I agree with using reg. system but only because the sources that I am trying to learn from are using them as well. Perhaps I will change when I have some better knowledge and understanding.

Now I am still left with a few questions and confusions regarding lost pets. Although I turned to all for help, I'm sure that this will not be the last time the question will come up.
1) Would it have been more wise to use the "event" chart of time when she went missing or the horary chart used days later after I exhausted my search?
2) Does the "lost pet" horary follow the same guidlines as a lost 'object' only replacing the 2nd house issues with the 6th house issues? This makes sence but I may be missing something?

Hi Borealis,

I'm glad to hear that your dog was safe. In this case I would have used the horary chart rather than the event chart. The chart may not have been as clear had you asked the question the minute you realised the dog was missing but, by the time you asked, you had exhausted all possibilities and you were desperate for some information. It is these situations that often make the clearest charts.

In the case of how to delineate the chart, Lilly has a good section in Christian Astrology that starts on about page 320 on lost or stolen things. He includes animals in this section, showing how to determine whether they are dead or alive, which direction they headed or whether they are in the pound. It is similar to determining the place of lost objects, which he also talks about in this section. If you don't have a copy, there are electronic versions available. There is a list of online texts of various books, including CA, on this site at http://www.skyscript.co.uk/texts.html

Oh Sue! Thank you so very much for this link. This is exactly what I need. My resources are very limited and I feel like I'm just getting little bits and parts all over the place.

You have truely answered the "root" of this question. Thanks:)

Sue wrote:Hi Borealis,

I'm glad to hear that your dog was safe. In this case I would have used the horary chart rather than the event chart. The chart may not have been as clear had you asked the question the minute you realised the dog was missing but, by the time you asked, you had exhausted all possibilities and you were desperate for some information. It is these situations that often make the clearest charts.

I agree with this. Recently I did a pet horary (about a missing cat) where I had both the horary chart and the event chart (the pet owner was able to give me pretty much the exact time the pet disappeared).

I found the event chart pretty useless, I couldn't see any clear themes in it - it just didn't "speak" to me....whereas the horary was very clear.

However, I have found event charts very useful for analysing court cases and accidents. Perhaps they lend themselves to certain types of occurences and not others?

I also definitely support the use of horary rather than events in these cases
The problem with event charts in the case of missing objects/pets are that there are two events
- when the object itself went to its current location, at which point it wasn't "missed" but which determines the outcome for the object
- the time of discovery of the loss, which determines the experience of the owner.

As the owner is unlikely to be able to determine the first of these times, a horary chart works better as it focusses on the location/chance of recovery (by specifically asking about it) rather than the "missing/loss" experience.