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Astrology provides the answers to many questions both mundane and arcane and astrologers and laypeople can turn to astrology to unravel many mysteries. There is an astrological ruler for anything and everything that exists including all of those things that go "bump in the night." Take a look at the planetary entities that rule some of our scariest concepts and creepiest beings but try not to scare yourself silly!

PLUTO - The Unholy & The Undead

Pluto leads the astro-pack as far as occult nasties are concerned and is considered the Occult Grand Malefic. As the ruler of the underworld/land of the dead, Lucifer and monsters, Pluto governs vampires, devils, demons, ghouls, zombies, and all varieties of evil incarnate like the Jinn from the movie Wishmaster. Demonologists and those who study and/or practice black occultism are under the influence of Pluto as well as possessed people and/or innate objects (like the demon possessed doll Chuckie of movie fame). Pluto also rules brimstone, catacombs, coffins, corpses, death-rays, and places of death such as guillotines, gallows, morgues and of course and most obviously life after death.

An important note about Pluto ruled Scorpio -

Scorpio is probably the most maligned sign in the Zodiac. The sign is associated with  subconscious and forbidden aspects of life including  evil, death and the occult.

Scorpio is the eighth sign and rules the eighth house (which is one of the occult houses in astrology along with the fourth and twelfth houses). Traditionally, the Gate of Death is found in the eighth house and belongs to Scorpio.

Scorpio is often considered the strongest sign of the Zodiac emotionally and often physically. In ancient times it was depicted as the phoenix rising from ashes - eternal and indestructible. There is nothing too dark, forbidden or dangerous to a Scorpio. It rules the night, Halloween and all venemous animals, and all varieties of evil.

According to Grace Williams: "There is the unevolved, hellish, and demonic Scorpio. This Scorpio is quintessentially evil in the strictest definition of the word. They can be classified as sociopaths. They refuse to adhere to the concept of right and wrong. Many metaphysicians and New Age spiritualists would call these types of Scorpios, dark entities. Dark entities are people who have no moral consciousness regarding right and wrong."

NEPTUNE - Apparitions & Ghosts & Witches & Warlocks

Now you see em' and now you don't! Or did you really see anything at all? Was it a premonition, vision or ghostly encounter? Neptune operates at its nebulous and enigmatic best when referenced in the occult. Neptune governs ghosts, specters, apparitions and haunting in general. It also governs witches, warlocks, the black brotherhood and the illusions of the spells they cast. Further, Neptune is traditionally linked with fortune telling and the gypsies who are masters of that craft as well as black magicians, mediums and those who conduct séances. Holy water which is used to dispense many evils and provide protection falls under the jurisdiction of Neptune and conversely, so do poisonous potions.

URANUS - Extraterrestrials & Exorcists & Freaks of Nature

The occult is the place where Uranus gets to act its most freakish as the Grand Pubah of the occult ruling everything and anything that comes from outer space including aliens, extraterrestrial micro/macro-organisms and any other-worldly engineered abnormalities. Here on Earth it has a field day with any and all biologically engineered freaks as depicted with such concepts as the gill-man in the movie Creature from the Black Lagoon. Uranus also rules exorcists who attempt to save the damned. Curses also fall under its rule along with etheric manipulation and that which constitutes the sacrilegious like the irreverent use of a Ouija board.

SATURN - Mummies & Cadavers & Gargoyles

In astrology, Saturn is known as the Great Malefic and before the discovery of the other outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, anything and everything evil was attributed to its rule. Along with mummies, cadavers and gargoyles, Saturn also governs entities such as the Frankenstein monster who was "constructed" of corpses as well as the hangman and places such as morgues, mortuaries and in general ALL places of horror. Saturn also has an affinity for the pyramids and the embalmers who made the dead ready for their journey to the afterlife.

MARS - Werewolves & Poltergeists & Gremlins

Mars is traditionally recognized as the Lesser Malefic of astrology and in the occult realm this instigator has a grand time of making life miserable by tormenting unsuspecting human. Mars rules all noisy, mischeivious and mean spirits and entities including poltergeists, gremlins and goblins. It also has a great affinity for werewolves and anything else scary that uses cunning and strategy to hunt, kill, maim and torture like Jack the Ripper. Mars rules all places of danger especially areas of carnage and burnt ground. Mars also has a fondness for gravediggers and assassins as well as executioners and pyromaniacs.

