Dignities + Retrograde Question

[janjan]

Some horary questions here...

1. Can a planet that is swift in retrograde motion be considered as "Swift in Motion" thereby under Lily's score = +2 ?

2. From Lily's dignities point table, is it fair to say that the few points the "SUN" would normally be considered is from its house placement and motion? Then, wouldnt the Sun be always low scoring?

Tks.

[blumen]

Originally Posted by janjan

1. Can a planet that is swift in retrograde motion be considered as "Swift in Motion"?

It cannot. Being swift in motion is an accidental dignity. It applies only to planets that are direct.

Originally Posted by janjan

2. From Lily's dignities point table, is it fair to say that the few points the "SUN" would normally be considered is from its house placement and motion? Then, wouldnt the Sun be always low scoring?

There are a few conditions that do not apply to the Sun.
The Sun never retrogrades. Therefore, "direct in motion" does not apply.
The Sun cannot be Occidental or Oriental, as it is used to determine if a planet has any such placement.
The Sun cannot be free from combustion, or in cazimi.

These do not lower the score of the Sun. The Sun can be placed in one of his essential, or accidental, dignities and therefore get a very high score.

A planet's score matters only in relation to the score of another planet.
The score of a planet becomes important and useful only when it is compared to the score of the other significators in the horary chart. In some charts the Sun may have a low score, but this low score could always be higher than the score of another significator.

[janjan]

Originally Posted by blumen

It cannot. Being swift in motion is an accidental dignity. It applies only to planets that are direct.

In that case, I assume we do not also consider it as being "slow in motion"?



Tks for your reply.

[blumen]

Originally Posted by janjan

In that case, I assume we do not also consider it as being "slow in motion"?

Right. Only direct planets can be slow in motion.

Blumen

[Draco]

Even in light of the physical fact that a planet might be moving more swiftly or more slowly than usual in retrograde? Why can this not be intepreted as significant?