Essential strengths and weaknesses of planets
Assessing the quality, inner strength and resources of each planet depending on the zodiac sign.
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Essential virtues (from the Latin essentia - essence) show how comfortable a planet is in a particular zodiac sign. A planet in the sign of its rulership (abode) feels like a master in its own home: its qualities manifest themselves purely and naturally. In exaltation, the planet...
What are the essential virtues of the planets
Essential virtues (from the Latin essentia - essence) show how comfortable a planet is in a particular zodiac sign. A planet in the sign of its rulership (abode) feels like a master in its own home: its qualities manifest themselves purely and naturally. In exaltation, the planet reveals its highest ideal properties. In exile and fall, the planet is deprived of its usual resources and is forced to look for unconventional ways of compensation.
Scale of merits and receptions
Abode (+5 points)
Maximum natural strength and sovereignty (Mars in Aries, Venus in Taurus).
Exaltation (+4 points)
Honorable position, exaggerated grandeur and inspiration (Sun in Aries, Moon in Taurus).
Peregrine (0 points)
Neutral position: a wanderer without rights, acting depending on the aspects.
Fall (-4 points)
Distorted manifestation of qualities, psychological vulnerability that requires awareness.
Exile (-5 points)
The planet is in the sign opposite its abode. Lack of basic supports, which gives rise to a powerful motivation to prove the opposite.
Table of advantages in Astroprognostic
The Astroprognostic merits block displays the strength score of each body on the Ptolemaic and modern scales, as well as a table of mutual receptions (when planets visit each other’s signs and help compensate for weaknesses).
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is a planet in decline a bad fate? ▼
No way. A fallen or expelled planet often becomes the main source of a person’s genius, since a person has been paying hypertrophied attention to this area since childhood (compensation according to Adler).