Hi david starling,
I'm not seeing it either. I believe the Greeks misinterpreted the information they go from Mesopotamian astrologers.
Teucer of Babylon and those before him did not recognize detriment. A planet was either dignified in its own sign, or it wasn't. A planet could be exalted, and in fall in the sign opposite exaltation, but Sun in Aquarius is no different than Sun in Gemini or Scorpio.
I'm fairly certain the Greeks were confused and thought that if a planet is harmed being in the sign opposite its exaltation, then it must be harmed being in the sign opposite its dignity, but there's no evidence of that.
Can someone show me how Carole King was harmed?
She's 75 and still writing songs, still performing in public and on TV and not in the poor-house.
I'm not seeing how her life is a Greek tragedy.
It's true Sun is applying square H8 Taurus Saturn who receives Sun, but I have few hundred Aquarian Sun charts and not seeing where Sun is diminished in any way.