posted August 17, 2009 07:42 AM         

The significance of the chart ruler is found where it is placed in your chart, which tells us "HOW" your ASC behaves within the context of the AC - which is how two people of the same ASC can differ, due to the chart ruler's position and aspects.

E.g. Your chart ruler, Saturn is in close conjunction with Pluto on the 9th house. So, I would look at:

1. Saturn conj Pluto (Intensifies Saturn)
2. Saturn in Jupiter's natural house. (makes your Saturn more Jupiter-like)
3. Saturn in a Venus ruled house. (Makes Saturn more Venus like)

***Planets that disposit/or disposited by Saturn also tells us the "strength" of your Saturn AC.

(even if the Pullen chart has likely considered all these things in their rankings.)

I also notice that both Saturn and Jupiter are dignified (Jupiter in it's own territory in Sag and Saturn is exalted in Libra), so with Saturn also being your AC, I'd choose Saturn as your chart ruler.

posted August 17, 2009 07:50 AM         

Well I guess I knew it somehow. Anyways the midpoint of Saturn and Jupiter is exactly on the midheaven, those two are toying with my life.

posted August 17, 2009 10:07 AM         

i have just looked now to see what the pullen chart would say about my chart ruler and it says that its PLUTO!!? what! i have put all my details in correct aswel.

posted August 17, 2009 11:00 AM         

I think that...

The highly ranked planets and signs in the Pullen chart are usually the ones who are enhanced or it is signs and planets that are true (or more) to who they are naturally. We all have the same planets in a chart, but others behave as their archetypes describe, while others are intensified or weakened.

This is calculated by:

-House position (Benefic/Malefic houses)
-Aspects (aspected by Benefics/Malefics etc.)
-Dignities and debilities (by house, angle or sign)
-Dispositors

The chart ruler is a planet, and thus can be enhanced or weakened (so to speak)like any other planet but it always remains as the chart ruler; and what makes the chart ruler special is that it is the ruler of the AC which enhances that planet always, but the extent of the enhancement depends on other factors also. This doesn't mean that the chart ruler is the most powerful planet though, but it get's stronger than it would have been usually by being ruler of AC.

posted August 17, 2009 11:39 AM         

I have Virgo Ascendant, and so
Mercury is my chart ruler (I don't accept Chiron as ruler because it's not a planet..it's one of over 40 Centaurs.....I thought about asteroid dwarf planet,Ceres as ruler of Virgo) is in Scorpio in 3rd house

conjuncts/parallels Venus - fits with emphasis on harmony,....might account as reputation for a pretty boy in the past...I am the son of a former cosmetologist

parallels Neptune - fits with idealistic,sensitive persona, hard to pinned down looks

contraparallels Saturn - fits with serious,reserved persona
it squares dwarf planet/plutoid Makemake - might fit with otherwordly like persona, also with some people thinking that I look like a pacific islander

conjuncts Sun/Neptune midpoint, and so could add to the idealistic,sensitive persona,hard to pinned down looks theme of my parallel Neptune

opposes/conjuncts heliocentric Mercury Nodes - maximum effectiveness....very Mercurial,youthful personality

opposes/conjuncts heliocentric Mars Nodes - passionate,impulsive personality

Raymond

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posted August 17, 2009 02:17 PM         

But from this chart, I'd say Venus is the most influential planet.

posted August 18, 2009 01:42 AM         

ex: mercury in cancer --> dispositor is moon, as the moon rules cancer. moon in aquarius --> dispositor is uranus, as uranus rules aquarius. uranus in aquarius --> in its home sign so this particular chain would stop. this is part of the reason classical astrologers really liked to see planets in their signs of rulership, it gave more of a chance for the chain to keep leading to the same planet and for that planet to give the chart strength of purpose, in addition to it being its own dispositor.

planets in mutual reception, and there only being one mutual reception in the chart, tends to lead to those 2 planets being the focal points (encircled). ex: venus in capricorn and saturn in libra, a mutual reception since it is as if each sign is visiting the home of the other signs ruler, venus ruling libra and saturn ruling capricorn. even if a square exists (by sign energy alone or actual aspect) the mutual reception lessens the aspect's innate tendency to stress. there are more "tools" to work with it since similar dynamics are at play in both placements = energies of venus combining with energies of saturn. saturn being exalted in libra would further offset the tension of the square, and both these factors combined would virtually (not completely) eliminate tension and the square could easily be felt as a sextile: not completely at ease [such as with a trine] but with a little work can be running smoothly in no time.

back to dispositors: it's a chain reaction and what you can get by looking at the graphics is which planet or planets are setting off the chain reaction [the ones higher up the ladder] and these tend to hold more sway, and to give you a different overall insight into key chart dynamics, similar to a chart ruler and it's placement/aspects, or delineating a major configuration such as a t-square, grand cross, kite, yod etc, stelliums, singletons, dramatic hemisphere emphasis, etc.