important qualities and gifts from this sign in me. 11 house in my chart also reveals that the current life time is my 11-th incarnation from one soul-cycle (12 incarnations). - in all of them I have the same Ascendant, but different sun sign. 

The next sphere of power is indicated by the planet of power of Libra -Venus – which is in my 12 th house (Scorpio). This shows that I can likely have spiritual communities, be a teacher, healer or mentor of others, or have spiritual knowledge to share with the world. In addition, can indicate life in far away place, another continent or living near ocean or sea at some point, or place of seclusion. 

Then we look into the house of Pluto and the sign Scorpio house: Pluto is in my 11 house (Libra), which is again related to transformation, rebirth in sphere of spiritual community, friends, social media, spiritual knowledge, teaching and studying. Scorpio is in my 12 house, which I already discussed before.

Lastly, we look into Neptune -planet of power above my Ascendant and which sign it rules (Pisces). We can find out where the house of Pisces is  located in my chart. For me Pisces is the 4-th house – indicating family relations, ancestors, benefactors, comfort, home, hidden truths, feelings, my mothers, inheritance. Pisces here indicates clearing of Ancestral karma and karmic knots with my mother. This will be very important house – so I need to pay attention to my emotions, my home energy, anything inside my home, and it will indicate spiritual atmosphere.

Finally, we look into the original houses of Venus – 2 for Taurus, and 7 for Libra. These will be also spheres of power or influence for me – especially in relation to my partners or soul mates. We can see what planets or asteroids are located here. 

                              Thank you for tuning in! ♥

Read part 2 about planets of Shadow here....

Nina Nour Bluebell 

medium, crystal reiki healer

April 2025

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