Minderwiz, I will address your other points later but here I'd like to note that in the previous charts you read on legal matters, mine and one other person's, you explained the lawyer would be 2nd house
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.
Ronia said:
I had used the 9th but it seemed to be wrong. Here I named my lawyer, I asked will he... name... respond and I am a bit reluctant to use the 9th, I used the 7th. It is not just any lawyer, it is him,by name, one I know personally and well already.
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.
Ronia said:
Saturn cannot be in the 5th, even in whole signs. Mars?
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.
Like you, earlier in the thread, I was thinking of something else when I typed the sign name LOL
Ronia said:
I did bombard him with emails because one of the issues is time sensitive and his behaviour at this point is quite unacceptable, actually. There is also a document that needs to be revised and re-signed by me and this is also to be done now. It is a very odd situation as he has always been extremely quick in getting back to me and always prompt and he is a very good lawyer. It is odd and uncharacteristic. Even more so after I called his office last week and his assistant left him a note and she is also very efficient. I don't know what to think. We argued on something before he stopped communicating but it was a minor issue and I wouldn't even think it professional if he would treat me like that only because I disagreed on something rather small and insignificant for the whole case.
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.
Ronia said:
A written letter is out of the question, believe me. Except if he has chosen to fire me as a client, in which case I should have known already.
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.
Ronia said:
If the chart describes the situation well in whole houses, that would be odd as it should matter that I use Regiomontanus. I mean, the chart I cast should speak truthfully in the house system I use to cast it or it's not to be read, imo.
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.
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.
The nuances are different but both give a description of the situation.
I'll reply to your Libra points separately as I have to go and get dinner ready