Masculine and Feminine Planets — What Astrology Actually Means By It | Astrology Ride of the Day

I Am Astrology Readings Podcast with Paul Heath · Aug 26, 2026 · 5m · transcript

When astrologers say masculine and feminine, it has nothing to do with male, female, or sex organs — it's one of the first steps in determining a planet's condition in a chart. The Sun, Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter are masculine; Venus and the Moon are feminine. Mercury is the exception, a true hermaphrodite that can express either way depending on whether it rises before or after the Sun — before makes it masculine, after makes it feminine. This breaks down how that placement works using whole sign houses, and touches on how a planet's sign can pull it toward the opposite expression, like…