Rulerships of Signs
| Sign Domicile | Ruling planet (ancient) |
Ruling planet (modern) |
Sign Detriment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | Mars | Libra | |
| Taurus | Venus | Earth | Scorpio |
| Gemini | Mercury | Sagittarius | |
| Cancer | Moon | Capricorn | |
| Leo | Sun | Aquarius | |
| Virgo | Mercury | Ceres | Pisces |
| Libra | Venus | Aries | |
| Scorpio | Mars | Pluto | Taurus |
| Sagittarius | Jupiter | Gemini | |
| Capricorn | Saturn | Cancer | |
| Aquarius | Saturn | Uranus | Leo |
| Pisces | Jupiter | Neptune | Virgo |
A planet's detriment is the sign opposite to its rulership or domicile, considered a negative aspect. However, a detriment is not as averse as its fall.
Furthermore, the ancients assigned domal dignity to the North and South nodes of the Moon, although these do not qualify as rulerships since the nodes do not have governance over any signs. However, the nodes are said to act more comfortably and reliably in those places:
- North node in Gemini
- South node in Sagittarius
Some discontent exist within the Western astrological community about some of the signs that are often still said to share rulers. Many suggestions have been made, but consensus could actually take centuries, as it did in the cases of Uranus and Neptune.
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