Moon?s aspects to significators

Moon?s aspects to significators are one of the strongest testimonies. Frawley suggests that the kind of aspect does not matter, but it practice it does. In the rank of hierarchy conjunction is the strongest one, and then comes opposition, square and trine with sextile being the weakest one. In majority of cases, the Moon?s applying aspects to the significator should be regarded as a fortification of the significator, except the opposition (unless the significator represents a rank underdog) is always harmful unless reception intervenes. The Moon?s conjunction with the significator usually is the final and conclusive testimony.

Conversely, the Moon?s separation from the significator should be regarded as one of worst afflictions unless the Moon immediately applies to the dispositor of the planet or its exaltation lord or to a planet which is received by the significator (i.e. is placed in strong essential dignities of the significator). However, if the Moon is in fall of the significator or vice versa, her application to the significator is worse than separation.

Judge the same, although the effect is not so strong, if the Moon applies to, or separates from, the dispositor of the significator.

However, a correct judgment always depends on the complex assessment of the condition of the Moon and the significator (follow the rules I have described in chapters 7 and . Always take into consideration from which planet the Moon separates and to which applies, whether there is some translation of collection of light. Consider receptions between the significator, the Moon and the planet to which the Moon is applying.

To sum up, the Moon (strong in the figure and not afflicted) applying to the significator by body or aspect (and it not afflicted) is a reliable testimony for victory (unless there is a huge difference in odds, for this testimony might not be enough for the underdog to win), in case of opposition all depends on the condition of the Moon and the significator, if both are strong and not afflicted and there is no negative reception, opposition shall do its job like a trine to secure a victory.

If the significator is in the fall of the Moon or vice versa, friendly aspects help little but the hard ones (conjunction, square and opposition) tend to harm, unless one of the planets receives the other.

If the Moon applies to a planet placed in the fall of the significator, the latter is harmed, in particular if the application is a conjunction or opposition.

If the Moon separates from one significator and applies to the other, it is a reliable testimony that the other significator will win unless a negative reception intervenes (the other significator is in the fall of the Moon or vice versa). In case if the separation or application is to the dispositor of the significator, the effect is weaker but always worth being taken into account. If the Moon separates from the significator and immediately applies to a heavier planet than the significator to which the significator is joined before other planets, always consider receptions involved. The receiver of the Moon?s and the significator?s disposition must not be in the fall of the significator; if it is, the significator is harmed.

If the Moon applies to a planet placed in strong essential dignities of the significator, it fortifies the significator.

The role of Transsaturnian planets

Transsaturnian planets ? Uranus, Neptune and Pluto act like malefics, Mars and Saturn and add fatality to the chart be it a football chart, other event chart or horary. In general, their hard aspects (conjunction, square and opposition), like as hard aspects of Mars and Saturn, to significator (to a lesser extent the significators dispositor) or its antisca (effect is not so strong if by body or ray to the significator) harms them, and aspects to POF, its antisca or its dispositor and the luminaries, in particular the sect luminary, harms the favourite. As they do not rule signs, they cannot act as a significator and be a dispositor. To evaluate the effect of a Transsaturnian always take into consideration the condition of its dispositor and judge according to the rules I laid out in previous chapters 7 and 8. If the dispositor of the relevant Transsaturnian is also in an evil configuration with the significator or in a bad reception, the malevolent effect will be enhanced (always take into consideration the other roles the dispositor of the Transsaturnian has in the chart). If the dispositor does not regard the Transsaturnian, it becomes wild (feral).

As a rule, the effects from Transsaturnians are strong in angles (the place of nonagesimal) but weak in cadent houses (signs).

In general, a Transsaturnian in any angle or nonagesimal (except Neptune the effect of which is unclear) favours the underdog. However, if a Transsaturnian is well ? fortified in an angle (apply the rules laid out in chapters 7 and and the significator disposes the Transsaturnian, it fortifies the significator. Then its conjunction is a strong fortification, but its partile square and opposition harms less. A partile trine is not as strong as conjunction but moderately fortifies the significator.

