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—Planetary—

Apothecary

The Planets:

Characteristics & their Sun Sign, Metal, Color, Gemstone, Flower

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Mercury

Gemini, Virgo

Mercury rules Gemini and Virgo. Mercury represents reason, reasonableness (common sense), that which is rational. It stands for the spoken and written word, putting in order, weighing and evaluating, the process of learning and skills.

Metal: Quicksilver

Color: Violet

Gemstone: Hemitite

Flowers: Jasmine, Honeysuckle.

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Venus

Taurus, Libra

Venus is the ruler of Taurus and Libra. Venus gives us a sense of beauty, the enjoyment of pleasure, aesthetic awareness, love of harmony, sociability, taking pleasure in relationships and eroticism.

Metal: Copper

Color: Yellow

Gemstone: Emerald

Flower: Rose

Mars

Aries

Mars is the ruler of Aries and the co-ruler of Scorpio. Mars represents the energy and drive of a person, their courage, determination, the freedom of spontaneous impulse. It also describes the readiness for action, the way one goes about doing things as well as simple aggression.

Metal: Iron

 Color: Red

Gemstone: Red Jasper

Flower: Hollyhock

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Jupiter

Sagittarius

Jupiter is the ruler of Sagittarius and co-ruler of Pisces. The search for individual meaning and purpose, optimism, hope and a sense of justice are represented by Jupiter. So also faith, a basic philosophy of life, the striving for spiritual growth and expansion.

Metal: Tin

Color: Purple

Gemstone: Amethyst

Flower: Dahlia

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Saturn

Capricorn

Saturn is the ruler of Capricorn and the co-ruler of Aquarius. Saturn shows how we experience “reality”, where we meet with resistance and discover our limitations. It represents the conscience and moral conviction, the laws and rules which we choose to obey. It also tells us about  our powers of endurance and the ability to concentrate, it lends qualities like earnestness, caution and reserve.

Metal: Lead

Color: Blue

Gemstone: Lapis Lazuli

Flower: Statice

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Uranus

Aquarius

Uranus is the ruler of Aquarius. Uranus stands for intuition, it transmits sudden inspiration and lightning insights. An openness for all that is new, unknown and unusual. A sort of wrong-headed contrariness is also associated with this planet. It is said to be characteristic of astrology as such.

 Metal: Uranium

Color: White

Gemstone: Aquamarine

Flower: Clover

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Neptune

Pisces

Neptune is the ruler of Pisces. This planet gives us the supersensory, opens doors to mystical experience and the transcendental. On this level it is hard to discern where perception moves into deception, illusion and false appearances, and so Neptune is associated with all of these, with drugs and all kinds of pseudo-realities.

Metal: Neptunium

Gemstone: Amertrine

 Color:  Iridescence

Flower: Violet

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Pluto

Scorpio

Pluto rules Scorpio. Pluto describes how we deal with power, personal and non-personal, be it through suffering the power of others or exercising it ourselves. It describes how we meet the demonic and magical, our regenerative powers and our capacity for radical change and rebirth: the cycles of dying and becoming.

 Metal: Plutonium

Color: Violet

 Gemstone: Chalcedony

Flower: Pitcher plant

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Moon

Cancer

The Moon is the ruler of Cancer. The Moon represents our feelings and emotions, the receptivity, imagination and basic feeling tone of a person. It also has an effect on the sense of rhythm, time and timing, it influences our adaptability to change, our mobility and versatility.

Metal: Silver

Color: Silvery Green

 Gemstone: Moonstone

Flower: Lily

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Sun

Leo

The Sun is the ruler of Leo. The Sun tells us of the actual core of a person, the inner self, of that which is of central concern. It also shows us the general vitality and the ability to assert oneself, it describes a general tone of being which colors everything else.

Metal: Gold

Color: Orange

Gemstone: Carnelian

Flower: Sunflower

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[planetary apothecary information]

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