Last updated: April 26, 2026
Traditional Astrology
Free Almuten Figuris Calculator
Find the planet that wins your chart. The almuten figuris is the medieval dignity-summed victor across the five hylegiacal points, with bonuses for planetary day, planetary hour, and house placement.
What is the almuten figuris?
The almuten figuris (Latin for "victor of the chart") is the planet with the greatest combined essential and accidental dignity across five life-defining points: the Sun, Moon, Ascendant, Lot of Fortune, and prenatal syzygy. Articulated by Abraham ibn Ezra in the twelfth century and refined by Bonatti and Lilly, it identifies the chart's strongest planetary voice and represents the native's core motivational signature.
Almuten is a medieval Latin transcription of the Arabic al-mubtaz, meaning "the victor" or "the one who prevails." Figura is Latin for "figure," meaning the astrological chart. Translated literally: the victor of the figure, or the chart's strongest planet. The technique is older than Ibn Ezra in concept (almutens of single degrees appear in Persian sources earlier), but Ibn Ezra is the one who systematized the figuris computation.
How the almuten figuris is calculated
For each of the five hylegiacal degrees (Sun, Moon, Ascendant, Lot of Fortune, prenatal syzygy), every planet earns essential dignity points for the dignities it has there. A planet that has dignity at all five points earns points five times.
The point values:
- Domicile (sign ruler): 5 points
- Exaltation: 4 points
- Triplicity (Dorothean): 3 points each
- Term (Egyptian Bounds): 2 points
- Face (decan): 1 point
Three accidental bonuses are added at the end:
- Lord of the day: +7 points (the planetary ruler of the weekday of birth)
- Lord of the planetary hour: +6 points
- House placement: 12 (1st), 11 (10th), 10 (7th), 9 (4th), 8 (11th), 7 (5th), 6 (9th), 5 (3rd), 4 (2nd), 3 (8th), 2 (12th), 1 (6th)
The house bonus rewards angularity: a planet on an angle has more practical force in the chart than the same planet hidden in a cadent house. The Lot of Fortune formula flips at night (Asc + Sun − Moon for nocturnal charts), and the calculator handles that automatically.
Almuten figuris vs chart ruler vs dominant sign
Three commonly confused concepts. They answer different questions.
| Concept | Method | What it tells you |
|---|---|---|
| Chart Ruler | The traditional ruler of your Ascendant's sign | The planet that runs the chart's body |
| Almuten Figuris | Dignity sum across 5 hylegiacal points + bonuses | The chart's overall victor |
| Dominant Sign | Statistical weight across all placements | The most-emphasized energy in the chart |
See the chart ruler calculator for the simpler answer, the dominant sign calculator for the modern statistical answer, and the dominant planet calculator for the chart-strength contest across all six classical strength dimensions.
Reading the result
The victor describes the planet that, more than any other, sets the chart's tempo and motivational signature. It is not the only voice; it is the voice the chart will return to.
Read the victor in two passes. First, the planet itself: which traditional body wins, and what is its native temperament. Second, the house placement of the victor in the chart: a Saturn victor in the 10th house expresses differently from a Saturn victor in the 12th. The dignity grid in the result panel shows you both layers.
When two planets tie (true co-victors at the same total), the chart has two competing signatures. Astrolada calls these "de iure" and "de facto" almutens; in practice, both planets are personally significant and the chart often expresses one in private and the other publicly. The runner-up score gap (visible in the dignity grid) tells you how decisive the contest was.
Sources and methodology
The figuris computation was articulated by Abraham ibn Ezra (twelfth century) in Sefer ha-Moladot. Bonatti transmitted the technique into Latin in Liber Astronomiae III, and Lilly carried it into English in Christian Astrology in the seventeenth century. Earlier almutens of single degrees appear in Persian and Arabic sources (al-Andarzaghar, Masha'allah).
Computational defaults: ephemeris from NASA's ANISE toolkit with JPL DE-440 kernels for arc-second precision. Egyptian Bounds for term scoring. Dorothean triplicities. Sign rulership and exaltation per the standard table. Lot of Fortune sect-corrected automatically. Day rulers in Chaldean order. Co-victors broken in Chaldean speed order (slowest planet first). For the dignity layer alone, see the essential dignities calculator.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the almuten figuris?
The almuten figuris (Latin for 'victor of the chart') is the planet with the greatest combined essential and accidental dignity across five life-defining points: the Sun, Moon, Ascendant, Lot of Fortune, and prenatal syzygy. The technique was systematized by Abraham ibn Ezra in the twelfth century. It identifies the chart's strongest planetary voice and represents the native's core motivational signature.
What does almuten mean?
Almuten is a medieval Latin transcription of the Arabic al-mubtaz, meaning 'the victor' or 'the one who prevails.' It originally described the planet that won at a single degree by summing dignity points; almuten figuris extends the calculation across the five hylegiacal points to identify the victor of the entire chart.
Is the almuten figuris the same as the chart ruler?
No. The chart ruler is the planet that rules your Ascendant's sign (one rule applied to one degree). The almuten figuris is the planet with the most total dignity across five chart points, with bonuses for planetary day, planetary hour, and house placement. They often agree; when they disagree, both readings are valid because they're answering different questions.
Who developed the almuten figuris method?
The figuris computation was systematized by Abraham ibn Ezra in the twelfth century. Earlier Persian and Arabic astrologers used almutens for single degrees; Ibn Ezra extended the method to the five hylegiacal points. Bonatti and Lilly transmitted the technique into Latin and English respectively.
What if two planets tie?
Ties are rare once house bonuses are applied. When they happen, the conventional rule awards the victor to the planet with greater accidental dignity. Augurine's calculator surfaces co-victors in the Chaldean order (slowest planet first) so you can apply your own judgment.
Does the almuten figuris predict anything?
Not in the sense of foretelling events. Yes in the sense that it describes the planetary voice the chart will most often return to. It's a character marker, not an event predictor.
Why use Whole Sign houses for the calculation?
Whole Sign was the dominant house system through the period when the technique was developed (Hellenistic through medieval). The five hylegiacal points are evaluated by sign, and house bonuses are read by Whole Sign placement. You can switch the calculator's underlying chart to Placidus or Porphyry, but the historical default is Whole Sign.
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