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Astrological Law& Order

SIGN DESCRIPTION RULERS

LibraLaws of Nature & good form.

AttorneysVenus (Saturn-Exalted)

ScorpioProbate Courts & laws of

inheritancePluto(& Mars)

SagittariusJurisprudence & philosophy of

lawJupiter

CapricornEnforces law as a cohesive

principle of societySaturn (Mars exalted)

Aquarius Rules the laws of scienceUranus (& Saturn)(Mercury exalted)

Pisces Rules the laws of compassion Neptune (& Jupiter)

Three Branches of Government:

Executive: (The President) House 10. Associated with the Sun

Legislative: (The House/Senate) House 11. Associated with Aquarius (and

secondarily Jupiter)

Judicial: The Supreme Court & the Justices. Jupiter, Libra, Venus

(Saturn=exalted)

General Rulerships:

Judges, the judiciary, judicial system and matters: Jupiter, 9th house, Sagittarius,

and secondarily, Sun, Venus, Libra, 7th house & Saturn.



Juries, jurypeople: 9th house, Jupiter, Venus (secondarily, the 4th house).

Jurisprudence: Jupiter & Saturn.

Judges: Jupiter, Venus, Libra & Saturn.

"Six clauses in the federal Constitution embody the law: Article I, sections 2 and 3; Article II, section

2. The House indicts [11th house], the Senate tries [Jupiter, Sagittarius, Libra, 9th house] and the

Chief Justice of the United States [Jupiter, Libra, Venus & Saturn] presides over the inquiry [house

3/Gemini/"to inquire," which also constitutes the discovery process in law] in case of impeachment of

the president [house 10 & the Sun]. A two-thirds vote of the senators present is required to convict

[Pluto]. Punishment [Saturn/Mars/Pluto] is limited to removal from office (with the acts of the

accused still subject to criminal proceedings in the courts). Impeachable acts are "Treason, [Mars,Pluto, Uranus] Bribery [Neptune, 12th house, Venus], or other high Crimes [12th house] and

Misdemeanors [Pluto]." Grolier's Online Encyclopedia.. Rulerships from Rex Bill's "The RulershipBook."

The Planets In Mundane Astrology

The Sun:

It is the principal planet in any horoscope and represents the "heart of the chart." The Sun sign in amundane chart will indicate the essential character of the state or nation, or an organization. It stands

for supreme authority; the sovereign body; the leader, king, queen or prime minister. The Sunrepresents a political leader of the head of state. [the ascendant for the opening arguments in the

Clinton trial is 26 Taurus, conjunct the fixed star, Caput Algol, which is associated with "beheading"or that which we "lose our minds about." In the case of Clinton, who is the "head of state," CaputAlgol on the Ascendant needs no further explanation]. The Sun shows the myths and images a nation

projects and the way foreigners may view the country.

The United States, with its Sun in Cancer, first rebelled against Capricorn England, andthen selected Capricorn Russia as its principal world enemy. Thus we can see how

global conflicts can be founded on the inability of a Cancer nation to accept itsCapricorn opposite, and vice versa. The United States, with its Sun conjunct Jupiter, is

obsessed with an ideology of 'freedom' and has a constitution based on clearly definedrights, wehreas the chart for Communist Russia [no longer valid] has its Sun in Scorpio,



a position indicating adherence to a rigid State religion and semi-deified national

leaders." Mundane Astrology, Campion, et al., p. 220.

[It is interesting to note that Capricorn/Saturn are strongly focused in the impeachment trial ofClinton. Saturn in Aries opposes Mars in Libra presently, and the Capricorn Sun links up to create a

t-square configuration in the key charts for the process.]

The Moon:

The masses, the public, the common people and the population as a whole. It rules women in thenation, both individually and in terms of a nation's view of women. It is popular opinion, polls, and

mass ideologies.

Mercury:

Communications of all kinds. Methods of communication including railroads, planes, ships, streets,freeways, mail, speech, writing, the internet, email, public transportation, etc. It relates to the

intellectual systems of a nation including education, literature, ideological "movements," schools andtrades. Political speeches, such as the President's State of the Union Address, media events, news

coverage, etc., are all Mercury's domain.

