Horary Analysis--The Basics

Volumes have been written about horary astrology. The best I can hope to do in the
short space I'm allowing myself is to offer some basic guidelines--which basics should, in
fact, be enough to get anyone started reading charts.

This lesson gives a method of horary analysis in its broadest strokes. In later lessons, I
will elaborate on these guidelines, as well as add the insight of other astrologers whose
methods I might not necessarily employ, but who are widely respected and worth trying
out.

There remains much debate in horary circles on the subject of "well-it-works-for-me"

strategies of analysis. Traditional horary astrologers, especially, eschew (sometimes
with the same amusing vehemence with which they deny their own fundamentalism) any
technique not espoused by William Lilly, Henry Coley, Bonatus, Ptolemy, and other long-
dead astrologers. While the contribution of these old astrologers--and the lasting
usefulness of many of their techniques--remains, in my opinion, inarguable, it may be
prudent to remember that astrology is not a hard science. The "rules" of the ancients are
not scientific laws, and even they tried out the techniques of their predecessors, and
kept what worked and discarded what didn't. Astrology remains largely an art, and as
such ought to be subject to the beneficial vagaries of intuition, hunches, and daring . . .
and, of course, most importantly, experience. Some horary astrologers, however, will not
even look at a chart unless it has been cast in Regiomontanus (the house system
preferred by William Lilly). Such fundamentalism is unnecessary. If you pick up a variety
of horary astrology books, you will find that the techniques taught in them differ,
sometimes only slightly, sometimes a great deal. This is because astrologers find that
certain techniques work better for them than others do. Experience, built on an
appreciation for and understanding of the best the tradition has to offer, will show you
what works best for your style of analysis.

In other words, explore the tradition, but don't be imprisoned by it. That's what you'll find
here . . . tradition explored, and a variety of sources drawn upon.

First, a short list of books I've found useful:

1. Horary Astrology Plain & Simple, by Anthony Louis

2. Christian Astrology, by William Lilly
3. Simplified Horary Astrology, by Ivy Goldstein-Jacobson
4. The Only Way To Learn About Horary and Electional Astrology, by Marion
March, and Joan McEvers
5. The Art of Horary Astrology in Practice, by Sylvia DeLong

Also, if you want to save yourself having to calculate charts by hand, download Allen
Edwall's excellent free astrology program, Astrowin , and browse his site.

1. Asking the Question & Casting the Chart. Virtually any question can be answered
by horary astrology. The easiest questions are those requiring simple yes-or-no
answers, but even more complex ones such as, "Should I move to Arizona, Las Vegas,
or Oregon," or, "Where did I leave my glasses, will I find them, and when?" can
successfully be answered using horary. You can even ask several unrelated question at
the same time, and answer them all with the same chart.

I always cast a chart for the time and place that I first understand the question, even if
the querent first asked the question at a different time in a different place. This is the
only way I can be certain of an accurate "birth time" for the question. It makes sense, of
course, that the better time for which to erect a chart would be the moment when the
question is first asked . . . so experiment. I find that more often than not, at least as far
as divination is concerned, consistency of procedure is often more important than
precisely which procedure you favor.

Finally, ask the question only once, unless circumstance have changed considerably,
and the situation warrants another chart. If you cast a chart, don't like the answer, cast
another chart for the same question, and like the answer . . . the first chart remains the
only valid one.

2. Determine the Appropriate Planets and Houses. The querent is always ruled by
the first house. The Moon is considered a co-ruler of the querent. In some cases, it may
rule the question--for instance, it may co-rule a lost object. Planets in the first house are
also co-rulers of the querent. If Libra is rising, and the Sun and Mercury are in the first
house, then the querent is ruled first by Venus, then by the Moon, Sun, and Mercury. In
some cases it may be more useful to use a co-ruler to rule the querent, such as when
the same planet rules the sign on the cusp of the querent and the quesited.

To receive an accurate answer, you must successfully place the question in its house.
This subject deserves-- and will get--its own lesson. Briefly, though, the nature of a
question determines which house it is assigned. Questions about money & possessions
are assigned to the 2nd house; neighbors, writing, siblings, to the 3rd; the home, father,
family to the 4th; and so on. The ruler of the question is that planet that rules the sign on
the cusp of the appropriate house.

Generally, other people are ruled by the 7th house. If you ask about a relative, though,
he belongs to the house that rules that relative. So, too, do questions asked in such a
way that a relationship is established. For example, since the 11th house rules friends,
and the 4th house rules fathers, if you asked, "Will my father's friend get his promotion?"
the friend would be ruled by the chart's 2nd house (the 2nd is the 11th of the 4th), and
the promotion would be ruled by the chart's 11th (which is the friend's 10th house of
career). Complicated, huh? More about this in Lesson 3.

A rule of thumb I've found useful is to determine in which house I will place the question
before casting the chart, to avoid being swayed by any bias. Often, though, the chart
itself will reveal other things that need to be considered.

3. Are There Any Strictures Against Judgment? Strictures are conditions within a
chart restricting its interpration. Traditionally, charts were not to be read if they contained
certain strictures. In my own experience, I have found that while strictures may make
interpretation difficult, they don't necessarily prohibit it; often, they merely warn the
astrologer to proceed with great care.

Here are "Lilly's Considerations Before Judgment."

 Lilly says the ruler of the hour at the time the question is
proposed must be the same as the ruler of the Ascendant,
or of the same triplicity or nature. Lilly's example: "Let the
Lord of the hour be Mars, let the Sign of Scorpio, Cancer,
or Pisces ascend, this Question is then radicall, because
Mars is Lord of theHour, and of the Watery Triplicity, or of
those Signs Cancer, Scorpio or Pisces."
Do the Ascendant
Also, if Mars rules the hour, and Aries is on the cusp of the
Ruler and
1st, the chart is radical, because Mars rules both the hour
Planetary Hour
and the Ascendant.
Match?
If Leo Ascends, the chart is radical because the Sun (ruling
Leo) is hot and dry, like Mars.

You might also compare the horary ascendant to the

querent's natal chart ascendant. Similarities between them,
or the conjunction of a natal planet with the horary
ascendant can indicate a radical chart.

Lilly warns against judging a chart with 0 - 3 degrees rising,

unless the seeker is very young, and his physical
Less than 3
charateristic "agree with the quality of the sign ascending."
Degrees Rising
Early degrees may also signify that the matter in question
is too premature to judge.

"It's no wayes safe to give judgment, except the Querent

be in yeers corresponding to the number of degrees
ascending; or unlesse the Figure be set upon a certain
time, viz. a man went away or fled at such a time precise . .
More than 27
." In other words, you may safely judge a chart with late
Degrees Rising.
degrees rising if the time of the chart corresponds to an
actual event that you are judging. Late degrees may also
signify that the question has been asked too late, that
conditions have changed making the question obsolete,

According to Lilly, a chart is not safe to judge when the

Moon is in the later degrees of a sign, especially Gemini,
Scorpio, and Capricorn.
Where is the
Moon?
The chart is also not safe to judge when the Moon is in the
Via Combusta, or "Fiery Way," which lies from 15 degrees
Libra to 15 degress Scorpio.

Moon Void of According to Lilly, things rarely progressed as hoped when

Course the Moon was Void of Course, unless other factors in the
chart were very strong. Lilly says that sometimes "she
performs if void of course, and be either in Taurus, Cancer,
Sagittarius or Pisces."
 Lilly and Dariot regarded a void of course Moon as a Moon
that did not begin any applying, major ptolemaic aspects
(conjunction, sextile, square, trine, opposition) before
leaving her sign. Modern astrologers, however, regard a
VOC Moon as one that does not complete any major
aspects before leaving her sign. I tend to favor Lilly's
definition because I have not found that a VOC Moon by
the modern definition necessarily disqualifies a chart. If the
Moon is within orb of a major aspect, I do not consider it
VOC.

Lilly advises that the astrologer be wary when the cusp of

the 7th house is afflicted, or the planet ruling that house is
retrograde or otherwise afflicted (in its fall, or terms of a
malefic, for instance). Except when the astrologer asks a
question for himself (in which case she is ruled by the 1st),
the 7th house, as the house of "other people," rules the
What's Going On
astrologer, and an affliction can indicate difficulty reading
in the 7th?
the chart, or mistaken analysis. Astrologers, especially
traditional horary astrologers, always prick up their ears
when Saturn is in the 7th.

An exception to this rule occurs when the question itself is

a 7th-house matter.

If Saturn is in the 1st House (or, presumably, conjunct the

Ascendent), then the matter will rarely work out as the
seeker hopes, especially when Saturn is retrograde. An
exception to this rule may be when Saturn's placement in
the first is somehow descriptive of what's going on. Look at
the chart, "Will I get the Anullment?" (in the drop-down
menu below) for an example of a retrograde Saturn
Where's Saturn? conjunct the Ascendant. In this case, the seeker did indeed
get what he wanted: the anullment. It was, however,
delayed, and Saturn often signifies delay.

As already noted, "Saturn in the seventh either corrupts the

judgment of the Astrologer, or is a Sign the matter
propounded will come from one misfortune to another."
Thus spake Lilly.

Is the Asdendant When the Moon is too close to the Sun, it is--so the wisdom
ruler combust? went--"burned up" by its heat, and therefore unable to
perform. A planet is combust when it is:

1. in the same sign as the Sun, and

 2. between 17 minutes and 8-1/2 degrees of the Sun.

If a planet is between 8-1/2 degrees and 17 degrees of the

Sun, it is considered "Under the Sunbeams," where it is
weakened, but not as severely as when combust.

If, however, a planet is withing 17 minutes of the Sun, it is

considered "Cazimi," and is greatly strengthed.

According to William Lilly, , "If the Lord of the Ascendant be

combust, neither the question propounded will take, nor the
querent be regulated." In other words, the matter the
seeker hopes for will not come to pass, and/or he will
remain unsatisfied.

In other words, the chart does not give any clear answer.
The positives are balanced equally by the negatives. In
Equal
such cases, I will reluctantly resort to minor aspects, and
Testimonies
Lilly's point system as tie-breakers. I always feel as though
I'm on thing ice, though.

4. Does the Chart Describe the Question? William Lilly believed that it was of primary
importance that a chart's Ascendant ruler matched the planetary hour ruler, or that the
triplicity of the Ascendant was the same as the planetary hour ruler, or, finally, that the
Ascendant ruler and the planetary hour were of the same nature. If there is no match,
then the Ascendant should physically describe the querent (more on this in a later
lesson).

I do use these means to validate charts, but generally, I look at the chart as whole to see
if it describes the situation in some way. Particularly, I look to see if the lights (Sun and
Moon) reside in houses pertinent to the question, or if the Moon's separating aspects
somehow describe some recent event. Also, do the houses with the signs ruled by the
lights (Cancer and Leo) have something to do with the question?

To be wholly comfortable with the "fit" of a chart, I like to see at least three confirmations,
but I will read a chart when there are fewer, especially if they are particularly descriptive.
Here's are some examples of how one may gauge a chart's fit. They were cast in the
Koch house system.

In the first chart, the Ascendant is ruled by Saturn (I always use the ancient planets as
primary rulers, and often, if not always, ignore Uranus, Pluto, and Neptune as primary
significators). The planetary hour is also ruled by Saturn. The Moon is in the 9th house
of long-distance travel, which a move to California would involve since the seeker would
be moving very nearly across the country. The Ascendant ruler, Saturn, is in the 2nd
house of money; the seeker was concerned about the considerably higher cost of living
in California. Finally, Leo, the sign ruled by the Sun, is on the cusp of the 7th. In
questions involving relocation, the 4th house rules the present home, and the 7th rules
the place you are moving to. That the sign of a light is on the cusp of the 7th, then, is
entirely appropriate. The Moon's last major aspect (to a traditional planet) is a sextile to
Mercury, which rules the 4th. The querent felt a keen attachment to his current home
and did not want to leave. Saturn, the querent, is applying to a square of the Sun, ruling
California in this chart: he does not want to go. In fact, this aspect alone seems to be
urging them not to go. The chart adequately describes the situation. (They did, in fact,
move to California. It was a difficult and expensive move and the querent is very
unhappy there.)

The second example regards a seeker's attempt to secure a marriage anullment from his
first wife. He had since remarried and wished to join the Roman Catholic Church, and
they were requiring him first to endure a protracted and complicated anullment process.
His ex-wife was inexplicably bitterly opposing the anullment.

