Good afternoon.
Most of us are aware of Ptolemy's table of essential dignities:
http://astroschool-pullzone.ds7srfgl5wd.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/table-of-dignities.pdf
My question is, are there any Astrologers who truly understand Ptolemy's reasoning for his Terms specifically and the signs and degrees that render each planet a little more in dignity than it would be otherwise?
Rulership, exaltation, detriment, fall and face are all fairly straightforward and simple to understand in reasoning, plus the patterns within them are fairly obvious, but not so much with the Terms.
Do I need to read the Tetrabiblos? Is his reasoning in there?
This just doesn't appear to be common knowledge thusfar, to me.
Thanks
Most of us are aware of Ptolemy's table of essential dignities:
http://astroschool-pullzone.ds7srfgl5wd.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/table-of-dignities.pdf
My question is, are there any Astrologers who truly understand Ptolemy's reasoning for his Terms specifically and the signs and degrees that render each planet a little more in dignity than it would be otherwise?
Rulership, exaltation, detriment, fall and face are all fairly straightforward and simple to understand in reasoning, plus the patterns within them are fairly obvious, but not so much with the Terms.
Do I need to read the Tetrabiblos? Is his reasoning in there?
This just doesn't appear to be common knowledge thusfar, to me.
Thanks