The best positioning in Angular Houses is of the Unintended Dignities: first, the Tenth; then, in order, the First, Seventh and Fourth Houses. Next up are the Successor Houses, with the weakest Cadent Houses.
According to older authorities, other unintended dignities are: favorable aspects to Fortune; liberation from combustion; favorable aspects of benefics; quick in motion and growing in light; and in a house corresponding to the Sign of its Vital Dignity, corresponding to Leo, as the Sun in the Fifth House; Moon in the Fourth House, corresponding to Cancer; Mercury, equivalent to Gemini and Virgo in the Third or Sixth House, and so on.
However, contemporary officials generally confine the usage of the term to placement or height of the building. Accidental honor is not inherently benevolent. If conveyed by unfavorable features, the increased intensity can result harmfully. A character - index of value is the number of planets that are mistakenly dignified. A earth positioned by means of Necessary or Unintended integrity so as to achieve power does not inherently confer a benign nature.
A significator that is exalted, angular, and not afflicted, for instance, implies a person of brazen vanity, expecting more than is due to him. From Charles E. 0. Carter assumes that a planet gains quantitatively, but not qualitatively, through its own sign; i.e., its influence is enhanced, but not inherently beneficial. As described by Wilson, point values by which to measure the relative intensity of the Accidental Dignities are:
Ascendant or Midheaven..............................5
<NOT DIV 5<
Cazimi............................................. 5
Combust........................................>
Besieged by Jupiter and Venus...................... 6
Partile conj. with Jupiter and Venus............... 5
Conj. Cor Leonis................................... 6
Conj. Spica........................................ 5
4th, 7th or 11th House............................. 4
Direct motion...................................... 4
Partile conj., North Node.......................... 4
Partile trine, Jupiter and Venus................... 4
Partile sextile, Jupiter and Venus................. 3
2nd or 5th House................................... 2
9th House.......................................... 2
Swift of motion.................................... 2
Increasing in light................................ 2
Saturn, oriental................................... 2
Jupiter, oriental.................................. 2
Mars, oriental..................................... 2
Moon, occidental................................... 2
Mercury, occidental................................ 2
Venus, occidental.................................. 2
3rd House.......................................... 1
Hayze.............................................. 1
In the Term of Jupiter or Venus.................... 1
Point values of the Accidental Debilities are:
Besieged by Mars and Saturn......................... 6
Partile conj., Mars and Saturn...................... 5
Conj. Caput Algol................................... 6
Combust............................................. 5
Retrograde.......................................... 5
12th House.......................................... 5
Under the Sunbeams.................................. 4
6th or 8th House.................................... 4
Partile conj., South Node........................... 4
Partile opposition, Mars or Saturn.................. 4
Partile square, Mars or Saturn...................... 3
Decreasing in light................................. 2
Decreasing in motion, or slow....................... 2
Saturn occidental................................... 2
Jupiter occidental.................................. 2
Moon oriental....................................... 2
Mercury oriental.................................... 2
Venus oriental...................................... 2
In term of Mars or Saturn........................... 1
Certain Dignities specifically ascribed to Fortuna are:
Conj., Cor Leonis................................... 6
Asc. or Midheaven................................... 5
Partile conj., Jupiter or Venus..................... 5
Conj., Spica........................................ 5
Not Combust......................................... 5
In Taurus or Pisces................................. 5
Besieged by Jupiter and Venus....................... 6
In Cancer, Leo, Libra, or Sagittarius............... 4
4th, 7th, or 11th House............................. 4
Partile trine, Venus or Jupiter..................... 4
Partile conj., North Node........................... 4
In Gemini........................................... 3
2nd or 5th House.................................... 3
Partile sextile, Jupiter or Venus................... 3
In Virgo............................................ 2
9th House........................................... 2
3rd House........................................... 1
In Term of Venus or Jupiter......................... 1
The Debilities ascribed to Fortuna are:
Conj., Caput Algol.................................. 6
Besieged by Mars and Saturn......................... 6
12th House.......................................... 5
In Scorpio, Capricorn, or Aquarius.................. 5
Combust............................................. 5
Partile conj., Mars or Saturn....................... 5
6th or 8th House.................................... 4
Opposition, Mars or Jupiter......................... 4
Partile conj., South Node........................... 4
In Aries............................................ 3
Partile square, Mars or Saturn...................... 3
Term of Mars or Saturn.............................. 1
In relation to the totals of the Debilities, the totals of the Dignities provide a determination of the planet's possible power. Owing to the intensity that each assumes in a birth, the ability to trigger will become apparent:
Sun......builds
Moon.....nourishes
Mercury..communicates
Venus....allures
Mars.....energizes
Jupiter..expands
Saturn...endures
Uranus...perceives
Neptune..dissolves
Pluto....consolidates
