![]() In a natal chart it's effect depends on the overall balance of strengths and weaknesses (bot accidental and essential dignities), in some circumstances, where the overall balance is towards the weak end then it can inhibit that planet's expression significantly, at other times it may not have an obvious effect at all, I tend not to put anything of significance on it at all but accept that it might show some minor oddities in behaviour. Traditional Astrologers, will treat 'retrograde' according to the chart reading - in a horary chart it might indicate a lost possession becoming found. Modern Astrologers tend to treat 'retrograde' as acting oddly compared to the planet's natural disposition. ![]() Detriment is related to a planet's sign placement - when it is in the sign opposite it's rulership. An accidental dignity has nothing to do with sign placement but is related either to the position of the planet in a chart (house placement) or to it's position relative to the sun (and planets are seen to be retrograde at certain points in their solar cycle). The former is an accidental debility, the latter is an essential debility. ![]() Retrograde is not the same thing as Detriment. ![]()
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