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Basic Astrology

Signs Ascendant Planets Nodes Houses Glyphs Elements Qualities Aspects Systems

Some considerations that should be taken into account in the use of Electional Astrology that also applies to Horary Astrology:

7th House - should not contain Saturn or be its ruler. The seventh house governs those we have relations with in whatever capacity and Saturn is the greater malefic.

Moon in the Via Combusta - last 15 degrees of Libra and first 15 degrees of Scorpio. This is not a good place for the moon to be as it is of strong dignity of both the malefics.

Void of Course Moon - when the moon will make no major aspects before leaving the sign it is in. Its interpretation is that nothing will happen in respect of the question asked. The exceptions to this, which are only applied if the chart generally looks promising, are if the moon is in Cancer or Taurus (its dignity and exaltation and therefore strong) or in Sagittarius or Pisces (the exaltation of the benefics Jupiter and Venus).

The main significators:

The Lord of the Ascendant - ruling planet of the sign on the ascendant/cusp of the 1st house. This planet will be the significator of the querent (the person asking the question).

The Lord of the House - ruling planet of the sign on the cusp of the house which governs the nature of the question asked or the matter to hand. This planet will be the significator of the matter.

Any other planet which naturally represents a particular subject or object.

The Moon - as it shows by its movement the making of aspects to the planets and therefore what is happening or about to happen. The Moon is also co-significator of the querent in horary except when it is on the cusp of the house of the quesited, i.e. Cancer

The Houses govern much the same things as in traditional astrology.

The Signs in horary astrology are ruled by their traditional rulers, using the original seven planets. In Electional astrology the outer planets are included as either unique ruler to a sign or as co-ruler. See Table below.

The sign rulers which differ from the table when the outer planets are used are:

Scorpio - ruled by Pluto

Aquarius - ruled by Uranus

Pisces - ruled by Neptune

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Sign	Traditional Ruler	Sign	Traditional Ruler
Aries	Mars	Libra	Venus
Taurus	Venus	Scorpio	Mars
Gemini	Mercury	Sagittarius	Jupiter
Cancer	Moon	Capricorn	Saturn
Leo	Sun	Aquarius	Saturn
Virgo	Mercury	Pisces	Jupiter

The Planets - are benefic, malefic or neutral. These labels do not apply to the planet representing the querent or the quesited however. The benefics are Jupiter (the greater benefic) and Venus (the lesser benefic). The malefics are Saturn (the Greater Malefic) and Mars (the lesser malefic). The neutral planets are the sun, moon and mercury. The sun is usually neutral but not always.

The Strength of the Planets depends on whether they are in or have:

Essential Dignities - See Table below

Dignity - a planet in the sign that it rules

Exaltation - a planet in the sign where it is strong - this can act like an exaggeration

Detriment - a planet in the sign that is opposite to the one it rules

Fall - a planet in the sign that is opposite its exaltation

Planet	Dignity	Exaltation	Detriment	Fall
Sun	Leo	Aries	Aquarius	Libra
Moon	Cancer	Taurus	Capricorn	Scorpio
Mercury	Gemini/Virgo	Virgo	Sagittarius	Pisces
Venus	Taurus/Libra	Pisces	Aries	Virgo
Mars	Aries/Scorpio	Capricorn	Libra	Cancer
Jupiter	Sagittarius/Pisces	Cancer	Gemini	Capricorn
Saturn	Capricorn/Aquarius	Libra	Cancer	Aries

Terms - See Table below - five unequal portions within a sign, each portion being ruled by a different planet

Sign	Terms (Planets between degrees)
Aries	0 Jupiter 6 Venus 14 Mercury 21 Mars 26 Saturn 30
Taurus	0 Venus 8 Mercury 15 Jupiter 22 Saturn 26 Mars 30
Gemini	0 Mercury 7 Jupiter 14 Venus 21 Saturn 25 Mars 30
Cancer	0 Mars 6 Jupiter 13 Mercury 20 Venus 27 Saturn 30
Leo	0 Saturn 6 Mercury 13 Venus 19 Jupiter 25 Mars 30
Virgo	0 Mercury 7 Venus 13 Jupiter 18 Saturn 24 Mars 30
Libra	0 Saturn 6 Venus 11 Jupiter 19 Mercury 24 Mars 30
Scorpio	0 Mars 6 Jupiter 14 Venus 21 Mercury 27 Saturn 30
Sagittarius	0 Jupiter 8 Venus 14 Mercury 19 Saturn 25 Mars 30
Capricorn	0 Venus 6 Mercury 12 Jupiter 19 Jupiter 25 Saturn 30
Aquarius	0 Saturn 6 Mercury 12 Venus 20 Jupiter 25 Mars 30
Pisces	0 Venus 8 Jupiter 14 Mercury 20 Mars 26 Saturn 30

