Dariot on Triplicity Rulers

Triplicity rulers have been used in traditional astrology to further refine the significations of houses by assigning particular planetary lords of triplicities to particular meanings belonging to a house. Dariot explains that the first triplicity lord of the 4th house signifies the parents, the second triplicity lord signifies all things related to castles and cities, and the third triplicity lord signifies the endings of matters. For example, suppose Taurus where on the 4th cusp in a day chart. Then, the first triplicity lord Venus would rule the parents, the second lord Luna would signify the home or lands, and the third lord Mars would represent endings.

In 1598 Claudius Dariot’s introductory book on astrology was published in English translation in London, and it included a chapter which discussed triplicity rulerships, repeating much of what had been written by previous authors. I thought it would be interesting to present Dariot’s chapter here to make it more readily available to modern readers.