Probably the first thing to note is that there are two obvious strictures against judgment.
First, the Ascendant is within the last 3 degrees of the sign, and the Moon is void of
course (it makes no major aspect before leaving its sign). Nevertheless, look at how well
the chart describes the situation. First, the Moon is in the 9th of relgion and legal
matters. The Catholic church has its own court--a "marriage tribunal"--to judge these
cases according to canon law. One of the seeker's main reasons for joining the church
was because his daughter, who lived with her mother, was being raised in it, and he
wanted to share this part of his daughter's life with her. Leo is on the cusp of the 5th of
children. The Ascendant ruler is Mars, and the planetary hour ruler is the Sun--planets of
the same nature, fiery. Saturn rules the tribunal, and is retrograde in the the 12th, on the
cusp of the Ascendant. This could signify delay, and in fact, the seeker's Advocate at the
tribunal told him that his ex-wife was using every obstructionist tactic she could come up
with, and successfully delay the procedure (prompting him to ask this horary question).
The Moon's last aspect was a trine to Saturn, which rules the 10th (the tribunal).

Sometimes, a Void of Course Moon, or an Asc. in late degrees will simply indicate that
there is nothing to be done about the matter, and in this case, there wasn't. There was
nothing the querent could do to speed up the process.

Ivy Goldstein-Jacobson regarded some degrees as critical, among them, 29 degrees of

any sign. About this, she writes, "The 29th degree shows some misfortune connected
with the matter: The person or matter asked about is changing, at the end of his rope or
patience, or desperate." The seeker was fed up, so, in this case, that both the Moon and
the Ascendant were in critical degrees aptly described the situation.

Guido Bonatus, and ancient astrologer, regarded early- and late-degree Ascendants as
an indication of the seeker's insincerity: that the seeker was only trying to test the
astrologer.

This was a difficult chart to judge. There were no strong indications one way or another. I
told the seeker this, and that I was not comfortable rendering a judgment on this chart,
but that if I had to choose--with a gun to my head--I would say that after much delay it
would be judged that his case was stronger, and that therefore he would get the
anullment. I based this judgment primarily on the fact that using Lilly's point system for
judging the strengths of the planets, Mars (him) was considerably stronger than Venus
(the ex-wife). Also, the Part of Fortune resided in the first house. Also, the Moon's next
major aspect was a distant trine to Jupiter in the 11th house of hopes and goals. Jupiter
also rules the 9th of legal matters. Eventually, he got his anullment.

5. The Moon is A Co-Ruler. Generally, the Moon is considered a co-ruler of the

querent, secondary in weight to the ruler of the ascendant. Often, the Moon's house,
sign, and aspects will describe some aspect of the querent's situation, or an area of
concern. A favorable aspect involving the Moon may not be enough in itself to ensure a
favorable outcome to the question, but it certainly helps.

In matters involving lost objects, the Moon is considered a co-ruler of the lost object.

The Moon's past major aspects describe events leading up to the question (as do other
separating aspects made by other pertinent planets). The Moon's applying aspects
describe situations the querent will encounter; only the aspects the Moon makes through
until it leaves its current sign are significant.

6. Favorable aspects indicate a favorable outcome. Only the major ptolemaic aspects
are considered, generally. Joan McEvers also looks at the quincunx, and may consider
minor aspects if no others are made. Of course, other considerations may need to be
taken into account, but generally this rule holds true. Conjunctions, sextiles, and trines
indicate positive relationships. In some cases a conjunction may be negative, if the
joining, or coming together that it symbolizes is undesirable. Similarly, negative aspects
indicate a negative outcome. Squares indicate frustration, oppositions show separations.

Generally, no major aspect indicates no major action. It doesn't necessarily mean "No,"
however.

If the chart is radical, and there are no major positive or negative aspects, look for other
positive or negative indicators, such as significant planets conjunct strongly positive or
negative degrees, or fixed stars, or malefics rising (see below). Always search the chart
for additional conditions, aspects, and so on, that confirm the major aspect. Two or three
confirmations should be sufficient. More are even better. In some cases, where there are
conflicting aspects, go with the preponderance of indicators.

7. Pay Attention to Rising Planets. Malefics rising confirm (but don't in themselves
usually yield) a negative answer. Benefics rising confirm a positive answer.

Saturn Rising. This can show delay and worry.

Mars Rising. This can show disagreement or quarreling. Disruption and change.
Neptune Rising. Can indicate deception, confusion, indecision, weakness. Seeker may
not have a clear or accurate picture of what he desires.
Uranus Rising. Sudden events. Disruption. Seeker may change his mind. Expect
unexpected. Separation.

8. Are There Any Other Strongly Positive or Negative Factors? Malefic degrees,
fixed stars, Arabic Parts . . . all these can contribute to a positive or negative answer.
Other factors that affect planetary strength and the perfection of aspects will be further
discussed in later lessons.
 Houses in Horary Astrology
Assigning the Matter to a House

Simply, if you can't place the question in the right house, you can't answer the
question.

True, signs and planets are important, but natural rulerships are of secondary
importance to house rulership. For instance, Mars might be a natural ruler of
soldiers, policemen, accidents, and so forth. But if you were asking a question
like, "Will the police catch the thief?" the ruler of the the 10th (authority figures)
would be a good choice to represent the police. (And the 7th house would
represent the thief.) When judging a question, always look first to the rulers of the
appropriate houses.

I always try to assign a house to the matter before looking at the chart. I may
change my mind while reading the chart, but only if there is a compelling reason
within the chart to do so, or if I have made an obvious error. Choosing the house
ahead of time helps me avoid wishful bias in my interpretation, and allows me
better to see in a chart what I might not see in the querent's description of the
situation, or even the querent himself.

Choosing a House System

You also need to decide which house system to use. Among traditional
astrologers, Regiomontanus is the house system du jour because it is the house
system favored by William Lilly. I have successfully used Regiomontanus, Koch,
and Placidus. For a long time, I used Regiomontanus. Lately, I've been using
Koch--for no good reason other than the pleasure I get from experimenting.

If you use Regiomontanus, keep in mind that William Lilly observed a 5-degree
cusp orb. When a planet was within 5 degrees of the cusp of the next house, he
considered the planet to be a resident of that house. Say, for instance, that the
Ascendant is at 15Aq27. Say, too, that Venus is at 8Aq40, and Uranus is at
11Aq32. Employing the 5-degree cusp rule, Venus would reside in the 12th
House, but Uranus would be considered a resident of the 1st House, regardless
of where you drew it on the physical chart.

I only observe the 5-degree cusp rule with Regiomontanus houses, although the
ancients, who used house systems other than Regiomontanus, observed the rule
with whatever house system they used. It seems to me, though, that one ought to
draw a line somewhere: Either a planet is in a house or it isn't. Horary analysis
can be difficult enough as it is without adding additional mugwumping.

I've found it instructive to look at the same chart using different house system,
although this sort of comparison hasn't really shown one system to be preferable,
overall, over another, at least not in my own studies. Although reading the same
chart in different house systems will often yield remarkably similar results (even
when a change of houses changes significators), I think it's wise to consider the
chart drawn in house system the chart was "born" in as the question's "real"
chart, and to use it to answer the question. For the same reason you don't ask
the same question more than once, you also don't shop around for a house
system that yields the desired answer. A horary chart maps a moment in time,
and convergence of chance and choice, part of which involves the astrologer's
choice of house system, even if that choice is somehow accidental. This, at least,
has been my experience.

House Rulership

The table below employs house rulerships drawn both from modern and
traditional sources. Reading horary astrology books, you will come across some
apparent contradictions. For instance, modern astrologers generally assign the
mother to the 4th house, and the father to the 10th. Traditionally, this is reversed,
and the father is ruled by the 4th, the mother by the 10th. Noel Tyl advises that
you let the 10th represent the "dominant parent," whoever it might be.

Modern astrologers' reasoning for assinging mothers to the 4th and fathers to the
10th runs something along these lines: The 4th is ruled by Cancer and
represents the home and security, therefore, it is natural that mothers and
motherhood should be associated with this house; the 10th is a house of
authority, and traditionally fathers are the authority figures within a family, so it is
natural to place fathers and fatherhood in the 10th." Not a bad argument.

Nevertheless, while I follow Tyl's advice when doing natal astrology, I follow
Lilly's when doing horary. It was what I learned when I started doing horary, and
it has yielded good results, so I have found no need to change. Lilly says:

The Mothers Significators are,

First, the 10th house.
Secondly, the Lord thereof.
Thirdly, Venus in a diurnall Nativity, Moon in a nocturnall.
Fourthly, a Planet or Planets in the 10th house.

Although Lilly was talking about natal charts, the same rulerships can be applied
to horary charts.

About fathers, Lilly says:

The Significators of the Father in every Geniture are:
First, the 4th house.
Secondly, the Lord thereof.
Thirdly, the Sun in a diurnall Geniture, Saturn in a nocturnall.
Fourthly, the Planet or Planets in the 4th are considerable.

I think it's easiest to choose whichever rulership you prefer, and to stick with it.

Derived Houses & Turned Charts

When the seeker asks a question about another person, you may find it
necessary to skip around the chart to "derive" the house suitable to that person
inquired about. For the most part, this skipping will depend on ther quesited's
(i.e., the person/thing asked about) relationship to the querent. For instance, say
you ask a question about your grandmother--your father's mother. If you take the
4th to rule the father, then the 10th from the 4 will rule the father's mother, or your
grandmother, which places paternal grandmothers in the 1st house.

If you ask a question about your grandparents, say, both your father's parents,
then the correct house would be the 4th of the 4th, or the 7th. If the grandparents
you're asking about are your maternal grandparents, then the correct house
would be the 4th of the 10th.

Nieces and nephews, as your siblings'(3rd house) children (5th house), would
reside in 5th house from the 3rd, or the 7th. You would find your nieces and
nephews by marriage (i.e., your spouse's niece or nephew) by starting at the 7th.
The 7th represents your spouse, the spouse's sibling would be in the 9th (3rd
from the 7th), and the spouse's sibling's childres would be in the 5th from the 9th,
or the 1st.

Ownership/Kinship Relationships

Often, a horary question will require you to differentiate similar, related objects.
For instance, say you own a vacation home in the Catskills, but most of the year
you live in your home in the Bronx. You get a notion to sell the Catskills home,
because you no longer see what the Catskills has to offer that the Bronx doesn't
(queer thinking, but maybe you like noise and hordes). You ask, "Should I sell my
home in the Catskills?" Your first home would be ruled by the 4th house, and
your second home--your vacation home-- would be ruled by the 3rd from the 4th,
or the 6th. The Catskills home is regarded as a sibling of the Bronx home. If you
own a third home in Vermont, and ask, "Should I sell my 2nd or 3rd home?" the
third home would be ruled by the 3rd from the 6th, the 8th.

The same can be done with people. Charlie Chan would place Son Number One
in the 5th house. Son Number Two would be in the 3rd from the 5th, or the
7th . . . and so on. If, however, Mr. Chan referred to Son Number Two simply as
"my son," then Son Number Two would be a resident of the 5th house of
children. It all depends on how the question is asked.

The thing asked about must bear some sort of relationship--either one of
ownership or of kinship--to the querent to be derived using 3rd-house sibling
relationships.

Non-related Relationships

That doesn't make much sense, does it? Simply, it means that something asked
about does not bear a kinship/ownership relationship to the querent. For
instance, if the Querent lives in the Bronx and asks, "Should I sell my vacation
home in the Catskills and buy one in Vermont?" the home in the Catskills would
enjoy the sibling relationship to the Bronx home, and thus represented by the
ruler of the 6th, but the "one in Vermont" would not in this case be placed in the
8th, because it is not yet owned.

The rule is this: If the querent bears an ownership/kindship relationship to a

certain object, and asks about another similar object to which he does not bear
that relationship, then that 2nd object bears the same relationship to the first that
the first does to the querent.

This sounds terribly confusing, but an example should make it clearer. Imagine
you've accepted an unusually well-paying job as cowpunch in Texas. You
currently live in the Bronx. You have travelled to Texas and looked at houses,
and see one you like. You ask, "Should I buy the darling cottage in Seely,
Texas?" The house you own and live in now belongs in the 4th house. The one
you don't own but are asking about would be the 4th from the 4th, or the 7th. The
7th house bears the same relationship to the 4th that the 4th does to the first (the
querent). Simple, right?

Back to the previous question, "Should I sell my vacation home in the Catskills
and buy the one in Vermont?" The vacation home is the 6th, and the vacation
home in Vermont, the one not yet owned, would be the 6th from the 6th.

