Tanit wrote:

Tanit said something in another thread which is kind of how I see the Sun in this chart too (especially since it rules fortuna & the MC)

I think most of the horary questions I've seen about "fame" of any type have involved combustion. But I don't think it necessarily recommends this or promises it so much as shows the power of fame over the querent. Most famous people have a lot of 10th house influences that promote fame, which would be the fixed stars and also good luminaries in the 10th/10th rulers, etc. There have been discussions on fame in the past in the natal forum that go into this much better than I am stating, of course.

If you are a Scorpio rising with Mars ruling the 5th, Mars in Pisces might be a better time for you than Capricorn. It really depends on your own chart, but Mars in Pisces seems like a great placement for a music chart, since he champions the causes of Pisces and Pisces is wonderful at artistic expression (Venus' exaltation, plus Mars' triplicity). I guess it depends on the type of music too, since Mars in Pisces probably has more of a distinct sound - a lot of famous musicians with Mars in Pisces in natal seem slightly similar in their energies: Bono, Annie Lennox, Dido, Phil Collins, Nora Jones, Miles Davis, Josh Grobin.

I agree about event charts with natal! Event charts seem to be a specialized form of transits to me, at least when using them for personal issues vs. mundane matters (weather prediction, etc. - still we might look at the natal of a location).

That cardinal t-square looks really difficult to me offhand!

Olivia wrote:Having a very dignified, unafflicted, conjunct a nice fixed star, MC ruler in 3 in generosity with Jupiter in 10 natally - I'd have to say 'no'. Angular is better, preferably in 10, but even 11 seems to work very nicely.

And in some ways, elections do work a lot like birth charts.

Sorry for the digression into 'in my chart' territory here, it just seemed warranted.