Given this, it’s easy to understand our cultural myths and religions about the progress of the Sun through the celestial sphere. After a lot of coaxing, my conversational partner finally held forth with his opinion that viewing photographs of stars and galaxies made him feel more alive and connected, and pointed out, aptly, that all of the energy on Earth ultimately derives from a central star – the Sun. I had an interesting conversation last night about the metaphysical underpinning of living things. This series will bring together a mixture of astronomical observation, astrological intuition, and some good old fashioned trial and error as we try to nail down what it is these concepts refer to for each celestial body, and the information we can thus gain about its nature. Every planet has a sign (and degree) of exaltation, an opposite sign of fall, and a sign of detriment opposite its domicile (you may read a primer for this series, discussing rulership, here. Exaltation, detriment, and fall are underutilized concepts in modern astrology, perhaps in part because even the ancients did not leave us a lot of clear explanation on the matter.
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