Astrology
1. Precise, accurate, concrete answer
Must ask reasonably precise question about concrete situation
?Will I marry X?? Works!
?What is the meaning of life?? No way! Vague, broad, not concrete question
2. Focused answer
Must ask focused, ie yes/no question,
can?t ask multi-variable question with multi-variable answer
?Should I move to Cedar Rapids?? Works!
?Should I quit my job and move to Rio de Janeiro??
Too many variables, maybe you should quit your job, but shouldn?t move to Rio. Maybe you shouldn?t quit your job, how are we going to pull the correct answer out of the chart?
3. Objective view of situation
can?t necessarily get ?solution? to problem
?Will my ice cream business be a success in Anchorage this winter?? Works as a question, since the answer is likely no.
?How can be elected President of the US?? All you are getting out of this question is no, not a roadmap for your inauguration.
4. Clear view of flow of events
Variation on #3, horary will tell you what is likely to happen not how to make reality conform to your desires
5. Headline question answered
Can?t always get secondary information
What do I mean by headline?
?When will I marry X?? Headline question actually is ?Will I marry X?? positive answer is assumed in the question, but this doesn?t alter the fact that both negative and positive answers are possible to almost any question.
Therefore, timing, physical description, location are typically all secondary information. Maybe they can be answered, maybe not!
- The Reassurance Reading
As horary astrologers doing readings for others and as horary clients, it's useful to recognize what I call the reassurance reading. Probably the most common examples of these are querents asking "When will I get a job?" and what could also be called...
- Considerations Before Judgment?
Horary Textbook and asking me what I thought about them. The Considerations Before Judgment are listed in Lilly's Christian Astrology at pages 121-3. Some contemporary practitioners of traditional astrology have taken to refusing to judge charts...
- Ask A Broad Vague Question, Get A Broad, Vague Answer!
I had a poster ask about astrocartography, a modern astrological technique that claims to be able to map your natal chart to a world map and thus provide good or bad places to live. The poster asked if there were traditional techniques that could do...
- Tips For Professional Astrologers
I had a series of phone calls recently that really brought into sharp focus one of the things that a professional horary astrologer needs to keep in mind, which is that when querents ask a horary question they often do not want an accurate prediction,...
- Considerations Before Judgment: 0 Degrees Rising
On pages 121-3 of Christian Astrology, the most illustrious practitioner of our art, William Lilly, sets forth a list of what he calls "Considerations before Judgment" These are a list of factors, mostly negative, that he states affect the astrologer's...
Astrology
What Can I Get From A Horary Question?
1. Precise, accurate, concrete answer
Must ask reasonably precise question about concrete situation
?Will I marry X?? Works!
?What is the meaning of life?? No way! Vague, broad, not concrete question
2. Focused answer
Must ask focused, ie yes/no question,
can?t ask multi-variable question with multi-variable answer
?Should I move to Cedar Rapids?? Works!
?Should I quit my job and move to Rio de Janeiro??
Too many variables, maybe you should quit your job, but shouldn?t move to Rio. Maybe you shouldn?t quit your job, how are we going to pull the correct answer out of the chart?
3. Objective view of situation
can?t necessarily get ?solution? to problem
?Will my ice cream business be a success in Anchorage this winter?? Works as a question, since the answer is likely no.
?How can be elected President of the US?? All you are getting out of this question is no, not a roadmap for your inauguration.
4. Clear view of flow of events
Variation on #3, horary will tell you what is likely to happen not how to make reality conform to your desires
5. Headline question answered
Can?t always get secondary information
What do I mean by headline?
?When will I marry X?? Headline question actually is ?Will I marry X?? positive answer is assumed in the question, but this doesn?t alter the fact that both negative and positive answers are possible to almost any question.
Therefore, timing, physical description, location are typically all secondary information. Maybe they can be answered, maybe not!
- The Reassurance Reading
As horary astrologers doing readings for others and as horary clients, it's useful to recognize what I call the reassurance reading. Probably the most common examples of these are querents asking "When will I get a job?" and what could also be called...
- Considerations Before Judgment?
Horary Textbook and asking me what I thought about them. The Considerations Before Judgment are listed in Lilly's Christian Astrology at pages 121-3. Some contemporary practitioners of traditional astrology have taken to refusing to judge charts...
- Ask A Broad Vague Question, Get A Broad, Vague Answer!
I had a poster ask about astrocartography, a modern astrological technique that claims to be able to map your natal chart to a world map and thus provide good or bad places to live. The poster asked if there were traditional techniques that could do...
- Tips For Professional Astrologers
I had a series of phone calls recently that really brought into sharp focus one of the things that a professional horary astrologer needs to keep in mind, which is that when querents ask a horary question they often do not want an accurate prediction,...
- Considerations Before Judgment: 0 Degrees Rising
On pages 121-3 of Christian Astrology, the most illustrious practitioner of our art, William Lilly, sets forth a list of what he calls "Considerations before Judgment" These are a list of factors, mostly negative, that he states affect the astrologer's...