This is the right idea. Astrology is the science of light, thus we primarily concern ourselves with those heavenly bodies which we can see with the naked eye. The brighter and closer something is, the more influence it has on us. This is why traditional astrology doesnât think much of new astronomical discoveries, since the idea is that if itâs not visible, it might as well not be there (for the most part).
As to the question about money, the different associations stem from different forms material goods can take and ways they can be acquired.
E.g. Sun rules gold; Venus rules gemstones, jewellery, and all fine luxuries; Mercury rules trade and minting of coins; Saturn rules wealth in an abstract way, i.e. being in possession of goods, being âestablishedâ.
That said, the primary ruler of abundance and money proper is Jupiter, which is hot and moist in nature and of the Air element.