Christopher Warnock Esq. practices as an appellate public defender in Washington D.C.

Using the same sources that any thorough lawyer would use - trial transcripts, depositions, casebooks, law re iews, law reporters and such - his knowledge of !enaissance astrology gi es him another source of aluable insight into his cases. "n this article he offers an introduction to the traditional technique, demonstrated by fi e recent e#amples of his $udgements. %r Warnock also hosts and maintains the !enaissance &strology website, an e#tremely comprehensi e site and highly recommended for students wishing to e#pand their knowledge of traditional astrological technique.

"t was through the practice of criminal law that " became interested in astrology. 'he key issue in a case of mine concerned the definition of a month, ('urner . )ayly, *+, &.-d ./* 0D.C. &pp. 1//*23. & Washington D.C. statute pro ides that crimes punishable by up to 145 days6 imprisonment do not require trial by $ury. %y client was charged with a crime punishable by up to si# months in $ail. 'herefore, if a 7month7 could be considered simply ,5 days, my client would not recei e a $ury trial. "f 7month7 meant a calendar month, for e#ample, from 8ebruary 1 to %arch 1, my client would be entitled to trial by $ury. We con inced the D.C. Court of &ppeals that a month was a calendar month, but " found myself intrigued by the whole question of celestial cycles. 'hus began my $ourney into astrology - a $ourney where law and astrology ha e been closely intertwined. " ha e used astrology in my legal practice, and many of my astrology clients ha e sought answers to legal questions. " practice traditional horary and electional astrology. 'raditional astrology is the type of astrology that was practiced in Europe between 1-55 and 1+55. 9orary astrology answers specific questions by casting a chart for the position of the planets at the time of the question. Electional astrology chooses astrologically auspicious times to take action. 9orary and electional astrology complement each other. 9orary concerns fate, what will

be, while electional focuses on free will, helping the querent determine the best time to take action. "n traditional horary, we look to the significators, 0i.e., the planets representing important factors in the question2, to determine the outcome. 'he significators are typically the planetary rulers of the appropriate houses, though we also e#amine the natural planetary rulers. We e#amine the strength of the significators, as indicated by the traditional system of essential dignity and debility, their placement in arious houses, and the aspects which they make. "n his Christian &strology, published in 1*:+, the famous English horary astrologer William ;illy gi es rules for answering questions regarding the outcome of lawsuits. While framed in terms of ci il cases, the rules work for criminal cases as well. &s always in horary questions, the querent, the person asking the question, is signified by the ruler of the first house. 'he %oon, as the fastest planet, signifies action. 'he opponent, 0in criminal cases the prosecutor2, is signified by the ruler of the +th house. 'he $udge is signified by the ruler of the 15th house.(13 Using 9orary to Determine the <entence =ur first e#ample is a horary question asked by a father whose son was facing a federal mandatory minimum sentence for being peripherally in ol ed in a conspiracy to sell heroin. 'he son had already pled guilty and the father wanted to know what sentence he would recei e. 'he time when " recei e and understand the question, according to William ;illy, is the best time for casting the chart. (-3 "n this case, that time was .>,. pm, ED', 0?:2 =ctober *, -555 in Washington, D.C. ++W5, ,4@... "n the chart for this moment, se enteen degrees of Aisces rises, based upon the !egiomontanus system of houses, which " use for all of my e#amples. "n my e#amples, " will pro ide the prediction that " made in ad ance in writing. 9indsight is always -5B-5, and merely looking back at the chart when one already knows the outcome does not, in my opinion, pro ide an adequate basis for $udging the accuracy of astrological prediction. 'he first issue to determine upon iewing a horary chart is whether or not it can pro ide a clear answer. 'his is termed the 6radicality6 of the chart. ;illy lists what he calls, Considerations before Cudgment, which are a number of technical conditions that can arise in the chart. (,3 While ;illy ad ises not to $udge the chart when these conditions are present, my e#perience has been that these conditions generally do not pre ent us from $udging the chart, but gi e additional, usually negati e information. "t has been hypothesiDed that these considerations before $udgment were set forth to protect the astrologer from ha ing to gi e the client an unfa orable prediction.

Christopher Warnock Esq. practices as an appellate public defender in Washington D.C. Using the same sources that any thorough lawyer would use - trial transcripts, depositions, casebooks, law re iews, law reporters and such - his knowledge of !enaissance astrology gi es him another source of aluable insight into his cases. "n this article he offers an introduction to the traditional technique, demonstrated by fi e recent e#amples of his $udgements. %r Warnock also hosts and maintains the !enaissance &strology website, an e#tremely comprehensi e site and highly recommended for students wishing to e#pand their knowledge of traditional astrological technique.