Venus:

Each planet may be seen as representing a function which helps bind the nation into aState . . . The Sun represents allegiance to a common authority and heritage; the Moon

represents the unity of mass opinion; Mercury the necessity of communication; andVenus all those things which make it pleasant for people to stay together. Mundane

Astrology, Campion, et al., Id. at p. 221.

Venus represents the arts, harmony, plays, theatre, peace and also has strong associations with war.Fashion, glamor, artists, the "feminine archetype" of the nation. Also, a nation's resources, banks,

bankers, farmers and farming. (Taurus/earth/Venus).

Mars:

Mars either drives a nation together or drives it apart from internal/external aggression. Mars also

represents a society's need to have enemies as a vehicle for expressing its internal frustrations and

violence. Mars plays a part in riots, acts of terrorism, and anti-social behaviors that result in crimes

of violence. Mars' energy can also impel a society to grow and achieve greater heights. It is theenergetic drive for good or ill which motivates the collective.



Jupiter:

Common values, belief systems, and theology, which is the backbone of religious doctrines practiced

by the people, stand under Jupiter's umbrella. Jurisprudence and the higher laws of metaphysics are

all associated with Jupiter. Social consciousness, political aspirations and/or organized politicalparticipation to better conditions for the collective also stand with Jupiter. Ministers, rabbis, priests,

including New Age philosphers such as Marianne Williamson all resonate to Jupiter's far reaching

and idealistic drive to expand to higher levels. Religion and law throughout history have also

functioned as controls upon the masses. One or the other can just as easily imprison as liberate. KarlMarx said, "Religion is the opiate of the people." Billy Graham says that eternal salvation is found

through accepting Christ as personal Lord and Savior. Both are talking about freedom, yet both see

it through the lens of their cultural mileus. Therefore, Jupiterian contributions to the collective arewired into the grand initiation cycles commencing with Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions. For more on the

Grand Conjunction, see below.

Saturn:

Saturn creates the necessary order, structure, form and functions to mitigate the chaotic factorsinherent in the negotiations of group enterprises. Saturn is associated with institutions representing

the legal system, civil service, and all restraining/restricting forces in society. Saturn is rules,

procedures, and guidelines. Saturn is associated with the administration of justice and has its

affilations with police (law enforcement) and also the regimentation of military life and discipline. Theattitude of a nation toward law, order, taboos, old practices, the old guard in politics, etc., are also

associated with Saturn.

Uranus:

Campion says that Uranus, more than any other planet, "has characteristics derived from itsassociation with mundane affairs." [Note: the January 31, 1999 lunar eclipse: Sun 11 Aquarius,

conjunct Uranus. Moon 11 Leo, conjunct Bill Clinton's Pluto]. Uranus is linked to all revolutions [add

Mars and you have terrorist bombings]; upheavals, strikes, rebellions, and how a society allows itself

to entertain change. Uranus, an outer planet, brings change whether the collective wants it or not.Because the outer planets are associated with forces beyond the individual's control, often times the

outer planets in aspect to a nation's chart nodes indicate "dates with destiny."

"Allow yourself to consider extreme possiblilites." [Maulder to Scully, The X-Files] Uranus alsorules new technology, economic change, political dissidents, wars, terrorists, and radical ideology.

Neptune:



Subversion. Ideals of "the perfect society." Idealistic visions. The New Age. Socialism. Visions.

Dreams and people who "sell" or "promote" dreams. Therefore Neptune can also rule what

beguiles: glamour, films, dance, fashion crazes and also the attendant disillusionment that ariseswhen none of these things succeeds in "fixing" society or the individual. Neptune rules oil,

biochemical agents, scandals, confusion, deception and a society's "blind spot."

Pluto:

Pluto represents everything hidden, covert, secretive and perhaps the "shadow" of the collective.Secret police, organized crime, self-destructive impulses. [the politics of self-destruction, part of what

is critical in the Clinton debacle]. It is associated with collective, psychotic outbreaks, such as the

phenonmenon of Nazi Germany. Pluto is associated with horrific events: Ruwanda and Uganda in the

1970.'s. Pluto is associated with death and rebirth. Just as Pluto transits tend to "erase" our formerlife, with strength, a new form of life is reborn. Pluto then becomes associated with self-healing and

the force of violent healing phases in a society.

