Planetology
Much like the changeable luminescence of an individual prism, each person is born into the world possessing a unique spectrum of potentials. Eight hundred years ago, envoys from the Chinese T'ang Dynasty traveled to Japan and brought with them the ancient art of planetology, which had the ability to reveal those potentials using a complex system of planetary characteristics. Powerful and mysterious, the knowledge of planetology was used mainly by the Imperial Court to determine which couplings, campaigns, and movements would prove most favorable. During the Meiji Era, which spanned the latter part of the nineteenth century into the early twentieth century, the popularity of planetology grew among the people of Japan. Today, those seeking foreknowledge of the patterns of their lives can call upon the wisdom of the planets by consulting a planetologist.
Based on the lunar calendar, planetology doctrine states that we are strongly influenced by nine areas of energy that divide the heavens. Each area is ruled by a planet: Mercury, Venus, the Earth's moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto, Uranus, or Neptune, and each planet is associated with characteristics, an element, various colors, and a number. Those guided by Mars might look forward to adventure whereas Neptune can indicate confusion. On the other hand, Mercury, associated with water, foretells of curiosity, observation, and true understanding. The year, month, day, and hour of a person's birth are taken into account to determine the birth, lunar, and horary animals based on the Chinese zodiac. These aspects, when compiled together using a system of complex charts, reveal deep personal traits, and act as keys to past, present, and future events. The planetary and zodiacal characteristics uncovered create a framework of patterns that may indicate success, failure, need for change, or an important course of action. When studied in conjunction with the chart of another, the relative strengths and weaknesses of relationships emerge.
Practitioners of planetology are able to create personal collections of emotional, mental, spiritual, and material issues, archetypes, and potentials that may be a guide in decision-making, a warning, or a hint of blessings to come. Nonetheless, destiny remains uncertain, and planetology is an expression not of an absolute, but of the wonderful spectrum of possibilities and motifs that await us in the future.
