Finding out astrology, particularly when you've immersed your self in studying conventional astrology, might imply you've come throughout phrases like rulership, exaltation, detriment, and fall.
I do know these phrases might be complicated, and in a sequence of webinars all through 2024, I'll aid you perceive what these phrases actually imply and present you use these ideas in your charting work. It will embody exploring when a ruling planet truly has the facility to point one thing useful and optimistic, and when a ruling planet is perhaps extra combined, and even difficult, in its expression.
To start, let's discover a story of two Saturns.
First, we have now Whitney Houston, who has two ruling planets, the Solar in Leo and Saturn in Aquarius.
Second is Sheryl Crow, who additionally has Saturn in Aquarius.
A ruling planet is normally thought-about an excellent factor.
And more often than not it’s, normally in some particular methods, that hyperlinks to sure components of the chart. Nonetheless, whereas Maternus may say that the nearer to the gods of happiness you is perhaps the extra ruling planets you’ve got, there are occasions when a ruling planet might be problematic.
A query that’s essential to think about when contemplating a ruling planet is “Is that this ruling planet good for the particular person/life or good for the planet?”
You is perhaps enthusiastic about understanding the distinction between these two views.
In conventional astrology, every planet is chargeable for particular themes, folks, points, environments, and areas of the home. A few of these are suitable with the chart and life, and a few of these matters or themes can create a problem, check, or battle to navigate.
Earlier than diving into the simplistic interpretation of a ruling planet is all the time and in each means nice, we have to dig just a little deeper to judge this planet within the context of the chart.
Sheryl Crow: Chart of Saturn ruling the tenth home and midheaven
In Sheryl Crow's chart, Saturn guidelines the MC in Capricorn and the ninthth and 10th whole signaling homes. Saturn is in Aquarius, about 18 levels away from the Solar, having not too long ago risen within the morning. The raven can be born in the course of the day, making Saturn the sect of the cardboard.
On this chart, Saturn is chargeable for profession issues, in addition to publishing, journey, story-telling, knowledge, skilled work, public papers and enterprises, and common development.
Saturn tends to be extra constructive and productive in a each day chart. This isn’t to say that each a part of Crow's life is wonderful, however it bodes properly for profession success and success by way of writing, instructing, mentoring, or publishing endeavors.
Whitney Houston: Night time chart Saturn ruling the eleventh and twelfth homes
In Whitney Houston's chart, Saturn guidelines the eleventhth and 12th homes, and is positioned in Aquarius on the twelfthth house
For Houston, Saturn is chargeable for themes comparable to friendship, group connections and help, in addition to struggling, ache, loneliness, spirituality, one's internal self, far-off locations and time spent in seclusion . Houston is born in the course of the evening, displaying that Saturn is against the sect of the cardboard.
Saturn might be tougher or problematic in an evening chart, the place it has malefic designation exterior sect. The planet with this designation usually describes an issue, problem or problem to navigate sooner or later in life. So despite the fact that Saturn guidelines Aquarius, Houston's chart begs the query: Is that this good for her or good for Saturn? Is it actually “good” to have the planet of struggling so robust, for instance?
Whereas Houston was clearly extremely gifted, she additionally suffered from her personal internal demons. We might interpret Saturn's function in her chart as displaying a number of the challenges she struggled with being heavy, unmanageable and extremely tough. Given the circumstances of his dying and his well-publicized struggles with medicine and alcohol, his personal struggling will need to have been nice.
Working with Saturn in Aquarius
From a technical perspective, lets say that on this case of two Saturns, each ruling Aquarius, that one was tougher and problematic than you may count on when you had solely thought-about Saturn in Aquarius by way of its ruling issue, with out having different issues under consideration. comparable to sect and home points linked to Saturn.
In fact, there’s far more to discover in these two charts as properly, however hopefully this introduction to those ideas will help you perceive just a little extra about working with ruling planets.
Though the sign-based situation of a planet is one among its most essential components to evaluate, it will likely be modified by different chart traits comparable to sect and points. I’ll train extra concerning the particular items of a ruling planet, and spot when a ruling planet is perhaps problematic in my upcoming webinar Ruling Planets.