The effect of Uranus sometimes produces extraordinary scoreline, whilst Pluto usually denies scoring (and acts like Saturn) if on the MC or the DSC and the significator has dignity in the rising sign (rulership or exaltation). The effect of Neptune is not clear yet (but seems to have no effect at all) in any of angles.

The luminaries (in particular the sect luminary), POF (consider also the dispositor of POF) or the lord of hour partile inconjunction a Transsaturnian favours the underdog. If it is a significator which is partile inconjunction a Transsaturnian, then the significator suffers.

A partile conjunction, square or opposition of Transsaturnian (in particular Pluto) to the Sun favours the underdog but only then if in an angle, and the Sun must rule the hour or dispose POF. The underdog must be a prominent underdog (odds 10: 1 or longer).

Planets? ingresses

In general, a planet in the last degree of a sign is considered to be, to a greater or lesser extent, afflicted.

Always take into consideration if the significator is about to leave or enter a sign where it is essentially fortified (exaltation or house) or debilitated (fall or detriment). If the significator leaves the sign under its rulership or exaltation, then its placement in the last degree of that sign is bad (in particular if it leaves the sign of its exaltation). On the contrary, in the last degree of the sign in which the significator suffers affliction (fall or detriment) it is less afflicted than in the rest of the degrees. In the first degree of the sign in which the significator is afflicted, in particular if it is the fall, the significator is less afflicted than in the rest of degrees, with the exception of the exact fall degree of the relevant planet which in effect equals to the first degree of the relevant sign. Vary the rule, for inferiors, after the ingress in such signs, allow the whole degree (for the Moon even two degrees), for superiors some 15 minutes (for Saturn even less). After that the relevant significator shall be considered to have accustomed to its new position and the strength of effect is not so manifest (and I should judge about its condition according to the mainstream rules I described in chapters 7 and .

If the planet enters into its exaltation (house is not so strong in effect), then it gets a boost. After that it gets accustomed to its position of strength and its zest begins to disappear.

The transit of significator (or its dispositor) through the cursed degrees always has negative influence on the significator. Such degrees are the third degree (2.00 ? 2.59) and the nineteenth (18.00 ? 18.59) of Scorpio and the nineteenth (18.00 ? 18.59) of Libra, which are the fall degrees of the luminaries and in the inconjunction to the Sun?s exaltation degree in Aries. The significator?s antisca falling in a cursed degree also harms the significator (though effect is not as strong as in transit).

POF or its antisca in cursed degrees harms the favourite, likewise if a cursed degree is rising or partile on MC or nonagesimal.

Combustion and Sun?s rays

The Sun in his nature is regarded as a benefic in tradition. The lack of the Sun?s regard in a day chart is one of the worst afflictions and deprives the relevant planet of the king?s benevolence making one to be an outlaw (persona non grata) in their actions, so to say. Whilst regard by the Sun (before judge always consider receptions and other factors which I described in previous chapters) is a token that the king grants his blessings (approval) to act; it per se does not mean that you will definitely succeed in your business (it depends on many factors) but that you are given the green light to act.

As always, the closer to partile is the Sun?s regard, the stronger its effect. His partile opposition is always harmful (and can be considered as one of the worst afflictions); partile square depends on reception involved (if there is a good reception, for instance, the planet is received by the Sun (house or exaltation), it fortifies the planet).

Unlike Jupiter or Venus whose conjunction has a stronger beneficial effect (unless afflicted) on a planet than their trine aspect, the Sun?s conjunction afflicts a planet more than his opposition. Such effect is known as combustion. We will not discuss the philosophy behind it, but will discuss the effects brought about by it.

Being combust is the very worst debility for a planet, and traditionalists consider it worse than being cadent or afflicted by malefics, it ruins a planet completely. We will not discuss the philosophy behind it, but will discuss the effects brought about by it.

