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bathing suit, suntan lotion, and scuba gear? Assuming there are
no weirdoes in the audience, I'd bet most of you would answer "no."
The time of year you plan the trip tells you something about its
future development.
Now, astrology, that is, the horoscope chart for a particular time
There are good times and bad times, rough times and smooth times,
peaceful times and stormy times. The chart tells us what the time
Horary is the other side of the coin. Horary analyzes the nature of
the time you asked a question. The idea is that you are embedded in
the space-time continuum (matrix) so that what you are thinking and
If you were setting out on a hike, you would look at a map to see the
Horary and electional astrology have a data base that spans over
science.
Let me end here as far as the theory goes. Next time I'll get into
the word JUDGE advisedly because you must weigh all the factors and
come up with your best guess as to the outcome. This is akin to what
a physician does in making a diagnosis. Like physicians, astrologers
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lessons:
SOUTH
M.C.
0 2 MO 15 Ar 56 2
11th 1 10th 1 1
G A P
m r 9th i 8th
SN 7 Cn 45 4 5 0
| | 7th
| | ME 16 Aq 45
EAST | Regiomontanus | VE 17 Cp 54
1st | | NE 17 Cp 39 6th
| | UR 15 Cp 55
| | NN 9 Cp 0
1 1 1
2nd V PF 1 Li 57 L PL 22 Sc 53 S 5th
i i a
3 2 7
I.C.
NORTH
space.
East is called the Ascendant. In this chart 5 LEO 23' was the
You will note that the chart looks upside-down and backwards
from a typical map (in which East in on the right and South is on
the bottom). There are a couple reasons for drawing the horo-
scope this way. First, it mimics the shadow of the sun on the
ancient times, they faced south so that east was to the left,
the venture. The Ascendant symbolizes the baby which has just
horary and electional work, the following four factors can and do
the sun which rules Leo. There are no planets in the 1st house.
PLANETS SIGNIFYING THE MATTER ASKED ABOUT AND TO SEE HOW THEY
BREAKS.
To do this, you must know what each planet and what each
lesson. In this example, you should know that the 3rd and 9th
Note how the Moon (my co-ruler and natural ruler of the
people) will sextile (60 degrees) both Mercury (3-ruler) and sun
angled at about 23.5 degrees from the equator). There are many
Stay tuned for Lesson 3: The houses and planets, and what they
rule.
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LESSON 3: Houses and Planets in Horary/Electional Astrology
There are twelve houses around the wheel. Each house sym-
question or initiating the action). The 1st house stands for the
ARIES (ruled by Mars) is the 1st sign of the zodiac. Mars is the
The SEVENTH house (opposite) the 1st stands for those who
locate, the 7th signifies the place he or she would move to.
the querent. If you're looking for lost items, look to the 2nd
The PART OF FORTUNE has a special connection with the 2nd house.
from the Moon as the Ascendant is from the sun. The ancients
ship, etc. The 8th house also rules DEATH. Scorpio (ruled by
The NINTH house (opposite the 3rd) stands for distant trav-
the zodiac. Jupiter (Zeus) was king of the gods on Mount Olym-
people, the home, real estate, land, and the base of operations.
horary. Cancer (ruled by the Moon) is the 4th sign of the zodi-
ac. The Moon represents all that is ephemeral and passing, the
tides, the moods, the populace; also travel, change, and fluctuation.
old Cronos who cut off the genitals of Uranus to gain power.
and all forms of pleasure. Leo (ruled by the sun) is the 5th
sign of the zodiac. The sun is the king of the solar system.
pectedly severed).
The SIXTH house (opposite the 12th) signifies ILLNESS, pets,
and toil. Virgo (ruled by Mercury) is the 6th sign of the zodi-
ac.
Jupiter and Neptune) is the 12th sign of the zodiac. Neptune was
Hollywood.
horary you need to select the house and planets that most clearly
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horary questions, and election charts did not always produce the
most favorable results. As a result, astrologers over the centuries
chart that gave the wrong answer that would have alerted the
astrolger to be careful.
1. When the querent comes only to try him, or put a trick on him,
him such a thing, and see if he can tell us the truth or not.'
happen.
But thou mayest be ready to say, 'How shall I know whether the
and found true, viz., I observed the hour of the Question, and if
the Ascendant then happened to be very near the end of one sign
I said they did not ask seriously, or that they came to try me;
and I have had many that have thereupon confessed what I said to
be true, and began to think that I knew more than before they
believed."
astrologer.
asked if she got the job. She knew full well the answer and was
just testing to see what I would say. When I ran the chart 29+
light. A LATE ASCENDANT means the matter has past its prime. The
question is "post-mature." Often the querent knows the answer and
VOID OF COURSE. This simply means that the Moon will make no further
aspects of the major kind (0, 60, 90, 120, 180) before leaving its
A void of course Moon usually means very little will happen with
the answer you would give is irrelevant. It can also mean the
course stricture occurs when the Moon occupies a sign where a benefic
Taurus, Sagittarius, Pisces, and Cancer. This exception only holds true
In the 1992 Super Bowl chart, the Moon was in the Combust Way.
