posted December 04, 2012 03:48 PM            

And here are Pullen's delineations:
Planet: Position Aspects Total Rank Percent
Sun: 30.0 ( 7) + 9.6 (10) = 39.6 ( 9) / 6.3%
Moon: 65.0 ( 3) + 12.7 ( 6) = 77.7 ( 3) / 12.3%
Mercury: 71.0 ( 2) + 12.3 ( 7) = 83.3 ( 2) / 13.2%
Venus: 48.5 ( 4) + 11.4 ( 8) = 59.9 ( 5) / 9.5%
Mars: 42.5 ( 5) + 28.2 ( 1) = 70.7 ( 4) / 11.2%
Jupiter: 88.5 ( 1) + 24.4 ( 2) = 112.9 ( 1) / 17.8%
Saturn: 28.5 ( 8) + 13.8 ( 4) = 42.3 ( 8) / 6.7%
Uranus: 25.0 ( 9) + 23.8 ( 3) = 48.8 ( 6) / 7.7%
Neptune: 35.0 ( 6) + 10.2 ( 9) = 45.2 ( 7) / 7.2%
Pluto: 10.0 (11) + 12.9 ( 5) = 22.9 (10) / 3.6%
Chiron: 7.0 (12) + 0.0 (11) = 7.0 (12) / 1.1%
Node: 22.0 (10) + 0.0 (12) = 22.0 (11) / 3.5%
Total: 473.0 + 159.3 = 632.3 / 100.0%

Sign: Power Rank Percent - Element Power Percent
Aries: 34.3 ( 9) / 5.4% - Fire: 191.8 / 30.3%
Taurus: 68.2 ( 3) / 10.8% - Earth: 145.5 / 23.0%
Gemini: 67.5 ( 4) / 10.7% - Air: 148.5 / 23.5%
Cancer: 90.1 ( 2) / 14.2% - Water: 146.6 / 23.2%
Leo: 10.5 (12) / 1.7%
Virgo: 47.5 ( 5) / 7.5% - Mode Power Percent
Libra: 41.9 ( 6) / 6.6% - Cardinal: 195.9 / 31.0%
Scorpio: 20.2 (11) / 3.2% - Fixed: 138.1 / 21.8%
Sagittarius: 147.0 ( 1) / 23.2% - Mutuable: 298.3 / 47.2%
Capricorn: 29.7 (10) / 4.7%
Aquarius: 39.1 ( 7) / 6.2%
Pisces: 36.4 ( 8) / 5.7%
Total: 632.3 / 100.0%

What's confusing me is how Sun ended up ranked 9th. My analysis shows Sun as the strongest planet in this chart due to placement and aspects it makes. Mars seems very strong as well. It makes sense for Jupiter to be strong here but I don't see it being more so than these other two.

Could anyone offer some guidance or explanation as to whether the Pullen results make sense? I've noticed people generally rely on Pullen here when discussing planetary dominants. I'm inclined to discuss mine in terms of results I've gotten from other analysis, but if there is something about my chart that I'm not noticing that makes Pullen's conclusions accurate, then I am all ears!

posted December 05, 2012 09:26 AM            

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Originally posted by AcousticGod:
Jupiter, which rules Sag, is in Sag alongside two others planets also in Sag. It makes a major aspect to your 9th house (Sag-like) Sun. All of this combines to make Jupiter your strongest planet, and Sag your strongest sign.

Sun doesn't get respect, because it's in a sign squaring the sign the Sun rules: Leo.

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So the fact that Leo is in the 12th and Sun is at the end of the 9th house, conjunct the 10th, is enough to completely undermine everything the Sun is doing in the chart?

That's an interesting idea, but I haven't ever read anything in astrological literature that supports the idea that the Sun is weak for all Tauruses.

posted December 07, 2012 10:55 AM            

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Originally posted by Lonake:
You don't have anything in Leo/5th and the Sun doesn't make any major aspect in sign to any other major planetary body/luminary. The inconjuncts aren't counted in looking for dominance.
The driving force of your chart is the Mars/Jupiter opposition across the Mc/Ic, Mercury by house and aspect, and the 2 yods, well technically 4. Possibly also Neptune at the SN in the 4th. Saturn/Pluto is a standout but it's in the yod formation so I counted it there. And I think the Sun/Mars conj Mc is relevant to your chart, but its more for purposes of fulfilling your NN.

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Ok. What does all of that mean?

I hadn't considered that, despite the quantity and quality of aspects the Sun makes, the fact it doesn't make them in Taurus would be significant.

posted December 12, 2012 02:51 PM            

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That's an interesting idea, but I haven't ever read anything in astrological literature that supports the idea that the Sun is weak for all Tauruses.

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