"t was through the practice of criminal law that " became interested in astrology. 'he key issue in a case of mine concerned the definition of a month, ('urner . )ayly, *+, &.-d ./* 0D.C. &pp. 1//*23. & Washington D.C. statute pro ides that crimes punishable by up to 145 days6 imprisonment do not require trial by $ury. %y client was charged with a crime punishable by up to si# months in $ail. 'herefore, if a 7month7 could be considered simply ,5 days, my client would not recei e a $ury trial. "f 7month7 meant a calendar month, for e#ample, from 8ebruary 1 to %arch 1, my client would be entitled to trial by $ury. We con inced the D.C. Court of &ppeals that a month was a calendar month, but " found myself intrigued by the whole question of celestial cycles. 'hus began my $ourney

into astrology - a $ourney where law and astrology ha e been closely intertwined. " ha e used astrology in my legal practice, and many of my astrology clients ha e sought answers to legal questions. " practice traditional horary and electional astrology. 'raditional astrology is the type of astrology that was practiced in Europe between 1-55 and 1+55. 9orary astrology answers specific questions by casting a chart for the position of the planets at the time of the question. Electional astrology chooses astrologically auspicious times to take action. 9orary and electional astrology complement each other. 9orary concerns fate, what will be, while electional focuses on free will, helping the querent determine the best time to take action. "n traditional horary, we look to the significators, 0i.e., the planets representing important factors in the question2, to determine the outcome. 'he significators are typically the planetary rulers of the appropriate houses, though we also e#amine the natural planetary rulers. We e#amine the strength of the significators, as indicated by the traditional system of essential dignity and debility, their placement in arious houses, and the aspects which they make. "n his Christian &strology, published in 1*:+, the famous English horary astrologer William ;illy gi es rules for answering questions regarding the outcome of lawsuits. While framed in terms of ci il cases, the rules work for criminal cases as well. &s always in horary questions, the querent, the person asking the question, is signified by the ruler of the first house. 'he %oon, as the fastest planet, signifies action. 'he opponent, 0in criminal cases the prosecutor2, is signified by the ruler of the +th house. 'he $udge is signified by the ruler of the 15th house.(13 Using 9orary to Determine the <entence =ur first e#ample is a horary question asked by a father whose son was facing a federal mandatory minimum sentence for being peripherally in ol ed in a conspiracy to sell heroin. 'he son had already pled guilty and the father wanted to know what sentence he would recei e. 'he time when " recei e and understand the question, according to William ;illy, is the best time for casting the chart. (-3 "n this case, that time was .>,. pm, ED', 0?:2 =ctober *, -555 in Washington, D.C. ++W5, ,4@... "n the chart for this moment, se enteen degrees of Aisces rises, based upon the !egiomontanus system of houses, which " use for all of my e#amples. "n my e#amples, " will pro ide the prediction that " made in ad ance in writing. 9indsight is always -5B-5, and merely looking back at the chart when one already knows the outcome does not, in my opinion, pro ide an adequate basis for $udging the accuracy of astrological prediction. 'he first issue to determine upon iewing a horary chart is whether or not it can pro ide a clear answer. 'his is termed the 6radicality6 of the chart. ;illy lists what he calls, Considerations before Cudgment, which are a number of technical conditions that can

arise in the chart. (,3 While ;illy ad ises not to $udge the chart when these conditions are present, my e#perience has been that these conditions generally do not pre ent us from $udging the chart, but gi e additional, usually negati e information. "t has been hypothesiDed that these considerations before $udgment were set forth to protect the astrologer from ha ing to gi e the client an unfa orable prediction. " always check the chart initially, as ;illy ad ises, for sympathy between the rising sign and ruler of the planetary hour. (:3 "n this chart, it is lacking. Aisces rises and it is <aturn hour. <aturn does not rule Aisces, <aturn is cold and dry in the traditional scheme of the elements, while the ruler of Aisces, Cupiter, is warm and moist. %oreo er, <aturn is the day ruler of the airy triplicity and is not the day, night, nor mi#ed ruler of the watery triplicity, of which Aisces is a member. 0'hese are the Dorothean triplicity rulerships, so called because they were used by the classical astrologer Dorotheus of <idon2.(.3 'hus the chart fails the first test of technical radicality. )ut this will not pre ent us from $udging the chart. " ha e made many accurate predictions with charts that lacked sympathy between the rising sign and planetary hour ruler, though it is an e#cellent initial sign of an accurate chart. <ince Aisces rises, the querent, 0the father2, is signified by Cupiter. @ote that in traditional astrology Aisces is ruled by Cupiter, &quarius by <aturn and <corpio by %ars. We look to the ruler of the .th house of children to signify the querent6s son. 'he multiplicity of techniques and alternati es for determining the rulership of a house enhances the accuracy, but also the comple#ity, of horary astrology. 'he basic method of determining rulership of a house is to look to the sign that is on the cusp, 0i.e., the first degree or boundary2, of the house. "n this case it is Cancer. &s Cancer is ruled by the %oon, the %oon is thus the ruler of the .th house. &nother method for determining the rulership of a house is to identify what ;illy calls the almuten. 'he almuten is the planet that has the greatest essential dignity at the boundary, i.e., the cusp of the house. 'o determine this, we score each of the essential dignities, ?. for sign rulership, ?: for e#altation rulership, ?, for the current triplicity ruler, ?- for term and ?1 for face.(*3 &t ele en degrees of Cancer, which is on the cusp or boundary of the .th house, the %oon is assigned ?. for being the sign ruler, Cupiter ?: for being the e#altation ruler. Cupiter recei es an additional ?- for being term ruler and %ercury ?1 for being face ruler. &s Cupiter has a total score of ?*, he has a greater score than the sign ruler, the %oon, and so is the almuten of the .th house. 'hus Cupiter could be used as an alternati e or additional ruler of the .th house. "n this case, " used it as an additional ruler of the house, i.e., significator of the son. )oth the %oon and Cupiter, signifying the son, are seriously afflicted. 'he %oon is slowE it is mo ing more slowly than its a erage rate.(+3 'he %oon is also in detrimentE it is in Capricorn, the sign opposite the sign it rules, Cancer. Cupiter is in detriment, retrograde, slow and dignified only by term, a rather weak dignity. 'his accurately reflects the son6s situation.