Although traditionalists offer wider orbs (which I will not discuss here), based on practice, I offer the following orbs: a planet is afflicted if she 3 degrees from the Sun and is approaching combustion or 2 degrees from the Sun and is leaving combustion. If out of such distance, the effect of combustion is irrelevant.

The effect is not equal if a planet is approaching or leaving combustion - in the first case all difficulties await the planet, in the second case hard time for the planet comes to an end. If one significator is approaching combustion and the other is leaving combustion, the first one is worse afflicted even if it is a few more degrees far from the Sun than the second (for instance, I will consider a planet 4 degrees away from the Sun but approaching combustion worse afflicted than a planet 1.5 degrees away from the Sun but leaving combustion).

Combustion is not equally worse for all planets and the degree of affliction differs if, for instance, Mercury is hastening to its superior conjunction (when direct) with the Sun or if the Moon is approaching combustion (New Moon). The Moon is the one who suffers most from combustion; some consider that it is better for the querent to have the significator combust than the Moon. Practice shows that it is true. Mercury seems not to be suffering very much from combustion (since it has always been near the Sun from the beginning of the world, it must have become tempered to such weather conditions), in particular if it is hastening to the Sun after its second station (when direct after being retrograde).

If an inferior (Mercury or Venus) after its first station, i.e. when retrograde, is hastening to conjunction with the Sun, it is worse than its hastening to the Sun after its second station (when direct).

Combustion, to a greater or lesser extent, deprives a planet of its ability to act to its own liking but leaves it to the mercy of fate (which might not be necessarily unhappy) but does not deprive of its ability to mar the life of others. A combust malefic, although impotent to help itself, afflicts a planet worse than as if it were not combust. For instance, combustion increases the heat of Mars and thus considerably his potential to harm with heat.

In judging the effect of combustion, always consider the condition of the Sun (his essential and accidental dignities ? the place in figure, etc.) and the planet suffering combustion. Consider receptions involved. A planet in its own house or exaltation is more able to bear the hardship than a one in its fall or just peregrine. The relevant planet as a host has certain power over the Sun, and the Sun as a guest must, according to the celestial laws, refrain from harming his host. If the Sun is the significator then such position should be considered as a fortification. If a planet is received by the Sun (i.e. in Aries or Leo), he refrains from harming the guest.

But if the Sun suffers essential debility in the sign he is in, he does not spare even the ruler of the relevant sign. Thus, for Venus it is better to be combust in Taurus than Libra which is the fall of the Sun. In the domiciles and terms of malefics combustion is worse than in domiciles and terms of benefics (however consider receptions which might modify your judgement); in the signs which differ in nature with the Sun combustion is worse than in signs which agree with the Sun?s nature (hot and dry). For instance, combustion in Sagittarius (a hot and dry sign) would not be so negative in effect if the combustion were in Scorpio (a wet and cold sign).

To sum up, there is a difference if a planet is scorched in Libra or Aquarius (where the Sun suffers debility) or in Aries or Leo (where the Sun is dignified).

Scorching should not be necessarily considered as an affliction. If the Sun rules the hour, disposes POF or rules the MC, or is the almuten of the place of nonagesimal, the signficiator?s approaching combustion should be regarded as a fortification rather than an affliction unless the Sun is afflicted as discussed above ? then combustion should be treated as one of the worst afflictions in their common sense.

There is a place, called Cazimi, where a planet is considered to be particularly strong in tradition while being scorched ? some 17 minutes before or after the conjunction with the Sun. Experience shows that it is in fact so although I do not know a plausible explanation why. Morin disagreed because, in his opinion, it contradicts reasoning.

However if the Sun is afflicted, a planet is not much helped by being in Cazimi. Experience shows that a planet is deprived of the beneficial effect of Cazimi if the Sun is in Libra or Aquarius or otherwise afflicted due to the position of his dispositor (the dispositor in its own fall or the fall of the Sun).

