The Sun also has essential dignity in the degrees of his “Face” or “Decan.” These are the spans of degrees for the Sun’s Face (or “decan” or “decanic faces”): Only in day charts, the Sun also has essential dignity in Sagittarius. The Sun is also dignified in the sign of its exaltation, Aries. The Sun has the strongest essential dignity when it is in the sign of Leo. If any of the rules apply for your planet, then it has essential dignity.

Look at the section, below, for your planet. If your Sun is in house 7–12, you have a day chart.) (If your Sun is in house 1–6, you have a night chart. You will also need to know if your birth chart is a day chart or a night chart. To use this list to check if a planet has essential dignity, you’ll need to know the sign and degree that your planet is in. Note that even a planet in Fall or Detriment can have essential dignity (albeit a small amount). Use this list to tell whether a planet has any essential dignity. This includes essential dignities by sign rulership (domicile), exaltation, Triplicity, Term, and Face (Decan) as given by Ptolemy.

This lists the essential dignities of the Sun, Moon, and the five classical planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.įor each planet, the list includes the signs, and exact degrees where applicable, of essential dignity. This handy list lets you quickly check if a planet has a essential dignity. Daily Personalized Horoscope ↗ Essential Dignities of Each Planet

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