We note also that the %oon could be described as 6 oid of course6, since she will not be making any more aspects until she changes sign. )eing oid of course is included in the 6considerations before $udgment6. ;illy says this indicates that the situation may stagnate> 7(&3ll manner of matter goe hardly onF7 (43 'his is a good e#ample of why fle#ibility and $udgment are necessary for good horary analysis. Clearly this matter will be accomplishedE it is e#tremely unlikely that the querent6s son will not be sentenced. "n addition, as we shall see, refusing to $udge the chart would ha e depri ed us of an accurate prediction. 'wo additional factors in the chart deser e our attention. 8irst, since the %oon represents one of the actors, the son, it can no longer signify the querent6s actions, as it otherwise would. <econdly, the %oon, while in the last degree of her detriment, Capricorn, is less than one degree away from perfecting a trine to <aturn and thus greatly impro ing her dignity by mo ing into &quarius. 'hese two considerations mitigate the significance of the oid of course %oon. 'herefore, using my legal knowledge regarding this particular question as well as the factors in this chart, we can apply a more nuanced approach. <ince the son has pled guilty and the $udge is required to gi e a sentence of at least a set number of years imprisonment, the question really is whether the $udge will impose the minimum term of imprisonment or impose a harsher sentence. "n other words, will the outcome be merely bad or will it be much worseG 6'urning the chart6 is a ery useful horary technique, which pro ides more information. When we ask a question on behalf of another person, we can also look at the chart from his or her perspecti e. 'o do this, we consider the house that represents the person to be his or her ascendant. 0'his complicates matters somewhat as we still continue to look at the original houses, technically called the radi# 0;atin> root2 houses2. "n this case, since the son is signified by the ruler of the .th house, this house is iewed as his ascendant. 'hus, the prosecutor can be signified by the ruler of the +th house from the .th house, which is the 11th house 0the counting includes the .th2. 'he ruler of the 11th house is <aturn. We note first that the son6s significator, the %oon, is making a mutually applying trine with <aturn. 'he trine is mutually applying because <aturn is retrograde and thus both planets are mo ing towards each other. 0=ften a trine or se#tile between the significators of the defendant and the prosecutor indicates a plea, which was the case here2. <aturn is dignified by triplicity, but it is also retrograde and con$unct &lgol, the most malefic fi#ed star. 'he prosecutor is in a stronger position than the son as his significator, <aturn, is stronger. %oreo er, the fact that the son6s significator, the %oon, is in <aturn6s sign re eals that the son is under the prosecutor6s power. <aturn is also the ruler of the radi# 1-th house of imprisonment. <aturn6s contact with the son6s significator does not bode well, as it indicates imprisonment. 9owe er, we are starting to see indications of a lesser sentence of imprisonment, since a trine is a fa orable aspect. 'he ne#t aspect made by the %oon is a con$unction with @eptune. While " do not use the modern planets 0i.e., @eptune, Uranus, and Aluto2 as sign rulers, they do gi e important

secondary information. @eptune is associated with both drugs and conspiracy, reflecting the facts of our case. 'he ne#t aspect of the %oon is a trine with Cupiter, the Hreater )enefic. 'his aspect is o er 11 degrees from perfection, but still within orb, according to ;illy. (/3 'his is a positi e aspect, though the e#treme weakness of the son6s significator lessens its benefic quality. 8inally, the %oon is in the last degree of Capricorn and about to pass into &quarius. 'hus it ceases to be detriment and peregrine and becomes only peregrine. 'his is some impro ement, although it is still afflicted. & notable factor in this chart is that the almuten of the 1st house 0the querent2, the .th house 0the son2 and the 15th house 0the $udge2 is Cupiter. 'his indicates to me that the $udge is sympathetic to the son and father. )ut gi en the weak state of Cupiter, he is also relati ely powerless. 9owe er, the presence of the @orth @ode in the .th house does help the son, and the fi#ed star &chernar, of the nature of Cupiter, is on the ascendant, showing a benefit to the querent. = erall, the chart indicates that the prosecutor is in a much stronger position than the son, who is seriously afflicted. 'he positi e factors present are not enough to o ercome the malefic state of the significators, but they do suggest that the sentence will be closer to the minimum than the ma#imum. 'his reading of the chart was correct, as the son recei ed a sentence close to the minimum required by law. Using an E ent Chart to Determine the <entence =ur ne#t e#ample illustrates an interesting ariation. "t uses an e ent chart instead of a horary. !ather than using the chart of the moment the question was posed, we use the chart of an e ent scheduled in the future, in this case, another sentencing. We use horary rules to interpret e ent charts, but we do not need to consider radicality or considerations before $udgment because we ha e a set time. %y client was worried about a friend who had been arrested and con icted of felony drunk dri ing. 9is case was docketed for sentencing on %arch -+, -55-. )ecause he had pre ious con ictions for the same offense, as an attorney " belie ed that a serious $ail sentence was likely. 'he chart is for 4>1+ am E<' 0?.2 on %arch -+, -55- for )angor, %aine, 0::@:4, *4W:*2. " ha e shifted the time and the location of the chart to shield the sub$ect6s identity, although it matches the original in all respects. 9ere, 15I Hemini rises. 'he key to accurately reading any chart is the proper choice of significators. "n a horary chart, the 1st house represents the querent, but here we are dealing with an e ent chart. 'here is some contro ersy o er the proper choice of significators for this type of chart, but ;illy says that the 1st house is for the plaintiff or prosecuting party, in this case the go ernment, and the +th house is the house of the defendant.(153 <ince Hemini rises, the go ernment is signified by %ercury, who is se erely afflicted. %ercury is in detriment and fall, and is also going to combustion. )ut as ;illy only counts combustion when the <un and the other planet are in the same sign, this reduces the malefic effect somewhat. (113

