The degree from 29° to 29★9’59’’ is called Anaretic Degree, and some astrologers define this degree as the “Fate Degree” as these last degrees are considered problematic, anaretic degree can be defined as a “peak”, it is the final point that a “degree” can reach before moving to another sign. So here, we can clearly say that the Term rulers of 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29th degrees of all signs are either Mars or Saturn so the axis, house cusps and the planets that are on these degrees will be emphasized on the life of the owner of the chart, or chart owner may have to face with some difficulties about them. For examples: the Term ruler of 6° Taurus is Venus, while the Term ruler of 28° Taurus is Mars or while the Term ruler of 2° Aries is Jupiter, the Term ruler of 26° Aries is Saturn. The specific degrees of each sign also have crucial importance in Term Rulerships. The ruler of the first, second, and third decans are different from each other. Each sign has 3 decans if a person’s Sun is in 3° Scorpio, it is in the first decan of Scorpio, so the ruler of this decan would be Mars if the Sun is in 23° Scorpio then it would be in the third decan, so the ruler would be Venus.

The essential dignities of the signs (The Terms & Faces of the Planets) are the main reason why we describe a degree as a favourable or an unfavourable degree. Critical degrees are 0, 13, and 26 degrees of the cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn) 8-9 and 21-22 degrees of fixed signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius) and 4 and 17 degrees of mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces). In astrology, certain degrees of some signs described as critical degrees. Some charts might have the same sign on two houses in a row for example the first house cusp of a chart might start at 27° Aries and might end at 10° Gemini, so “Taurus” will be the intercepted sign, it will not rule any of the houses on the chart. As we see here in these house systems, a house doesn’t have to be 29★9’59’’. For example, in commonly used Placidus house system, a person’s ascendant (first house cusp) might begin from 11° Gemini and it might end in 3° Cancer, or the 2nd house cusp might begin from 3° Cancer and might end in 23° Cancer. In Placidus, Regiomontanus, Alcabitius, Koch and many other systems, the houses are not divided equally. In systems like “Whole Sign”, a house cusp is located between 0° and 29★9’59’’, but in other house systems, a house cusp may begin from a different degree other than 0° and it may end on a different degree or a sign. A horoscope has 12 houses and it is divided into 360°.

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