Chart Rulers: The Traditional ModelĪstrology loves balance – and the traditional rulership model certainly emphasises that. In traditional astrology, the rulerships reflect the polarity of the signs, the masculine and feminine interplay that keeps the universe in balance or, if you prefer, the ‘yin and yang’ approach to keeping things in order. The Sun and Moon rule one each – Leo and Cancer – and this is the reason why. All of the classical planets – Mercury through to Saturn – rule two signs in traditional astrology.
Prior to the discovery of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, there wasn’t an issue at all. 3.3 Related Extract From The Cross of Matter: Rulerships