Christopher Warnock Esq. practices as an appellate public defender in Washington D.C. Using the same sources that any thorough lawyer would use - trial transcripts, depositions, casebooks, law re iews, law reporters and such - his knowledge of !enaissance astrology gi es him another source of aluable insight into his cases. "n this article he offers an introduction to the traditional technique, demonstrated by fi e recent e#amples of his $udgements. %r Warnock also hosts and maintains the !enaissance &strology website, an e#tremely comprehensi e site and highly recommended for students wishing to e#pand their knowledge of traditional astrological technique.

"t was through the practice of criminal law that " became interested in astrology. 'he key issue in a case of mine concerned the definition of a month, ('urner . )ayly, *+, &.-d ./* 0D.C. &pp. 1//*23. & Washington D.C. statute pro ides that crimes punishable by up to 145 days6 imprisonment do not require trial by $ury. %y client was charged with a crime punishable by up to si# months in $ail. 'herefore, if a 7month7 could be considered simply ,5 days, my client would not recei e a $ury trial. "f 7month7 meant a calendar month, for e#ample, from 8ebruary 1 to %arch 1, my client would be entitled to trial by $ury. We con inced the D.C. Court of &ppeals that a month was a calendar month, but " found myself intrigued by the whole question of celestial cycles. 'hus began my $ourney

into astrology - a $ourney where law and astrology ha e been closely intertwined. " ha e used astrology in my legal practice, and many of my astrology clients ha e sought answers to legal questions. " practice traditional horary and electional astrology. 'raditional astrology is the type of astrology that was practiced in Europe between 1-55 and 1+55. 9orary astrology answers specific questions by casting a chart for the position of the planets at the time of the question. Electional astrology chooses astrologically auspicious times to take action. 9orary and electional astrology complement each other. 9orary concerns fate, what will be, while electional focuses on free will, helping the querent determine the best time to take action. "n traditional horary, we look to the significators, 0i.e., the planets representing important factors in the question2, to determine the outcome. 'he significators are typically the planetary rulers of the appropriate houses, though we also e#amine the natural planetary rulers. We e#amine the strength of the significators, as indicated by the traditional system of essential dignity and debility, their placement in arious houses, and the aspects which they make. "n his Christian &strology, published in 1*:+, the famous English horary astrologer William ;illy gi es rules for answering questions regarding the outcome of lawsuits. While framed in terms of ci il cases, the rules work for criminal cases as well. &s always in horary questions, the querent, the person asking the question, is signified by the ruler of the first house. 'he %oon, as the fastest planet, signifies action. 'he opponent, 0in criminal cases the prosecutor2, is signified by the ruler of the +th house. 'he $udge is signified by the ruler of the 15th house.(13 Using 9orary to Determine the <entence =ur first e#ample is a horary question asked by a father whose son was facing a federal mandatory minimum sentence for being peripherally in ol ed in a conspiracy to sell heroin. 'he son had already pled guilty and the father wanted to know what sentence he would recei e. 'he time when " recei e and understand the question, according to William ;illy, is the best time for casting the chart. (-3 "n this case, that time was .>,. pm, ED', 0?:2 =ctober *, -555 in Washington, D.C. ++W5, ,4@... "n the chart for this moment, se enteen degrees of Aisces rises, based upon the !egiomontanus system of houses, which " use for all of my e#amples. "n my e#amples, " will pro ide the prediction that " made in ad ance in writing. 9indsight is always -5B-5, and merely looking back at the chart when one already knows the outcome does not, in my opinion, pro ide an adequate basis for $udging the accuracy of astrological prediction. 'he first issue to determine upon iewing a horary chart is whether or not it can pro ide a clear answer. 'his is termed the 6radicality6 of the chart. ;illy lists what he calls, Considerations before Cudgment, which are a number of technical conditions that can

