Which Planet Rules Your Mood and Why You Act the Way You Do

Have you ever woken up feeling down without any reason? Or one day, they seemed to have a burst of energy and confidence. Nothing in your routine was changed, but something was different on the inside. The question of whether the planets are at work or not has been troubling many people in India over centuries, and surprisingly enough, Vedic astrology answers it.

The same planets you read in school. According to astrology, each planet has a certain type of energy, and that energy influences the way you feel, the way you respond, and even the way others perceive you. And the most interesting part? The map that indicates the specific planet that is ruling your mood, emotions, and overall personality. We will go through this in plain words.

Imagine that your birth chart is a picture of the sky at the moment of your birth, at the exact location of your birth. At that time each planet occupied a position somewhere in the sky, and this is permanently fixed in your natal chart.

Here we come to the exciting part. Does a birth chart tell about your mood and behaviour? Absolutely. In that snapshot, every planet has a different energy, and based on its position in your chart, it affects a different aspect of you. Your confidence, your anger, your warmth, your fear of commitment, and your love style, all of it is written there.

It is not only your Sun sign, the sign most people are familiar with in newspaper horoscopes, that defines your personality based on the planets. It is a mixture of the positions of the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn at the time you were born into this world. There is a part of you that each one of them rules.

The ruler of your ego and of your fundamental sense of self is the Sun. In case somebody questions you about who you really are, it resides in your Sun sign. Having a strong Sun in your makes you inherently confident, leadership-oriented, and bright in social situations. You enter a room, and people become aware of you, not due to any effort but because the energy of the Sun flows outwards.

Conversely, in case the Sun is feeble or in a challenging place in your chart, you might not be confident about yourself, feel neglected, or require the approval of others to feel good about yourself.

Your energy is controlled by the Sun as well. Individuals possessing a strong Sun position are more physically fit and have a greater immune system. They have a fast recovery, emotionally and physically. The friend that always gets up on their feet ahead of the other problems? There could be a lot of heavy lifting in their chart by their Sun. 

When the Sun is the outward, the Moon is the inward. The Moon controls your feelings, your gut feelings, your moods and your subconscious mind. It is the planet that has the most direct contribution to your day-to-day feelings.

That is why Moon is commonly referred to as the most significant planet regarding your inner emotional world. A powerful Moon in your birth chart provides you with emotional stability and good intuition, and you will be able to comfort and understand others. You are that type of a person that people confide in when they are facing something challenging.

Bad or sick Moon positioning may result in anxiety, overthinking, constant mood shifts, and sensitivity to emotions that can be overwhelming at times. You may not be able to tell why you feel sad on certain days or why you are more triggered by certain things than you should be.

This is one thing that many people are unaware of about the Moon: the Moon is fast. Its signs are approximately altered after every two and a half days. This is why you are not always in the same mood every day. The emotional tone of all the people, and those whose emotions are heavily dominated by the Moon in particular, is continually changing as the Moon passes through various zodiac signs. 

Mercury dictates your mentality, your communication pattern, and the information processing. A strong Mercury in your chart means that you are sharp, quick-witted, and excellent at expressing yourself. You learn languages quicker than others, excel in education, and can persuade people with a few words without even making an effort.

A weak or poorly placed Mercury may make you have a problem in expressing yourself. You have something to say, but you are not able to say it; the right words do not come out. Misunderstandings in communication are a fact of life, and you may often find yourself in a situation where you feel that people are not really listening to you.

Mercury also gives the reason as to why there are individuals who are overthinkers. An excess or nervous Mercury in your character, according to your birth chart, may result in a mind that never really goes off. You are up all night playing through scenarios and revisiting choices and thinking of worst-case scenarios. 

Venus is the ruler of love, beauty, attraction, and things that cause you pure pleasure. The style of relationship you have, what you like in your partner, your way of expressing love, and even your music and clothes – everything is under Venus.

Individuals who have a well-placed Venus in their birth chart are inherently likeable and pleasant to be around. They make wonderful places in their surroundings and have harmonious relationships; they appear to bring good things without pushing it. Consider that friend of yours who everyone loves. Venus is likely to be doing its thing in their chart.

Self-worth is also under Venus. When Venus is weak in your chart, you will have a problem feeling good about yourself, or you will continue to accept less in relationships because you do not completely believe that you deserve better. 

Mars is your fire. It is the planet of action, courage, drive, and yes, anger. Mars is the reason some are natural go-getters who do not take no for an answer and why others have a very short temper.

An influential Mars in your birth chart makes you a competitive, energetic, and bold person. You do what you can and think of it afterwards. It is you who picks up the phone and makes the call rather than spend weeks pondering over it. Mars is frequently prominently placed in the charts of athletes, surgeons, military personnel, and business leaders.

However, this is what is wrong with Mars. It cuts both ways. When Mars is out of balance in your chart, that same energy becomes aggressiveness, impulsiveness, and conflict. You can end up arguing about trivial issues or making hasty decisions that you regret later.

The second most helpful thing that you can do when reading about the planets that affect your overall mood and behavior is to understand your Mars placement since it will help you to know how you deal with frustration, competition, and desire. 

Jupiter is the planet of growth, knowledge, luck, and religion. It is said to be the most generous planet in astrology. The place of Jupiter in your birth chart is generally where life is more lenient, more bountiful, and full of opportunity.

Individuals that have high Jupiter tend to appear to be lucky to others, yet it is all about faith, optimism, and a tendency to receive good events due to the belief in their ability that things will happen. They tend to be very generous, philosophical, or learning, teaching, and spiritual.

Difficult Jupiter placements may result in overconfidence, laziness, or overdoing things, be it eating too much, spending too much, or promising too much. 

Saturn is the strict teacher of the planetary system. It governs discipline, karma, structure, and delayed rewards. When you have ever experienced a certain tough time in your life that made you stronger in the end, chances are that Saturn was the cause.

The presence of Saturn in your birth chart character may make you serious, responsible, and incredibly hardworking. They are the individuals who do not surrender. They persevere when others give up.

Time is also under the control of Saturn. That is why most of us tend to undergo significant life changes in our Saturn Return, which occurs around the ages of 28-30 when Saturn shifts back to the same place it was at the time you were born. It is a time of reckoning: relationships are terminated, careers are switched, and people eventually begin to live their lives, not the lives other people wish to see them live.

A bad or challenging Saturn can cause fear, depression, loneliness, or the feeling that life has always been harder on you than on others. 

The two shadow planets (they are not physical planets but sensitive points) in Vedic astrology, particularly, are Rahu and Ketu, which influence your psychology to a greater extent. Rahu is linked to obsession, desire, and ambition. Ketu is associated with detachment, spirituality, and patterns of past life.

With Rahu strong in your birth chart, you can have this almost insatiable desire to do more, have more, and be more. Life seems to be too brief. Ketu, however, may make you feel spiritual, unattached to material possessions and a bit lost in the real world.

The combination of these two forms some of the most interesting and complex patterns of dominant planets in Vedic astrology. 

Here's the main thing to remember. The planets never work independently. Your birth chart is a dialogue between all these planets. The Moon makes you sensitive, but if it's close to Saturn, your sensitivity is tempered by self-discipline. If Mars is affecting your Venus, your partner might be passionate and impulsive.

So two people can be born under the same Sun sign but be very different. One Leo can be very sociable and dramatic, whereas another might be shy and creative. The rest of their chart is different. There's never a simple explanation or categorization of someone’s behavior because of the ruling planets, because each birth chart is like a fingerprint.