Traditional technique · Intermediate
Domicile
Also called rulership (sign), in its own sign, dignified
A planet in a sign it rules, such as Mars in Aries; the strongest essential dignity.
Traditional astrologers read a planet in domicile as acting most freely and characteristically.
- How it is worked out
- The planet is the traditional or modern ruler of the sign it occupies; the site says which scheme.
Sources
- Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos I.17, “Of the Houses of the Several Planets” (Robbins translation, 1940) (opens in a new tab) historical
- Deborah Houlding, Skyscript: an introduction to the essential dignities (opens in a new tab) practitioner
- Astrodienst AstroWiki: Domicile (opens in a new tab) practitioner
Written for Cool Moon Facts in its own words. An astrology source documents what astrologers believe or practise; it does not establish that astrology works.