arise in the chart. (,3 While ;illy ad ises not to $udge the chart when these conditions are present, my e#perience has been that these conditions generally do not pre ent us from $udging the chart, but gi e additional, usually negati e information. "t has been hypothesiDed that these considerations before $udgment were set forth to protect the astrologer from ha ing to gi e the client an unfa orable prediction. " always check the chart initially, as ;illy ad ises, for sympathy between the rising sign and ruler of the planetary hour. (:3 "n this chart, it is lacking. Aisces rises and it is <aturn hour. <aturn does not rule Aisces, <aturn is cold and dry in the traditional scheme of the elements, while the ruler of Aisces, Cupiter, is warm and moist. %oreo er, <aturn is the day ruler of the airy triplicity and is not the day, night, nor mi#ed ruler of the watery triplicity, of which Aisces is a member. 0'hese are the Dorothean triplicity rulerships, so called because they were used by the classical astrologer Dorotheus of <idon2.(.3 'hus the chart fails the first test of technical radicality. )ut this will not pre ent us from $udging the chart. " ha e made many accurate predictions with charts that lacked sympathy between the rising sign and planetary hour ruler, though it is an e#cellent initial sign of an accurate chart. <ince Aisces rises, the querent, 0the father2, is signified by Cupiter. @ote that in traditional astrology Aisces is ruled by Cupiter, &quarius by <aturn and <corpio by %ars. We look to the ruler of the .th house of children to signify the querent6s son. 'he multiplicity of techniques and alternati es for determining the rulership of a house enhances the accuracy, but also the comple#ity, of horary astrology. 'he basic method of determining rulership of a house is to look to the sign that is on the cusp, 0i.e., the first degree or boundary2, of the house. "n this case it is Cancer. &s Cancer is ruled by the %oon, the %oon is thus the ruler of the .th house. &nother method for determining the rulership of a house is to identify what ;illy calls the almuten. 'he almuten is the planet that has the greatest essential dignity at the boundary, i.e., the cusp of the house. 'o determine this, we score each of the essential dignities, ?. for sign rulership, ?: for e#altation rulership, ?, for the current triplicity ruler, ?- for term and ?1 for face.(*3 &t ele en degrees of Cancer, which is on the cusp or boundary of the .th house, the %oon is assigned ?. for being the sign ruler, Cupiter ?: for being the e#altation ruler. Cupiter recei es an additional ?- for being term ruler and %ercury ?1 for being face ruler. &s Cupiter has a total score of ?*, he has a greater score than the sign ruler, the %oon, and so is the almuten of the .th house. 'hus Cupiter could be used as an alternati e or additional ruler of the .th house. "n this case, " used it as an additional ruler of the house, i.e., significator of the son. )oth the %oon and Cupiter, signifying the son, are seriously afflicted. 'he %oon is slowE it is mo ing more slowly than its a erage rate.(+3 'he %oon is also in detrimentE it is in Capricorn, the sign opposite the sign it rules, Cancer. Cupiter is in detriment, retrograde, slow and dignified only by term, a rather weak dignity. 'his accurately reflects the son6s situation.

We note also that the %oon could be described as 6 oid of course6, since she will not be making any more aspects until she changes sign. )eing oid of course is included in the 6considerations before $udgment6. ;illy says this indicates that the situation may stagnate> 7(&3ll manner of matter goe hardly onF7 (43 'his is a good e#ample of why fle#ibility and $udgment are necessary for good horary analysis. Clearly this matter will be accomplishedE it is e#tremely unlikely that the querent6s son will not be sentenced. "n addition, as we shall see, refusing to $udge the chart would ha e depri ed us of an accurate prediction. 'wo additional factors in the chart deser e our attention. 8irst, since the %oon represents one of the actors, the son, it can no longer signify the querent6s actions, as it otherwise would. <econdly, the %oon, while in the last degree of her detriment, Capricorn, is less than one degree away from perfecting a trine to <aturn and thus greatly impro ing her dignity by mo ing into &quarius. 'hese two considerations mitigate the significance of the oid of course %oon. 'herefore, using my legal knowledge regarding this particular question as well as the factors in this chart, we can apply a more nuanced approach. <ince the son has pled guilty and the $udge is required to gi e a sentence of at least a set number of years imprisonment, the question really is whether the $udge will impose the minimum term of imprisonment or impose a harsher sentence. "n other words, will the outcome be merely bad or will it be much worseG 6'urning the chart6 is a ery useful horary technique, which pro ides more information. When we ask a question on behalf of another person, we can also look at the chart from his or her perspecti e. 'o do this, we consider the house that represents the person to be his or her ascendant. 0'his complicates matters somewhat as we still continue to look at the original houses, technically called the radi# 0;atin> root2 houses2. "n this case, since the son is signified by the ruler of the .th house, this house is iewed as his ascendant. 'hus, the prosecutor can be signified by the ruler of the +th house from the .th house, which is the 11th house 0the counting includes the .th2. 'he ruler of the 11th house is <aturn. We note first that the son6s significator, the %oon, is making a mutually applying trine with <aturn. 'he trine is mutually applying because <aturn is retrograde and thus both planets are mo ing towards each other. 0=ften a trine or se#tile between the significators of the defendant and the prosecutor indicates a plea, which was the case here2. <aturn is dignified by triplicity, but it is also retrograde and con$unct &lgol, the most malefic fi#ed star. 'he prosecutor is in a stronger position than the son as his significator, <aturn, is stronger. %oreo er, the fact that the son6s significator, the %oon, is in <aturn6s sign re eals that the son is under the prosecutor6s power. <aturn is also the ruler of the radi# 1-th house of imprisonment. <aturn6s contact with the son6s significator does not bode well, as it indicates imprisonment. 9owe er, we are starting to see indications of a lesser sentence of imprisonment, since a trine is a fa orable aspect. 'he ne#t aspect made by the %oon is a con$unction with @eptune. While " do not use the modern planets 0i.e., @eptune, Uranus, and Aluto2 as sign rulers, they do gi e important

