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Dignity meaning in Vedic astrology: planetary strength

Also called: planetary dignity, own sign, swakshetra

Definition

Dignity describes how a planet is placed by sign: exalted, debilitated, in its moolatrikona, or in its own sign (a sign it rules). It is a measure of planetary strength.

P.V.R. Narasimha Rao (PVR) holds that a planet is strong in its own sign, its exaltation sign or its moolatrikona.

His analogy: the own sign is like home, the moolatrikona like the office, the exaltation sign like a favourite party, and the debilitation sign like being stuck at a place one hates.

Own signs: Sun Leo; Moon Cancer; Mars Aries and Scorpio; Mercury Gemini and Virgo; Jupiter Sagittarius and Pisces; Venus Taurus and Libra; Saturn Capricorn and Aquarius.

Lessons that use this term

Sources for this entry
  1. P.V.R. Narasimha Rao, Vedic Astrology: An Integrated Approach
  2. Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (R. Santhanam translation)

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