Calculating the Almudebit
Lets now examine the method of calculating the 1st differentia chart:
We will use the chart of the baby gaven above (the chart is not first differentia but will use the chart as an example of calculating as I do not have a chart of 1st differentia at the moment).
We calculate the following points:
1. Ascendant 29Sagittarius / term ruler Mars
2. Ruler of the Ascendant - Saturn 22Aquarius/ term ruler Mars
3. Rulers of the triplicity of the Ascendant (Fire):
- Jupiter 13Aries/ term ruler Jupiter
- Sun 01Aquarius/ term ruler Mercury
- Saturn 22Aquarius/ term ruler Mars
4. Seventh house 29Gemini/ term ruler Saturn
5. Ruler of the Seventh House - Mercury at 7Capricorn/ term ruler Jupiter
6. Fourth House 23Aries/ term ruler Mars
7. Ruler of the Fourth House - Mars at 6Aquarius/ term ruler Mercury
8. Tenth House at 23Libra/ term ruler Venus
9. Ruler of the 10th house - Venus at 6Pisces/ term ruler Venus
10. Sun at 01Aq/ term ruler Mercury
11. Ruler of the Sun - Saturn at 22 Aquarius/ term ruler Mars
12. Moon at 0 Taurus/ term ruler Venus
13. Ruler of the Moon - Venus at 6Pisces/ term ruler Venus
14. Rulers of the Triplicity of the Sun (Air):
- Mercury at 7 Capricorn/ term ruler Mercury
- Saturn at 22 Aquarius/ term ruler Mars
- Jupiter 13Aries/ term ruler Jupiter
15. Conjunction (New Moon prior the birth) at 23 Capricorn/ term ruler Saturn
16. Part of Fortune at 0Libra/ term ruler Saturn
17. Ruler of the Part of Fortune - Venus at 6Pisces/ term ruler Venus
18. Jupiter (because its benefic) 13Aries/ term ruler Jupiter
19. Venus (because its benefic) 6Pisces/ term ruler Venus
20. Moon (as nocturnal planet) at 0Taurus/ term ruler Venus
21. Venus (as nocturnal planet) at 6Pisces/ term ruler Venus
22. Mars (as nocturnal planet) at 6Aquarius/ term ruler Mercury
Table of points:
As we can see, Saturn (with most points) is the Almuten of these places.
Lets now look at the summary (given by Bonatti) for first differentia:
1. The Almuten of the important points to be cadent.
(IF we take the Whole Sign Houses then the Almuten - Saturn is Cadent in Aquarius)
2. Any of the malefics should impede by degree (partile).
3. Impeded degree that rises (to be impeded by non dignified Malefic through conjunction, square or opposition).
4. The positions of the Luminaries are impeded. (in the case of the baby's chart that we are examining the luminaries are impeded by a non dignified Malefic - Mars, though not in partile, which would give 2nd differentia).
Exists two opinions on this matter reproduced by Bonatti. The one is from Ptolomy, the other is from the 'other ancients'.
Ptolomy thinks that the main luminary should be impeded and the rulers of the of the degree of the luminaries should be cadent, and the Ascendant degree should be impeded.
According to the 'other ancients', the ruler of all the three triplicities (of the Ascendant or of the main luminary) are cadent; and the luminaries are cadent; and their rulers are cadent and the place of the syzygy is cadent.
In conclusion we would say that the chart of this baby is difficult.
It has impeded luminaries by a non dignified malefic (Mars).
The rulers of the triplicity of the Ascendant (Sun-Jupiter and Saturn) are in Cadent houses. Sun is in Aq - a cadent house in the Whole Sign system (Zoller suggests to use both - WS and Quadrant system of houses in calculating these techniques, because they came from earlier hellenistic sources where they used WS), Saturn as Almudebit (Almuten of all those places we calculate) is in Cadent Aquarius. Jupiter is in cadent quadrant house. Next, the rulers of these triplicity rulers are cadent: Saturn - ruler of the Sun is in Aquarius and Mars as ruler of Jupiter's Aries is cadent in Aquarius.