secondary information. @eptune is associated with both drugs and conspiracy, reflecting the facts of our case. 'he ne#t aspect of the %oon is a trine with Cupiter, the Hreater )enefic. 'his aspect is o er 11 degrees from perfection, but still within orb, according to ;illy. (/3 'his is a positi e aspect, though the e#treme weakness of the son6s significator lessens its benefic quality. 8inally, the %oon is in the last degree of Capricorn and about to pass into &quarius. 'hus it ceases to be detriment and peregrine and becomes only peregrine. 'his is some impro ement, although it is still afflicted. & notable factor in this chart is that the almuten of the 1st house 0the querent2, the .th house 0the son2 and the 15th house 0the $udge2 is Cupiter. 'his indicates to me that the $udge is sympathetic to the son and father. )ut gi en the weak state of Cupiter, he is also relati ely powerless. 9owe er, the presence of the @orth @ode in the .th house does help the son, and the fi#ed star &chernar, of the nature of Cupiter, is on the ascendant, showing a benefit to the querent. = erall, the chart indicates that the prosecutor is in a much stronger position than the son, who is seriously afflicted. 'he positi e factors present are not enough to o ercome the malefic state of the significators, but they do suggest that the sentence will be closer to the minimum than the ma#imum. 'his reading of the chart was correct, as the son recei ed a sentence close to the minimum required by law. Using an E ent Chart to Determine the <entence =ur ne#t e#ample illustrates an interesting ariation. "t uses an e ent chart instead of a horary. !ather than using the chart of the moment the question was posed, we use the chart of an e ent scheduled in the future, in this case, another sentencing. We use horary rules to interpret e ent charts, but we do not need to consider radicality or considerations before $udgment because we ha e a set time. %y client was worried about a friend who had been arrested and con icted of felony drunk dri ing. 9is case was docketed for sentencing on %arch -+, -55-. )ecause he had pre ious con ictions for the same offense, as an attorney " belie ed that a serious $ail sentence was likely. 'he chart is for 4>1+ am E<' 0?.2 on %arch -+, -55- for )angor, %aine, 0::@:4, *4W:*2. " ha e shifted the time and the location of the chart to shield the sub$ect6s identity, although it matches the original in all respects. 9ere, 15I Hemini rises. 'he key to accurately reading any chart is the proper choice of significators. "n a horary chart, the 1st house represents the querent, but here we are dealing with an e ent chart. 'here is some contro ersy o er the proper choice of significators for this type of chart, but ;illy says that the 1st house is for the plaintiff or prosecuting party, in this case the go ernment, and the +th house is the house of the defendant.(153 <ince Hemini rises, the go ernment is signified by %ercury, who is se erely afflicted. %ercury is in detriment and fall, and is also going to combustion. )ut as ;illy only counts combustion when the <un and the other planet are in the same sign, this reduces the malefic effect somewhat. (113

'he fi#ed star &ldebaran is con$unct the &scendant. &lthough &ldebaran is essentially malefic, it is also of the nature of %ars and thus good for fighting.(1-3 <agittarius is on the cusp of the +th house, and thus Cupiter is the significator of the defendant. Cupiter is dignified by e#altation and is located in the succedent -nd house. 'he <outh @ode afflicts the +th house by its presence. 'he ruler of the 15th house, <aturn, represents the $udge. <aturn is dignified by triplicity and in a partile con$unction of the &scendant. )ecause <aturn is in the &scendant, 0the house of the go ernment2, and in Hemini, 0the sign ruled by the go ernment6s significator, %ercury2, the $udge fa ors the go ernment. "n looking at lawsuits and criminal cases a key question is, who is strongerG (1,3 'he stronger the party, the better their chances of winning the case. 9ere there can be no doubt that the +th ruler, Cupiter, signifying the defendant, is far stronger than the 1st ruler, %ercury, signifying the prosecutor. Cupiter is a superior planet and e#alted. %ercury is an inferior planet, in detriment and fall, and e en in the sign of Cupiter, an indication of capture. @e ertheless, Cupiter6s strength is not absolute. 'he <outh @ode afflicts him by being in the +th house. ;illy says the <outh @ode of the %oon, Caput Draconis, causes, 7much wrangling and great contro ersy.7(1:3 &lso Cupiter has $ust separated by two minutes from a square of the <un, which is an affliction. <till, contrary to my legal sense of the case, it appears that the friend will pre ailJ "t certainly looks as if there will be no $ail time, but some lesser punishment. &nother interesting point in this case was that the client was ery worried about his friend and repeatedly asked me the same question. Contemporary horary authorities ha e asserted that you cannot ask the same question more than once, and e#pect to obtain accurate answers. (1.3 %y e#perience has been that, if the querent cares enough about the issue, and waits a reasonable time before repeating the question, then additional charts will pro ide accurate ariations of the same answer. 'his was true for this client. <e eral horaries and e ent charts for the friend6s other court dates predicted that he would recei e only mild punishment. &nd so it was. 9e first recei ed only a sentence of /5 days imprisonment, which was then suspended to ,5 days of house arrest with an electronic monitor. Using E ent Charts for %issing Aersons &nother use of e ent charts is to help locate missing persons. Henerally the e ent used is the time that the person was last seen or when their disappearance was reported to the police. "n %ay of -551, Washington, D.C. and soon the rest of the country, was engulfed by speculation o er the disappearance of Chandra ;e y, a congressional intern. While " was not directly in ol ed in this case, which was later ruled to be a homicide, the e ents took place less than two miles from my residence. "n %ay and Culy of -551, " analyDed two charts for %s. ;e y6s disappearance.

