Planetary Ages of Man

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By the ancients the planets were caned chronocrators, or markers of time. It was presumed that different periods of life are ruled by different planets, as:

Planet	Period	Ages
Moon – growth	4 years	1-4 the mewling babe
Mercury – education	10 years	5-14 the scholar
Venus – emotion	8 years	15-22 the lover
Sun – virility	19 years	23-42 the citizen
Mars – ambition	15 years	43-57 the soldier
Jupiter – reflection	12 years	58-69 the judge
Saturn – resignation	30 years	70-99 slippers

These appear to correspond to the Seven Ages of Man, as listed by Shakespeare in "As You Like It," which he apparently took from the Chaldeans. Sepharial suggests a slightly altered set of measures, to include the planets of recent discovery:

Planet	Duration of Years	Age Period
Moon	7	0-7
Mercury	8	7-15
Venus	9	15-24
Sun	10	24-34
Mars	11	35-45
Jupiter	12	46-57
Saturn	13	57-70
Uranus	14	70-84
Neptune	15	84-99
Pluto	16	99-115

From the sign position and aspects to the chronocrators, judgment was formed as to the fortunes of the native and his environment during the period ruled by each planet. Thus an afflicted Moon indicates ill health and an adverse environment in infancy; an afflicted Mercury, retarded education; an afflicted Mars, unfortunate in love; and so on.