Domicile and exaltation

This topic was created in the Astrology forum by virgoOPPP on Saturday, June 7, 2025 and has 34 replies.

What Domicile and Exaltation Mean in Astrology

Domicile and exaltation refer to key placements of planets in specific signs where they feel most powerful. Domicile is when a planet is in its home sign, while exaltation is a sign where a planet's energies are amplified. These placements influence how planets express their qualities in a person's chart.

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@Textosmoon
3 Years500+ Posts

That depends on whom I am talking to.

To people who don't know anything about Astrology. Cancer Sun. ๐Ÿ™‚

To people who know a little about astrology... um bye

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@virgoOPPP
7 Years10,000+ Posts

Posted by Textosmoon
That depends on whom I am talking to.

To people who don't know anything about Astrology. Cancer Sun.

To people who know a little about astrology... um bye

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@Dastard2020
6 Years1,000+ Posts

Posted by virgoOPPP
Which placement do you always feel the proudest having?

Like you can't stop name dropping it oh btw Virgo merc here ๐Ÿคธ๐Ÿคธ๐Ÿคธ

That would have to be my most overlooked configuration: Mercury conjunct Pluto in Sagittarius 5th House.

My Scorpio Moon often gets a lot of flak for things that pertain a lot more to Mercury/Pluto, like penetrating insight and data & information aquicistion/hoarding/collection to be used for leverage.

I'm intentionally brutally honest when delivering truths people are not ready to hear or accept. I don't do denial or cope nor can I tolerate it in others. People who succumb to denial and cope are not only bullshitting themselves but everyone around them, and once they bring their horseshit to me, I will obliterate it because that shit is just disrespectful.

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@virgoOPPP
7 Years10,000+ Posts

Posted by Dastard2020

Posted by virgoOPPP
Which placement do you always feel the proudest having?

Like you can't stop name dropping it oh btw Virgo merc here ๐Ÿคธ๐Ÿคธ๐Ÿคธ

That would have to be my most overlooked configuration: Mercury conjunct Pluto in Sagittarius 5th House.

My Scorpio Moon often gets a lot of flak for things that pertain a lot more to Mercury/Pluto, like penetrating insight and data & information aquicistion/hoarding/collection to be used for leverage.

I'm intentionally brutally honest when delivering truths people are not ready to hear or accept. I don't do denial or cope nor can I tolerate it in others. People who succumb to denial and cope are not only bullshitting themselves but everyone around them, and once they bring their horseshit to me, I will obliterate it because that shit is just disrespectful.

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Scorpio moons are so hot ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ

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@goddessofthesun
1 Year

Posted by Textosmoon
That depends on whom I am talking to.

To people who don't know anything about Astrology. Cancer Sun.

To people who know a little about astrology... um bye

Um excuse me... Please explain what this means bc I'm curious ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜„

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@goddessofthesun
1 Year

Idk I'm pretty proud to have my Sun/Moon/Rising/Merc/Venus and Lilith... Especially my Lilith conjunct Venus and Sun/Moon/Rising all trine my 5H Pluto. And having my Sun and Moon in my 1H and Merc/Venus/Lilith in my 3rd house. Lol

I can't stand my Mars though.

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@mirthyQ
4 Years

Venus Taurus with strong Neptune influence (love carried to a high level)? No

Mars/Uranus in Leo with Sun in 1st - intense self confidence? No

Saturn and moon in Capricorn, south node in 10th (content please)? No

Jupiter conjunct Saturn in 9th as the focal point of Yod? Yes - get out of my way! I'm in this body to ascend into God right now! And it has happened - unbelievable, really. I need boundaries!

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@Argus
7 Years1,000+ Posts

I'm very much fond of all of my planets. It's the house placement that suck salty balls (some, not all!) But if I had to pick one, it would be my Mercury in Aqua (11th house)

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@Nightcap-
8 Years1,000+ Posts

Not exalted but Aqua Merc. Uranus is the higher octave of Mercury while Pluto is the higher octave of Mars ๐Ÿ”ฎ. Or I just think Air is a good spot for Mercs ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿฝโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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@SassyKiwi
10 Years5,000+ Posts

Cap Venus in 2nd ๐Ÿ’…

Sag Jupiter in 1st. I think it helps me manifest my own luck better.

