Planetary Dignities
Each Planet has a sign it rules, in the case of Venus and Mercury, two...
Each Planet also has a sign in which it is exalted...as You might guess, the ruled sign and the exaltation sign are the ones the planet performs best in...
But there are also signs for each planet in which it is not so well-placed...
Detriment is second-worst...
Fall is the worst. Planets in their fall are in the sign where they are most challenged...
Here's a chart of Planetary Dignities, which is what Astrologers call these placements:
Sign |
Ruler |
Exaltation |
Detriment |
Fall |
Aries |
Mars |
Sun |
Venus |
Saturn |
Taurus |
Venus |
Moon |
Mars |
|
Gemini |
Mercury |
|
Jupiter |
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Cancer |
Moon |
Jupiter |
Saturn |
Mars |
Leo |
Sun |
|
Saturn |
|
Virgo |
Mercury |
|
Jupiter |
|
Libra |
Venus |
Saturn |
Mars |
Sun |
Scorpio |
Mars (Pluto) |
|
Venus |
Moon |
Sagittarius |
Jupiter |
|
Mercury |
|
Capricorn |
Saturn |
Mars |
Moon |
Jupiter |
Aquarius |
Saturn (Uranus) |
|
Sun |
|
Pisces |
Jupiter (Neptune) |
Venus |
Mercury |
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