At the start of the game the Buffalo Bills unexpectedly kicked off
In that chart the Moon was also a significator of the Bills and they
In horary the 7th house represents any personal consultant to the querent,
her interpretation.
There are numerous other strictures, but these are the main ones
most horary astrologers consider. If you see one of these, the universe
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matter?
and go swimming anyway. Chances are you would not fare well. If
you
are an excellent swimmer, you might come out O.K. Or, the weather
forecast could be wrong. Maybe the hurricane would move out to sea
and miss your section of the coast; then you'd have a great time
be 100% accurate. No mortal can take into account all the possible
some of what happens must depend on your natal chart. If you were
chart with squares and oppositions might not affect you as adversely
as it would the average person.
rises and Capricorn occupies the 7th cusp of the partner. Now let's
let the Moon (you) be forming a square with Saturn (your potential
Some marriages are full of friction and obstacles and last forever.
the family therapist Carl Whitaker. When his client complained that
all her parents ever did was fight, he responded, "An orgasm is an
their charts.
In conclusion, we do have free will, but the universe does not bend
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George Bush.
3rd house matters. Cancer lies on the cusp of the 3rd so the Moon
rules the announcement. Moon lies in the 1st, another public and
Here Mercury occupies the 11th house of Bush's hopes and wishes.
fortified.
The 4th house shows the "end of the matter." Here the
fourth house also has a Cancer cusp. The Moon rules both the 3rd
of the announcement and the 4th of the end of the matter. The Moon's
TRINE SATURN, SQUARE JUPITER, SEXTILE P.F., TRINE SUN, TRINE MERCURY.
The only stressful aspect the Moon will make is a square to Jupiter
which is one of the least stress aspects it could make. The fact
that the Moon ruling the 3rd of announcements will make a final
The Moon trine Mercury show the People being favorably disposed to
Bush's announcement. The 7th house can also show the electorate.
Bush's ruler Venus will conjoin Mars the ruler of the 7th, showing
his coming together with the electorate (after passing through the
nightly P.F.). The 7th also rules Bush's opponents. Bush's ruler
comes from Allen Edwall's Horary Helper program. Don't let it scare
you. We will cover the topics in future lessons.
M.C.
1 VE 22 Cp 32 2 NE 17 Cp 46 0
SU 23 Aq 10 2 PF(night): 0 UR 16 Cp 6 2
ME 23 Aq 22 A 23 CP 52 C C
q MA 25 Cp 45 p NN 8 Cp 54 p
5 SA 10 Aq 52 4 1
| |
| BUSH ANNOUNCES |
| WASHINGTON, DC | PL 22 Sc 55
| GEOCENTRIC TROPICAL |
| Regiomontanus |
| Natal |
| |
MO 5 Gm 9 | |
2 0 2 JP 11 Vi 46r
C SN 7 Cn 33 C L
n n e
1 4 5
9 6 6 PF 17 Le 56
I.C.
SUN FAST 1 D 1M
PART F. 14
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Fall -
Cazimi - MERCURY
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Planets' Strengths:
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00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
MO NN SA JU
5 7 10 11
GE CP AQ VI
8 33 52 45
AS
5
TA
51
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16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
UR NE VE SU MA
16 17 22 23 25
CP CP CP AQ CP
6 46 32 10 46
PF PL ME
17 22 23
LE SC AQ
49 53 23
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Planet name Degree Antiscion Contrantiscion
ASPECTS TO MIDPOINTS
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You have probably noticed the constant talk among horary astrolgoers
about the dignity of the planets. Just what is dignity and why is it
important?
The ancient astrologers considered the planets to be gods who lived
zodiac where it had some claim, that planet was in its DIGNITY.
There are several types of essential dignity. The five that have
stood the test of time are essential dignity by HOME SIGN (DOMAL),
When a planet occupies its own sign, it's AT HOME so to speak and has
DOMAL dignity (from the Latin for home). Being in your own home is
There are certain signs where planets are EXALTED. For example,
Japan recently.
a planet in fall.
Planets also belong to triplicties, but not the way we think about them
triplicity ruler you have to note whether the sun is above or below the
horizon.
The terms of the planets are little sections of each sign where
planets have some dignity. Each sign is divided into 5 terms, and
each term is ruled by one of the NON-LUMINARIES. That is, the terms
of Mr. Bush.
FACES are the weakest dignites. Lilly gives them only 1 point.
Faces are the same as the Chaldean decanates or decans. The 1st
the center of the Chaldean universe). So the 2nd face of Aries goes
to the sun, the 3rd face of Aries to Venus, the 1st face of Taurus
to Mercury, the 2nd face of Taurus to Moon, the 3rd face of Taurus
entire Zodiac.
These five dignities are called the ESSENTIAL DIGNITIES because the
planets are in a part of the zodiac they are essentially compatible with.
When one planet occupies any dignity of another, and the second planet
also occupies a dignity of the first, they are in MUTUAL RECEPTION. This
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The following chart is set for the time my friend Clare left her
but, because I had done travel charts for her previously, she noted
the exact time she left her driveway. Studying real examples from
time to act.
