Part of Fortune (Earth)

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Also known as fortuna or Pars Fortunae 

Alchemical symbol:

The part of fortune is the planet Earth, it symbolizes worldly/earthly successes and it's ruled by Taurus (see the previous lesson on planetary dignities)

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The part of fortune is the planet Earth, it symbolizes worldly/earthly successes and it's ruled by Taurus (see the previous lesson on planetary dignities).  

You can actually calculate your which sign your Earth is in, many astrologers use the day formula even for night births (and it's false), it's crucial that you use the right formula based on your birth time. 

If you're born during the day:

Ascendant+moon-sun=earth

If you're born during the night:

Ascendant+sun-moon=earth

How does that work? Say if your ascendant is in cancer, cancer is the 4th sign of the zodiac (Aries being 1st), then you insert "4" into the ascendant part of the formula. Same idea for moon and sun. [if you forgot the order of the zodiacs, look back on lesson 1 on "basic signs"]

Which formula to use? If your sun is BETWEEN YOUR ASCENDANT AND DECENDANT, you are born in the night--use the night formula. If your sun is NOT IN BETWEEN ASCENDANT AND DECENDANT, you're born in the day and you'd use the day formula. 

Example: 

ascendant is gemini=decendant is sagittarius

sun in aries

Aries is not between gemini and sagittarius (straight line speaking)


If you want to check your Earth placement online, you can use an Astrology Earth calculator (search it up, it exists) or use astro.com. But astro does not automatically use the right formula for your Earth, so when you do your selections you'll have to be careful, you have to manually select. I'll make sure to make a lesson on how to use astro.com, but for now I would recommend you use the formula or just use an online calculator. 


To find out which house your earth is

If your earth is in scorpio, you look at your house that has scorpio. Do you have a scorpio 1st house? Yes--your earth is most likely in the 1st house as well. But exceptions apply if you have a birth chart where the houses intercept signs.


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