With this lesson, we begin a deeper analysis and understanding of a planet's quality or dignity by differentiating the planet's impact based on its nature, sign position, and house position. It should be carefully noted that while the quality of a planet does not change if found in a fortunate versus an unfortunate house, we may say that an analogy can exist between a planet and the house and thus a given sympathy can exist between the planet and the house affairs in which it is posited or rules.

A planet posited in a sign act together with the sign as partners in a given action by the granting, denying, removing something once achieved, or in some way causing the various fortunes or misfortunes of a given house's affairs.

To more easily grasp the entire range of possible influences of a planet, we may classify it as being either a great helper, a small helper, a small destroyer, or a great destroyer. A great helper is a benefic favorably disposed while a malefic in a good zodiacal state is considered a small helper. Similarly, a small destroyer is a benefic in a bad state while a great destroyer is a malefic in a bad zodiacal state.

Morin addresses the former two by stating that along with other factors, any planet favorably disposed, that is when in its Domicile, Exaltation, or Triplicity must be considered benefic whatever house it occupies. But he qualifies the remark by stating that while a small helper which is a malefic in a good zodiacal state can cause remarkably good things when situated in fortunate houses, "Nevertheless, almost always their constructive action is accompanied with dangers and great difficulties or it relies on the use of unjust or reprehensible means. However well disposed they are, the Malefics are always by nature principally inclined to give hurt".

Addressing the planets that are classified as either a small or a great destroyers, he says that each planet which is badly disposed, that is when in Detriment, Fall, Retrograde, in bad aspect with malefics, without any aspect from benefics is to be considered as malefic whatever house it occupies or rules. In such a state, the very influx of the Planet is corrupt. "This destructive character will reveal itself even more energetically in the Planets which are malefic by nature and produce habitually either moral degradation or dishonor, mutilation or deformity, fall from high position, exile, prison, serious illnesses, violent death or other similar catastrophes, according to the particular determination which they undergo by virtue of their position in or rulership over a given House".

The content of the lesson is drawn from Morin's Book 21, pages 32 through 44 and Book 18, page 40 as well as the teachings of the late Zoltan Mason.

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