Lunar Nodes

The mainstream opinion is that the South Node is a malefic, like Saturn and Mars, and it harms whatever happens to be in contact (conjunction) with it; conversely, the North Node is of the nature of Jupiter and Venus and fortifies a planet which is in contact (conjunction) with it. However, practice shows that the actual impact of the nodes on planets is not so straightforward ? the South Node is bad, but the North Node good.

I have never come across a plausible explanation why a planet is to be considered afflicted (South Node) or fortified (North Node) at the points where the orbit of the Moon crosses ecliptic. What is an astronomical rationale to consider that, for instance, Jupiter is seriously afflicted if he happens to be at the point where the orbit of the Moon crosses to the south of the ecliptic, or Mars fortified if he happens to be at the point where the orbit of the Moon crosses to the north of the ecliptic? I do not know any; and in fact the effect of a planet conjunct a node (with the exception of the luminaries) is weak (neither in an event chart nor horary have I noticed that conjunction with the South Node per se would ruin a significator or, conversely, the one with the North Node would make a significator exceptionally strong or fortunate; at least in my practice it has never been the case).

I would say that superiors are almost immune to contacts with the nodes (unless a superior disposes a luminary, in particular the Moon), inferiors (Venus and Mercury), as planets more liable to influence, are more vulnerable to contacts with the nodes (in particular if it disposes a luminary), although in the hierarchy of testimonies contacts with nodes cannot be listed as most important ones (their own position in the figure (angular, succedent or cadent) and their configuration with their dispositors are by far important).

The luminaries are the ones who are influenced by contacts with the nodes, because near these places they get eclipsed. And it does not matter whether it is the South Node or the North Node; contact with it is always a serious affliction for the relevant luminary. If that luminary is a significator (it is one of the strongest testimonies against the significator), if the luminary disposes POF or rules the hour, then it favours the underdog.

If a significator, the lord of day or hour, or POF or its dispositor or the antisca of any of the abovementioned, is conjunct a node or in its midpoint or in any of the angles (or in the place close to nonagesimal) always check statistics (form and head-to-head), it?s a reliable testimony that the past will reoccur.

Treat POF or its antisca conjunct the North Node as a testimony favouring the favourite, conversely, POF or its antisca conjunct the South Node as a testimony for the underdog.

Via Combusta

Some astrologers tend to impute too much mysticism to the Via Combusta which stretches from the middle of Libra into the middle of Scorpio, though the opinions of the exact ecliptic degrees significantly differ. A planet in the Via Combusta is deemed to be afflicted, the Moon in the Via Combusta is evil and unpredictable, ASC in Via Combusta is bad ? these are only few of the effects imputed to the Via Combusta.

In fact, none of the statements above seems to be true in practice. Only the luminaries suffer from being in the Via Combusta, for it contains the signs and the very degrees of their fall. We can justifiably believe that the Sun is more afflicted in the Libra part of the Via Combusta and the Moon in the Scorpio part of the Via Combusta, but also this is relative. In practice works only the very fall degrees of the luminaries, the nineteenth of Libra and the third of Scorpio. They always portend misfortune for a planet transiting them or casting its antisca to them. If POF, its antisca, or the dispositor of POF, or the lord of hour, or ASC, or MC or the place of the nonagesimal falls in the above degrees, it favours the underdog.

Fixed stars

Fixed stars do have secondary importance in football charts. Only Algol produces observable results, others seem not. Algol is extremely unfortunate and destroys whatever comes in contact with it. Only partile conjunction (27th of Taurus) has an effect. Algol wrecks the significator if conjunct; but if a planet conjunct Algol represents an underdog, do not count it as an affliction but as a fortification. Algol conjunct POF, its antisca, or the dispositor of POF, or the lord of hour, or the sect luminary, rising or culminating favours the underdog.

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