Sag Pluto in 1st. Iโ€™ve come to grow comfortable with this placement and couldnโ€™t imagine it positioned elsewhere? Itโ€™s oddly conjunct my Scorpio rising. It attracts odd thingsโ€ฆ itโ€™s very amusing how reactive I can make people without doing much.

Aqua merc. Self-explanatory tbh.

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@Soul
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Tbh Scorpio moon. People like to consider it the worst, but once you learn how to hone it correctly it ends up one of the most powerful resilient placements one could have. Once I learned to put my vices aside and actually accept faith into my spirit everything instantly changed. I feel like I can be the best version of myself, but still can relate with people trapped in a hole or in internal darkness. It's truly an incredible place to be imo.

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@virgoOPPP
7 Years10,000+ Posts

Posted by Soul
Tbh Scorpio moon. People like to consider it the worst, but once you learn how to hone it correctly it ends up one of the most powerful resilient placements one could have. Once I learned to put my vices aside and actually accept faith into my spirit everything instantly changed. I feel like I can be the best version of myself, but still can relate with people trapped in a hole or in internal darkness. It's truly an incredible place to be imo.

the worst? i wonder why that is when there's plenty of them just wonderful people. maybe lots of internal struggles?

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@Soul
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Posted by virgoOPPP

Posted by Soul
Tbh Scorpio moon. People like to consider it the worst, but once you learn how to hone it correctly it ends up one of the most powerful resilient placements one could have. Once I learned to put my vices aside and actually accept faith into my spirit everything instantly changed. I feel like I can be the best version of myself, but still can relate with people trapped in a hole or in internal darkness. It's truly an incredible place to be imo.

the worst? i wonder why that is when there's plenty of them just wonderful people. maybe lots of internal struggles?

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For many it is more of an internal struggle. I use to be trapped in my past, and unable to forgive or get over things that happened. I've learned to let the past go because it's long gone and can't be changed. I've also stopped stressing out about the future, because it hasn't happened yet. My focus at this point is on the here and now. I've learned to appreciate the things I have, and what I can do now. That doesn't mean I don't have goals for the future, but the important thing is to make it happen right now in hopes for a better future. Imo that is the best evolution for any person in general, but also Scorpio moons.

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@MyStarsShine
10 Years25,000+ Posts

Posted by Soul

Posted by virgoOPPP

Posted by Soul
Tbh Scorpio moon. People like to consider it the worst, but once you learn how to hone it correctly it ends up one of the most powerful resilient placements one could have. Once I learned to put my vices aside and actually accept faith into my spirit everything instantly changed. I feel like I can be the best version of myself, but still can relate with people trapped in a hole or in internal darkness. It's truly an incredible place to be imo.

the worst? i wonder why that is when there's plenty of them just wonderful people. maybe lots of internal struggles?
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For many it is more of an internal struggle. I use to be trapped in my past, and unable to forgive or get over things that happened. I've learned to let the past go because it's long gone and can't be changed. I've also stopped stressing out about the future, because it hasn't happened yet. My focus at this point is on the here and now. I've learned to appreciate the things I have, and what I can do now. That doesn't mean I don't have goals for the future, but the important thing is to make it happen right now in hopes for a better future. Imo that is the best evolution for any person in general, but also Scorpio moons.

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@BlackPearl
1 Year

Iโ€™m most proud of my 12th house placements (moon, Uranus, Neptune, and Jupiter)

Because it makes me seem like a mystical ethereal psychic fairy ๐Ÿงš (even though Iโ€™m not lol) but itโ€™s nice to believe

even though ironically they are in Aquarius which is what I dislike the most about my chart ๐Ÿ˜ฌ but I feel like having it in the 12th house is a bit of a saving grace

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@BlackPearl
1 Year

Posted by MidAtBest
Moon in 4th house

Other than that I'm not proud of any of my personal planets x)

I'm proud of my Anuradha nakshatra though (I think is due to my 21ยฐ Leo rising)

I just recently got into Vedic astrology but itโ€™s so hard to understand ๐Ÿ˜ญ apparently I have shravana moon nakshatra