Calculation Types
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In the "Dignity/Almuten Editor" the calculation types are...
•Degree Dignities - This type of definition allows you to specify a calculation which determines either i) the dignity score of a planet for the position that it occupies in the chart (also known as “essential dignities”, or ii) to determine the dignity scores of all planets at the position of a house cusp, from which the almuten of the house cusp may be determined.
For example, if Jupiter is at 28°Libra, then the ruler is Venus, exaltation is Saturn, Triplicity ruler (daytime chart) is Saturn, Term ruler (Ptolemaic) is Mars, the Face is Jupiter, the Detriment is Mars and the Fall is the Sun. In this case, Jupiter would be assigned points for being in its own Face. If the definition was being used to calculate a house cusp, then Saturn would get the highest dignity score, because it is exalted and in triplicity
•Almuten - Sum over Points - This allows you to specify a calculation which sums the dignities of each planet at each of a variety of specified positions. The result is a summed score for each planet, and the highest scoring planet is deemed to be the overall almuten.
For example, Ibn Ezra suggests that the almuten of the chart can be found by summing the dignity scores that each planet has at the positions of I) the Moon, ii) the Sun, iii) the Ascendant, iv) the Part of Fortune and v) the position of the moon at the last syzygy (new moon or full moon) prior to the time of the chart.
In Dignity/Almuten editor...
>> To select the Calculation Type
•Click on either the Degree Dignities or the Almuten option button in the Calculation Type frame.
If you select the Almuten option, then the Selected Points button and Minimum Honors edit boxes will become enabled, otherwise these options will remain unavailable.