Face - See Table below - a planet being in the decan in which it is strong of a sign. Each sign is divided into three faces or decans of ten degrees. This is the weakest of all the dignities

Degrees:	00-09	10-19	20-29	Degrees:	00-09	10-19	20-29
Aries	Mars	Sun	Venus	Libra	Moon	Saturn	Jupiter
Taurus	Mercury	Moon	Saturn	Scorpio	Mars	Sun	Venus
Gemini	Jupiter	Mars	Sun	Sagittarius	Mercury	Moon	Saturn
Cancer	Venus	Mercury	Moon	Capricorn	Jupiter	Mars	Sun
Leo	Saturn	Jupiter	Mars	Aquarius	Venus	Mercury	Moon
Virgo	Sun	Venus	Mercury	Pisces	Saturn	Jupiter	Mars

Accidental Dignity - a planet strengthened by house placement or by aspect to a benefic (Jupiter or Venus) or conjunct a benefic fixed star, or cazimi.

Accidental Debility - a planet weakened by house placement or by aspect to a malefic (Saturn or Mars) or conjunct a malefic fixed star, or combust or under the sunbeams.

Other factors concerning the strength of the Planets:

Retrograde - the apparent backward motion of a planet as seen from the earth, therefore weakening the planet

Peregrine - a planet without any essential dignity, wandering aimlessly around and very weak

Cazimi - a planet within 17 minutes of conjunction to the sun, "in the heart of the sun". This position is one of strength

Combust - a planet too close to the sun, within the usual orb of 8 degrees or less, so as to burn up in the heat and is therefore seriously weakened

Under the Sunbeams - a planet in the same sign as the sun and within 17 degrees of it. This makes the planet slightly weakened.

Mutual Reception - is when one planet occupies the sign of dignity of another and the planet whose dignity it is occupies the sign of dignity of the former planet. E.g. Mars being in Libra and Venus being in Aries - they are each in the other's dignity. This is very favourable, as there is a mutual interest in the other, but must also be taken in the context of the planets involved.

Translation of Light - a fast moving planet separating in aspect from one planet to apply to another planet, (like a lighting technician having just shone the spotlight on one actor and now moving it to shine it on the next.). Two planets that may not have been in aspect to one another or were separating from aspect, being brought together by a third party.

Triplicities and their Rulers

Element	Day	Night
Fire: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius	Sun	Jupiter
Earth: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn	Venus	Moon
Air: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius	Saturn	Mercury
Water: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces	Mars	Mars

Aspects

Applying Aspects - are the best as they show what is about to happen

Separating Aspects - show what has already happened

Antiscion - the shadow of a planet. Antiscia are also known as solstice points. Antiscia are arrived at by reflection of the axis of the solstices, which is a line from 0 degrees Cancer to 0 degrees Capricorn. The antiscion of a planet is regarded as if it is actually placed there. The opposition to this placing is known as the contrantiscion. Antiscia are used not only for planets, but for house cusps and Arabic Parts too. The degree of orb allowed is tight being just one to one and a half degrees at most. As an example, by reflection, a planet posited at 5 degrees Aries will have its antiscion at 25 degrees Virgo.

Sign	Antiscion Sign	Sign	Antiscion Sign
Aries	Virgo	Libra	Pisces
Taurus	Leo	Scorpio	Aquarius
Gemini	Cancer	Sagittarius	Capricorn
Cancer	Gemini	Capricorn	Sagittarius
Leo	Taurus	Aquarius	Scorpio
Virgo	Aries	Pisces	Libra

While not all the above are traditionally applied to Electional Astrology, they are nevertheless useful to know or to use as additional techniques.