Some House Rulerships

1st House. The querent. His state of mind, temperament.
Influences surrounding him. His physical appearance. His health.
The head. Accidents befalling querent. Vehicles inquired about,
and ships at sea. The head and face. Absent person of no relation
to querent. "The People." The present, today. Self-promotion.

Derived: Paternal grandmother. Maternal grandfather.

Nieces/nephews by marriage. Great grandchildren. End-of-the-
matter house of mother (4th from 10th). Death of small animals
(8th of 6th).

2nd House. Moveable possessions. Money. Money lent. Profits.

Querent's assistants. Lilly says, "In private Duels, the Querents
second." Allies. Ammunition and resources. Lost items. Income.
Penury. Self-esteem (i.e., sense of self-worth). Ancestors,
querent's stockbroker. The immediate future, tomorrow.

Derived: Spouse's death, children's careers, health of brother- or

sister-in-law.

3rd House. Short trips. Cars and other transportation.

Communication. Messages. Letters. Books. Visits. Writing.
Speech. Teachers. Writers. Gossip. Siblings. Primary education.
Neighbors. Neighborhoods. The immediate environment.

Derived: Higher education of spouse. Friends' children. Children's

friends. Long journey of spouse. Step-grandchildren.

4th House. Father. Parents (both). Household & domestic

concerns. The house one lives in. The end of the matter. Land.
Things underground. Digging. Wells. Mining. Fields. Mineral rights.
Farms. Real Estate. Things mislaid. Buildings. Financial
investments. Graves. Estates. The womb. Secure places.

Derived: Cousins (mother's sibling's children). Sibling's money &

other 2nd-house affairs. Spouse's job, career, business.

5th House. Children. Gambling. Pregnancy. Dates and dating.

Casual amorous relationships. Flings. Recreational sex. Lotteries.
Games & sports. Fun, in general. Creative pursuits. Poetry, fiction
writing, painting, etc. Financial speculation (depends on the
degree of risk involved). Risky activities. Loved pet. Contests.
Affairs, if querent is married. Someone acting on behalf of
Querent. Secondary education.

Derived: Father's money & moveable possessions. Death of

mother.

6th House.Health. Sickness. Small animals. Tasks, work,

employees. Tenants. Nurses, doctors (in general). Non-traditional
healers. Pets. Detailed work. Food.

Derived: Children's money. Homes or land owned by siblings.

Aunts & uncles (i.e. father's siblings).

7th House. Significant others. Business partner. Marriage &

divorce. Thieves. Open enemies. Opponents. Other people.
Competitor. Other party in a court case. Fugitives. Love affair.
Other places. Agreements & disagreements. Doctor, laywer, etc.

Derived: A place you would remove to (as in, "Should I move to

California?"). Paternal grandfather, sibling's children.

8th House.Sex. Reproduction. Cutting. Surgery. Death. Taxes.

Garbage, sewage, plumbing, dead people. The occult.
Psychoanalysis. Rape. Violence. Poisons.

Derived: Child support. Alimony. Wills, legacies, loans. Other

people's money. Mate's money & moveable possessions. Money
from a business partnership. Mate's sense of self-worth.

9th House. The law. Lawyers, in general. Philosophy. Higher

education. Religion. Professors. College classes. Publication of
one's writing. Publishers. Legal entities (such as corporations).
Legalizing procedures (such as marriage ceremonies). Ritual.
Long-distance travel. Standards & rules. Derived: Grandchildren,
sister- or brother-in-law.

10th House. Career. Business. A career job. The King. The

President. The CEO. The boss. Honor, prestige, reputation. Fame.
Government & government officials. Authority. Officers. Law
enforcement officers. Success. Career promotion.

Derived: Sibling's death. Health/illness of querent's child.

 11th House. Hopes. Goals. Wishes. Friends. Social
organizations, clubs. According to Ivy Goldstein-Jacobson, the
11th, coming between the 10th of success and the 12th of failure,
represents circumstances in general. Falseness of friends.

Derived: Father's death. Money from job. Mother's money. Boss's

assets. A corporation's assets. Children's marriage. Health/illness
of aunt or uncle (paternal), and small animals. Son- or daughter-
in-law. Stepchildren.

12th House.Charity and kindness. Personal undoing. Institutions.

Hospitalization, institutionalization, prison, bondage, fears,
nightmares, misfortune, black magic, drugs, alcohol, addiction,
drug addicts, madness, secret enemies, suicide, seclusion, large
animals. Mysterious and hidden things. Crime. Lying. The past.
Ancient things. Yesterday, the past.

Derived: Health of spouse, partner, business partner. Aunt or

uncle (maternal).

End of Lesson 2

Planets and Signs in Horary

Astrology
Planets

In horary astrology, planetary rulership of a matter is determined first by locating

the question in the correct house, and then using the ruler of the sign on the
cusp, as well as the planetary ruler of the seeker, to answer the question. Planets
have "natural" rulership over things, too, though, and sometime you'll find it
useful to consider them as a means of confirming an answer, or even, in some
cases, as primary rulers. If you ask a question like, "Will I find the money?" and
you have Aquarius on the cusp of the 1st, and Capricorn on the 2nd, with no
other planets in the 2nd, you might consider using Venus, the natural ruler of
money and precious items, to signify the lost money, and Saturn to signify you,
the querent, since you can't very well expect Saturn, which rules both houses, to
make an aspect to itself.
Planets and signs also play important roles in providing detail to a chart. They
can be used to describe people, places, even plants and animals. Some of these
other qualities of the planets and signs will be treated in later lessons dealing
with physical description, and finding lost objects.

The table below presents some rulerships of the planets, most of them compiled
from Lilly's descriptions in Christian Astrology, and Ivy Goldstein-Jacobson's
Simplified Horary Astrology.

Astrologers treat the so-called modern planets in different ways. Lilly and his
crowd--and of course those who preceded him--did not know of Uranus,
Neptune, and Pluto. Many contemporary astrologers who favor traditional horary
techniques do not consider these three outer planets when reading a chart.
Others regard them only as secondary rulers of the signs to which they've been
assigned by modern astrology. In other words, a house with Pisces on the cusp
would still be ruled by Jupiter, first, and Neptune, second. Some use Uranus as
the primary ruler of Aquarius, and follow traditional rulerships for Pisces and
Scorpio.

Early in my horary studies, I used modern rulerships, with good results. When I
started learning traditional horary astrology, I used traditional rulerships only.
Now, I've settled somewhere in between. I still consider the traditional planets the
primary rulers, but will use Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto to answer a question
when no aspects are made by traditional planets, or for confirmation, or added
detail.

Planet Rulership Nature & Characteristics

Hot and dry. Masculine. Diurnal.

Equivalent to a benefic when well-
The giver of life. Gold.
dignified. Well-dignified:
Mature men, royalty,
confident, truthful, direct, humane,
Sun aristocrats. Authority.
charitable. Ill-dignified:Vain,
Employers. The father.
arrogant, untrustworthy, prone to
Bankers. Fidelity.
vulgar displays of personal
magnificence.

Moon Queen, First lady, Cold, moist, phlegmatic. Feminine.

women in authority. Nocturnal. Benefic. Well-dignified:
Women in general. Well-mannered, soft-spoken, mild,
Mothers. Changes. prodigal and easily frightened.
Emotions. Nurses. Freedom-loving. Sensitive. Ill-
Wanderers, runaways. dignified: A vagabond, drunkard.
Seas, oceans. A malcontent, impossible to
 Domesticity. Children.
please. Lazy.
The "masses."

Cold and dry. Neutral gender,

Books, writing.
except when conjunct another
Documents and
planet, in which case Mecury
contracts. Briefcases.
assumes the gender of that planet.
Papers. Cars,
Neither benefic nor malefic, except
transportation.
when joined to a benefic or malefic
Intellectuals. Teachers.
Mercury planet. Well-dignified: Represents
Short trips. Luggage.
a clever thinker or learned person.
Clerks. Writers,
An eloquent speaker. Witty and
stenographers, etc.
cunning and curious. Ill-dignified:
Learning, school.
"A troublesome wit . . . his tongue
Clever people,
and Pen against every man" (Lilly).
pranksters.
A liar and gossip and cheat.

Called "The Lesser

Benefic." Jewelery, "Temperately Cold and Moyst,"
money, fine things in according to Lilly. Feminine.
general. Presents. Nocturnal. Benefic. Well-dignified:
Partners, mothers, Quiet, refined, pleasant. Prone to
Venus
young women. Fine art. romantic entanglements. Sybaritic.
Pleasure and Cheerful. Trusting. Ill-dignified:
celebrations. Social Given to excess. "Riotous."
events. Elegance. Debauched. Adulterous. Lazy.
Cooperation.

Called "The Lesser

Malefic." Fire. Combat. Hot and Dry. Masculine. Nocturnal.
Strife. Courage. Malefic. Well-dignified: Strong,
Argument. Guns, courageous, victorious. Confident
knives, weapons in and bold, "yet of prudent behaviour
Mars
general. Men, young in his own affaires" (Lilly). Ill-
through early middle- dignified: Cruel. A bully and
age. Aggression, braggart. Treacherous and violent.
generally. Impulsive Someone not to be trusted.
actions. Danger. Ego.

Jupiter Called "The Greater "Temperately Hot and Moyst . . .

Benefic." Optimism. author of Temperance, Modesty,
Expansion, generally. Sobriety, Justice" (Lilly 62).
Higher education. Masculine. Diurnal. Benefic. Well-
Mature men. Lawyers dignified: Lilly says it best:
 "Magnanimous, Faithfull, Bashfull,
Aspiring in an honourable way at
high matters, in all his actions a
Lover of fair dealing, desiring to
benefit all men, doing Glorious
things, Honourable and Religious,
of sweet and affable Conversation,
wonderfully indulgent to his Wife
and Children, reverencing Aged
and judges, legal clerks.
men, a great Relievaer of the
Foreigners, long
Poor, full of Charity and Godliness,
journeys. Priests,
Liberal, hating all Sordid actions,
ministers. Abundance.
Just, Wife, Prudent, Thankfull,
Vertuous: so that when you find
Jupiter the significator of any man
in a Question, or Lord of his
Ascendant in a Nativity, and well
dignified, you may judge him
qualified as abovesaid." Ill-
dignified: Hypocritical, falsely
pious. Careless, miserly. Ignorant.

Cold and dry. Masculine. Diurnal.

Called "The Greater
Malefic. Well-dignified: "Prfound in
Malefic." Time. Old age.
imagination" (Lilly). Reserved.
Elderly men. The father.
Austere. Frugal. Patient. Grave in
Discipline. Constraint.
speech. Ill-dignified: Covetous
Restriction. Delay.
and jealous. Avaricious,
Saturn Penury. Loss. Structure.
mistrustful. "Outwardly
Loneliness. Debility.
diessembling, sluggish,
Discipline and
suspicious, stubborn, a contemner
seriousness.
of women, a close lyar,
Practicality. Severity.
malicious . . . never contented,
Frugality.
ever repining" (Lilly 58).

Uranus Accidents. Sudden Gender neutral, considered by

events and surprises. many astrologers to by the "higher
Unpredictable events, octave" of Mercury. Zadkiel says,
generally. Inventions "The nature of Uranus is extremely
and inventors. evil." Well-dignified: Humanitarian,
Freedom. Revolution. ingenious, creative, autonomous,
Astrology. Sudden eccentric, spontaneous. Ill-
changes in fortune, dignified: Violent, unpredictable,
good or bad depending unreliable, forgetful.
 on other factors in the
chart.

Confusion, drugs and Well-dignified: Visionary, creative,

alcohol. Addiction. telepathic, intuitive, gentle,
Depression and other dreamy, spiritual, other-worldly. Ill-
psychological ailments. dignified: Out of touch with reality,
Neptune
Idealism. Inspiration. hypochondriacal, given to
ESP. The Arts. Mystery. substance abuse, impractical to a
Fog. Intuition and harmful degree, neurotic or
instinct. Deception. psychotic.

Death, sex. An
inexorable force. The
"masses." Putrefication.
Well-dignified: Powerful,
Other people's money,
unyielding, irresistable. Ill-
Pluto debts. Cutting and
dignified: Violent. Using wealth
penetration.
and power for ignoble purposes.
Perspective and
transformation. A strong
force. Reproduction.

A Note About Benefics and Malefics

From the table above, you see that Jupiter and Venus are called the Greater and
Lesser Benefics. That is, they are naturally fortunate planets. They may become
unfortunate, though, depending on the question asked and the house they rule.
For example, if Jupiter rules the 8th house of death, it may very well not be
fortunate at all. Similarly, a malefic (Saturn or Mars) may rule the 11th house of
wishes, and may be applying to a sextile with the Ascendant ruler, indicating that
the querent will get his wish.

