Ronia
In a court case, your lawyer is indeed second house (assuming you take the first). Similarly the other person's lawyer would take the eighth. However out of court, where you are consulting a lawyer for legal advice and representation, he or she is ninth house. They are offering professional services on a matter that may not come to court. Now if your case is underway, that's a different matter and he's second house. But if your case is underway, then his behaviour is beyond 'unacceptable' and into professional negligence.
So what matters here is the situation the lawyer is in. As you are waiting to here from him, rather than him acting for you in court (as far as the question is concerned) , I took his role as that of a professional adviser. If you had asked what will be the outcome of the case, then he's definitely second house.
OK, that's what I assumed, that it mattered if it was about a court case or just counselling, thank you for explaining. We are still at the counselling point except if my ex has begun a court case which I don't know about yet. As far as I know, we are at negotiation point still.
Were you thinking of him as primarily someone you know or as your lawyer. In a question that runs, 'Will my sister, Anna X, do so and so' I take the relationship of sister to override the fact that the person is named and I use the third. Similarly for 'my friend Anna' I would use the eleventh The relationship is clear.
Now in this case if your question was 'will X respond' it's not so obvious. If I'd been taking the question, I would want to know who X was and in what capacity he was acting before I chose the relevant house for the quesited. You of course knew who he was and in what capacity he was acting. Personally, I'd have used the ninth as that is more fitting to his role in the context of the question. However I can see why you went for the seventh.
I definitely asked "Will ... respond by the end of the week". Of course, I know he is my lawyer but he is so close to me in age that I somehow don't really relate to him as some kind of authority. Not that I disrespect him, on the contrary, but he feels kind of homey, friendly even. I don't mind using the 9th, in fact the first time I cast a chart re: all this mess I used the 9th. True, this will make the sextile Venus-Mars disappear but it was a bit wobbly anyways with the Moon approaching first and the Sun squaring at the time of perfection.
Quite right. I did say that in my chart Saturn was in the eighth, but when I was moving on to discuss Saturn's ruler (a possible helper, I did say fifth. I meant Jupiter, Saturn's ruler was in the fifth. Jupiter being a natural significator of the law and being in the house of children.
I'm getting a bit lost here. I thought we were looking at Jupiter as possible mentor for him or advisor (he has an older mentor in the firm, I first met with the older guy but couldn't afford him at all, he is a legend here). However, the older guy is there, why wouldn't mine get an advice from him? He can do that anytime. I mean, this is not a situation where my lawyer is lacking support or advice to prevent him from responding to me...
Like you, earlier in the thread, I was thinking of something else when I typed the sign name LOL
I quite understand. Happens to me all the time! LOL
Yes, that is very odd behaviour, as I said above it's almost verging on professional negligence (or it would be if he now appeared in court without addressing your issues). It's almost as though he was deliberately choosing not to communicate with you - which might possibly explain the late ascendant, because the question was moot. I think you really need a face to face meeting with him and PDQ.
I don't know what to think. I don't want to sound and behave crazy but yes, it seems he is offended by me disagreeing with him and it's quite childish really. I'm trying to calm down. It's pretty clear at this point a response may not come by the end of the day today and very doubtfully he will work on the weekend... I guess the answer of this chart will be no but I'll wait till Sunday to update the thread. I'll have to come up with a strategy for next week. If I should approach the assistant again or e-mail him and be a bit tougher.
I can see that as a risk but he has to communicate with you and provide some reason. An argument over minor matters is not acceptable. He's your employee, at least in terms of the case, his duty is to follow your instructions, unless you put him in a position where he would have to act illegally or unprofessionally. Of course it's his duty to give you the best advice he can, but you can insist that he acts in a particular way or you fire him, not the other way around.
There's definitely something odd going on.
Yes. It is all very odd. I know he is my employee but he may make me fire him if he doesn't communicate or fails to address my issues properly. Unfortunately, he is a very very good lawyer from an excellent firm at a reasonable price and that's not something I can easily get here. I need to find a way to solve this in a manner which will not leave me without his services or expertise or best intentions.
Yes, it should. Using Regiomontanus, it's your significator, Venus that's in the eighth. It does have some essential dignity, ruling the Earth triplicity by day but it's in an ineffective place. You could well argue that describes your situation accurately, as from the information given so far, you appear to be ineffective in getting him to get off his backside and do his job.
Yes, all was well until I disagreed with him. Now I definitely feel powerless.
Saturn is still Peregrine though in an effective house. The dependency on help though still holds. He's in a position to do something (communicate with you) but might not be able to get his act together - he still might need help about the law and Saturn's ruler, Jupiter is still in the house of children.
Yes but what does the help have to do with children? I mean, the help is there for him, the older guy. He only needs to go next door. The matter began with my ex's intentions towards my son but in this particular chart... the 5th and Jupiter as help for my lawyer should mean something else. May be he is in love and absent minded. LOL