Planets (or house cusps) should be at least at 27 degrees of a sign, although in some cases even 26 degrees is considered late. But any planet in a late degree is going to throw more weight than you might otherwise expect from the placement or aspects.įirst, let’s define late degrees. If you see a Sun, Midheaven, Part of Fortune, or chart ruler in those degrees, then the career should have a measure of fame. But practically speaking, the last three or four degrees are almost equally potent.

A strict interpretation of ‘late degrees” means the last degree only.

So let me lay out some information on what you can expect from seeing a planet in the late degrees of a sign. This only adds another layer of energy to the late degree phenomenon. The fact is that the royal fixed star Regulus is believed to be at 29 degrees of Leo and whose prominence in a birth chart promised a life lived among the socially prominent. Maybe they have spent several lifetimes, in fact, perfecting how to play a violin or mastering the laws of science. It certainly seems like people who have their Sun in the last couple degrees of a sign are all packed and ready to go in this lifetime - meaning that they have an unusual ability that could not have been developed only in this lifetime.

Sometimes I refer to planets that are at the very end of a sign as having an extra oomph. Planets in Late Degrees - What Do They Mean?

Degrees in houses astrology