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Planet Pla nets s and Signs Sign s in Horary Ast Ast rol rology ogy Planets In horary ast rolo gy gy,, planetary planetary rulership of a matt matt er is determined determined f irst by locating the quest quest ion in the correct house, and then using the ruler ruler of the sign on t he cusp, cusp, as well as t he planetary planetary ruler ruler of the seeker, seeker, to answer the quest ion. Plan Planets ets have "natural" "natural" rulership rulership over t hing hings, s, t oo , tho ugh, and and so metime you'll you'll f ind itit usef ul to consider them as a means means of conf irm irming ing an answer answer,, or even even,, in so me cases, as prim primary ary rulers. rulers. If If you ask a question lik like, e, "Will "Will I f ind the money?" money?" and you have Aq Aquariu uarius s on t he cusp of the 1s t, and Capricorn Capri corn o n the 2nd, with no o ther planets in t he 2nd, you you might might consider using Venus, Venus, the natural ruler of money and precious precious it em ems, s, t o signif y the los t money, money, and Saturn Saturn to signify yo u, the querent, querent, s inc ince e you can't very well well expec expectt Sa Saturn, turn, which which rules bot h hous es, t o make an aspect aspect to itself . Plane Planets ts and signs also pla play y import im port ant ro les in providing detail detail to a chart. They can be used t o describ describe e people, places, places, even plants plants and animals. anim als. Som Some e of these o ther qualities qualities o f the planets and signs will be be treated in later lesso ns dealing dealing with with physical physic al description, description, and f ind inding ing los los t o bjec bjects ts . T he table below below presents s ome rulerships rulerships of the planets planets , mos mos t o f them compi compiled led fro m Lill illy's y's descriptions in Christian Astrology , and Ivy Ivy Goldstein-Jacobso n's Simplified Horary Hor ary Astrology. Ast ro lo logers gers t reat t he so s o - called modern moder n planet s in dif f erent ways. Lilly Lilly and his cro wd- - and o f co cours urs e tho t hose se who preceded preceded him him- - did not know o f Uranu Uranus, s, Neptune, and and Pluto Pluto . Many cont cont em emporary porary ast rolo gers who f avor traditional horary t echn echnique iques s do not consider these t hree outer planets when reading reading a chart. chart. Others regard them only as s econdary rulers rulers o f the s igns to whi which ch they've they've been assigned by modern modern ast rolo gy gy.. In In ot her words, a ho use with Pisces o n the cusp wo uld still be ruled ruled by Jupiter, Jupiter, f irst , and Neptune, Neptune, second. Some Some use Uranus as the primary primary ruler ruler o f Aq Aquari uarius, us, and f ollow t raditional rulerships rulerships f or Pi Pisces sces and Scorpio. Scorpio. Early Early in my my horary s tudies, I used modern rulerships, rulerships, with go od results . When When I st arted learning learning traditional ho rary astrology, I used traditional rulerships only. Now, I've settled somewhere in between. I still consider the traditional planets the primary primary rulers, but will use Uranus, Uranus, Nep Neptune, tune, and Pluto Pluto to answer a questio n when no aspects are made made by traditio traditio nal plan planets ets , or f or co nf irm irmation, ation, o r added added detail. detail. P lane t Sun
Moo n
Ru le r ship
Nat u r e & Char act e r ist ics
T he he giver o f lilif e. e. Gold. Matur Mature e men,, royalt men r oyalt y, aristocrats. Autho rit y. Employers. The f ather. Bank Bankers ers.. Fidelity.
Hot and dry. Ma Masculine. sculine. Diurnal. Diurnal. Equi Equivalent valent t o a benef ic when wellwell- dignif ied. Well-dignified: conf ident, tr truthf uthf ul, direct, hum humane, ane, charitable. Illdignified:V dignified: Vain ain,, arrogant, unt rust wort hy hy,, prone t o vul vulgar gar displays displays o f perso nal mag magnif nif icence.
Queen, Firs t lady, women in autho rity. Women in general. Mothers. Changes. Emotions. Nurses. Wanderers, runaways. Seas, oceans. Domesticity. Children. The "masses."