MERCURY - Doppelgangers & Psychotics & Mimics

As usual Mercury likes to double up on anything - doppelgangers, psychotics with dual deranged personalities, changelings and mimics. Mercury has an affinity for demented killers who like to strangle or suffocate their victims or those who excel at rhetoric like Hannibal Lector in the movie Silence of the Lambs.

Wait a minute - what about Venus and Jupiter?

Venus and Jupiter are missing from the roster because they are considered the "lesser and greater benefics" however, I will say that when when view the esoteric side of astrology, Venus is considered the most "occult" planet and is highly powerful in many regards. Over the years people have asked me why that is and it is actually obvious - Venus was easily seen and tracked by the ancient peoples who thus placed higgh importance upon it. As far as Jupiter goes, it is often seen as transmitting "exaggeration" when potentials are negative via the other planetary enities at play!

Other creepy astro-facts:

Fixed Star Algol:

In the constellation Perseus lies the Fixed Star ALGOL which is known as the Head of the Beast. Algol has the most notorious and infamous reputation of all the Fixed Stars. Most people know the legend of Perseus, the Greek hero who slew the snake headed Gorgon Medusa in order to save his beloved Andromeda from her sacrificial death at the hands of the monstrous Kraken. The Kraken was immediately dispatched and turned into stone by the sight of the decapitated head of Medusa.

Algol is the brightest star in the head of the gorgon and is one of the most powerful stars in the heavens. Astrologers agree that this is the most malefic of the Fixed  Stars and believe it to cause hangings, decapitations, and any and all foul and demonic deeds that plague mankind. It was called Ras al Ghul, meaning Head of the Demon by the Arabs who believed the star represented this particular demon to be the wife of the Devil. The Chinese called Algol Tseih She which means ‘piled up corpses’ and in Talmudic Law the star represented Lilith, the first wife of Adam who refused to be submissive to her husband and was subsequently turned into a demon of the wind. Algol represents the energy of the female demon both ruthless and destructive and full of outrage. The energy is also intensely sexual.

If Algol connects with any planets in a natal chart they will be infused with intensity and passion and the outlet of this energy can be either used for good or ill. Albert Einstein had Algol culminating with his Jupiter at birth and he is partly remembered for his work concerning the unleashing of the power of the atom. While the work itself was not evil, the atomic bomb which annihilated Hiroshima was the destructive outcome. President John F. Kennedy had Mars culminating with Algol in his birth chart and he was assassinated by a gunshot to the head. Actress Jane Mansfield whose skull was crushed (she was not decapitated)  in a car accident, allegedly the result of a satanic curse, also had Algol active in her chart. On a lesser note, Algol can also represent “losing one’s head’ due to bad judgment, outrage and anger.

Lucifer's Rectangle Configuration:

In astrology a configuration or geometric pattern known as the MYSIC RECTANGLE can be a welcome sight in a natal chart since it basically provides balance, structure and harmony between the four heavenly bodies that comprise it. It is a “soft aspect pattern” consisting of two pairs of oppositions sextile each other. The MYSTIC RECTANGLE is either masculine (Fire & Air) or feminine (Earth & Water). Finding the balance of the pattern takes awareness and conscious effort. Those who can successfully integrate the pattern find it a source of strength.

Another variation of the MYSTIC RECTANGLE is known as LUCIFER’S RECTANGLE. It is a “special case” rectangle consisting of cosmic entities in the signs of Taurus, Scorpio, Virgo and Pisces only. It shows up prominently in the founding chart of the Church of Satan  and oddly enough in the natal chart of the infamous black magician Aleister Crowley  who preferred to be called the “beast.” Even more interesting is the fact that in both charts each rectangle is formed by planets, asteroids and points in second, fourth, eighth and tenth houses which encompass the occult and worldly standing.