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HORARY

ON THE

HOUR

Column by

Laurie Naughtin

LOST OBJECTS

Horary is known as predictive astrology but does not always have to be completely predictive. One can use it for analysing situations as well as investigating what has happened in the past.

The practice of Horary is very effective and the outcome, if one adheres to the rules, is very effective.

Horary astrology is the ability of finding specific answers for specific questions from a chart set for the exact time the question is understood by the astrologer. The place the chart is set for will be where the Astrologer is at the time of the question asked

Horary is a Medieval Latin word pertaining to an hour.

The trick when delineating and working with the Horary chart is to keep things simple. It is after all a quick, effective type of Astrology providing clarity when answering questions.

Lost object questions are quiet common questions, some are simple, and others are not. It is advisable to ask the client for as much detail as possible as this can give us some idea as to what was going on at the time of the loss.

To get a question from the client or querent, like“ Where is my ring?” is a common question for the Horary Astrologer. Some background history is helpful and can save a lot of time. Many a time the querent will tell you where they know they lost it. Nine times out of ten it is not where the querent thinks it may be.

Contrary to popular belief lost property questions are not as easy as they seem. The method is simple, it is interoperating the chart that is challenging. Some are a breeze but others send the astrologers on a merry go round.

A clear understanding of houses and signs are vital for a correct outcome. As an example I have a querent who had lost her watch. I cast the chart and saw that the ruler of the second house, house of our possessions and in this case her watch, was in the seventh house.

Now as the querent asked the question about her watch we do not need to turn the chart. This is a method where you adapt the chart to find the correct rulers of the quesited. Had she asked me where her husband’ s watch was, I would need to look for his possession which will be his second house. This is the second from the seventh, the eight house making its cusp ruler the husbands watch. She asked the question about her watch so we look for Lord two the ruler of the second house. This is where the lost object will be. I could see it was in the seventh house in a mutable sign. When a lost object is in a mutable sign it is normally hidden or in something. The watch was in the husband’ s house, the seventh house as well as in the sign which was mutable.

My answer was simply that your husband has it on his person and it is safe. She called him and he had it in his jacket pocket, she had taken it off the night before to wash the dishes, on his way out to work he saw it lying on the counter so put it in his pocket to keep it safe from the builders working on their home.

William Lilly, the great master of this craft, often spent time looking for missing objects that his

man servant had purposely hidden from him. The answer can be abstract and this practice was essential to hone in on the horary way of thinking.

As an example of how this works I have a lovely example of this demonstrated in this Horary chart for this column.

I was away on an Astrology conference and lost my glasses. So I asked the question for myself, I am the querent.

WHERE ARE MY GLASSES? I printed the chart for the area I was in, the astrologer will always draw up the chart from the area they were in when the question was asked and understood.

I was in Simon’ s Town in the Western Cape and had the glasses with me when I returned to my cottage after a day of talks. I put them down somewhere but just could not remember where. So as I often do when I misplace something I reverted to using my horary skills.

First house is me the querent, my significator is the Moon as the sign on the cusp is Cancer. Now normally the querent will get the ruler of the first house cusp as well as the Moon as significators. I just got the Moon.

Now looking at the Moon can describe the querent, this Moon is angular; below the horizon in a night chart so has accidental power to act. With lost objects if the lights are below the horizon at night that is good testimony for success.

Where are my Glasses?

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