Part of Fortune

This is a point on the chart, not a planet. It and its dispositor can signify lost
objects, money, possessions, and luck. I use it only to confirm answers. I've
never had a well-placed POF provide a positive answer in itself.

Marc Edmund Jones uses the house location of the POF to show (or confirm) a
querent's area of interest.
The Lunar Nodes

A "node" is the point at which a planet crosses the eliptic. All planets have nodes.
I've only seen the Moon's nodes used in horary. The North Node (also called
Caput Draconis, or the Dragon's Head) is considered beneficial, having the
nature of the Jupiter and Venus. Marc Edmund Jones calls the North Node "a
point of definite assistance wherever it is found," assuring cooperation and
smooth transactions in areas ruled by the house in which it is found.

The North Node is the Moon's ascending node. The South Node, or Cauda
Draconis, is the descending node, and is always exactly opposite the North
Node. Jones calls this point an impediment in any horary chart, and shows self-
undoing or a lack of common sense.

The Signs

Planetary traits are qualified by the signs they inhabit. In a later lesson, I'll
provide more information for using signs to find lost objects, to describe illnesses,
and to determine physical characteristics. Here, now, we'll just look at some of
the characteristics and correspondences of the 12 signs.

Qualities, Elements, and Signs

Mode Fire Earth Air Water
Cardinal Aries Capricorn Libra Cancer
Fixed Leo Taurus Aquarius Scorpio
Mutable Sagittarius Virgo Gemini Pisces

Cardinal Signs. Also called "Moveable" signs. Cardinal signs signal initiation,
beginnings, action. A Cardinal Ascendant can show a quick start. Cardinal signs
on all the angles show a sustained, quick movement of the matter, and a quick
resolution. Seasons change with the Cardinal signs.

Fixed Signs. These represent an established force. They show stability and
rootedness. Change does not occur quickly. Prominent fixed signs can show that
the querent is "dug in," stubborn, conservative, stable. Ivy Goldstein-Jacobson
says that a fixed cross shows that "there is no stopping the proceedings."

Mutable Signs. Also called "Common" signs. They mark the end of one season
and the beginning of the next. They signal imminent change, flexibility. Also,
instability. A mutable cross signals changeability, or unstable conditions.
Questions described by a mixed cross often begin in the manner denoted by the
mode of the signs on the ascendant and 7th house, and continue or end in the
manner dentoed by the mode of the signs on MC and IC.

Sign Rulership and Planetary Dignity

In horary, at least traditional horary, there's much more to Planetary dignity than
we typical deal with in contemporary natal astrology. We'll get the basics of
essential dignity out of the way here, though, and go into more detail in a later
lesson. The gist, though, is this: Planets are stronger--or more "comfortable" in
some signs than others. The following table summarizes planetary standing in
the signs.

PLANETARY DIGNITY--THE BASICS

Planet Dignity Exaltation Detriment Fall
Sun Leo Aries Aquarius Libra
Moon Cancer Taurus Capricorn Scorpio
Mercury Gemini & Virgo Virgo Sagittarius Pisces
Aries &
Venus Taurus & Libra Pisces Virgo
Scorpio
Libra &
Mars Aries & Scorpio Capricorn Cancer
Taurus
Sagittarius & Gemini &
Jupiter Cancer Capricorn
Pisces Virgo
Capricorn &
Saturn Libra Cancer & Leo Aries
Aquarius
Uranus Aquarius Scorpio Leo Taurus
Neptune Pisces Undetermined* Virgo Undetermined*
Pluto Scorpio Undetermined** Taurus Undetermined**

*Jacobson claims Neptune is exhalted in Gemini, and in its fall in Sagittarius.

*Sylvia DeLong has Neptune exhalted in Cancer, and in its fall in Capricorn.
**DeLong has Pluto exhalted in Cancer, and in its fall in Capricorn.

Generally speaking, in horary charts planets reflect the debilitated state of that
which they represent. When a well-digified planet represents the querent, for
instance, it can show that he is healthy, held in high esteem, or able to
accomplish his goals: he is "well-positioned." Well dignified planets can confirm a
positive answer. A poorly dignified planet, say, representing the quesited, can
show that what the seeker hopes for will fall short of his expectations, or for some
reason ought not be pursued.

Example

Here's an example in which the quesited's ruler is poorly dignified. The chart was
cast in the Koch house system. There is no agreement between the planetary
hour ruler and the Ascendant, so whether the chart is valid is arguable. I had the
querent's natal chart, though, and saw that the planetary hour ruler matched the
natal Ascendant ruler--not in itself a compelling sign of validity. But the horary
Ascendant adequately describes the querent, who is bookish and until very
recently worked as a teacher. I decided to read the chart.

The Querent is ruled by Mercury, and co-ruled by the Moon. The quesited--the
job--is a 10th house matter. With Aquarius on the 10th, Saturn rules the job. In
Koch, the Moon is in the 10th.

The angles are mixed, with mutable signs on the Asc/desc., and fixed signs on
the MC/IC. This suggests that the querent is currently in a period of transition that
will resolve itself in some manner of increased stability. The Moon's last major
aspect was a sextile to Saturn, which in this chart rules the 8th, 9th, and 10th
houses. Recently, he quit his job teaching to move to another state, where his
wife was offered an excellent job opportunity. A long-distance move is apt 9th
house symbolism. The Moon's next major aspect is a sextile to Mercury, natural
ruler of tests. He would soon be taking the written exam for the law enforcement
job, and the sextile suggests he will do well. (He did, scoring 100%).

He is concerned that past health problems will automatically disqualify him from
the race, even though his health now is excellent; this is what motivated him to
ask a horary question. That Saturn is in the 12th house of hospitalization
confirms that, at the very least, the people in a position to give him a job will be
concerned about his past problems.

Mercury is dignified by term, but weak by house (the 6th is considered a malefic
house-- it rules illness). The Moon is peregrine. It is, however, acidentally
dignified by house. Using Lilly's point system (which will be explained in a later
lesson), the Moon rates a +8, and Mercury a +9. Not bad, either of them. Saturn,
though--the job--is severely debilitated rating a -10. Saturn is not a surprising
planet to show up representing a government job, but in this chart it is retrograde,
and peregrine. It resides in the 12th house of self-undoing. Furthermore, Mercury
is conjunct the fixed star Unukalhai, at 22Scorp04. Unukalhai signfies success,
followed by downfall. Not a good sign. The Ascendant is conjunct Aldebaran,
signifying courage, violence, and sickness.
Things don't look good. There are no strong aspect between the major players.
Regarding career questions, however, Lilly says that "if none of the Significators
be joyned to the Lord of the 10th, see if the Lord of the 1st or Moon be in the
10th, he shall then attain what he desires, if that planet be not impedited." In this
chart, the Moon does indeed reside in the 10th, unimpedited.

At the time of this writing, the querent is still pursuing the job, but the chart seems
to suggest this: That although the prospect for his obtaining the job does not look
very strong, there is a chance that in spite of his past health problems he will be
offered a job. He ought to think twice--seriously--about taking, it, though, because
it will not be what he hoped it would be, and more likely than not he will be
unhappy (at best) in the position.

More Signs Miscellany

Lilly uses various properties of the sign when considering charts. For instance, if
a man or a woman asks, "Will we ever have children?" (and, believe it or not, Lilly
did answer questions like this, and seemed unafraid to deliver an unequivocal
"No"), a barren sign like Virgo on the cusp of the 5th house of children could
contribute to a negative answer.

Here is a list of some of the properties described by Lilly in Christian Astrology:

Masculine, Diurnal Signs: Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, Aquarius.

Feminine, Nocturnal Signs: Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, Pisces.
Regarding these distinctinctions, Lilly says:

The use whereof is this, That if you have a masculine Planet in a Masculine Sign,
it imports him or her more manly; and so if a Masculine Planet be in a Feminine
Sign, the man or woman is lesse couragious, &c.

Northern, or Boreal Signs: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Virgo

Sourthern, or Austral Signs: Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius,
Pisces

Double-bodies Signs: Gemini, Pisces (Jones, drawing on James Wilson's A

Complete Dictionary of Astrology, includes Virgo and Sagittarius.)

Bestial, Four-footed Signs: Aries, Taurus, Leo, Sagittarius, Capricorn. (Jones

says, "The last half of Sagittarius only.")
"Manly" or Humane Signs: Gemini, Virgo, Libra, Aquarius. (Jones includes the
first half of Sagittarius.)
According to Lilly, if the Ascendant ruler is in a bestial sign, the querent will
shows some characteristics of the animal represented by that sign. Conversely, if
the significator is in a human sign, or if a human sign ascends, the querent will be
more refined, and of "civil carriage."
Fruitful Signs: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces

Barren Signs: Gemini, Leo, Virgo

Mute Signs: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces, "the more if Mercury be in any of them, in
conjunction, Square, or Opposition of Saturn." (Lilly 89)

Signs of Long Ascension: Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,Scorpio, and Sagittarius

(in the northern hemisphere)
Signs of Short Ascension: Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, and
Gemini
More about the significance of these in the next lesson.

End of Lesson 3

Aspects in Horary Astrology

You can probably become a fine horary astrologer without being able to define
terms like "platic," "partile," "dexter," "sinister," "moiety," and so forth. In fact, I
half-suspect, at times, that some astrologers fancy the convolutions of medieval
and Renaissance-era astrology because these additional factors can be turned to
when their reading of a chart doesn't turn out as they hoped: "Ah, I neglected to
take into consideration that it was a sinister application. That's why I got it
wrong!" Better a failure on the part of the astrologer, than on horary astrology
itself, they might figure.

Nevertheless, these considerations can add useful detail. The danger is not in
knowing too much, but in trying to use it all in every chart. If there is a Golden
Rule in horary astrology, it might be that, "If the major significators answer the
question clearly, stop!" In other words, use the minutiae when necessary . . . not
as a vulgar display of astrological muscle-flexing.

The Aspects

Most astrologers consider only the major--or Ptolemaic--aspects in horary, viz.,

conjunctions, sextiles, squares, trines, and oppositions. Other astrologers, such
as Joan McEvers, include the quincunx (150°) as one of the major aspect. Ivy
Goldstein-Jacobson included the Parallel with the major aspects, but considered
the quincunx a minor aspect. Generally, I look to only the Ptolemaic aspects for
strong answers, use the quincunx for confirmation or description, and ignore
parallels.

Following is a table summarizing commonly used aspects, their natures, and

orbs.

Aspect Angle Orb Nature/Keywords

Cooperation, unification,
meetings, reunion. Positive or
Conjunction 0° 8° negative depending on the
question and the nature of
the planets.
Opportunity, success with
Sextile 60° (2 signs) 8°
effort. Positive.
90° (three Obstacles, frustration, strain.
Square 8°
signs) Negative.
Success, good fortune, goals
120° (4
Trine 8° easier to accomplish than
signs)
with a sextile. Positive.
180° (6 Separation, rending, conflict.
Opposition 8°
signs) Negative.
Quincunx (or 150° (5 Adjustment, dislocation,
5°
Inconjunct) signs) disrepair. Negative.
Similar to a conjunction.
According to Ivy Goldstein-
Parallel =Declination 1° Jacobson, a parallel signifies
that "The thing is as good as
done now."

Outside of Ivy Goldstein-Jacobson's Simplified Horary Astrology, I have not seen

parallels given the same weight in horary as the major Ptolemaic aspects. I have
not found parallels to be consistently useful in determining the outcome of horary
questions.

Fudge Factors?

As you know from Lesson 1, the general rule is positive aspects signify positive
outcomes, and negative aspects signify negative outcomes. Some astrologers
find room for hedging even with this basic rule. For instance, Lilly believed that
under some circumstances, sextiles are "stretched" into squares, and squares
are stretched into trines. It's an idea he picked up from Ptolemy. This is one of
those "rules" I pay no attention to, in spite of the fact that there is some fairly
respectable precedent for it. In the excellent book Horary Astrology, the History
and Practice of Astro-Divination, Anthony Louis, who leans towards a more
traditional approach to horary practice, called this long-and-short ascension rule
nonsense, a "fudge factor," and claimed that the history of horary is full of similar
nonsense.

William Lilly and Aspects in Horary

The Long and Short of It

Signs of Long Ascension. These are (for those of us in the Northern

Hemisphere): Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,Scorpio, and Sagittarius. When planets
apply to a sextile from within signs of long ascension, the sextile acts as a
square, and when they apply to a square, the square acts as a trine.

