Rulerships and Exaltations

The first list shows where planets are strong or praised.

♈ Aries  ♈

Cardinal Fire

Mars ♂Rules

Sun ☉Exalted

♉ Taurus   ♉

Fixed Earth

Venus ♀Rules

Moon ☽Exalted

♊ Gemini   ♊

Mutable Air

Mercury☿ Rules

♋ Cancer   ♋

Cardinal Water

Moon☽Rules

Jupiter ♃ Exalted

♌ Leo   ♌

Fixed Fire

Sun ☉Rules

♍ Virgo   ♍

Mutable Earth

Mercury☿Rules

♎ Libra  ♎

Cardinal Air

Venus ♀ Rules

Saturn ♄Exalted

♏ Scorpio  ♏

Fixed Water

Mars ♂ Rules

♐ Sagittarius  ♐

Mutable Fire

Jupiter ♃ Rules

♑ Capricorn  ♑

Cardinal Earth

Saturn♄Rules

Mars♂Exalted

♒ Aquarius ♒

Fixed Air

Saturn♄and Uranus ♅Rule

Mercury ☿Exalted

♓ Pisces  ♓

Mutable Water

Jupiter♃and Neptune♆ Rule

Venus ♀Exalted

Meditating on these attributions helps deepen our understanding of astrology.  For instance it is a fun mental exercise to guess why the originators of the zodiac said Venus rules the signs Taurus and Libra.

It is important to see planets in detriment or fall as indispensable for fulfilling life’s promises. 

Sun ☉

Rules ♌Leo♌

Detriment ♒Aquarius♒

Exalted ♈Aries♈

Fall ♎Libra♎

Moon☽

Rules ♋Cancer♋

Detriment ♑Capricorn♑

Exalted ♉Taurus♉

Fall ♏Scorpio♏

Mercury☿

Actively Rules ♊Gemini♊   Passively Rules ♍Virgo♍

Active Detriment ♐Sagittarius♐ 

Passive Detriment ♓Pisces♓

Exalted ♒Aquarius♒

Fall ♌Leo♌

Venus♀

Actively Rules ♎Libra♎   Passively Rules ♉Taurus♉

Active Detriment ♈Aries♈    Passive Detriment ♏Scorpio♏

Exalted ♓Pisces♓

Fall ♍Virgo♍

Mars♂

Actively Rules ♈Aries♈    Passively Rules ♏Scorpio♏

Active Detriment ♎Libra♎     Passive Detriment ♉Taurus♉

Exalted ♑Capricorn♑

Fall ♋Cancer♋

Jupiter♃

Actively Rules ♐Sagittarius♐   Passively Rules ♓Pisces♓

Active Detriment ♊Gemini♊   Passive Detriment ♍Virgo♍

Exalted ♋Cancer♋

Fall ♑Capricorn♑

Saturn♄

Actively Rules ♑Capricorn♑  Passively Rules ♒Aquarius♒

Active Detriment ♋Cancer♋    Passive Detriment ♌Leo♌

Exalted ♎Libra♎

Fall ♈Aries♈

Uranus ♅

Rules ♒Aquarius♒

Detriment ♌Leo♌

Neptune ♆

Rules ♓Pisces♓

Detriment ♍Virgo♍

Pluto ♇

Rules ♏Scorpio♏

Detriment ♉Taurus♉