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Real astronomy and dated history, with sources. Documented traditions and folklore. Modern lunar astrology · symbolic, not predictive.

Traditional technique · Intermediate

Detriment

Also called exile

A planet in the sign opposite one it rules, such as Mars in Libra; traditionally uncomfortable.

Traditional astrologers read it as a planet working against its nature; modern ones often as an unfamiliar style rather than a weakness.

  • Kind: Technique
  • Tradition: Traditional Western astrology, Modern Western astrology
  • In this site’s birth chart: used

Related: Domicile, Fall, Essential dignity

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