Dignities

Dignities talk about the planetary strength according to sign placement. It helps us understand how a planet expresses itself and whether a planet will give good or less beneficial results in a native’s life.

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Essential Dignities

These are mostly used when interpreting a chart.
• Domicile = Located in own sign, at home, positive expression
• Detriment = Located in the opposing sign of it’s own sign, uncomfortable
• Exaltation = Strong placement, gains more awareness, excellent expression
• Fall = Located in opposing sign of exaltation. becomes weak. depression, negative expression

Planet	Domicile	Detriment	Exaltation	Fall
Sun	Leo	Aquarius	Aries	Libra
Moon	Cancer	Capricorn	Taurus	Scorpio
Mercury	Gemini	Sagittarius
	Virgo	Pisces
Venus	Taurus	Scorpio	Pisces	Virgo
	Libra	Aries
Mars	Aries	Libra	Capricorn	Cancer
	Scorpio	Taurus
Jupiter	Sagittarius	Gemini	Cancer	Capricorn
	Pisces	Virgo
Saturn	Capricorn	Cancer	Libra	Aries
	Aquarius	Leo
Uranus	Aquarius	Leo	Scorpio	Taurus
Neptune	Pisces	Virgo	Cancer	Capricorn
Pluto	Scorpio	Taurus	Leo	Aquarius

A planet that resides in it’s detriment tends to be attracted to unusual things, one that may find meaning and joy in detrimental matters, such as Venus in Scorpio, would find beauty in the dark or may have strange preferences in relationships, one may feel attracted towards bdsm or self-destructing activities.

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