Editing Dignity Scores

In the "Dignity/Almuten Editor"...

>> To select an item on the Dignity Scoring list for editing

•Select the required item by clicking on it.

The Dignity Scoring list items are as follows...

•In Rulership - The score for a planet that is a sign which it rules

•In Exaltation - The score for a planet that is in a sign in which it is exalted

•In Triplicity (In Sect) - The score for a planet that is in its own triplicity for the sect of the chart (diurnal or nocturnal).

•In Triplicity (Out Sect) - The score for a planet that is in its own triplicity for the opposite sect of the chart (nocturnal or diurnal).

•In Triplicity (Extra) - The score for a planet that is in its own triplicity of the extra (or participatory) triplicity ruler.

•In Term - The score for a planet which is in its own term

•In Face - The score for a planet which is in its own face

•In Detriment - The score for a planet which is in a sign opposite its rulership

•In Fall - The score for a planet which is in a sign opposite its exaltation

•In MR (Rulership, Exaltation etc.) - The score for a planet that is in mutual reception by rulership, exaltation, triplicity (in sect), term or face.

•Planet of Day - The score for the planet that is the planet of the day.

•Planet of Hour - The score for the planet which is the planet of the hour

•In Peregrine - The score for planet which is in peregrine

•In House x - The score for a planet occupying the xth house.

Notes:

1.Any score may be set to 0 (zero) to prevent it being used in the dignity scoring calculation.

2.Rulerships, exaltations, faces, detriments and falls are deemed according to whichever set of rulerships has been selected to be used with this definition.

3.Triplicity rulerships are deemed according to whichever one of the available options is selected as described below.

4.Term rulerships are deemed according to whichever one of the available options is selected as described below.

5.A planet is deemed to be in peregrine if it has no dignity by rulership, exaltation, triplicity, term or face. Optionally, a further condition for deeming a planet to be peregrine is that is also has no mutual receptions by rulership, exaltation, triplicity, term or face. This option may be selected by the user as described below.

6.The Planet of Day, Hour and House options would normally only be used for almuten calculations rather then degree dignities.

7.When scoring the In House option, the house placement of each planet is determined according to user-defined options as described below.

>> To adjust the scoring for the selected dignity item

•Click on the > button to increment the score by 1 point, or the < button to decrement the score by 1 point.

When you select a dignity item that is a Mutual Reception (MR), you can also select a peregrine option, which affects whether or not a planet can be deemed to be in peregrine if it is in mutual reception. These options are as follows.

•Ignore MR for peregrine flag - This option ignores the mutual reception when determining whether a planet is in peregrine, so the planet may be in peregrine even if it is in a mutual reception of this type.

•Cancel flag if MR occurs - This option cancels the peregrine if any mutual reception of this type occurs for the planet, so the planet is deemed not to be in peregrine if the mutual reception occurs.

You can prevent a dignity/almuten definition from being used for either daytime or nighttime charts if you wish. This is useful if you wish to apply different scoring for day and night charts, in which case you must create two separate definitions, and apply one to diurnal (daytime) charts only, and the other to nocturnal (nighttime) charts only. When Solar Fire displays dignity/almutens scores, it will ignore the definition that does not apply to the current chart, and display the scores only for the definition that does apply.