Exaltation

Exaltation is one of the essential dignities of traditional astrology: the sign in which a planet, though not its domicile, expresses itself in a particularly elevated and honoured way. The classical exaltations are the Sun in Aries, the Moon in Taurus, Mercury in Virgo, Venus in Pisces, Mars in Capricorn, Jupiter in Cancer and Saturn in Libra. An exalted planet behaves like a guest of honour: with confidence and good results. The sign opposite a planet's exaltation is its fall.