When "Planets" Exist By The Dozen...

(The gravity of the situation may be attractive or it may suck; I think it depends on your point of reference.)

If the New Definition of "Planet" had occured in the early beginnings of Astrology, would each Sign have been given it's own "Planet"?

Somewhere around here I have my Horoscope, preserved from the '60's, when Peter did a lengthy preparation for me, all in longhand, in his recognizable script. I never studied Astrology, but it seems to me it evolved with too few planets, and now there are just the right number!

It's a question I would have put to Peter, if only I were able to, but now I ask the virtual world at large...