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I've been reading up (online, no books yet) on electional astrology, and decided to make an electional chart for a 'magic' ritual evoking the assistance of Mercury (who is the ruler of my chart, I use Sidereal charts, with the Fagan Bradley ayanamsha) and possibly making a talisman.
After some going back and forth with my ancient version of Solar Fire, I came up with a time.
Then I had the idea of asking my friend, who is learning horary, first from Anthony Louis, now working through Lilly, a related question "Will this experiment be successful?"
the chart details and analyses (strictly amateur) are as follows
Me: find a good time to do a Mercurian evocation ritual/act of worship of an appropriate diety and make a planetary talisman.
Place: Bangalore, India , 12 N 59, 77 E 35
Time I came up with: Wednesday, October 05, 05:10 hours IST (24 hour format) for start of ritual
Zodiac: Sidereal, Fagan/Bradley
House System: Placidus
Chart analysis (this is all strictly amateur, please feel free to rip to shreds, I have no ego involved in this and glad to learn anything from anyone)
Mercury rising, exactly on the ascendant, in Virgo, so in domicile and exalted.
Jupiter in the 1st. In detriment, but seems to be a good situation since Lord of Domicile Mercury is strong.
Mercury rules 1st and 10th. Jupiter rules 4th and 7th (and in the 1st). So all angles seem to be ruled by benefics.
Moon almost conjunct Venus, not void of course, but is waning, so maybe not so good.
Lord of the 9th (house of religious ritual) is in its own house conjunct the Moon.
Sun is peregrine, not so good. Adding the planets Uranus through Pluto gives us some nasty aspects. Uranus loose square Pluto for example. Not sure if these are relevant.
Overall looks like a decent chart for a Mercury ritual.
Lesson learned:
1. It is impossible to get all factors to be optimal. I think in practice, astrologers make two or three major factors work and then go with what results. I haven't read any books on electional astrology yet, but will soon.
2. I wonder if the electional chart shouldn't also 'sync' with the natal chart of the ritualist. By Morinian logic, this would be a prime consideration. This chart is 'universal' in the Morinian sense in that it assumes a ' good moment' via the configuration of planets in the sky is good for everyone on Earth. Hmm. Confused.
My friends horary response to the question: "Will this ritual/expeiment be successful?"
Chart Details:
Place: Bangalore, India
Time of clarification of question, so he understood my intended meaning: Monday, October 03, 23:08 IST
Zodiac: Tropical
House System: Placidus
Chart analysis (amateur, as above, feel free to correct mercilessly)
"The querent is signified by Moon (Cancer rising). The question may be premature, but Moon is the Lord of Cancer, the ascendant of the Querent's (Tropical) natal chart. So I'll move on nonetheless.
The question is about the success of a religious ritual. I'd placed this in the 9th house (Aquarius)
The question is signified by Saturn and Neptune (present in the 9th house).
The seventh house contains Mars at 4° Capricorn. This is exalted, represents the astrologer. (I have Mars conjunct the 1st house in my natal chart, so this matches)
Capricorn in the 7th house cusp (00°), and Pluto in the 7th (14° Capricorn) can indicate a
restriction placed on the astrologer per Anthony Louis. Caveat Emptor
Moon is not void of course, and therefore capable of performing. The Moon is in the Via Combusta.
This is not a major factor provided other things look good.
There is no aspect between Moon and Saturn. There is a a Trine between Neptune and Moon, indicating that the ritual will succeed.
Moon will conjunct a benefic Venus in < 2°. This is also indicative of success. The time frame is ~1 day.
The fourth house of the question is the 12th of the chart. Part of fortune is conjunct this house.
This seems to confirm the judgement. "
I don't know how to insert charts into my posts, but if the above details aren't enough, I'll make an attempt.
As I said above, both attempts are by obvious amateurs, and not sophisticated or effortless analyses like the ones delineated by expert astrologers like Minderwiz and dadnsook!
Any feedback, no matter how minor, appreciated.
Thanks in advance
After some going back and forth with my ancient version of Solar Fire, I came up with a time.
Then I had the idea of asking my friend, who is learning horary, first from Anthony Louis, now working through Lilly, a related question "Will this experiment be successful?"
the chart details and analyses (strictly amateur) are as follows
Me: find a good time to do a Mercurian evocation ritual/act of worship of an appropriate diety and make a planetary talisman.
Place: Bangalore, India , 12 N 59, 77 E 35
Time I came up with: Wednesday, October 05, 05:10 hours IST (24 hour format) for start of ritual
Zodiac: Sidereal, Fagan/Bradley
House System: Placidus
Chart analysis (this is all strictly amateur, please feel free to rip to shreds, I have no ego involved in this and glad to learn anything from anyone)
Mercury rising, exactly on the ascendant, in Virgo, so in domicile and exalted.
Jupiter in the 1st. In detriment, but seems to be a good situation since Lord of Domicile Mercury is strong.
Mercury rules 1st and 10th. Jupiter rules 4th and 7th (and in the 1st). So all angles seem to be ruled by benefics.
Moon almost conjunct Venus, not void of course, but is waning, so maybe not so good.
Lord of the 9th (house of religious ritual) is in its own house conjunct the Moon.
Sun is peregrine, not so good. Adding the planets Uranus through Pluto gives us some nasty aspects. Uranus loose square Pluto for example. Not sure if these are relevant.
Overall looks like a decent chart for a Mercury ritual.
Lesson learned:
1. It is impossible to get all factors to be optimal. I think in practice, astrologers make two or three major factors work and then go with what results. I haven't read any books on electional astrology yet, but will soon.
2. I wonder if the electional chart shouldn't also 'sync' with the natal chart of the ritualist. By Morinian logic, this would be a prime consideration. This chart is 'universal' in the Morinian sense in that it assumes a ' good moment' via the configuration of planets in the sky is good for everyone on Earth. Hmm. Confused.
My friends horary response to the question: "Will this ritual/expeiment be successful?"
Chart Details:
Place: Bangalore, India
Time of clarification of question, so he understood my intended meaning: Monday, October 03, 23:08 IST
Zodiac: Tropical
House System: Placidus
Chart analysis (amateur, as above, feel free to correct mercilessly)
"The querent is signified by Moon (Cancer rising). The question may be premature, but Moon is the Lord of Cancer, the ascendant of the Querent's (Tropical) natal chart. So I'll move on nonetheless.
The question is about the success of a religious ritual. I'd placed this in the 9th house (Aquarius)
The question is signified by Saturn and Neptune (present in the 9th house).
The seventh house contains Mars at 4° Capricorn. This is exalted, represents the astrologer. (I have Mars conjunct the 1st house in my natal chart, so this matches)
Capricorn in the 7th house cusp (00°), and Pluto in the 7th (14° Capricorn) can indicate a
restriction placed on the astrologer per Anthony Louis. Caveat Emptor
Moon is not void of course, and therefore capable of performing. The Moon is in the Via Combusta.
This is not a major factor provided other things look good.
There is no aspect between Moon and Saturn. There is a a Trine between Neptune and Moon, indicating that the ritual will succeed.
Moon will conjunct a benefic Venus in < 2°. This is also indicative of success. The time frame is ~1 day.
The fourth house of the question is the 12th of the chart. Part of fortune is conjunct this house.
This seems to confirm the judgement. "
I don't know how to insert charts into my posts, but if the above details aren't enough, I'll make an attempt.
As I said above, both attempts are by obvious amateurs, and not sophisticated or effortless analyses like the ones delineated by expert astrologers like Minderwiz and dadnsook!
Any feedback, no matter how minor, appreciated.
Thanks in advance