Essential Dignity
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Essential Dignity: A planet's sign of natural rulership or exaltation. See also dignity, exalted.
Peregrine - a planet without any essential dignity, wandering aimlessly around and very weak
Cazimi - a planet within 17 minutes of conjunction to the sun, "in the heart of the sun". This position is one of strength ...
essential dignity A planet's sign of natural rulership or exaltation. See also dignity, exalted.
Essential Dignity:
A planet is strengthened or essentially dignified when it is in a sign which agrees with its own nature. This is thoroughly explained under 'Dignity,' which see.
Exaltation: ...
A planet's essential dignity is found by using the table of dignities and seeing which of its own positions a planet occupies in the chart under discussion. Rulership, exaltation, and triplicity are the important ones; term and face are less so.
In addition to Essential dignity, the traditional astrologer considers Accidental dignity of planets. This is placement by house in the chart under examination. Accidental dignity describes the planet's "ability to act".
Exaltation - Essential dignity of a planet, possibly even more powerful than being in its own sign.
Accidental Dignity Planet dignified by favourable position, motion or aspect, but not in Essential Dignity. See Dignities, Accidental and Essential. Acronichal (Acronycal; Acronychal; Acronical)
Acronichal - the point opposite the Sun ...
William Thrasher's Jubar Astrologicum, published in 1671, provides a complete introduction to the basics of traditional astrology, explaining the essential dignity system, aspects, ...
PEREGRINE - A Planet is then said to be Peregrine, when he is in the degrees of any Sign wherein he has no essential dignity: As Saturn in the tenth degree of Aries, that Sign being not his House, Exaltation, or of his Triplicity, ...
Peregrine Planet positioned in a sign where it posesses no essential dignity. It is neither dignified nor debilitated. It is a planet that seems to be independant of others.
Place them in their domicile or exaltation sign, if this is not possible then at least make sure they have an essential dignity at that degree (even if it is only by term or face), don't allow them to be peregrine, ...
] If any Planet be in his Decanate, Decurie or Face, as Mars in the first ten degrees of Aries, or in Mercury in the first ten degrees of Taurus, he is then allowed one essential dignity; for being in his own Decanate or Face, ...
Said of a planet that does not occupy a sign of essential dignity or debilitation and is not in mutual reception with any other planet.
If the Sign which a planet rules is on the cusp of the House in which the planet is posited, the planet may be described as the Lord of the House: but the strength as such depends upon its Essential Dignity by virtue of its Sign placement.
a planet without any essential dignity, and very weak
Planets
The main bodies of the solar system ...
Note: Almutens were used by the Arabic astrologers and refer to the planet with the most essential dignity at a point along the zodiac. The idea was that a planet with the most dignity was the most free to act effectively on behalf of the Querent.
 See also: Dignity, Planet, House, Astrology, Sign
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