Cold, moist, phlegmatic. phle gmatic. Feminine. Feminine. Noct urnal. Benef ic. W ell-dignified: ell-dignified: Wellmannered, man nered, sof t- spo ken, mi mild, ld, pro prodigal digal and easily easily f rightened. Freedomloving. Sensitive. Ill-dignified: A vagabo nd, drunkar drunkard. d. A malcont ent ent,, impossible to please. Lazy.
Mercury
Books, writing. Documents and contracts. Brief cases. Papers. Cars, transportation. Intellectuals. Teachers. Short trips. Luggage. Clerks. Writers, stenographers, etc. Learning, school. Clever people, pranksters.
Cold and dry. Neutral gender, except when conjunct ano ther planet, in which case Mecury ass umes t he gender o f that planet. Neither benef ic nor malef ic, except when joined to a benef ic or malef ic planet. Well-dignified: Represents a clever thinker or learned person. An eloquent speaker. Witty and cunning and curious . Ill-dignified: "A troubles ome wit . . . his to ngue and Pen against every man" (Lilly). A liar and go ss ip and cheat.
Venus
Called "T he Less er Benef ic." Jewelery, money, f ine things in general. Presents. Partners, mothers, young women. Fine art. Pleasure and celebrations. Social events. Elegance. Cooperation.
"Temperately Cold and Moys t," according t o Lilly. Feminine. Nocturnal. Benefic. Well-dignified: Quiet, ref ined, pleasant. Prone to ro mantic entanglements. Sybaritic. Cheerf ul. Trus ting. Ill-dignified: Given to excess . "Riotous." Debauched. Adulterous . Lazy.
Mars
Called "T he Less er Malefic." Fire. Combat. Strif e. Courage. Argument. Guns, knives, weapons in general. Men, young through early middle-age. Aggression, generally. Impulsive actio ns. Danger. Ego.
Hot and Dry. Masculine. Nocturnal. Malef ic. Well-dignified: Strong, courageous, victorious . Conf ident and bold, "yet o f prudent behaviour in his o wn af f aires" (Lilly). Ill-dignified: Cruel. A bully and braggart. Treacherous and violent. Someone not to be trust ed.
Jupit er
Called "T he Greater Benef ic." Optimism. Expansion, generally. Higher education. Mature men. Lawyers and judges , legal clerks. Foreigners, lo ng journeys . Pries ts, ministers. Abundance.
"Temperately Hot and Moyst . . . autho r o f Temperance, Modes ty, Sobriety, Justice" (Lilly 62). Masculine. Diurnal. Benef ic. Well-dignified: Lilly says it best : "Magnanimous, Faithf ull, Bashf ull, Aspiring in an hono urable way at high matt ers, in all his actions a Lover o f f air dealing, desiring to benef it all men, doing Glorio us t hings, Ho nourable and Religious , of sweet and af f able Conversation, wonderf ully indulgent t o his Wif e and Children, reverencing Aged men, a great Relievaer o f the Poo r, f ull of Charity and Godliness , Liberal, hating all Sordid actions , Just, Wif e, Prudent, T hankf ull, Vertuo us: so that when you f ind Jupiter the signif icato r of any man in a Quest ion, o r Lord of his Ascendant in a Nativity, and well dignif ied, you may judge him qualif ied as abo vesaid." Illdignified: Hypocritical, f alsely pious . Careless, miserly. Ignorant.
Sat urn
Called "T he Greater Malef ic." Time. Old age.
Cold and dry. Masculine. Diurnal. Malef ic. Well-dignified: "Prf ound in imagination" (Lilly). Reserved. Austere. Frugal. Patient. Grave in speech. Illdignified: Coveto us and jealous . Avaricious, mistrust f ul. "Outwardly
Elderly men. The f ather. Discipline. Constraint. Restriction. Delay. Penury. Los s. Structure. Loneliness. Debility. Discipline and seriousness. Practicality. Severity. Frugality.
diessembling, sluggish, s uspicious , st ubborn, a contemner of women, a close lyar, malicious . . . never contented, ever repining" (Lilly 58).