'he first chart represents the last known communication from %s. ;e y, an e-mail sent on %ay 1, -551 at 15>:. am, ED', from her apartment in Washington, D.C.(1*3 "n this chart, -5 degrees of Cancer rises, and the fi#ed star Castor is on the ascendant. Castor, says astrologer Ki ian !obson, is of the nature of %ercury, and if rising, gi es 7blindness, bad eyes, in$uries to the face, disgrace, stabs, wounds and imprisonment.7 (1+3

While there is some contro ersy about properly assigning the significators in a missing person chart, generally, when the astrologer has no relationship to the missing person, the first house is taken to represent that person. 'he ruler of the 1st house, the %oon, is therefore %s. ;e y6s significator. "t is which is peregrine 0i.e. without essential dignity and thus weak2 and in the -nd house. Aeregrine literally means 7a stranger or tra eler7. 'he %oon applies to oppose Uranus in the 4th house, which traditional astrologers called the house of death.(143 'he %oon then applies to a trine of %ars, almuten of the .th house of pleasure and of the +th house of open enemies. 'he moon then applies a square to <aturn, ruler of the +th house of open enemies, and of the 4th house of death. <aturn, the Hreater %alefic and ruler of the 4th house, is stronger than the ictim6s significator, the %oon, and afflicts the 11th house of hopes and dreams. 'his is an ominous chart, particularly the square between 1st and 4th house rulers, with <aturn, the greater malefic, as 4th house ruler. 'he second chart is the for the pre ious last sighting of %s. ;e y at a health club, &pril ,5, -551 around +>,5 pm ED' Washington, D.C.(1/3 "n this chart, . degrees of <corpio

rises and the ascendant is in the Kia Combusta, a region of malefic fi#ed stars e#tending from 1. ;ibra to 1. <corpio, which indicates troubles and difficulties.

'he 1st house ruler and significator of the missing person, %s. ;e y, is %ars, which is weakly dignified by term and con$unct the ,rd house cusp. 'he third house rules short $ourneys.(-53 We note the presence of the malefic <outh @ode of the %oon afflicting the ,rd house and the ictim6s $ourney. %ars is con$unct the malefic fi#ed star &cumen, which is of the nature of %ars and the %oon, and causes blindness.(-13 'he %oon, signifying %s. ;e y and her actions, is peregrine in the 15th house and con$unct the malefic fi#ed star &cubens, which is of the nature of <aturn and %ercury, and is called 7the sheltering or hiding place.7(--3 "t indicates acti ity, male olence and poisons, and also liars and criminals. 'he %oon is mutually applying to a partile 0almost e#act2 square to retrograde Aluto, the god of the underworld. ;illy says a mutual application is an 7ill application,7 showing sudden change.(-,3 "n modern horary, Aluto indicates iolence and can be an indication of iolent death. (-:3 'he ne#t aspect of the %oon is a square to the 4th house ruler %ercury, who is in the +th house and under the <un6s beams. ;illy says that contacts between the moon and 4th house ruler indicate death.(-.3 'he 1st house ruler, %ars, separates from a square of the 1-th house ruler, Kenus, which, ;illy says, indicates the ictim 7..hath lately been much troubled in mind and in fear of imprisonment and arrest.7(-*3 ;illy says that the 4th house ruler or a planet in the 4th house indicates the nature of the death. "n this case, %ercury in 'aurus is the 4th house ruler, and <aturn and Cupiter in

Hemini are in the 4th house. @ormally Cupiter in the 4th would be quite helpful, but without essential dignity here, he can do little, and in fact may e en afflict the 4th house because he is in detriment. Hemini is a humane sign, indicating death by man, and an air sign, indicating death from a fall or strangling. (-+3 <ince we ha e strong indications of death, what does the chart say about the location of the bodyG We look again to %s. ;e y6s significator, the ruler of the 1st house, which is %ars. %ars is in <agittarius, which ;illy says represents 7(a3 <table of great 9orses or 9orses for the Wars, or a 9ouse where usually great foure- footed beasts are kept7.(-43 'his is interesting, as the U.<. Aark Aolice ha e a stable and training ground nearby in !ock Creek Aark, D.C.6s central park. <agittarius also represents fields, hills and the highest part of grounds and houses. (-/3 'he %oon, also signifying the missing person, is in ;eo. ;eo represents woods and forests, steep rocky places, castles, forts and parks. "n modern astrology, ;eo represents Doos. (,53 'he @ational Loo is also nearby in !ock Creek Aark. ;illy6s rules for locating lost ob$ects can also used for missing persons. 9ere the %oon is angular, as it is in the 15th house. 'his indicates that the body is nearby. %ars is in the ,rd house, which also indicates that the body is in the ictim6s neighborhood. )oth the %oon and %ars are on the cusps of their respecti e houses, so the ictim may be in between walls, rocks, or behind something.(,13 'aking the location where %s. ;e y was last seen as the base point, we also note that, according to ;illy, <agittarius indicates a southeastern direction for her body, and ;eo indicates a northeastern direction. 'he ,rd house suggests a northeasterly direction and the 15th house suggests south.(,-3 'he Loo and Aark Aolice stable are nearby, and are basically to the @orth, but more to the East than West of the point of last sighting. <o the ictim is nearby, and up higher. 'he ictim is behind or between something. Washington in this area is quite hilly and !ock Creek Aark has some ery steep ra ines. 'he park is quite long, though not too wide, and has many woods and trails. 'he Aark Aolice stable and the Loo are also in !ock Creek Aark. "n Culy of -551, the Washington Aost reported that %s. ;e y had looked up a map site on the "nternet for the Mlingle %ansion in !ock Creek Aark, before logging off her laptop computer for the last time. " took another look at my map of !ock Creek Aark, and " noted that north of the Loo and Mlingle %ansion, there are a number of ci ilian riding facilities, including an 7Equitation 8ield7, trails and the 9orse Center. 'he information about Mlingle %ansion led me to belie e that %s. ;e y6s body was north of the Loo, but south of the 9orse Center. =n %ay --, -55-, the body was found in !ock Creek Aark. &s predicted from the chart, she was dead, her body was nearby, it was found on a rocky, woody slope, north of the @ational Loo and south of the riding stables. 'he D.C. %edical E#aminer found that the cause of death was homicide and she probably had been strangled, also as the chart indicated.(,,3 &n &ppeal $udged by an E ent Chart E ent chart analysis can be used for a wide ariety of legal situations. %y current criminal practice is predominately appellate. =ur ne#t e#ample is an e ent chart for oral