The Houses In Mundane Astrology

The First House:

The first house of a nation's chart (in the USA's case, the chart for the Declaration of Independence)

is the most important. The collective is stronger than the individual and is therefore considered to be

fated. National myths, a nation's self-image, characteristics of the populace, and the evolution of anation combine to form the archetypes of the national collective unconscious. From this point of view,

groups are swept along cyclic tides often foreshadowed by eclipses, lunations and ingresses. The

group, bonded to the whole, lacks the self-criticism of the individual. When a nation undergoes

psychic infection, then war, dictatorships, and dissolution of the "state" in favor of a new identitymay occur. Map boundaries shift and change. History is most often written by the conqueror. Not the

conquered.

The Second House:

House 2 represents society's survival. Substance must be generated. Food and materials

representative of a growing economy are vital to a nation's endurance. Banks, all monetary

instruments, wealth, the gross national product and distribution of wealth among the populace are

associated with the second house. Further, what society values, what it holds most dear is found inthe second house. Also, the kind of people a society holds in high esteem are associated with the 2nd

house. The collective's sense of security and of insecurity are often projected upon cultural icons.



Generations' and subgenerations' values clash in house 2. Hence, we find the national "generation

gap."

The Third House:

Communication and trade bind society together fostering cooperation towards the end goal of a

healthy economy. Roads, trains, phones, schools, the US Post Office, newspapers, magazines, TV,

books, the First Amendment right to Free Speech, the internet, computers, a national language, aswell as daily rules of social pleasantries "Have a nice day," all come under the purview of the third

house. In natal astrology, the third house is associated with neighbors, siblings and early schooling.

In Mundane astrology the third house is associated with neighboring countries and perhaps ethnicidentification for those who have emigrated from Canada or Mexico. For the USA, Canada and

Mexico are our "next door neighbors."

The Fourth House:

The 4th house is the land, settlements, the building of stable communities, agriculture, identification

with ethnicity, one's "clan" or "tribe," and is associated with the base of society and its most

cherished traditions. This is the house of the common folk and is also representative of rebellion

against the government (the 4th house is opposite the 10th). It is the house of "nationalism," massideologies -- a love of the land -- and is associated with socialism/the socialist party. The 4th house

rules the harvest of the land -- her crops.

The Fifth House:

This is the house of creativity, of recreation, speculation, the Stock Market, gambling casinos, love

affairs (the social "rules"), as well as theatre, movies, the NFL, the Olympics, parties, and fun. The5th house shows how a nation's people interact according to culture. For example, every country in

the world has its favorite dance steps, music, and idiosyncracies. The cultural "flavor" of a nation is

reflected in stage productions of new/original works by playwrights. The 5th house is also associated

with children and the birth rate. Also to "chic society."

The Sixth House:

The house of service. Workers, the employed classes, also political affilations such as trade unions

(i.e., United Auto Workers), and political parties. The military is associated with the 6th house as is



national defense. Civil servants (Linda Tripp!), public health works such as the CDC and NationalInstitutes on Alcoholism, health workers such as nurse practitioners, and volunteers.

The Seventh House:

International relations with other countries: treaties and alliances, wars, truces, the United Nations

and her members, and designated "enemies" are associated with the 7th house. This is also the

house of "projection." What does a nation project upon its enemies? Often times, as in natal

astrology, what a nation projects is its disowned neurosis or psychosis.

The Eighth House:

International finance, corporations and transnationl corporations are associated with the 8th house.

Foreign investments, death, public mortality, assassinations, death duties of officials, death

arrangements and national mourning reside in the 8th house. It is possible that the 8th house can

bring renewal, regeneration and new resolve to the populace after a time of grieving. The 8th house

is opposite the 2nd, and therefore speaks of the "death of things a nation holds dear."