Uranus
Accident s. Sudden events and surprises. Unpredictable events , generally. Inventions and inventors. Freedom. Revolution. Ast ro logy. Sudden changes in f ort une, goo d or bad depending on other factors in the chart.
Gender neutral, considered by many astro logers t o by the "higher oct ave" of Mercury. Z adkiel says , "The nature of Uranus is extremely evil." Welldignified: Humanitarian, ingenious, creative, auto nomous, eccentric, spontaneous. Ill-dignified: Violent, unpredictable, unreliable, f orget f ul.
Neptune
Confusion, drugs and alcohol. Addictio n. Depress ion and other psychological ailments. Idealism. Inspiration. ESP. The Arts. Mystery. Fog. Intuition and instinct. Deception.
Well-dignified: Visionary, creative, telepathic, int uitive, gentle, dreamy, spiritual, other-worldly. Ill-dignified: Out of t ouch with reality, hypochondriacal, given to subst ance abuse, impractical to a harmf ul degree, neurotic o r psychot ic.
Plut o
Deat h, s ex. An inexorable f orce. T he "mass es." Putref icatio n. Other peo ple's money, debts. Cutting and penetration. Perspective and transf ormation. A strong f orce. Reproduction.
Well-dignified: Powerf ul, unyielding, irresis table. Ill-dignified: Violent. Using wealth and power fo r ignoble purposes.
A Not e About Benef ics and Malef ics
From the table above, you s ee that Jupiter and Venus are called the Greater and Less er Benef ics. T hat is, they are naturally f ort unate planets. They may become unf ort unate, though, depending on the quest ion asked and the hous e they rule. For example, if Jupiter rules the 8t h hous e of death, it may very well not be f or tunat e at all. Similarly, a malef ic (Saturn or Mars) may rule the 11th ho use o f wishes, and may be applying to a sextile with the Ascendant ruler, indicating that the querent will get his wish.
Part of Fortune T his is a point on t he chart, not a planet. It and its dispos itor can signify los t o bjects , money, poss essio ns, and luck. I use it only t o co nf irm answers . I've never had a well-placed POF pro vide a positive answer in itself . Marc Edmund Jones us es t he house location of the POF to sho w (or conf irm) a querent's area of interest.
The Lunar Nodes A "node" is the po int at which a planet cro ss es the eliptic. All planets have no des. I've o nly seen the Moo n's nodes used in horary. T he North Node (also called Caput Draconis, or the Dragon's Head) is considered benef icial, having the nature o f the Jupiter and Venus. Marc Edmund Jones calls t he Nort h Node "a point o f def inite ass ist ance wherever it is f ound," ass uring cooperatio n and smoo th t ransactions in areas ruled by the hous e in which it is f ound. T he North Node is t he Moo n's ascending node. T he Sout h Node, or Cauda Draconis, is the descending node, and is always exactly oppos ite t he North Node. Jones calls t his point an impediment in any horary chart, and shows self - undoing or a lack of common sens e.
The Signs Planetary traits are qualif ied by the signs t hey inhabit. In a later less on, I'll provide more inf ormation f or using signs to f ind los t objects, t o des cribe illnesses , and to determine physical characteristics. Here, now, we'll just lo ok at so me of the characterist ics and correspondences of the 12 signs. Qualitie s, Element s, and Signs Mode
Fire
Eart h
Air
Wat er
Cardinal Aries
Caprico rn
Libra
Cancer
Fixed
Leo
Taurus
Aquarius
Scorpio
Mutable
Sagittarius
Virgo
Gemini
Pisces
Cardinal Signs. Also called "Moveable" signs. Cardinal signs signal initiat ion, beginnings, act ion. A Cardinal Ascendant can show a quick start . Cardinal s igns on all the angles show a sustained, quick movement o f the matter, and a quick resolution. Seasons change with the Cardinal signs. Fixed Signs. T hese represent an est ablished f orce. T hey show stability and roo tedness. Change does no t occur quickly. Prominent f ixed s igns can show that the querent is "dug in," st ubborn, conservative, st able. Ivy Goldst ein- Jacobs on says t hat a f ixed cros s sho ws that "there is no st opping the proceedings." Mutable Signs. Also called "Common" s igns. T hey mark the end of one s eason and the beginning of the next. T hey signal imminent change, f lexibility. Also, inst ability. A mutable cros s signals changeability, or unstable conditions. Questions described by a mixed cross of ten begin in the manner denoted by the mode o f the signs o n the ascendant and 7th ho use, and continue or end in the manner dento ed by the mode o f the s igns on MC and IC.