Signs of Short Ascension. Again, in the Northern Hemisphere: Capricorn,

Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, and Gemini. In these signs, squares act as
sextiles, and trines as squares.

In the Southern Hemisphere, these signs are reversed, i.e., our signs of long
ascension are their signs of short ascension, while our signs of short ascension
are their signs of long ascension. Marc Edmund Jones said that an emphasis on
signs of long ascension in a horary chart indicate show a course of development
that is more solid and unhurried. An emphasis on signs of short ascension can
show rapid development, impulsive action.

William Lilly and Orbs

When Lilly measured orbs, he didn't measure the orb of an aspect, as we tend to
today; he measured the orb of a planet's influence. Lilly used two sets of orbs,
stating, "I sometimes use the one, and sometimes the other, as my Memory best
Remembereth them . . ."(Lilly 107).

Planet Orb 2nd Orb Moiety

Saturn 10°0' 9°0' 4½° or 5°
Jupiter 12°0' 9°0' 4½° or 6°
Mars 7°30' 7°0' 3¾° or 3½°
Sun 17°0' 15°0' 8½° or 7½°
Venus 8°0' 7°0' 4° or 3½°
Mercury 7°0' 7°0' 3½°
Moon 12°30' 12°0' 6¼° or 6°
Lilly is not saying, however, that any aspect involving, say, the Sun will enjoy a
17° orb of influence. A planet's orb of influence is a sphere of influence, with the
planet occupying the center of that sphere. In other words, the Sun's orb of
influence does not extend 17° in all directions, but half that distance in all
directions.

To see how this works in practice, consider two planets, Venus and the Moon.
We'll say Venus is at 12° Aries, and the Moon at 1° Aries.

<==6°==Moon==6°==> <==3½°==Venus==3½°==>
1°Aries 9.5°Aries 12°Aries

Above, you see each planet at the center of its orb of influence. You see, too,
that they will be within orb of a conjunction when the Moon approaches to within
9.5 degrees of Venus. It is at this point that they will be within each other's
sphere of influence.

Incidentally, the term moiety is used to describe one-half a planet's orb. The
moiety of the Moon, therefore, is 6° (or 6¼°, depending on which orb you "best
remembereth").

Some Additional Nomenclature

Application & Separation. First, remember that an aspect is said to be made by

the faster of two planets, to the slower. Thus, Mercury at 5°30'Aries is applying in
sextile to to Jupiter at 9°20' Gemini. Mercury would not apply to the Moon,
though, because the Moon is faster. The Moon, being the fasts planet, almost
always applies to all the other planets. Exceptions to this rule occur in the case of
retrograde planets. It is best to check an ephemeris to see when and if a planet is
slowing down, especially if you typically use a computer to calculate charts (as I
do). It is very possible that what appears as an applying aspect in the computer-
generated aspectarian will not reach perfection.

Second, remember that applying aspects describe what is to come, while

separating aspects describe what has already occurred. Lilly regarded an aspect
as separating at 6 minutes of arc after is exact.

Dexter Aspect. An aspect made against the order of the signs. Dexter aspects
are considered stronger than sinister aspect. The Moon in Gemini applying to an
aspect with Saturn in Aries is said to be casting a dexter aspect.

Sinister Aspect.An aspect made with the order of the signs. The Moon in Aries
applying to an aspect with Saturn in Gemini is said to be casting sinister aspect.
Partile Aspect. When planets occupy the same degree and make an aspect, it is
a partile aspect, "as if Mercury be in nine degrees of Aries, and Jupiter in nine
degrees of Leo, this is a Partill Trine aspect: So Sun in one degree of Taurus,
and Moon in one degree of Cancer, make a Partill Sextile, and this is a strong
sign or argument for performance of anything, or that the matter is neer hand
concluded . . . " In other words, the planets occupy the same numerical degree:
Mercury at 9°14' Aries, and Jupiter at 9°29' Leo would still be said to be in partile
trine.

Platic Aspect. A platic aspect occurs when two planets are within orb of an
aspect, but occupy different degrees. In other words, the planets are within
moiety of their orbs. Mercury at 9°14' Aries and Jupiter at 10°0' Leo would be in a
platic trine.

Lilly's definitions of Partile and Platic aspects would seem to suggest that Partile
is synonymous with "exact", and Platic with "inexact." Other writers, however
(such as Anthony Louis) call an aspect exact when the two planets occupy
precisely the same degree, minute, and second of the signs they occupy.

Mutual Application.When one planet is retrograde, two planets may apply

towards each other in aspect. Mutual application can indicate that a matter will be
brought to conclusion rapidly, or that a lost item or pet will be returned.

Solstice Points. In horary these days the solstice points are more commonly
referred to as "Antiscia." They are reflection points along the Capricorn/Cancer
axis. The following table shows the antiscia by sign, degree, and minute:

Some astrologers consider only those aspects that perfect before the planets
change signs to give an indication of the outcome. Others allow the planets to
change signs if the aspects (or planets) are within orb before the planets change
signs (the sign change would indicate a conclusion to the matter only after a
change of circumstances). Marc Edmund Jones says that the orbs of aspect are
not important--it is merely when and if planets move into or out of a relationship
that counts, so long as they do so without changing signs.

Antiscia by Sign Antiscia by Degree Antiscia by Minute

Gemini/Cancer 1° / 29° 1' / 59' 16' / 44'
Leo/Taurus 2° / 28° 2' / 58' 17' / 43'
Virgo/Aries 3° / 27° 3' / 57' 18' / 42'
Libra/Pisces 4° / 26° 4' / 56' 19' / 41'
Scorpio/Aquarius 5° / 25° 5' / 55' 20' / 40'
Sagittarius/Capricorn 6° / 24° 6' / 54' 21' / 39'
7° / 23° 7' / 53' 22' / 38'
 8° / 22° 8' / 52' 23' / 37'
9° / 21° 9' / 51' 24' / 36
10° / 20° 10' / 50' 25' / 35'
11° / 19° 11' / 49' 26' / 34'
12° / 18° 12' / 48' 27' / 33'
13° / 17° 13' / 47' 28' / 32'
14° / 16° 14' / 46' 29' / 31'
15° / 15° 15' / 45' 30' / 30'

If the relationship of a point to its antiscion is not apparent from the table above, it
might help to plot some points on a blank horoscope wheel.

To find a planet's solstice point, subtract the numerical value of its position from
30° (or 29°60') and then look up its sign's "reflection." Thus, a planet at 19°09'
Pisces will have its antscion at 10°51' Libra:

29°60' - 19°09' = 10°51'

The reflection of Pisces across the Capricorn/Cancer axis is Libra.

Similarly, a planet at 25°33' Scorpio will have its antiscion at 4° 27' Aquarius. A
planet at 19°56' Scorpio will have its antiscion at 10°04' Aquarius. A planet at 10°
02' Libra will have its antiscion at 19°58' Pisces.

A contrascion is the point exactly opposite (180°) the antiscion point. The
conjunction of a planet to another's antiscion acts like a sextile or trine
Contrascions act like a square or opposition.

Other Ways a Matter May Be Brought to Conclusion

Collection of Light. When two planets do not apply to one another in aspect, but
do apply to a third, slower planet, the 3rd planet is said to "collect" the light of the
faster two planets. Collection can indicate that another party will become involved
to help bring the matter to a close. Collection can also help bring a matter to
perfection when the rulers of the querent and the question make and unfavorable
aspect to one another, but make another favorable major aspect to a third,
heavier planet in a later degree. Collection of light can be an especially potent
"aspect" when the third planet is in at least one of the essential dignities of each
of the swifter planets.

Translation of Light. For a translation of light to occur, a planet that is faster

than the primary significators of the question first aspects one significator, and
then the other, either re-activating an aspect between between them or
interceding before they perfect an undesirable aspect. Lilly gives the following
example: Saturn is at 20° Aries, Mars at 15° Aries, Mercury at 16° Aries.
Mercury, the swiftest planet, "separates from Mars, and translates the vertue of
Mars unto Saturn." Translation can occur by any major aspect, not just a
conjunction.

Mutual Reception. Planets are said to be in reception when they are each in a
dignity of the other. In modern astrology, we generally only consider mutual
reception by sign, such as when the Sun is in Scorpio and Mars is in Leo. In
horary, however, we can consider reception by sign, exaltation, triplicity, term, or
face. These will be discussed in Lesson 7, "Essential Dignity." Reception by sign
remains the strongest, by face the weakest. Reception can help mitigate
unfavorable aspects, although I have not found it consistently to be enough in
itself to guarantee a positive outcome. Mutual reception can help planets
"escape" difficult aspects by symbolically trading places with the planet that they
receive. Where, precisely, the planets escape to, though, is debated. Say Mars is
at 10° Libra, and Venus at 20° Aries. Some authors would say that when they
exchange signs, they also exchange degrees, which in this case would but Mars
at 20° Aries, and Venus at 10° Libra. Other astrologers say they remain in their
original degree in the new sign.

Moon's Aspects. A glance at the Moon's recent aspects can show events
leading up to the moment of the question. A look at the aspects it makes before
leaving its sign can show upcoming events. I often find the last conjunction the
Moon made to be particularly descriptive. The Moon's applying aspects can
confirm an answer, but they don't in themselves usually yield one unless other
factors support that outcome. The exception is when the Moon translates light.

Obstacles to Perfection

Many factors in a chart can contribute to a matter's not concluding satisfactorily.

These include combustion, essential dignity, accidental dignity, aspects to the
New or Full Moon, planetary speed, and more. Here, we will discuss a few
factors directly relevant to aspects.

Frustration. Lilly described this with a proverb: "The Dogs quarrel, a third gets
the Bone." Or, two of the primary significators are moving towards a conjunction,
but before it perfects, another planet interposes itself between them, joining to
the heavier planet, "as Mercury in ten degrees of Aries, Mars twelve, Jupiter in
thirteen of Aires; here Mercury strives to come to Conjunction with Mars, but
Mars first gets to conjunction with Jupiter; whereby Mercury is frustrated of the
Conjunction of Mars . . ." (Lilly 112-13).

Prohibition. This is not unlike frustration. Two planets, significators, are applying
toward a major aspect, but before it perfects, a third perfects a major aspect to
one of the two significators. Frustration and Prohibition might not necessarily
prohibit a positive outcome, but they both at least show some sort of outside
intereference, the nature of which will be revealed by the interfering planet and
the house it rules in the horary chart.

Refranation. Two planets are applying toward an aspect, but before the aspect
perfects, one of the planet turns retrograde, and as a result the aspect cannot
become exact.

Void of Course. A planet is void of course when it does not apply to to another
planet, in major aspect, before leaving its sign. Modern astrologers often
consider a planet void if the aspect does not perfect before the applying planet
leaves its sign, but Lilly and his contemporaries were more forgiving. So long as
a planet is within orb of a major aspect before leaving its sign, Lilly stated, it was
not void. This obstacle is most commonly observed in the Moon. A void moon
doesn't necessarily prohibit a positive outcome--it does make it more difficult to
attain, though. Jones said that a void Moon shows, "a definite lack of pertinent
dynamic in the situation . . ." He considered the chart unreadable when the Moon
is void, unless this debility had special significance in the matter. Ivy Goldstein-
Jacobson, however, asserts that "NO CHART IS UNREADABLE." She says that
if the Moon aspects the Part of Fortune, that she is only "zodically" void. A
completely void of course Moon, Jacobson said, shows that nothing can will
come of the matter, that fears are unfounded, that the seeker can stop fretting.
Other astrologers claim that a VOC Moon can also suggest that the querent is
powerless to affect the situation, or that lost articles will not be returned.

Retrogradation.

If a planet turns retrograde before an aspect perfects, it signifies a reversal of

some sort, and the thing asked about not coming to pass. For instance, if
someone asks a question about marriage, and the signifiers of the man and
woman are applying by sextile, but one of the planets turns retrograde, it could
show that person whom the planet represents backing out of the committment.
The same holds true for business dealings, and partnerships in general. This
failure to complete an aspect is called refranation.

The symolism of a retrograde planet can also have very positive

implications. For instance, if the horary chart is cast for a lost object, a
retrograde planet signifying the lost object generally shows that the object will be
found. Think about it: retrogradation is a turning back of the planet, a return to a
previous position. An errant spouse signified by a retrograde planet will return.

Planets can apply towards each other when one planet is retrograde. This is
called mutual application, and an aspect that completes by mutual application
is even stronger, more emphatic than otherwise.
In Lilly's point system, retrogradation weakens a planet. I'll discuss this more in
the Essential Dignities lesson.

