
Many modern astrologers place a lot of emphasis on the ascendant as an important point of the chart. Here’s a few quick ways to check which placements and planets are particularly strong or dominant in your own birth chart: Your ruling planet has the strongest influence in your life This has everything to do with the difference between essential and accidental dignity. In fact, there is a big difference between a planet that is strong versus a planet that is dominant.


You might often hear people mention they have a “strong Mercury” or a “dominant Mars”, but what does that really mean and how do you know whether a planet is strong or dominant in your chart? While there are different schools of thought that may offer different perspectives on this question, in traditional astrology there are actually easy ways to determine the strong or dominant placements in your chart.
