"Up to now I have used the ptolomaic triplicity rulerships without question. This has changed. The discussion on how different results may be arrived at when using different triplicity rulerships has given cause to pause and think about their usage. It raises questions about how one approaches established tradition. Does one accept unquestioned everything that has been handed down over the centuries from such authorities as Ptolomy or Dorotheus? Even if there are apparent contradictions?

"The triplicity lords, in medieval and arabic texts, are said to rule over three periods of life: early, middle and late, yet this is not particularly clear from the Hellenistic texts. The triplicity lords are more often used to describe the native’s status in life or referred to as planet’s supporting the life.  I’ve often wondered how these lords were derived and came up with a possible scheme for their assignments.