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Joined to. Applied to any body that is embraced within the orbs of any aspect to any other
body; more specifically applicable to a conjunction.

Joy. A term employed by some of the older authorities to indicate an affinity between certain
planets and certain Signs, not necessarily of the character of Dignities. The original
application of the term as anciently employed has been lost in the course of the centuries, and
other meanings have been attached to the term. According to one theory a planet is in joy
when, itself in debility, another planet with which it enjoys some similarity is posited in one
of its Dignities. Thus Saturn was presumed to experience a sympathetic joy when Mars is in
Capricorn, the Sign ruled by Saturn, and in which Mars is exalted; also that it there opposes
and afflicts Cancer, ruled by the Moon. It feels a "joy" when Mercury is posited in either of
its triplicities, since the Signs they rule belong to the same Triplicities: Capricorn-Virgo and
Aquarius-Gemini. Also when Venus is in either of its Signs, because both trine Saturn's
Signs: Taurus-Capricorn, Libra-Aquarius. A malefic experiences "joy" when another malefic
afflicts either Sun, Moon, or any benefic which is in one of its Dignities. Thus Jupiter is in its
joy when the Sun inhabits a Jupiter-ruled Sign - either Sagittarius or Pisces, or Cancer where
Jupiter is in its Exaltation; or any Sign of its Triplicity - which includes all the Fire and Water
Signs. Also when the Moon or Mars are in their respective Signs or Triplicities. Mars "joys"
when the Sun is exalted; when the Moon is in her Sign, or when Saturn is in Capricorn. While
not exalted in Leo, Mars was said to "joy" in the Sign, because both are of a fiery nature. The
term belongs to an epoch when astrological writers were more poetic than scientific.

In short, any planet "joys" when another planet is placed in one of its Essential Dignities.
Some authorities have confused this with what is termed the Thrones of the planets, viz.: the
Signs they rule.

Latterly planets have been said to "joy" in certain Houses: Saturn, in the Twelfth; Jupiter, in
the Eleventh; Mars, in the Sixth; Venus, in the Fifth; Mercury, in the First; the Sun, in the
Tenth; the Moon, in the Third.

It is also said that the Sun and Jupiter "joy" in each other's Houses, as do Saturn and Mercury,