The Ninth House:

Long distance travel and national and international law are associated with the 9th house. Shipping,

international water routes, maritime law, space travel, religion, belief systems and philosophy also

fall under the purview of the 9th house. Societal taboos, values, mores, the legal system and

transmission of the higher laws of society are reflected through the 3rd house of communication and

education. The highest values of the nation are transmitted (9th/3rd) to the populace through

institutions dedicated to preservation of its cherished beliefs and moral philosopy.

The Tenth House:

The government. The President of the United States. The "ruling class." A nation's prestige. Its

"aristocracy," and the opinon other countries hold of the nation. This is where the national identity

becomes wholly conscious and strives to achieve the most ample portions of the collective dream.

The Eleventh House:



Governmental Institutions: the House and Senate. Also, local governments and those who directlyassist elected officials. This is the house of long-terms dreams and ideals. It represents ambassadors

sent to other nations and the hopes carried to foreign shores. (The 5th house is ambassadors

received from other nations). Aquarian in nature, the 11th house is inclusive, universal and idealistic.

The Twelth House:

Hospitals, monesteries, boarding schools, prisons, jails, mental hospitals, and places where people

are either incarcerated or elect to stay in order to be alone. This is the house of conspiracy,subversion, and of underground societies and secret organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan. The

12th house is also associated with how the people memorialize their dead in cemetaries and

monuments. Occult societies and ashrams also fall under the purview of the 12th house.

USA Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, 2:13:32 AM LMT +5:00:40, Philadelphia, PA, 39N57, 075W10.Ascendant 7 Gemini. And: July 4, 1776l, 5:10 PM LMT+5:13:55, Philadelphia, PA, 39N57, 075W10. Ascendant: 13Sagittarius.

There is an ongoing dispute as to which chart one should use for the Declaration of Independence.

Some favor the Gemini rising chart (Researched by Frederic Van Norstrand and H.V. Herndon).

Others favor the Sagittarius rising chart. (Rectified through research by Dane Rudyhar, "The

Astrology of America's Destiny," New York, Random House, 1974). Experiment with the charts and

perhaps you'll find one you like best. I have worked with both, and have come to the conclusion that

the Gemini Ascendant chart works best.

Ingress Charts

The Sun's movement into the four Cardinal signs each year (Solstices: 0 Cancer and 0

Capricorn/Equinoxes: 0 Aries and 0 Libra), mark important transitions in regards to seasonal

changes and represent the four angles of the natural zodiac. The Sun's entrance into these signssends a "message." A new moment of experience commences. This phenomenon is known as the

Solar Ingresses. Ingresses, in comparison with a nation's natal chart, are often potent in their ability

to foreshadow what a nation can expect to develop over the next three months. That is not to say that

world events start at one Ingress and end three months later. There is overlapping, and events

presaged at one ingress can take years to play out upon the world stage. Ingress chart data and

eclipse data for 2000 are located at Eclipses & Ingresses 2000

Eclipses
http://starcats.com/2000ec.html



For detailed information on eclipses, see Starcats' Eclipses, Starcats' Astrologer's 2000 Resource

Kit, and Eclipses 2000.

Aspects:

1. Conjunction, square, or opposition by transiting major planet(s) (starting from Mars and

working through Pluto) to the eclipse point is usually what triggers the meaning/synthesis of the

eclipse within a national or individual horoscope. Note: the Sun can trigger eclipse synthesisthree months after the date of the eclipse when it squares the eclipse point. The same is true

for planets commencing from Mars and moving through Pluto.

2. Weighting the Strengths: 1. Total eclipse; 2. partial eclipses; 3. annular eclipses.

3. The geographic path of the eclipse seems to define the areas where the most challenge or

hardship will be encountered. Note the path of the eclipses yearly and mark a map or make

notes to remind you of the eclipse paths.

4. If an eclipse occurs in Cardinal signs: the effects manifest quickly and are over just as quickly.

Fixed signs: these eclipses seem to manifest suddenly, violently, and appear to have a

correlation with geophysical upheaval. Mutable signs: vague, hard to discern and changeable.

