Astrolabus, As someone who does a lot of electional work, I don't recommend that you base your election on one planet alone, but I will address the larger philosophical issue that your question raises, in the hopes that you find it of help. For some reason*, a not-insignificant number of clients req...

Ninneveh, I am catching up on Skyscript after time away, so this is way after the fact. Did you get the cat back? I am concerned because Mercury is combust by the Sun, and the Sun rules the eighth house. On top of it all, this is happening in the fourth house and in Aries, which is rather bad for th...

Wow, bonfire, that relationship...well, it isn't. Mars in Aries is just very happy in his own house and sign there, isn't he? I imagine it would be difficult to engage that person. Looking at the chart as a whole, we are reminded that the Nodes tend to add to a judgment, but don't decide the judgmen...

I don't have the reference handy, but I have seen references in traditional authors who treat Cauda as a pit. Pankaj Dubey is on the right track here.

Saturnhead - that is different. Citation, please?

A lovely article, Curtis, thank you. Curtis's conclusion applied to the querent's example, the North Node is what is coming into the life and the South Node is what is exiting. So, the querent increases (in well-being, happiness) while the presence of the significant other decreases; a sign of thing...

Hi bonfire, The conjunction of the Nodes is a matter of some debate, since they themselves have no light and thus lack an orb. I personally think three degrees is reasonable. So, of course the nodes are always opposite each other; if your friend has the Dragon's Head on the Ascendant and Dragon's Ta...

Hi Bonfire, There are various ways to approach both the South Node and Ascendant aspects, but I will share my approach to both, and refer you to source materials so you have a starting point for your own research. South Node: A malefic, right up there with Saturn and Mars in the tradition. As you kn...

Stan, I am so sorry to hear about your grandson. Mental illness is such a scourge. I agree wholeheartedly with Deb's suggestion to let the matter and your emotions settle a bit before casting a horary. Whenever a client or I are in a similar state of agitation and uncertainty, I recommend the follow...

Hi Leo-Poet, This kind of thing really makes me mad. I don't have a lot to add astrologically to the great comments above, other than I see this as a "money lent out" question, so would normally take the money as the 8H and its ruler. I am encouraged by the Mars-Saturn mutual reception. No...

Hi Aglaya, I suspected that this might be a "no," because the chart just looked too perfect. Thank you very much for sharing it - I've seen very few of these charts in the wild, as it were:) I like getting this wrong, because I learned something: prohibitions work retrospectively as well. ...

Hi Yair, You might get more responses if you provide some background to your question, and maybe a fuller delineation. For example, let readers know who "he" is, so we can identify the proper house to use... Your own delineation is good (it's OK to be wrong), because otherwise if you don't...

Hi Aglaya, Lilly says (p 228 of Christian Astrology): "You may ever predict true Conception, if the Sign ascending be fixed, and a Fortune therein placed, or the Lord of the fifth strong in the Ascendant or tenth House." All conditions are true here: Fixed sign (Leo) rises, Jupiter in the ...