Each of the seven traditional planets has a sign and specific degree
where it is considered "exalted" or honored.
Exact Degrees (from traditional sources):
Sun in Aries at 19°
Moon in Taurus at 3°
Mercury in Virgo at 15° (but Mercury also RULES Virgo, so Domicile takes precedence)
Venus in Pisces at 27°
Mars in Capricorn at 28°
Jupiter in Cancer at 15°
Saturn in Libra at 21°
These degrees are from William Lilly's "Christian Astrology" (1647) and
represent the traditional teaching. Modern practice often treats the entire
sign as the exaltation zone rather than emphasizing the exact degree.
Modern Planets:
Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto have no universally agreed exaltations in
traditional astrology. Various modern sources propose different exaltations,
but there is no consensus, so they are correctly set to undefined.
Constant
See
Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos, Book I, Chapter 19
William Lilly's Christian Astrology (1647), p. 104-115
Planetary exaltations
Each of the seven traditional planets has a sign and specific degree where it is considered "exalted" or honored.
Exact Degrees (from traditional sources):
These degrees are from William Lilly's "Christian Astrology" (1647) and represent the traditional teaching. Modern practice often treats the entire sign as the exaltation zone rather than emphasizing the exact degree.
Modern Planets: Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto have no universally agreed exaltations in traditional astrology. Various modern sources propose different exaltations, but there is no consensus, so they are correctly set to undefined.