Moon

A quick look at the Moon's recent aspects can reveal circumstances that have
lead to the the moment of the question: background information. The Moon's
future aspects can reveal how things will develop, up to the conclusion of the
matter as shown by the primary planets. Consider only separating/applying
aspects of the Moon in its current sign. Further detail can be revealed by
examining the planet that the Moon last conjoined (and the house that planet
signifies). Unless the Moon is a primary signifier, though, its influence in the
matter is more descriptive than determinative. In other words, the last aspect the
moon makes will not negate a contrary outcome indicated by planets ruling the
houses in question. It may, however, confirm that outcome.

End of Lesson 4

Special & Malefic Degrees,

and Fixed Stars
As if the planets didn't provide enough data (often contrary), there are certain
degrees of the zodiac which can also affect a planet, and the outcome of the
matter. Horary astrologers vary as to how many of these special degrees (often
called "critical" degrees) they employ.

Critical Degrees
"The" Critical Degrees.

These degrees are derived from the average daily motion of the moon, and the
zodiac's division into "Mansions of the Moon." (Anthony Louis gives a good
explanation of how these degrees are derived in his book Horary Astrology Plain
and Simple. I won't go into it here.) The degrees of division between the
mansions are sensitive areas; according to Goldstein-Jacobson, when a relevant
planet occupies a critical degree, it "will bring matters to a critical point, a crisis,
or to a head, as in an illness or a quarrel." These degrees repeat around the
zodiac, and are:

Cardinal Signs: 0, 13, 26

Fixed Signs: 9, 21

Mutable Signs: 4, 17

0, 15, 29 Degrees

The beginning and ending degrees of any sign signify transition. The symbolism
is obvious: a planet at 29° is about to enter a new sign, a new state or
environment, and can signify a critical event that must occur before the situation
resolves: It is at a climactic moment. Goldstein-Jacobsone says that a planet in
29° shows that a person is "about to make a definite change." It can also show
desperation, impatience, misfortune.

According Aphorism 30 of Bonatus' Anima Astrologiae, however:

When a planet that is Significator, or the Moon, shal have past the 29th degree of
the Sign wherein it is, and touches the 30th, and especially if it have passed one
minute of that degree; for then it shall have no strength in that Sign, but in the
next; so that if in the first it signified any evil, it shall hurt the person or thing
threatened no more than the fall of a house shall one that is just got out of it; or
being with one foot upon the threashold, has one behind him that throws him out;
and then the building falls. And if it signifies any good, it shall profit no more than
he that hath spread a nest for birds, and just touches the feathers of their tails,
but never catches their bodies; and therefore 'Zael' says, If a planet or the Moon
be in the 29th degree of any Sign, its virtue is yet in that Sign wherein he is;
because he has not yet wholly past the 30th degree.

A planet at 0°, on the other hand, has already passed the climactic moment, and
is in a phase of denouement, or just entering a new environment, fresh
circumstances, etc. In both degrees, look for the strength of the planet both in the
sign is passing from, and that which it is passing into to gauge which set of
circumstances is better for the querent.

The middle of a sign shows stability, solidity, a tendency not to make any
changes, especially in Fixed signs.

Nodal Degrees

When a significator sits in the same degree occupied by the Moon's Nodes, it
may assume a malefic influence from the Nodes--even if it is in a different sign.
For instance, if the Moon's North and South Nodes are at 28°Gem48', and
28°Sag48', then a planet at, say, 28°Aries01' would be affected--as it would be
anywhere in degree 28 of any sign. Ivy Jacobson doesn't mince words about this:
"Any planet or angle in the same degree as the Nodes points to a catastrophe,
casualty, fatality or tragedy in a horary or natal chart, the more far-reaching when
a malefic is involved." Anthony Louis says that a planet in the nodal degrees
shows a "fateful event," but not necessarily unpleasant. Other horary astrologers
don't even use the Nodes. In any case, remember that this is on piece of
information that needs to be sythesized with other information in the chart.

Fixed Stars

Fixed stars aren't really fixed. Compared to the planets, they appear fixed, but
their positions do in fact change. I consider conjunctions with fixed stars using a
tight orb of 1°. I imagine that all decent astrology calculation programs will
provide current positions for the stars. Astrowin, which is free, will print a data
sheet that includes the positions of a selection of fixed stars.

Some astrologers use fixed stars, some don't. Lilly did. Olivia Barclay, though,
believed that since the influence of stars are powerful and long-lasting that, in
general, they are not of much use in passing matters--precisely the sort of
matters horary astrology is often called upon to address.

Stars, like planets, have malevolent, neutral, or beneficial natures, and their
natures are often described in terms of planets with whom they share
characteristics. Here is a list of planets, their positions (as of November 2001),
and their natures. I used Astrowin to generate it:

Fixed Stars Longitude Ptolemy Robson Ebertin

Algol 26 TAU 11 Jup/Sat Sat/Jup Sat/Mar/Ura
Alcyone 00 GEM 00 Moo/Jup Moo/Mar Moo/Mar
Aldebaran 09 GEM 48 Mar Mar Mar
Betelgeuze 28 GEM 46 Mar/Mer Mar/Mer Mar/Mer
Castor 20 CAN 16 Mer Mer Mer/Jup
N. Aselli 07 LEO 33 Mar/Sun Mar/Sun Sun/Mar
S. Aselli 08 LEO 44 Mar/Sun Mar/Sun Sun/Mar
Regulus 29 LEO 51 Mar/Jup Mar/Jup Jup/Mar
Vindemiatrix 09 LIB 58 Sat/Mer Sat/Mer Sat/Mer
Spica 23 LIB 51 Ven/Mar Ven/Mar Ven/Mar
Unuk 22 SCO 04 Sat/Mar Sat/Mar Mar/Sat
Antares 09 SAG 47 Mar/Jup Mar/Jup Mar/Mer/Jup/Sat
Aculeus 25 SAG 47 Mar/Moo Mar/Moo
Acumen 28 SAG 43 Mar/Moo Mar/Moo
Vega 15 CPR 20 Ven/Mer Ven/Mer Ven/Mer/Nep
Fomalhaut 03 PIS 52 Ven/Mer Ven/Mer Mer/Ven/Nep
Markab 23 PIS 30 Mar/Mer Mar/Mer Mer/Mar
 Scheat 29 PIS 23 Mar/Mer Mar/Mer Sat

Generally, the only ones I look at are the ones listed in Anthony Louis' book
Horary Astrology Plain and Simple. He provides a longer list of stars in an
appendix.

Caput Algol: Signifies "losing one's head" over a matter...either figuratively, or

literally. Very malefic. Jacobson qualifies the influence of Algol by implying that a
significator must suffer additional affliction for Algol's to be fully felt.

Alcyone: Also very malefic.

Regulus: Traditionally called "Cor Leonis," or the Heart of the Lion, this is,
according to Louis, "the most benefic star in the universe." The star gives wealth,
glory, victory.

Vindemiatrix: Traditionally, the star of widowhood. Malefic. According to

Jacobson, especially significant in questions about domestic issues.

Spica: Benefic. Lies in the Via Combusta (15° Libra to 15° Scorpio). A planet
within a 1° conjunction of Spica is protected against the heat of "the fiery way."

Arcturus: Lies at 24Lib14. Benefic. Same helpful influence as Spica.

For a more comprehensive list of fixed stars, consult The Fixed Stars website.

Other Malefic Degrees

Serpentis: This is always at 19° Scorpio; it does not change. Traditionally, it is

regarded as, "The cursed degree of the accursed sign." According to Jacobson,
this degree is particularly relevent in questions concerning partnerships, and the
acquisition of animals.

Pleiades. 29 Taurus. "The Weeping Sisters." Malefic. A planet or angle here

suggests that there will be something to cry about.

22° Leo. A degree listed by Anthony Louis, and signifying a tendency to be the
agent of one's own undoing, or to work against oneself.

End of Lesson 5

Arabic Parts & Antiscions

Arabic Parts

This lesson is really a continuation of the previous less, since the Arabic parts
and solstice points (or Antiscions) are not planets, but calculated points. The only
part that I use consistently is the Part of Fortune. Traditionally, a different POF is
calculated for the day and night, but in modern times most astrologers use the
daytime POF for both daytime and nighttime births. I have no data to suggest
that one is more accurate than the other, so I've been using the daytime POF for
both daytime and nightime horary charts. On those infrequent occasions when I
do avail myself of other parts, I do so for confirmation, or, as it were, to call a
close race...to help decide ambiguous charts (which most of the ones that come
my way seem to be!). Because the parts are not, in fact, planets, I do not regard
them as the major players in a chart.

The Part of Fortune (often referred to as Pars Fortuna) is very significant in 2nd
house matters, though. I always use it in Lost-and-Found charts. Some
astrologers regard it as a permanent co-ruler of the 2nd house. I suppose there is
no logical reason why it should be more important--or why I should use it more
frequently--than other parts...perhaps it's just because my astrology software
plants the POF somewhere in every chart by default, and I've come to look for it.
Traditionally, though, it is the most favored among the parts.

Ivy Jacobson used The Part of Fortune, Misfortune, Sickness, Marriage,

Surgery/Cutting, Death, Danger or Peril, and Legalizing & Weddings. Any decent
astrology program will calculate far more than these, and some will even allow
you to tweak the manner in which they are calculated. Astrowin calculates 124
parts. (My $300 retail Winstar version 2.31--the current version--calculates "only"
50.) The final word in Arabic parts is probably Robert Zoller's Arabic Parts In
Astrology: Lost Key To Prediction.

Marc Edmund Jones gives as good a description of the parts as any I've found.
He says, "The 'parts' are secondary horizons, created by taking, from the
ascendant, whatever distance is found to lie between two planets, cusps or
points in pertinent relationship, always moving counterclockwise around the
zodiac."

If we're talking about the Part of Fortune, the two planets used are the Sun and
the Moon. We would find the difference between these two planets, and count
forward that number of degrees from the chart's ascendant. For the daytime Pars
Fortuna, then, the formula is:

POF(day) = Asc + (Moon -Sun)

The nightime part would be:

POF(night) = Asc + (Sun-Moon)

In other words, the daytime POF is the point at which the Moon would be if the
Sun (because it rules the day) were on the Ascendant. The nighttime POF is the
point at which the Sun would be if the Moon (because it rules the night) were on
the Ascendant.

See why I make things easy for myself and just use the datime POF?

To calculate the parts manually, it's easiest to use the eliptic longitudes. These
are calculated simply by counting around the eliptic, starting with 0°Aries as 0°,
0° Taurus as 30°, and so forth.

Longitude of the Signs

0° Libra =
0° Aries = 0°
180°
0° Taurus = 0° Scorpio =
30° 210°
0° Gemini = 0° Sagittarius
60° = 240°
0° Cancer = 0° Capricorn =
90° 270°
0° Aquarius =
0° Leo = 120°
300°
0° Virgo = 0° Pisces =
150° 330°

Now let's work through a sample calculation to see how this works. (Then,
forever after, let your astrology program do tha calculation for you!) We'll use a
chart cast to answer the question, "Should we pursue living in Humboldt
County?" My wife and I asked this question. We have been working at finding the
right jobs in a more rural area than we presently live in (Los Angeles!), hoping to
buy some acreage, raise some animals, grow some food, on a small, personal
scale. We visited Northern California over the summer, and loved Humboldt
County. An employer in the area was interested in hiring my wife, but we learned
from a realtor that real estate prices had jumped considerably higher during the
last few months, and that we would get far less bang for the buck than we'd
hoped.

I only looked at the POF (11°Gem)when I first read the chart, but had the chart
been more ambiguous than it was, I might also have looked at...oh, I don't know,
let's say the Part of Travels. We'll calculate the Part of Travels using the formula:

Part of Travels = Asc + (Cusp 9 - Ruler of 9)

I found this formula not ten minutes ago at this web page. I was looking for a
"Part of Moving," couldn't find one, and so am using this one.

Asc = 19Tau13 = 49°13'

9 Cusp = 11Cap05 (using Koch) = 281°05'
9 Ruler (Saturn) = 12Gem48 = 72°48'

If we plug these numbers into our formula, we have: Part of Trafvels = 49°13' +
(281°05' - 72°48') = 49°13' + (280°65' - 72°48')

I subtracted a minute from the 9 cusp degrees and added it to the minutes so
that I could subtract the minutes column, thus:

280°65'
-72°48'
=208°17

So now we have Part of Travels = 49°13' + 208°17' = 257°30' = 17Sag 30

Let's try deriving our own part, using the same strategy. Instead of the 9th house
of Travel, we'll use the 7th house, which represent (via derivative houses) the-
place-removed-to. So our formula might be Part of The-Place-Removed-Too =
Asc + (Cusp 7 - Ruler 7). (You're probably beginning to get an idea of how
tempting it can be to get ridiculous with these Arabic parts! Especially in a chart
that is as clear as this one.)

