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Combustion

A planet is combust when it comes too close to the Sun and is, in the tradition, 'burned' by its light.

What it is

When a planet gets within a few degrees of the Sun it disappears in the Sun's glare. Classical astrology calls this combustion. Each planet has its own range, roughly 8 to 17 degrees.

How the tradition reads it

A combust planet is read as weakened: its themes are present but overshadowed. A combust Mercury, for example, is read as muddled communication; a combust Venus as values that are hard to see clearly.

In AstroFinex

Combustion is part of how the engine judges whether a planet is working or afflicted, which then feeds the stance.

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