Thematic Almutens

The Concept of a Thematic Almuten

In medieval astrology (both the Arabic tradition and the European tradition that adopted it), an Almuten (from the Arabic al-mubtazz — “the victor”) is the planet that accumulates the highest number of essential dignity points (domicile, exaltation, triplicity, term, face) in a specific degree of the zodiac.

A Thematic Almuten is an evolution of this concept used to analyze specific areas of life (themes). Instead of looking for the strongest planet for the entire chart (Almuten Figuris) or for a single house cusp, the astrologer looks for the planet that acts as the primary ruler of a specific theme (e.g., wealth, children, marriage, or death).

To find a Thematic Almuten, the astrologer would take several chart points related to the desired theme and sum up the points of the planets ruling those points. The planet that “won” by having the highest total score across all these places became the Thematic Almuten.

Example (Almuten of Wealth / Property)

To find the planet that describes the native’s financial status, a medieval astrologer would evaluate planetary dignities in the degrees of:

The planet that scored the highest total points across all these points combined was recognized as the Thematic Almuten of wealth and became the primary indicator of this area in the person’s life, even if it wasn’t physically located in the II house or ruling it directly.

Implementation in the Program

On the left side of the main window, a list of available Thematic Almutens is displayed. This list can be edited via the context menu: you can create a new Almuten, delete, rename, or clone an existing one. If you click on any Almuten, it will automatically be calculated on the right for the selected chart (displaying the planet with the maximum points). Detailed calculation information will also be shown on the right side of the main window.

Thematic Almutens Fig. 1. Main window

Click on Element Editor to edit the selected Thematic Almuten.

Thematic Almutens: editor Fig. 2. Almuten Editor

You can add or delete the selected element by right-clicking on the corresponding row (see Fig. 2).

Each Element has 5 Parameters:

To edit any part of an element (except the “Active” checkbox), double-click the selected cell, then click the arrow that appears to open a drop-down list of values.

Once you have finished editing, click Calculate.

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