POTPRT = 49°13' + ( 229°37' - 314°12') [I'm using Mars as the primary ruler of
Scorpio, which I consistently do].

Since I want the absolute distance between the Cusp of the 7 and Mars (moving
clockwise to measure that distance, but, remember, counterclockwise project
from the Ascendant), I'll simply add 360° to the longitude of the 7th Cusp, and
subtract from that the longitude of Mars.

POTPRT = 49°13' + 275°25 = 324°38' = 24Pis38.

Okay, finally, let's look at the chart. With the Sun and the Moon, the 7th of
places-removed-to, the chart is radical (by my standards) and fit to be judged.

First of all, that the 7th house cusp is exactly conjunct Serpentis bodes ill. Very ill.
Serpentis, as you'll remember from the previous lesson, is the "cursed degree of
the accursed sign." Hardly what you want when you're asking about a major
move and lifestyle change.

We're ruled by the Moon, and Ascendant ruler Venus. Mars, Pluto, Moon, and
Sun are significators of the 7th. The Moon has recently separated from a
conjunction with Pluto, suggesting that any hope of a our moving to Humboldt
county is a thing of the past. Venus, ruling us, is going to square Mars. Both
Venus and Mars are peregrine. Their mutual reception by Ruler and Term isn't
strong enough to offer much comfort. To me, this is a pretty clear indication that
pursuing the right land/job combo in Humboldt county would not, at this time, be
productive.

The Part of Places Removed To trines the Sun in the 7th...a hopeful indication.
Furthermore, Venus is about to trine Jupiter (dispositor of the POPRT), another
good sign. The POPRT is in the 11th house of Hopes. A third good sign.

The Part of Travels is in the 7th, but conjunct the 8th house cusp. It's ruler,
Jupiter, is weakend by retrogradation (but still fairly well dignified). Saturn
retrograde in the 1st, hugging the Part of Fortune, suggests delays and
disappointments.

On balance, and despite my contrary hopes, the chart suggests eventual

success in our endeavor, but not in the area inquired about. I simply do not find
enough strong indicators to overrule the chart's main indications:

1. Square between Mars and Venus

2. 7th Cusp at Serpentis
3. Venus (ruling us) very weak (-12 using Lilly's point system)
4. Angles in fixed signs, suggesting the hoped-for scenario will not offer
much flexibility

The following table lists the Arabic Parts calculated by Astrowin. A web search
will turn up others.

When entries are purple, reverse the last two terms in night charts.

ABANDONMENT = Asc + LEGAL AFFAIRS = House 3 +

Neptune - Pluto House 9 - Venus
ADDICTION 1 = Asc +
LOVE = Asc + Venus - Sun
Neptune - Pluto
ADDICTION 2 = Asc + Pluto - LOVERS = Mars + Venus -
Neptune House 5
ANXIETY = Asc + Pluto - LUCK 1 = Asc + Moon -
Uranus Jupiter
ASSASSINATION 1 = Mars + LUCK 2 = Asc + Jupiter -
Neptune - Uranus Uranus
ASSASSINATION 2 = Mars + MARRIAGE = Asc + House 7 -
Uranus - Neptune Venus
ASSAULT 1 = Moon + Saturn MARRIAGE, MAN = Asc +
- MC Venus - Saturn
ASSAULT 2 = Mars + Uranus MARRIAGE, WOMAN = Asc +
- Venus Saturn - Venus
ASTROLOGY = Asc + MOTHER = Asc + Moon -
Mercury - Uranus Venus
BANKRUPTCY = Jupiter + MOTHER/FAMILY = Asc +
Jupiter - Uranus Jupiter - Venus
BRETHREN = Asc + Saturn - OBSESSION = Venus + Mars
Jupiter - Uranus
BRUTALITY 1 = Mars + Pluto OPPRESSED = Asc + Uranus
- Saturn - Saturn
BRUTALITY 2 = Mars + ORGANIZATION = Asc +
Saturn - Pluto Pluto - Sun
CANCER MALIGN.= Asc + PASSION = Asc + Mars -
Neptune - Jupiter Venus
CATASTROPHE = Asc + PERVERSION = Venus +
Uranus - Sun Mars - Neptune
CHANGE-RADICAL = Asc +
PLAY = Asc + Venus - Mars
Pluto - Uranus
CHILD, FEMALE = Asc +
POLICE = Asc + Saturn - Mars
Venus - Moon
CHILD, MALE = Asc + Jupiter PRFL. FRIENDS = Asc + Sun
- Moon - PartFortune
COMMERCE = Asc + Mercury QUAKE 1a = Mars + Pluto -
- Sun Saturn
DEATH = Asc + House 8 - QUAKE 1b = Mars + Saturn -
Moon Pluto
DEATH PARENTS = Asc + QUAKE 1c = Saturn + Pluto -
Jupiter - Saturn Mars
DEATH, POINT = Mars + QUAKE 2a = Mars + Pluto -
Saturn - MC Uranus
DEATH/SEP.= Asc + Saturn - QUAKE 2b = Mars + Uranus -
Mars Pluto
DEATH SIBLING = Asc + (10 QUAKE 2c = Uranus + Pluto -
Gemini) - Sun Mars
DECEIT = Asc + Venus - QUAKE 3a = MC + Saturn -
Neptune Moon
DECEIT (LOVE) = Asc + QUAKE 3b = MC + Moon -
Neptune - Venus Saturn
DEGRADATION = Asc + Sun QUAKE 3c = Moon + Saturn -
- Neptune MC
DEPENDENCY = Asc + QUAKE 4a = Asc + Pluto -
Neptune - Moon Saturn
DEPRESSION = Asc + QUAKE 4b = Asc + Saturn -
Neptune - Mars Pluto
QUAKE 4c = Saturn + Pluto -
DESTINY = MC + Sun - Moon
Asc
DISASTER 1 = Asc + Pluto - RAGE/MURDER 1 = Asc +
Mars Pluto - Saturn
DISASTER 2 = Asc + Mars - RAGE/MURDER 2 = Asc +
Pluto Saturn - Pluto
DISASTER 3 = Uranus + RAPE 1 = Mars + Pluto -
Pluto - Mars Venus
DISCORD = Asc + Jupiter - RAPE 2 = Venus + Mars -
Mars Pluto
DIVORCE = Asc + Venus - SELF-UNDOING = Asc +
House 7 House 12 - Neptune
FAITH & TRUST = Asc + SEX DRIVE = Asc + Pluto -
Mercury - Moon Venus
FAME/MONEY 1 = Asc + SICKNESS = Asc + Mars -
Jupiter - Sun Saturn
FAME/MONEY 2 = Asc + Sun SLANDER = Asc + Saturn -
- Jupiter Neptune,
FASCINATION = Asc + Venus SORROW 1 = Asc + (Asc +
- Uranus Moon - Sun) - Neptune
SORROW 2 = Asc + (Asc +
FATHER = Asc + Sun - Saturn
Sun - Moon) - Neptune
FORCE 1 = Mars + Pluto - SOUL = House 4 + Moon -
Uranus Sun
FORCE 2 = Mars + Uranus - SPECULATION = Asc +
Pluto House 5 - Jupiter
FORTUNE, day = Asc + Moon SPIRIT, day = Asc + Sun -
- Sun Moon
FORTUNE, night = Asc + Sun SPIRIT, night = Asc + Moon -
- Moon Sun
FRAUD = Asc + Neptune - SUCCESS, day = Jupiter +
Mercury Sun - Moon,
FRIENDS = Asc + Moon - SUCCESS, night = Jupiter +
Uranus Moon - Sun
FRIENDSHIP = Asc + SUDDEN ADVANCE = Asc +
PartSpirit - PartFortune PartFortune - Saturn
FRUGALITY = Asc + Saturn - SUDDEN PART = Asc +
Venus Saturn - Uranus
HAPPINESS = Asc + Uranus - SUFFERING 1 = Asc +
Jupiter Neptune - Saturn
HEAD INJURY 1 = House 8 + SUFFERING 2 = Asc + Saturn
Mars - Moon - Neptune
HEAD INJURY 2 = House 8 + SUICIDE 1 = Asc + House 8 -
Moon - Mars Neptune
HOMOSEXUAL = Asc + Mars SUICIDE 2 = Asc + Neptune -
- Uranus House 8
HONOR = Asc + (19 Aries) - SURGERY = Asc + Saturn -
Sun Mars
ILLUMINATION 1 = MC + TERMINATION = Asc +
Uranus - Neptune Uranus - Neptune
ILLUMINATION 2 = Asc + TORTURE 1 = MC + Saturn -
Uranus - Neptune Moon
ILLUMINATION 3 = MC + TORTURE 2 = MC + Moon -
Neptune - Uranus Saturn
ILLUMINATION 4 = Asc + TRANSFORM 1 = Asc + Pluto
Neptune - Uranus - Uranus
IMPRISONMENT = Asc + TRANSFORM 2 = Asc +
PartFortune - Saturn Uranus - Pluto
INDIVIDUALITY = Asc + Sun - TREACHERY = Asc +
Uranus Neptune - Sun
INHERITANCE = Asc + Moon UNDERSTANDING = Asc +
- Saturn Mars - Mercury
JEALOUSY = Venus + Saturn VICTORY/AID = Asc + Jupiter
- Mars - PartSpirit
VIOLENCE = Mars + Uranus -
KARMA = Asc + Saturn - Sun
Saturn
LAWSUITS = Asc + Mercury - WIDOWHOOD = Asc + (09
Mars Libra 48) - Neptune
Antiscia

William Lilly defines the antiscion signs as, "those which are of the same virtue
and are equally distant from the first degree of the two tropical signs Cancer and
Capricorn and in which degrees where the Sun is, the days and nights are of
equal length. For example, when the Sun is in the tenth degree of Taurus he is
as far distant from the first degree of Cancer as when in the twentieth degree of
Leo. Therefore when the Sun is in the tenth of Taurus, he has his antiscion to the
twentieth of Leo, that is he gives virtue or influence to any star or planet that at
that time either is in the same degree by conjunction or casts any aspect to it."

In other words, two antiscia are mirror points on the ecliptic, across the summer-
winter solstice lines. Thus, the following signs are antiscia of each other:

Gemini/Cancer
Leo/Taurus
Virgo/Aries
Libra/Pisces
Scorpio/Aquarius
Sagittarius/Capricorn

The easiest way to see this is to look at an equal houses chart, with 0° Aries
rising and 0° Capricorn on the Midheaven. 0° Taurus will be on the cusp of the
2nd, 0° Gemini on the cusp of the 3rd, and so on, all the way around. You will
see that the solstice line runs vertically up the center of the chart and that if you
draw a line perpendicular to the solstice line from each sign to its antiscion, that
the midpoint of each sign is either 0° Cancer or 0° Capricorn.

Each degree and minute around the ecliptic has an antiscion, too. This table
shows the relationship.

Degrees and Mintues

Antiscions
Degree &
Minute &
Antiscion
Antiscion
1°/29° 1'/59' 16'/44'
2°/28° 2'/58' 17'/43'
3°/27° 3'/57' 18'/42'
4°/26° 4'/56' 19'/41'
5°/25° 5'/55' 20'/40'
6°/24° 6'/54' 21'/39'
7°/23° 7'/53' 22'/38'
8°/22° 8'/52' 23'/37'
 9°/21° 9'/51' 24'/36'
10°/20° 10'/50' 25'/35'
11°/19° 11'/49' 26'/34'
12°/18° 12'/48' 27'/33'
13°/17° 13'/47' 28'/32'
14°/16° 14'/46' 29'/31'
15°/15° 15'/45' 30'/30'

Using this table, and the signs table, you can quickly find the antiscion of any
point in a chart. Say the Sun is at 23Scor29. To find the solstice point first find
the antiscion sign, in this case Aquarius. The exact degree is:

29°Aqu60' - 23° 29' =6°Aqu31'

I converted 30° Aquarius to degrees and minutes to do the subtraction.

A contrascion (or contra-antiscion, as Lilly called it) is the point 180° away from
the anticion.

Uses of the Antiscion

This is one of those horary concepts the usefulness of which I have never fully
grasped, and as a result, I almost never look at it. Many astrologers do use it,
though. Traditionally, a conjunction with a planet's antiscion is the equivalent of a
sextile or trine with that planet. A conjunction with a contrascion of a planet is the
same as a square or opposition to that planet.

