As for which planet rules the chart
the planet which has the most essential and accidental dignity
the planet that has the most innate strength
coupled with the most innate power to enact that strength
surely such a planet is a front runner of our astrological make-up.
The ruler of the Ascendant is the Ruler of the Ascendant
and not the ruler of the chart
just as the ruler of the MC is the ruler of the tenth house
and not of the entire chart.
The reason the Ascendant is given such precedence
over any other angle is in part because
we are all so helplessly egotistical.
The ruler of the Ascendant has a particular importance of course
as it is the planet which presides over the self in all of us
and as our conciousness is almost always situated in that self
the ego takes over
and gives the ruler of the Ascendant more credit than it is due
and considers it the ruler of the life
when the life is so much more than 'I'
as the other eleven houses hold testimony to.
If there is such a thing as
a planet that presides over the entire chart
the entire life in all it's aspects
then
such must be
the planet with the greatest essential and accidental dignity
- because it makes so much sense.
If I have Venus combust in Aries in a cadent house
blighted by harsh aspects from unfavourable planets
and Venus is the ruler of the Ascendant
is it the ruler of my chart, my life.
I would hope not
because considering it as such would go a way to manifest it as so
it is the ruler of my perception of life as situated in the self
not of the life.
If I have Mars in Scorpio conjoined with the MC
receiving favourable aspects from agreeable planets
and as such
is the most essentially and accidentally dignified planet in my chart
but rules not the Ascendant
but yet is the best planet I have to work with
then does Venus or Mars preside over my life?
I suppose that it is a choice
because we cause to manifest wherever we direct our conciousness
but I would opt for the planet with the greatest strength
to be my representative in this life
and act accordingly.
The Lord of the Geniture/Birth
is the planet that shows the highest possible expression of ourselves
it is our guardian spirit
whom we should endeavour to act in principle of in any situation
in order to manifest our destiny.
This is a planet
not determined as our horoscopic representative based
upon beaming in upon the realm of one twelfth of Life
but
it is designated
based upon it's strength of dignity outweighing all others in the chart.
It is our destiny, the strength of our horoscopes
and the stalwart of our lives.
The ruler of the chart, indeed, the Lord of the Geniture
so called as it is the president of our incarnation into this world
is the planet which has the greatest dignity in our charts
and through which we may manifest our destiny.
If our ego's are what our life is consumed with
then
the Ascendant ruler will be the ruler of our lives
for anything
which spans the entirety of our twelvefold manifestation in existence
will not get a look in.
If it is our money and possessions are what our life is consumed with,
always or just for today
then the second house ruler will be the ruler of our lives
always or just for today
and again, we act accordingly.
The benefit however, of seeing the planet with the greatest dignity
as our guardian angel, our 'ruler'
is that we endeavour to attach ourselves to a strength
that transcends all of these compartmentalised boundaries
a ruler of all rulers,
that transcends all of these compartmentalised boundaries
a ruler of all rulers,
and indeed
the house which is ruled by the Lord of the Geniture
may be the twelfth of our existence that provides the most direct route
to the Whole
so perhaps we might better consider this house cusp as more important still
than the Ascendant in many respects.
The ruler of the Ascendant as ruler of the chart
and inevitably of the life
means that some have the blessing of wonderfully situated planets
to revel in
while others are relegated to the reject bin.
The consideration of the Lord of the Geniture
as the ruler of our chart is optimistic to say the least
and a manifestation of destiny at most.
This is because such a planet always represents the greatest strength
and the highest possible given that horoscope
which surely is what life is about
bringing to fruit our most optimum potentials.