* Traditionally the qualities of planets are considered more easily (or less easily) expressed in certain signs than in others. *
Rulership/Dignified - planets thought to be strongest in the signs they rule.
Exaltation - second strongest placement of a planet
Detriment (usually in the sign opposite its rulership) - considered a weak placement for the planet
Fall (usually in the sign opposite its exaltation) - thought of as the weakest placement for the planet.
SIGN | RULER | DETRIMENT | EXALTED | FALL |
Aries |
Mars |
Venus |
Sun |
Saturn |
Taurus |
Venus |
Mars |
Moon |
Uranus |
Gemini |
Mercury |
Jupiter |
North Node |
South Node |
Cancer |
Moon |
Saturn |
Neptune |
Mars |
Leo |
Sun |
Uranus |
-- |
Mercury |
Virgo |
Mercury |
Neptune |
Mercury |
Venus |
Libra |
Venus |
Mars |
Saturn |
Sun |
Scorpio |
Mars Pluto |
Venus |
Uranus |
Moon |
Sagittarius |
Jupiter |
Mercury |
South Node |
North Node |
Capricorn |
Saturn |
Moon |
Mars |
Neptune |
Aquarius |
Saturn Uranus |
Sun |
Mercury |
-- |
Pisces |
Jupiter Neptune |
Mercury |
Venus |
Mercury |
PLANET | DIGNIFIED | DETRIMENT | EXALTED | FALL |
Sun | Leo | Aquarius | Aries | Libra |
Moon | Cancer | Capricorn | Taurus | Scorpio |
Mercury | Gemini Virgo |
Sagittarius Pisces |
Virgo Aquarius(m) |
Pisces Leo (m) |
Venus | Taurus Libra |
Scorpio Aries |
Pisces | Virgo (m) |
Mars* | Aries Scorpio (a) |
Libra Taurus (a) |
Capricorn | Cancer |
Jupiter* | Sagittarius Pisces (a) |
Gemini Virgo (a) |
Cancer | Virgo Capricorn |
Saturn* | Capricorn Aquarius |
Cancer Leo |
Libra | Aries |
Uranus** | Aquarius (m) | Leo (m) | Scorpio (m) | Taurus (m) |
Neptune** | Pisces (m) | Virgo (m) | Cancer (m) | Capricorn (m) |
Pluto** | Scorpio (m) | None | None | None |
NorthNode | None | None | Gemini | Sagittarius |
South Node | None | None | Sagittarius | Gemini |
Intermediate Homework
Consider
each Planet in its dignity, exaltation, detriment and fall.
Go through each of the planets through each of the signs and discuss why the
planet feels "comfortable," or not very comfortable in that sign.