Elevation

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In Mother Teresa's chart Jupiter is the most elevated planet

Astronomically, the distance of a planet above the horizon; its altitude.

The planet closest to the Medium Coeli in a horoscope is the most elevated[1] one.

Traditionally astrologers attribute great significance to a planet in elevation, and some will assess it as being the dominant planet in the chart.

Don't confound elevation and Exaltation.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. From Latin elevationem (nominative elevatio) "a lifting up," noun of action from past-participle stem of elevare "lift up, raise," figuratively, "to lighten, alleviate, to raise," from levis "light" in weight
  2. An exaltation is one of the Essential Dignities, an elevation might be an Accidental one