The trip went terribly. Her son began vomiting the next day from a
stomach flu. She decided to return to CT but her train ticket was
not valid for the date she wanted to return with her sick son. The
trip
ended up being much more expensive than originally planned, and she
3rd ruler (local travel) and to the 9-ruler (long distance travel).
Also, we would want Mercury and the Moon as the two general
SA 10 Aq 59 0 1 NE 17 Cp 48 0
9 VE 23 Cp 44 8 UR 16 Cp 9 1
SU 24 Aq 9 A MA 26 Cp 31 C NN 8 Cp 55 C
ME 25 Aq 8 q p p
5 5 1
| |
| CLARE TO D.C. |
| | PL 22 Sc 55
| GEOCENTRIC TROPICAL |
| Regiomontanus |
| Natal |
| |
| |
---09 Gm 54--0-------------1-------------0--14 Vi 32---
1 8 9 JP 11 Vi 39r
C SN 7 Cn 29 C L
MO 18 Gm 48 n n e PF 29 Le 0
1 5 5
7 1 2
The 1st house ruled by Venus represents Clare. Venus (Clare) makes
to conjoin Mars, the lesser malefic and the ruler of her 12th house
Clare's co-ruler is the Moon because the Moon always co-rules the
in the chart. Moon also occupies the 12th house of the 3rd house
Moon is almost exactly quincunx (150) the Midheaven. Ptolemy did not
(Clare).
All in all, Clare did not pick a good time to set out on a journey.
No doubt the good aspects of the Moon helped salvage the trip to
CLARE-D.C.
Fall -
Combust - MERCURY
19 ARI 53 P of ILLNESS
Moon's Aspects -
Planets' Strengths:
SUN: -4 MERCURY: 2
VENUS: 17 MARS: 22
MOON: 7
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At first it looks like the Moon's trines to the sun and Mercury
are promising. The problem is that the Moon, the sun, Mercury,
ineffective. Sure, the trines are nice, but the planets forming
the trines are peregrine and ineffectual. Here the sun was also
sign Leo).
between two very debilitated planets, the promised outcome may not
materialize.
is less efficacious than the primary ruler (usually the planet ruling
the house cusp). Here the primary ruler Venus made no aspects to
the planets ruling travel so it was not an auspicious time to start the
trip.
Another DEBILITY that occurred in the chart was Mercury COMBUST the sun.
There are three conditions related to the sun. Authors give various
when so close to the sun. It takes on the power and majesty of the
sun. Bush chose to announce his candidacy when Mercury was CAZIMI
the sun. Mercury rules announcements and is strongly fortified when
day makes!
Once you get a little farther from the sun, you're in trouble.
At about 17 minutes or more from the sun, you start to get burned
the sun. If you are close to the sun in a different sign, the
other sign acts like a sunscreen. You can still get burned but
WHEN THE SIGNIFICATORS ARE COMBUST THE SUN. You'll get burned if
you do.
Once you get more than 8.5 degrees from the sun till about 17
degrees from the sun, you're under the sun's beams. This is a
milder debility.
future date.
I've said before that electional is the other side of the coin
from horary. When you elect a time, you pick a chart that maximizes
is NEVER a perfect electional chart. You simply find the chart that
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which you record the start of major activities (or even minor ones)
and their outcome. I simply jot down the TIME and PLACE of events
of those events to see how the symbolism in the chart fits what
When I have a chance, I run the chart on the computer (thank God for
the action.
2. Any planets in the first house which also represent the querent.
3. The planet ruling the sign on the Ascendant because the 1-ruler
6. The sign on the cusp of the house inquired about. For example,
if the question is about a trip, I'd look at the 3rd and 9th
the 1st and 6th. About death, the 8th (death) and 4th (grave).
ETC.
8. The idea in electing a time to act is that you want the chart to
work.
It's a nice touch to have the rising sign describe the situation.
It's helpful to have to Moon WAXING when you start a new project.
The Moon waxes from the New Moon until the Full Moon, but wait till
24 hours after the New Moon to let the Moon get away from
until it leaves its sign. You can easily spot such days in an
Mars and Saturn are the traditional malefics. Be sure they are
them in the cadent (3,6,9,12) houses away from the Angles. But
use your common sense. Don't "bury" Mars and Saturn in the 9th
touch.
I'm sure I left some factors out of the above list, but these are
chart.
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Regiomontanus cut the EQUATOR into 12 EQUAL pieces and then
If you look at a globe, you'll see that the ecliptic and the
Would Anita Hill (Moon) work for Clarence Thomas (Mars, Scorpio)?
Mars has one thing on this mind and it's not basket weaving.
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Lilly used in the 17th century when horary was in its heyday.
Feel free to use Placidus or Koch. The cusps usually aren't too
equal houses for horary work but I can't give you a good reason why:
they seem too arbitrary to me and not derived from any of the great
favor for natal work. This may sound too "metaphysical" but I think
if you stick to a house cusp system that you like or feel at home with,
then the universe will see to it that you ask or receive horary
simply trisects the distance between the Asc and MC to get three
I can see the scientists in the audience cringing as they read this
message.