5. The duration of an eclipse's influence seems to correspond to the number of hours and minutes

an eclipse lasts. A Solar eclipse equates to years. A Lunar eclipse equates to months.

Astrology: Mundane, Astral, Occult, Volume XI, Noel Tyl, 1977, Llewellyn Publications.

The Jupiter Saturn Cycle: The Grand Conjunction

Jupiter-Saturn: "This symbolic fusion of Saturn and Jupiter appears extremely important

in the ways of the world. The two planets are symbols of time and discipline (Saturn) andphilosophy and expansion (Jupiter). They stand for law and order, precepts of

generational leadership, and overall maturity. Barbara Watters points out that the two

principles represented by these planets are direct opposites (the saturnine conservatism

and jupiterian expansiveness, for example), and together achieve a system of checks and

balances whose goal is a golden mean of correct proportion, a middle ground of

normality." Astrology: Mundane, Astral, Occult, Volume XI, Noel Tyl, 1977, Llewellyn Publications.

1. The conjunction of Saturn-Jupiter occurs every 20 years.

2. Since 1842, the conjunctions have occurred in earth signs.

3. Every US president who assumed office with this conjunction has died in office: William Henry

Harrison, Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William Mc Kinley, Warren Harding, Franklin D.

Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy.
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4. When the Saturn-Jupiter conjunction switches to air signs, this is called a Grand Mutation.

"The Grand Mutation symbolically corresponds to enormous changes in the law and order of

man on earth, his administration of the globe, that last for about 240 years until the next

mutation; the internal Great Conjunctions project a symbolism for about twenty years in time

until the next conjunction." (Astrology: Mundane, Astral, Occult, Volume XI, Noel Tyl, 1977, LlewellynPublications).

Here is an example of the GRAND MUTATION EXCEPTION: When Reagan was elected in

1980, you may recall that he was shot by Hinkley in 1981. Reagan survived the wound most

likely because the Saturn-Jupiter conjunction of January 1 through July 24, 1981 (Libra), was aGRAND MUTATION. The box below gives you the data on the presidents and the Jupiter-

Saturn conjunction which led to either a presidential assassination or death in office.

5. The Saturn-Jupiter conjunction of May 22, 2000 occurs at 21 degrees Taurus. What do you

think the next US president's fate will be?

Jupiter-Saturn Conjunctions:

William Henry Harrison, 9th

President of the United States. Died

April 4, 1881 one month after

assuming office from pneumoniacontracted on the campaign trail:

Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction, 1842,

January 25, 1842, 9:43 pm, LMT

+5:08:08, Washington, DC, 38N54

077W02, Asc: 0 Libra. All house

cusps are in Solsticial and

equinoctical degrees. Jupiter-Saturnconjunction: 8 Capricorn.

Abraham Lincoln, 16th President ofthe United States. Assassinated

April 14, 1865 by John Wilkes

Booth.

Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction:

October 29, 1861, 3:34 pm, LMT

+5:08:08, Washington, DC, 38N54077W02, Asc: 0 2 Aries. Jupiter-

Saturn Conjunction 19 Virgo.

James Garfield, 20th President of



James Garfield, 20th President of

the United States. Assassinated in

1881.

Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction: April

18, 1881, 6:12 am, LMT +5:08:08,Washington, DC, 38N54 077W02,

Asc: 0 1 Taurus.

William McKinnley, 25th President

of the United States. Assassinated

September 6, 1901.


November 28, 1901, 6:20 am EST

+5:00, Washington, DC, 38N54077W02, Asc: 25 Scorpio. Jupiter-

Saturn Conjunction 13 Capricorn.

Warren G. Harding, 29th President

of the United States. Died of a heart

attack August, 1923 in San

Francisco, California.


September 9, 1921, 9:12 pm, LMT

+5:08:08, Washington, DC, 38N54077W02, Asc: 25 Taurus, conjunct

the fixed star, Caput Algol. Jupiter-

Saturn Conjunction: 26 Virgo.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd

President of the United States. Died

of stroke on April 12, 1945 at his

retreat home in Warm Springs,

Georgia, shortly after the Yalta

Conference.

Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction, August

7, 1940, 8:00 pm, EST +5:00,

Washington, DC, 38N54, 077W02,

Asc: 4 Pisces. Jupiter-Saturn

Conjunction 14 Taurus.

John F. Kennedy, 35th President of



John F. Kennedy, 35th President of

the United States. Assassinated

November 22, 1963.

Saturn/Jupiter Conjunction:

February 13, 1961, 6:31 pm, EST+5:00, Washington, DC, 38N54

077W02. Asc: 5 Virgo. Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction 24 Capricorn.

Rules For Judgement

Who Will Win the Lawsuit?

1. If the rulers of the first and seventh are afflicted bythe malefic planets, neither party will win.

2. The one whose ruler is more powerful or betteraspected will be the victor.

3. If the ruler of the first applies to the ruler of the

seventh or if the ruler of the first is retrograde, thequerent will be compelled to accept the verdict and

agree to it.

4. If both the rulers are in angles and equally dignified,

neither will submit and both will suffer.

5. If the ruler of the first is badly afflicted, retrograde,via combust or in its detriment or fall, especially if the

ruler of the seventh disposes of the ruler of the first,the adversary will win.

6. If the Moon applies to a benefic aspect of the ruler ofthe seventh or the eighth, and to a malefic aspect ofthe ruler of the first or the eighth; the adversary will

overcome through scheming and evasion.

7. The querent will overcome if:



a. The ruler of the seventh is retrograde, via combustor afflicted in the first;

b. If the Sun or Moon is in the first or aspects theruler of the first;

c. If the Moon applies to a parallel or good aspect of

the ruler of the first and to a bad aspect of the ruler ofthe seventh; and

d. If the ruler of the fourth is in bad aspect to the rulerof the seventh or the eighth.

Wars, Fights, and Lawsuits

1. . . . There is no essential difference between a lawsuitand a battle, and the same rules apply equally to

either, but of course it will be obvious that whereasMars is of prime importance in a fight, Mercury andJupiter will be almost as much so in a lawsuit...

2. The ascendant, its lord and the planets in that housein conjunction or aspect with the lord denote the

challenger, or the person who begins the controversy;and the seventh, its lord, and planets in the seventh or

in conjunction or aspect with the lord denote the otherside.

3. If the person signified by the ascendant is to be

victorious let one of the signs of Saturn, Jupiter orMars be rising. A martial sign is to be preferred, and

in this matter Scorpio is better than Aries. Take careto make the lord of the ascendant dispose of the lord

of the seventh, or be more dignified, fortified, andelevated than that planet. If, however, the sidesignified by the seventh is to be favoured reverse the

above rules. These are the general rules for allcontroversies of any kind, but a number of other

considerations were laid down by the ancients. Thefollowing rules are arranged so as to make the

ascendant the side to be victorious, but if the otherside is to be favored the rules must be reversed.

4. Let the lord of the ascendant be in the ascendant or in

good aspect with its cusp and also with Mars. If the



lord of the ascendant is not in the ascendant he should

be in the tenth, or, failing that, in the eleventh, anddignified. Take care that he is not in the fourth orseventh, for there he is in the power of the other side,

nor in the eighth (which in a fight causes danger ofhealth), nor retrograde, cadent, afflicted, or in

reception with any afflicted or weak planet. Also placethe lord of the seventh (the side to be vanquished) in

the ascendant or second, and applying, preferably bygood aspect, to the lord of the ascendant, for that

denotes a desire to come to terms.

5. Take care to fortify Mars and let him be well placed,dignified, and either lord of the house ruling the

victorious side or in good aspect to the significators ofthat side. Never begin a lawsuit or other controversy

when the Moon is afflicted or weak. Fortify thesecond house and its lord, and lit it be strong anddignified. For in duels, this house indicates the second

of that person denoted by the ascendant; in wars itdenotes the militia, money, and all helpers; and in

lawsuits, the helpers or the help itself. Conversely theeighth denotes these things for the side signified by

the seventh. It is also necessary to fortify the Moon,its dispositor and Mercury, and let them apply to the

significators of the side to be victorious.