Sign Rulership and Planet ary Dignity In horary, at least traditional horary, there's much more to Planetary dignity than we typical deal with in contemporary natal astro logy. We'll get t he basics of ess ential dignity o ut o f the way here, though, and go into more detail in a later lesson. The gist, tho ugh, is this: Planets are stro nger-- or more "comf ort able" in so me signs t han ot hers. T he f ollowing table summarizes planetary standing in the s igns. PLANETARY DIGNITY--THE BASICS Planet
Dignit y
Exalt at ion
Det riment
Fall
Sun
Leo
Aries
Aquarius
Libra
Moon
Cancer
Taurus
Capricorn
Scorpio
Mercury
Gemini & Virgo
Virgo
Sagittarius
Pisces
Venus
Taurus & Libra
Pisces
Aries & Scorpio
Virgo
Mars
Aries & Scorpio
Capricorn
Libra & Taurus
Cancer
Jupiter
Sagittarius & Pisces
Cancer
Gemini & Virgo
Capricorn
Saturn
Capricorn & Aquarius
Libra
Cancer & Leo
Aries
Uranus
Aquarius
Scorpio
Leo
Taurus
Neptune
Pisces
Undetermined*
Virgo
Undetermined*
Pluto
Scorpio
Undetermined**
Taurus
Undetermined**
*Jacobso n claims Nept une is exhalted in Gemini, and in its f all in Sagitt arius. *Sylvia DeLong has Neptune exhalted in Cancer, and in it s f all in Capricorn. **DeLong has Pluto exhalted in Cancer, and in its f all in Capricorn. Generally speaking, in horary charts planets ref lect the debilitated s tat e o f that which they represent. When a well-digif ied planet represents the querent, f or instance, it can show t hat he is healthy, held in high est eem, or able to accomplish his goals: he is "well- pos itio ned." Well dignif ied planets can conf irm a pos itive answer. A poo rly dignif ied planet, say, represent ing the quesited, can sho w that what t he seeker hopes f or will f all short o f his expectations, or f or s ome reason ought not be pursued.
Example Here's an example in which the quesited's ruler is poo rly dignif ied. T he chart was cast in the Koch hous e syst em. There is no agreement bet ween t he planetary hour ruler and the Ascendant, so whether t he chart is valid is arguable. I had the querent's natal chart, though, and saw that the planetary hour ruler matched the natal Ascendant ruler-- not in itself a compelling sign o f validity. But the ho rary Ascendant adequately describes the querent, who is bookish and until very recently worked as a teacher. I decided to read the chart. T he Querent is ruled by Mercury, and co- ruled by the Moon. The quesited-- the job- - is a 10th ho use matter. With Aquarius on the 10th, Saturn rules the job. In Koch, the Moon is in the 10th. The angles are mixed, with mutable signs o n the Asc/desc., and f ixed signs o n the MC/IC. T his s uggest s that the querent is currently in a period o f transit ion that will resolve itself in some manner of increased st ability. T he Moo n's last major aspect was a sextile to Saturn, which in this chart rules the 8th, 9th, and 10th houses. Recently, he quit his ob t eaching to move t o anot her st ate, where his wif e was of f ered an excellent jo b oppor tunity. A longdistance move is apt 9t h hous e symbolism. T he Moo n's next major aspect is a sextile to Mercury, natural ruler of tes ts . He would so on be taking the writt en exam f or t he law enf orcement job, and the sextile
suggests he will do well. (He did, scoring 100%). He is concerned that past health problems will auto matically disqualify him f rom t he race, even tho ugh his health now is excellent; t his is what mot ivated him to ask a horary quest ion. T hat Saturn is in the 12th hous e of hos pitalizat ion conf irms t hat, at the very least, the people in a position to give him a job will be concerned about his past problems. Mercury is dignif ied by term, but weak by hous e (the 6th is considered a malefic hous e-- it rules illness ). T he Moo n is peregrine. It is, ho wever, acidentally dignif ied by house. Using Lilly's po int s yst em (which will