> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://alchm.gitbook.io/docs/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://alchm.gitbook.io/docs/astrology-and-alchemy/signs/degrees.md).

# Degrees

Each of the 12 [signs](/docs/astrology-and-alchemy/signs.md) is composed of 30 **degrees**. Together, they sum to 360 degrees, representing the 360 degrees of potential angles of each [planet](/docs/astrology-and-alchemy/planets.md) relative to [Earth](/docs/astrology-and-alchemy/planets/the-11-planets/earth-planet.md). As time passes, [planets](/docs/astrology-and-alchemy/planets.md) travel through space in their unique elliptical courses around the [Sun](/docs/astrology-and-alchemy/planets/the-11-planets/sun.md). As they do, the [planets](/docs/astrology-and-alchemy/planets.md) pass through the different [signs](/docs/astrology-and-alchemy/signs.md) as their positions change relative to [Earth](/docs/astrology-and-alchemy/planets/the-11-planets/earth-planet.md).

A [planet](/docs/astrology-and-alchemy/planets.md)'s **degree** has a [unique alchemical name](/docs/astrology-and-alchemy/signs/degrees/degree-specific-alchemy.md) and [effect](/docs/alchm-technology/the-alchmizer/alchemy-effects.md) associated with it, regardless of which [sign](/docs/astrology-and-alchemy/signs.md) it's in.