Yes, typically planets in houses have a bit more consideration than the lord of the house, but it's important to remember that matters of a house emanate from its lord. So while Jupiter in the Second might be a generally good and positive thing, what may be more important is understanding why Jupiter as Lord of the Ninth is in the Second and what that could mean.
Ah, what do you mean by Lord of the Ninth in this case? Do you mean that if Sagittarius was on the Ninth house cusp and Jupiter was in the Second house, then the Lord of the Ninth would be in the Second?
Or are you talking about something else?
It's probably not a good idea to think of signs as ruling anything. Signs don't have power to initiate events, that lies specifically with the planets.
That was probably an awkward turn of phase. What I meant was more that the houses are ruled by the planets that rule the signs, and that the houses don't actually have their own ruling planets. I basically mean that since my Ascendant is Gemini, I consider my First house to be ruled by Mercury, and definitely not Mars.
It's not so much that the signs cause action, it's that the sign's ruling planets become the rulers of the house.
Don't forget the Arabians.
Oh yeah, the Arabic parts/lots. Those are interesting as well.
Ha yes, there is a reason for this.
The natures of the planets influenced the houses of their joy.
You are new to classical astrology?
Sort of new. The only thing I really know for certain about Classical/traditional astrology is that they stopped counting planets at Saturn, and that people who use it today also stop at Saturn.
The way I see it, modern astrology includes all the heritage of traditional, plus any new ideas or discoveries that prove useful. Even in the modern Astrology, the three new ones are considered secondary influences and are usually ignored if they're not prominent in the chart.
Also, I have the flexibility to toss aside or keep any idea I find valuable, regardless of when or where it was invented. For instance, I could choose to ignore Pluto but pay attention to Uranus, use Sabian symbols, and also use fixed stars, twelfth parts, decans, and Arabic parts, as well as the original definitions of the houses (rather than the weird watered-down ones). With traditional, you're required to reject
all modern ideas simply because they're new.
It's probably worth looking into, though... if only so that I don't keep mistaking old ideas for new ones! >.< Plus, it really seems like the "core" of Astrology is the older stuff, so learning it would give me a better idea of the whole.