argument before the District of Columbia Court of &ppeals, the highest court of the District of Columbia. 'his case, Williams . United <tates, +4, &.-d ./4 0D.C.&pp. -5512, in ol ed important constitutional issues, including the right to effecti e assistance of counsel. =ral argument was to be en banc, that is before the entire court of nine $udges, instead of the usual three. 'he hearing was scheduled for />,5 a.m., ED', <eptember 15, -551 in Washington, D.C.

"n this chart, -5 degrees of ;ibra rises. 'he 1st house represents my client, as he is the appellant, or plaintiff, and the prosecuting party in the appeal. 'he ruler of the 1st house is Kenus, dignified by term and in the angular 15th house. =ur opponent, the go ernment, is signified by %ars, ruler of the +th house, dignified by e#altation, but afflicted by being con$unct the <outh @ode and in the cadent ,rd house. %ars is an appropriate significator for the prosecutor, as it naturally signifies the police and prosecutors. ;illy says %ars rules 7%arshals...)ailiffs7. (,:3 'he Court is signified by the %oon, ruler of the 15th house, who is peregrine and con$unct the cadent /th house cusp. 'he %oon separates from <aturn and applies to a se#tile of Kenus. 8irst we e#amine the relati e strengths of the significators, a key question in a legal chart. %ars, significator of the go ernment, is strong in his e#altation 0?:2, but con$unct the <outh @ode. ;illy says a partile 0i.e., same degree2 con$unction with the <outh @ode is -:, so we6ll assign it a -- or -,. Kenus, significator of the defendant, is dignified by term, which is not a ery strong dignity, but she is angular. <o each side has definite strengths as well as weaknesses. ;illy says, 7<ee which (of the 1st or +th house ruler3 is in aspect to an e il planet in a cadent houseE that party will be o ercome and defeated.7 We can

analogiDe the malefic <outh @ode to an e il planet. 'hus the go ernment loses. &lso ;illy says, 79e is strongest who is in an angle and in some of his essential dignitiesE the greater his strength isE how much the greater the Essential dignity is wherein he is7. (,.3 &gain, this indicates that we will win. 9owe er, when defending a criminal appeal, the go ernment is always strong, thus it is not surprising that %ars is e#alted. E#altation is an appropriate dignity, as well, since it is associated with kingship and go ernment. 'he medie al &rabic astrologer %ashallah says that 7...e#altations are of greater authority (in matters3 of kingship...than the lord of the (sign3.7(,*3 !obert Loller states in his Diploma Course that e#altations gi e quick, dramatic results, but don6t last. &lso we would note that %ars has $ust entered Capricorn and is in the first degree. 'he medie al "talian astrologer Huido )onatti says that a planet is not fi#ed in a sign until it has passed one degree.(,+3 'he go ernment apparently has mi#ed strength and weakness. @ow we shall consider the connections between the Court, represented by the 15th house ruler, the %oon, and our side, represented by the 1st house ruler, Kenus. Kenus is in the 15th house, and the %oon, ruler of the 15th house, applies to a se#tile of Kenus. "n his rules for war, which also apply to lawsuits, )onatti says if the lord of the 1st house is in the 15th house and is $oined to the lord of the 15th house, it signifies that the 1st house ruler will be stronger than all that come against him and will conquer.(,43 ;illy says, 7"f the lord of the tenth be more light than the lord of the ascendant, and $oyned unto him, he will doe the querent6s business, though he ne er speak unto him...7 (,/3 %y o erall sense is that %ars, signifying the prosecutor, despite being a superior planet, is seriously afflicted by the <outh @ode and by being cadent and does not gain much strength by being in the first degree of Capricorn. 'he presence of Kenus, 0our signifier2, in the 15th house, and the %oon, 0the court6s signifier, as ruler of the 15th house2, applying to a se#tile is ery encouraging. 9owe er, the %oon is ery weak. 'hus " anticipated that the $udges would be sympathetic to our case, but may not be swayed sufficiently to change a ma$or precedent. 'he outcome of the case was ery interesting, and re-emphasiDed an important lesson> let the chart speak for itself. When " looked at this chart to determine when the decision would be issued, " saw that the %oon was about - degrees away from perfecting its se#tile to Kenus. 'he %oon was in Hemini, a common 0mutable2 sign, indicating weeks or months, and in a succedent house, also indicating weeks or months, whereas Kenus was in a fi#ed sign, indicating years, and an angular house, indicating days.(:53 &ll this suggests we would recei e a fa orable decision from the Court of &ppeals in about two months. )ut my pre ious legal e#perience led me astray. " could not belie e that the Court would issue a decision so quickly, as " ha e had cases that took o er a year from oral argument to decision. <till, $ust as the chart predicted, about two months later, the Court came down with a most positi e decision. We did not win on e ery point, but we won the case and established a ery positi e precedent.

;egal questions were $ust as important to our astrological predecessors as they are to usE ;illy lists fi e pages of rules for interpreting legal questions in his magnum opus, Christian &strology. %y e#perience has been that the traditional methods work well, producing precise, specific predictions and aiding both my astrological and legal practices.