be explained in a later less on), t he Moo n rates a + 8, and Mercury a +9. Not bad, either of them. Saturn, tho ugh-- the job- - is severely debilitated rat ing a - 10. Saturn is not a surprising planet to sho w up representing a government ob, but in this chart it is retro grade, and peregrine. It res ides in the 12th hous e of self - undoing. Furthermore, Mercury is conjunct the f ixed st ar Unukalhai, at 22Scorp04. Unukalhai signf ies success , f ollowed by do wnf all. Not a go od sign. The Ascendant is co njunct Aldebaran, signifying courage, violence, and sickness . Things don't loo k goo d. T here are no s tro ng aspect between the major players. Regarding career questions , however, Lilly says that "if none of the Signif icato rs be joyned to the Lord o f the 10th, see if the Lord o f the 1st or Moo n be in the 10th, he shall then att ain what he desires, if that planet be not impedited." In this chart , the Moon does indeed reside in the 10th, unimpedited. At the t ime of this writing, the querent is s till pursuing the job, but the chart seems to s uggest this: That although the pros pect f or his obt aining the job does not loo k very stro ng, there is a chance that in spite o f his past health problems he will be of f ered a job. He ought t o t hink twice-- serious ly-- about t aking, it, t hough, because it will not be what he hoped it would be, and more likely than not he will be unhappy (at best) in the position.
More Signs Miscellany Lilly uses various properties o f the s ign when cons idering charts . For instance, if a man or a woman asks, "Will we ever have children?" (and, believe it o r not, Lilly did answer quest ions like this, and s eemed unaf raid to deliver an unequivocal "No"), a barren sign like Virgo o n the cusp o f the 5th ho use o f children could contribute t o a negative answer. Here is a list of so me of the propert ies described by Lilly in Christian Astrology : Masculine, Diurnal Signs: Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius , Aquarius. Feminine, Nocturnal Signs: Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, Pisces. Regarding these distinctinctions, Lilly says:
The use whereof is this, That if you have a masculine Planet in a Masculine Sign, it imports him or her more manly; and so if a Masculine Planet be in a Feminine Sign, the man or woman is lesse couragious, &c.
Northern, or Boreal Signs: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Virgo Sourthe rn, or Austral Signs: Libra, Scorpio, Sagitt arius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces Double- bodies Signs: Gemini, Pisces (Jones , drawing on James Wilson's A Complete Dictionary of Astrology , includes Virgo and Sagitt arius.) Bestial, Four-f oote d Signs: Aries, Taurus, Leo, Sagitt arius, Capricorn. (Jones says, "T he last half o f Sagitt arius only.") "Manly" or Humane Signs: Gemini, Virgo, Libra, Aquarius. (Jones includes t he f irst half of Sagitt arius.) According to Lilly, if the Ascendant ruler is in a bes tial sign, the querent will sho ws s ome characteris tics o f the animal represented by that s ign. Conversely, if the s ignif icato r is in a human sign, or if a human sign ascends, the querent will be more ref ined, and of "civil carriage." Fruitf ul Signs: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
Barren Signs: Gemini, Leo, Virgo Mute Signs: Cancer, Scor pio, Pisces, "t he more if Mercury be in any of them, in conjunction, Square, or Oppos itio n of Saturn." (Lilly 89) Signs of Long Ascension: Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,Scorpio, and Sagitt arius (in t he northern hemisphere) Signs of Short Ascension: Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces , Aries, Taurus, and Gemini More about t he signif icance of these in the next lesso n. End of Lesso n 3 T his ad is support ing your extensio n Smoo thScroll.
