Saturn rules Capricorn

According to Roman Mythology Saturn was the father of Jupiter, who was king of the gods.

Those who have Saturn in Capricorn have a great love of power and have the tendency to dominate others.

They must learn to control it and learn about humility and use it in a good way to help others rather than to dominate.

You can actually see Saturn with the naked eye.

It is said that Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun.

It is best known for its fabulous ring system.

Saturn is the flattest planet.

Its upper atmosphere is divided into bands of clouds.

It is a gas giant and consists of hydrogen helium and methane amongst other gases.

The top layers are mostly ammonia ice.

It has oval shaped storms.

Saturn orbits the sun once every 29.4 Earth years.

It is 95 times more massive than Earth.

It is the second largest planet in the solar system.

It was first recorded in the 8^th century BC.

It has a hurricane like storm over the South Pole.

SCORPIO

Ruling Planet Mars and Pluto

Scorpio is apparently ruled by to planets Mars and Pluto.

Pluto was names after the Greek God and is one third water.

Mars also rules Aries.

Mars is a fiery planet and when is strong in your sign can be an indication of a fiery temper but can also indicate courage as well.

Pluto ruled Scorpio and was considered a planet but around 1930 it was found to be a dwarf planet and in 2006 was graded as a dwarf planet and Mars was then considered to rule Scorpio hence the reason some Astrologers feel Scorpio is ruled by Mars and Pluto.

Pluto is the second largest dwarf planet and is the second closest dwarf planet to the Sun.

In the past it was considered the ninth planet of the solar system.

Mars is known as the red planet this colour is caused by the iron oxide on the surface of the planet in its soil.

It is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System after Mercury.

The Romans named the planet after their god of war.

It has a thin atmosphere and is mostly composed of carbon dioxide.

The planet is one-sixth the size of Earth and estimated to be over 142 million miles from the sun.

It takes 24 hours, 37 mins and 22 seconds to rotate once on its axis hence this is a Mars day.

Mars does take twice the time the Earth takes to complete a full revolution around the sun.

It has its own weather pattern having seasonal changes and has polar ice caps.

On Mars the temperature is on average minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit. In winter near the poles it can go down to minus 195 degrees Fahrenheit.

The Earth has 21 per cent of oxygen Mars only has 0.13 per cent. It has 95.3 per cent of the gas carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

There is also nitrogen and argon and small amounts of water and methane.

Mars has the tallest mountain in the solar system called Olympus Mons. It s more than 21 km high and is about three times taller than Mount Everest and is more than 600 km in diameter.

Because of less gravity you would weigh less than twice your weight on Mars.

As the oxygen is so thin you would not be able to breath on Mars without a spacesuit and an oxygen cylinder.

The month of March is derived from the name Mars.

The first aircraft to reach Mars took 228 days to get there.

Mars can be spotted by the naked eye if conditions are right due to its reddish colour.

Mercury is the ruling planet for two signs, one is Virgo and is also the ruling planet for Gemini.

Virgo Traits:

THE MOON

The Moon or Luna as it was known in Mythological times is the ruling planet of Cancer.

The Moon is actually classed as a satellite of the Earth and not a planet and it is the Earths lone natural satellite.

The Moon is the fifth largest satellite in our solar system.

239,000 miles is the average distance between the Earth and the Moon, this does vary.

You can only see 59% of the Moon from the Earth.

14,658,000 square miles is the surface area of the Moon.

It orbits the Earth at 2,300 miles an hour.

The Moon’s gravity affects the tides on the Earth.

253-387F is the temperature range on the Moon.

When a month has two full moons in it the second Moon is called a blue moon.

It rotates at 10 miles an hour compared to the Earth’s rotation of 1000 miles an hour.

There is no wind on the Moon so any footprints made by astronauts are there to stay.

The heavy space suits worn by astronauts when they landed on the Moon weighed 180 pounds on Earth but only 30 pounds on the Moon due to the lower gravity.

Apollo 11 had only 20 seconds of fuel left when they landed on the Moon.

The top speed recorded in a four wheeled vehicle was 10.56 miles per hour.

February does not have a full moon, but then either January or March will have two full moons.

The Chinese call the dark shadows on the Moon ‘The toad in the moon’

The missions brought back a total of 2196 rock samples weighing 382kg.

We always see the same side of the Moon from the Earth.

The dark spots on the Moon are craters filled with basalt which is a very dense material.

The Moon is the only extraterrestrial body that humans have visited.

Luna 3 was built by the Soviet Union in October 1959 it was the first space craft to send back pictures from the Moon.

It has no global magnetic field.

The diameter of the Moon is about a quarter of the Earth’s diameter – about forty nine moons would fit inside the Earth.

If the Moon is directly above you and you are at the coast then you will see a high tide.

Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the Moon.

First quarter, last quarter, full moon and the new moon are the four phases of the Moon.

There are more than 300,000 craters on the Moon and that is on just one side.

The Planet Venus was named after the Roman goddess of love, probably because it shines so much and stands out in the night sky.

It is the only Planet that is named after a female.

Venus is the second planet from the Sun and is the second brightest in the sky after the Moon.

It orbits the Sun every 224.7 Earth days compared to the Earth’s 365 days.

Venus has the longest rotation period of any planet in the Solar System and it rotates in the opposite direction to most other planets, too.

It does not have any natural satellites.

It is the second largest terrestrial planet and some people refer to it as the Earth’s sister planet as they have a similar size and mass.

It is 108.2million km from the Sun.

It has 460.2 million km surface area.

The thick clouds on Venus reflect most of the sunlight that reaches it back into space – that is why it is so bright. Because it is the brightest,  it can be seen by the naked eye often a few hours after sunset or before sunrise.

Venus has a central iron core and rocky mantle, it is a similar composition to the Earth. However its atmosphere is 96 per cent carbon dioxide and 3 per cent nitrogen and other gases.

It was formed approximately 4.6 billion years ago, when the solar system was a cloud of dusts and gases.

The inner core formed first like the Earth and then other elements formed a crust over the years.

The surface of Venus has is own unique geology and has large meteor craters, volcanoes, erosions and also some sedimentation land forms. However,  these have been smoothed somewhat by lava flows and by the corrosive atmosphere.

In Astrology Venus rules Taurus which brings love,  friendship and all the things that make life worthwhile.