Chaldean Order of Planets and their Numbers

Saturn 8, Jupiter 3, Mars 9, Sun 1-4, Venus 6, Mercury 5, Moon 7-2. From these we get the following resolutions—

Sun
83916572
20 20☉
2 2
4
Sun
Saturn
657283914
20 17♄
2 8
10
1
Sun
Jupiter
572839146
22 20♃
4 2
8
Venus
Mars
7283 9 1465
20 16 ♂
2 7
9
Mars
Venus
391465728
17 22♀
8 4
12
3
Jupiter
Mercury
914657283
20 20☿
2 2
4
Sun
Moon
14657-2839
16 20☽
7 2
9
Mars

In the above resolutions we have, as before, Mercury in apposition to the Sun (negative), and the Moon in apposition to Mars. Now, to find a cosmical basis for this order of things, we shall have to refer to the “exaltations” of the planets as defined by astrology. Thus, beside the particular Signs ruled by the planets, there are others in which the planets are said to be exalted.

The exaltation of the Sun is in Aries, while that of Saturn is in Libra. These two bodies are seen to be interchangeable. The exaltation of Venus is in Pisces, which is the Sign of Jupiter. But Jupiter’s exaltation is in Cancer, which is the Sign of the Moon, and the Moon has its exaltation in Taurus, which is the Sign of Venus. Thus Jupiter and Venus are rendered interchangeable through, and in the period of, the Moon. The three planets, Moon, Jupiter and Venus, have their exaltations in Taurus, Cancer and Pisces, and these are ruled by Venus, Jupiter and the Moon respectively. Mercury, whose exaltation is Aquarius, a Sign of Saturn, is thereby linked up with the Sun through the opposite Sign Leo, which the Sun rules. A short study of the following Table of Exaltations will make these interchanges plain.