For example, if Mars opposes the antiscion of a significator, it acts as a malefic

upon that significator, hindering a beneficial outcome. If, however, the antiscion
of a significator conjoins Mars, and Mars is also a significator (in other words, an
accidental benefic), this supports a beneficial outcome. If the antiscion of a
significator conjoins Jupiter, this favors a beneficial outcome.

Some astrologers regard only conjunctions as relevant aspects when dealing

with antiscia.

End of Lesson 6

Essential & Accidental Dignity,

Almutens
Essential vs. Accidental Dignity

Most astrologers are already familiar with the concept of essential dignity. When
you talk of a planet's being in its "fall" or being "exalted," you are talking about
that planets essential dignity. When doing natal astrology, modern astrologers
often use a planet's dignity as part of a psychological evaluation. Horary
astrologers might do the same, but they are far more concerned with a planet's
ability to function effectively to bring about a desired outcome. Cladius Dariot
expressed this well when he wrote, "the planets do show and utter their force and
stength, much more in some certain places in the Zodiac than in others, and
therefore are said to be more strong and better fortuned in those places than in
others..." In short, essential dignity is determined by a planet's placement in the
zodiac.

Accidental dignity, on the other hand, is determined by a planet's placement in

the houses, as well as its aspects to other planets and fixed stars. For instance,
being angular (in houses 1, 4, 7, or 10) gives a planet greater accidental dignity
than being cadent (houses 3, 6, 9, 12). Similarly, conjoining Jupiter is generally
better for a planet than conjoining Saturn.

Essential Dignity

Throughout the ages, astrologers have used different schemes for determining
essential dignity. Most modern-day horary astrologers rely on Ptolemy's table of
essential dignities, as presented by William Lilly, or some simplified derivation of
it.

A Table of the Essential Dignities of the Planets According to Ptolemy--D = Day

House, N = Night House
Triplicit
Exaltat y of the Faces Fall
Rule Planets Detrim
Signs ion/ Terms of the Planets
r ent
Degree Day/Nig 0° - 10° - 20° -
ht 10° 20° 30°
Jupit Venu Merc Satu
Mars Sun Mars
Sun/Jupit er s ury rn Venu Satur
Aries Mars Sun Venus
er s n
D. 19th -26°
0°-6° -14° -21° -30°
Venu Venu Merc Jupit Satur Mar
Moon
s Venus/Mo s ury er n s Merc Satur
Taurus Moon Mars
on ury n
3rd
N. 0°-8° -15° -22° -26° -30°
Merc North Merc Jupit Venu Satur Mar
ury Node Saturn/Me ury er s n s Jupit
Gemini Mars Sun Jupiter
rcury er
D. 3rd 0°-7° -14° -21° -25° -30°
 Jupit Merc Venu Satu
Moon Jupiter Mars
Mars/Mar er ury s rn Venu Merc
Cancer Moon Saturn Mars
s s ury
D/N 15th 0°-6°
-13° -20° 27° -30°
Satur Merc Venu Jupit Mar
Sun
Sun/Jupit n ury s er s Satur Jupit
Leo Mars Saturn
er n er
D/N
0°-6° -13° -19° -25° -30°
Merc Merc Venu Jupit Satur Mar
Mercury
ury Venus/Mo ury s er n s Venu Merc
Virgo Sun Jupiter Venus
on s ury
15th
N. 0°-6° -13° -18° -24° -30°
Venu Satur Venu Jupit Merc Mar
Saturn
s Saturn/Me n s er ury s Satur Jupit
Libra Moon Mars Sun
rcury n er
21st
D. 0°-6° -11° -19° -24° -30°
Jupit Venu Merc Satu
Mars Mars
Scorpi Mars/Mar er s ury rn Venu
Mars Sun Venus Moon
o s s
N. 0°-6°
-14° -21° -27° -30°
Jupit South Jupit Venu Merc Satur Mar
Sagitta er Node Sun/Jupit er s ury n s Merc Satur
Moon Mercury
rius er ury n
D. 3rd 0°-8° -14° -19° -25° -30°
Satur Venu Merc Jupit Satu
Mars Mars
Capric n Venus/Mo s ury er rn Jupit Jupite
Mars Sun Moon
orn on er r
28th -25°
N. 0°-6° -12° -19° -30°
Satur Satur Merc Venu Jupit Mar
Aquari n Saturn/Me n ury s er s Venu Merc
Moon Sun
us rcury s ury
D. 0°-6° -12° -20° -25° -30°
Jupit Venu Jupit Merc Satu
Venus Mars
er Mars/Mar s er ury rn Satur Jupit Mercu
Pisces Mars Mercury
s n er ry
27th -26°
N. 0°-8° -14° -20° -30°

Download this Table in a 1-page MS Word document.

As the table shows, a planet can be dignified (in order of strength) by rulership,
exaltation, triplicity, term, face, detriment, and fall. When a planet is in the sign of
its detriment or fall, it is considerably weakened. When it is in any of its other
dignities, it is strengthened. Many competent horary astrologers use only
rulership, exaltation, detriment, and fall to determine a planet's dignity. You'll
notice the absence of Uranus and Pluto from the table above. This doesn't pose
a problem for traditional horary astrologers, since they use the traditional planets
primarily, and Uranus and Pluto as secondary significators when Aquarius and
Scorpio are pertinent to the question asked.
Rulership, exaltation, detriment, and fall are all concepts covered in any modern
astrology book, so there is probably no need to go into it here. One point about
exaltation, though: The table provides a "degree of exaltation," but a planet does
not need to be in, or near, that degree to be exhalted.

Dignity by Face depends not just on the sign a planet is in, but also on whether
the chart is a daytime chart or a nightime chart. Venus in Capricorn is dignified by
face in a day chart (i.e., when the Sun is in the upper half of a chart), but not in a
night chart; Luna in Capricorn is dignified by face at night.

Dignity by Term depends where, exactly, in a sign the planet lies at the moment
the chart is cast. For instance, Mercury is dignified by Term in Aquarius when it is
anywhere between 6°00'01" and 12°. It is not dignified by term anywhere else,
although it is dignified by Face between 10°00'01" and 20°, and anywhere in the
sign in a night chart.

A planet that is not in any essential dignity is said to be peregrine. A peregrine

planet is weakened by its "homelessness."

A planet that is poorly dignified can escape its sad predicament through mutual
reception. The strongest kind of mutual reception (or "m/r") is what two planets
are in each other's home signs. For instance, Mars in Cancer and Moon in
Scorpio are in mutual reception: each "receives" the other in the sign it rules.
This is a potent relationship for two planets to have. According to Jacobson,
when a significator is in mutual reception with a planet that is not a significator, it
indicates the help of an outside person in getting out of what he got into. "He may
obtain his release," Jacobson writes, "escape a penalty, complete a deal, regain
his former standing, and 'get back to normal.'"

Mutual reception enables a planet to escape the debility that comes with being
peregrine, or in its detriment or fall: The planet is read as though back in its own
sign. Some astrologers retain the degree of the original sign (such as Jacobson),
others read it as in the degree of the new (i.e., its home) sign. I generally read it
in the degree of the new sign. The planets are not actually in their new signs, and
so do not receive aspects in them. But if two significators are in square or
opposition, but in mutual reception to one another, it shows obstacles that can be
overcome through some sort of agreement or compromise. If they planets are in
a sextile or trine (or, according to Jacobson, parallel), the desired outcome is
quickly reached.

Planets can also be in mutual reception by any of the other dignities, too:
exaltation, triplicity, term, and face. They can be mixed, too. Saturn in Libra, and
Venus at 29° Scorpio receive each other by sign and term, which can help
mitigate Venus' weakness in the sign of its detriment.
Accidental Dignity

As I mentioned above, certain non-zodiacal circumstances affect a planet's

strength, or ability to "perform" within a chart. For instance, certain houses
strengthen planets, while others weaken them. Lilly ranked the strength of the
houses in the following order: 1, 10, 7, 4, 11, 5, 9, 3, 2, 8, 6, 12. According to
Anthony Louis, Lilly derived this ranking from Dorotheus, whose order was
slightly different. To Dorotheus, the most harmful houses are (from least harmful
to most) 3,2,8,6,12.

Traditional astrologers devised point systems to evaluate the strength of planets

(and the Part of Fortune). The table below shows the point system used by Lilly
and most present-day traditional astrologers to evaluate the strengths of planets
and the Pars Fortuna. This system measures the combined effects of essential
and accidental dignity. Dignities/Strengths are added, Debilities/weaknesses
subtracted.

STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE PLANETS

ESSENTIAL DIGNITIES ESSENTIAL DEBILITIES
A Planet in its own sign or in mutual reception
+5 A planet in its Detriment -5
by sign
A planet in its exlatation, or in mutual reception
+4 In its Fall -4
by exaltation
In its own triplicity (day or night) +3 Peregrine -5
In its own term +2
In its own decanate or face +1

ACCIDENTAL DIGNITIES ACCIDENTAL DEBILITIES.

In the Midheaven or Ascendant +5 In the 12th House -5
In the 7th, 4th and 11th Houses +4 In the 8th and 6th -2
In the 2nd and 5th +3 Retrograde -5
In the 9th +2 Slower than average daily motion -2
In the 3rd House +1 Saturn, Jupiter, Mars Occidental -2
Direct (doesn't apply to Sun and Moon) +4 Moon Decreasing in Light -2
Combust the Sun (between 17' and
Faster than Average Daily Motion +2 -5
8.5°)
Under the Sun's Beams (between 8.5°
Saturn, Mars, Jupiter Oriental +2 -4
and 17° of Sun
Partile conjunction with Moon's south
Mercury, Venus Occidental +2 -4
nodes
The Moon Occidental, or increasing in light +2 Beseiged between Saturn and Mars -5
Free from combustion and the Sun's rays +5 Partile opposition of Saturn or Mars -4
Cazimi +5 Partile square of Saturn or Mars -3
Partile conjunction with Jupiter or Venus +5 Within 5° of Caput Agol -5
Partile conjunction with Moon's North Node +4
 Partile Trine with Jupiter or Venus +4
Partile sextile with Jupiter or Venus +3
Partile conjunction with Regulus. +6
Partile conjunction with Spica +5
[* Cor Leonis (Regulus) is at 29°50' Leo in Jan. [*Caput Agol is at 26°10' Taurus in
2000] January 2000
[**Spica is at 23d°50' Libra in Jan. 2000]

STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESS OF THE PART OF FORTUNE

STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
In Taurus and Pisces +5 In Scorpio, Capricorn, or Aquarius -5
In Libra, Sagittarius, Leo, Cancer +4 In Aries 0
In Gemini +3 Partile conjunction Saturn or Mars -5
In terms of Venus and Jupiter when in Virgo +2 Partile opposition Saturn or Mars -4
Partile conjunction with Jupiter or Venus +5 Partile conjunction Moon's South Node -3
Partile trine with Jupiter or Venus +4 In Terms of Saturn or Mars -2
Partile sextile of Jupiter or Venus +3 In the 12th House -5
Partile conjuntion with Moon's North Node +3 In the 8th or 6th House -4
In the 1st or 10th House +5 Combust -5
In the 7th, 4th, 11th House +4 Conjunct Caput Algol -5
In the 2nd or 5th House +3
In the 9th House +2
In the 3rd House +1
Conjunct Regulus +6
Conjunct Spica +5
Neither Combust nor under the Sun's Beams +5

Here is the table of average daily motion (i.e., per 24 hours) for the luminaries
and traditional planets:

Avg.
Planet/Luminary Daily
Motion
Sun 0°59'
Moon 13°11'
Mercury 1°23'
Venus 1°12'
Mars 0°31'
Jupiter 0°05'
 Saturn 0°02'

Almutens

It is only relatively recently that modern-day traditional astrologers have been

significantly using Almutens in horary astrology. Anthony Louis did not mention
them in his first horary astrology book, and early literature from the contemporary
Lilly fans don't use them either. I rarely use them. I have not found any need to.
An increasing number of astrologers are using them, though, so it's worth
familiarizing yourself with them.

Every house in a chart has an almuten. The almuten of a house is that planet
having the most essential dignity at the cusp of the house. There may be more
than one almuten for a degree. The almuten of a house is an additional
significator. In a chart, for example, with 12° Cancer rising, and no planets in the
1st house, the rulers of the querent would be the Moon and Jupiter (the almuten
of that degree). The same degree may have different almutens in a day and night
chart, because triplicities have different rulers by day and night.

End of Lesson 7