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Rose Chen | 陳紅穎

Dignity 尊貴。（拉丁文的｢有價值（worthiness）｣、阿拉伯文的Hazz，代表｢好運、分配（allotment）｣）。英國劍橋字典對dignity這個字的定義為：

The importance and value that a person has, that makes other people respect them or makes them respect themselves.

一個人的重要性與價值感，讓他人或自己感到尊敬的地方。

從這樣的概念延伸，若行星具尊貴，行星所代表的人事物多半能受到尊敬或有價值感，至於尊敬的程度或其價值會隨著不同的尊貴力量而有程度上的差別。有時Dignity之前會再加上Essential（必然）這個字，與另一個觀念Accidental Dignity偶然尊貴有所區分。

尊貴的分別，取決於行星在黃道上的位置，每個行星皆有其主管負責的五個黃道區域，通常會以下順序所示：廟（domicile）、旺（exaltation）、三分性（triplicity）、界（bound / term）、外觀（face／decan）。換句話說，尊貴為行星因其所主管區域而被賦予或分配的能力。此外，每項尊貴都有其意義、效用及應用方式，之後都會專欄中一一解說。以下為古典文獻中運用的例句：

And one which has dignity in their places, should aspect the significators with a good aspect. And if the others did not aspect, at least let the lord of the bound aspect, and especially [let one aspect] the Sun: for it is good that one who has dignity in its own place should aspect him.

行星在其位置具有尊貴，應再與代表因數形成吉相。若與代表因數無相位，則應與代表因數的界主星形成相位，若能與太陽形成相位更佳：太陽若能與具尊貴的行星形成相位為吉象。

［引自戴克博士的《選擇與開始》所收錄，伊朗尼（al-‘Imrānī）的《擇日之書》The Book of Choices］。

And the one which you found in these places will be the manager of the year if it had some dignity (namely either a house, or exaltation, triplicity, bound, or face).

位於尖軸宮的行星若具尊貴（例如廟、旺、三分性、界或外觀），便可成為該年的主星。

［以上兩個例句引自戴克博士《世界占星學》所收錄，阿布·馬謝（Abu Ma’shar）的《花朵》Flowers］。

If however there were a planet in the Ascendant which had no dignity in it, and there was a planet in the Midheaven having a bound and face, since it doubled the dignity it is the one which is sought, and you would not seek another.

若位在上升的主星無尊貴，落在中天的行星卻有界和外觀的尊貴，則擁有兩種尊貴的行星應為年主星，不須再找其它行星。

［以上兩個例句引自戴克博士《世界占星學》所收錄，阿布·馬謝（Abu Ma’shar）的《花朵》Flowers］。