Glossary
Condition
A planet's condition is read from three things in the natal chart. Its essential dignity, whether it sits in a sign it rules or one that strains it, though Chiron, the North Node, and Lilith take no dignity score. The aspects other planets make to it, soft support from Venus or Jupiter, hard pressure from Saturn, Mars, or Pluto. And its house placement, where angular houses lift it and the sixth and twelfth weigh it down.
The three inputs settle into one standing: a planet that comes out ahead is supported, one that comes out behind is challenged, one that lands even is neutral. Condition is not the last word. It shapes how strongly a line draws, how a place ranks, and which reading a place earns, but it never overrides the sentiment of the line, and the map never puts a number on it.