6. . . . Moon in Taurus in any aspect to Saturn or Marsis evil for the beginner of any war, quarrel, lawsuit or

fight, and it is also adverse in Virgo or Capricorn. If inGemini or Cancer, the Moon should be in trine to

Mars or aspected by t e benefics, for otherwise she isnot favourable to the beginner. It is best to start whenthe Moon is in good aspect to the benefics, and free

from affliction by the malefics.

7. See that Fortuna is placed in one of the houses

relating to the side to be favoured, namely, theascendant, tenth, second, or eleventh for one party, or

the plaintiff in the lawsuit; and the seventh, tenth,second, or eleventh if the other side, or the defendantin a lawsuit is to win. Place Fortuna free form

affliction, especially by the lords of the opponents'houses, and if possible in good aspect to the benefics.

8. Avoid cardinal sings on the ascendant (or seventh) at



the beginning of any controversy, but if one must rise,let it be Capricorn.

How the Judge [or JURY--CDD]Will Decide the Case

1. If the ruler of the tenth is Uranus or Saturn, he will

either not decide or the case will be moved to anothercourt.

2. If the ruler of the tenth is retrograde, he will not actfairly.

3. If Uranus or Saturn rules the tenth, and Venus, the

Sun, Mercury or the Moon are in any aspect exceptan opposition, the judge will probably set the case for

another calendar date.

If Mars opposes Uranus or Saturn, the judge will have

a bad character, and if the Sun is in square ofopposition to Uranus or Saturn, he may be disgraced.

4. If any planet is in the tenth and not the ruler of the

tenth, undignified, and unaspected to the ruler of thetenth, the parties will not be satisfied.

5. If Gemini, Virgo or Pisces is on the ascendant orseventh house cusp, the case will be moved to anothercourt.

6. If the ruler of the tenth makes a bad aspect to theruler of the first, the judge will decide against the

querent; to the seventh, he will rule against theadversary.

7. Aries, Cancer, Libra or Capricorn on the cusp of theseventh house, the parties may become reconciled bytheir own prudence.

8. The Moon translating light form the ruler of theseventh to the ruler of the first shows that a third

person will bring about a reconciliation. If the rulers ofthe first and seventh make no aspect to each other butboth aspect a heavier planet, the parties will become

reconciled by a third person described by that planet



and the sign in which it is placed. Many times the

judge is the means of reconciliation. Apply the rulesgiven in the hindrance of marriage to see who hindersor reconciles the parties in lawsuits.

When Not To Pass Judgment 4.

1. When the Ascendant is in the first three degrees of asign. It is too soon to give an answer.

2. When the Ascendant is in the last three degrees of asign. It is too late. The outcome has already beendecided. All one can do is watch what happens.

3. When the Moon is void of course. "It will come tonothing."

4. When the Moon or planet representing the querent[the person who asks, or those represented by theAscendant] or the quesited [the matter under

question] is in the via combusta: 15 degrees Libra to15 degrees Scorpio, except for 23-24 Libra, which

conjuncts the lucky fixed stars, Spica and Arcturus.Barbara Watters found the effect to be similar to a

Moon conjunct Uranus aspect. This is where eventstake a sudden, unpredictable turn that is notwelcomed by the querent. The Ascendant falling in the

via combusta can indicate that the querent was quiteupset at the time he/she asked the question.

5. "Rules 1 and 2 are not thought to apply when theAscendant of the . . . chart is within one degree of the

inquirer's progressed Ascendant, or when theAscendant of the . . . chart is within one degree of aconjunction with a radical planet or point of the

querent. Some astrolgoers have extended the latterexception to mean that if the . . . chart's Ascendant is

within one degree of a major aspect wiht a radicalplanet or point, the . . . chart is safe to judge."

Footnotes:



Horary Astrology, by Geraldine Davis, 1970, First Templeof Astrology.

Electional Astrology by Vivian Robson, Samuel Weiser,

Inc., 1972.

Electional Astrology by Vivian Robson, id. at p. 166.

4.Handbook of Horary Astrology, Karen Hamaker-Zondag,Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1993, p. 15.

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