⚖️ Basic Preferences: Aphetic Calculations

Configuration of point-scoring systems for planetary strength and special states.

Scores

Assignment of points for essential dignities/debilities, house position, rulership of the time of day/hour, and the phase of planets relative to the Sun.

Distances from the Sun

Definition of degrees for the states combust, under the beams, and Cazimi, including latitude configuration for Cazimi.

There is an additional option for Mercury and Venus — if they are occidental, the combustion boundary for them is the same as for Saturn.
By default, the settings follow Ibn Ezra (“The Book of Reasons Behind Astronomical Tables”).

Planetary Speeds

Configuration of the mean speed for Mercury and Venus.

Mutual Reception

Enabling/disabling the consideration of reception by various types of dignities (domicile, exaltation, etc.).