How Many Planets?
As mentioned before, some systems consider celestial bodies planets and others not. Here is a table indicating which celestial bodies astronomy and the various schools of astrology consider planets:
| Celestial Object | Modern Astronomy | Vedic Astrology | Classical Astrology | Western Astrology |
| Sun | | X | X | X |
| Moon | | X | X | X |
| Mercury | X | X | X | X |
| Venus | X | X | X | X |
| Earth | X | | | |
| Mars | X | X | X | X |
| Jupiter | X | X | X | X |
| Saturn | X | X | X | X |
| Uranus | X | | | X |
| Neptune | X | | | X |
| Pluto | X | | | X |
| Rahu/North Node | | X | X | X |
| Ketu/South Node | | X | X | |
Traditional Vedic Astrology does not consider the influences of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Some modern Vedic astrologers choose to use the outer planets. This is a fertile area for research. (See Dennis Harness' article on the outer planets) |
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