6956746 five pillars of fate fortune and destiny in astrology

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Antoine Garth, astrologer presents:

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE HOW THIS STARTS : THREE FATBLOWS TO THE MODERN HEAD

The study of fortune and destiny in the chart has been recovered fromthe works of Vettius Valens. In this study we consult the second century astrologer to return to an astrology not known since his time.

This will force three major traumas upon us as astrologers:

Hard Hit #1First, we are working within a deterministic system wherein we are seeking to be privy to the inscrutable workings of Fate. At first blush wemodern thinkers may protest such a domination of symbol over lifestyle, and may wish to reject this idea as insufficiently allowing us to

properly assign "Free Will" to our ego nature. Ironically, this system is useful for also pointing out how the Ego can prevent a morefortunate fate from occurring. In other words, the system of these five additional, calculated "lots" creates an astrological universe of itsown. It reveals a hidden aspect of the chart, our own role in it, and what indicators we must follow in order to fulfill our destiny. Findingthis spot can be the "Aha!" moment for clients as well. But we must first subject our modern astrological stance to three traumas in order tofully comprehend this perspective.

The modern astrologers' problem with determinism revolves around adding man and his ability to choose into the cosmic equation, whichincludes unforeseen events and their impact. All of the twists and turns in the story of life are either predetermined or up for grabs. I sayfate and free-will can peacefully coexist, but we must also equal in the Law of Karma. Karma, the sanskrit word for action, not onlyincludes the grand and all encompassing but also the mundane and every day. By understanding primarily that the planets are theinstruments of fate, the astrologer can witness and make known each native's karmic "lot" or portion.

The Lot of Fortune is the first key to revealing the native's hidden universe of apportionment, or, more simply stated, the native's lot in life.

Hard Hit #2The second trauma is to our charts (etched forever in our brains as "My chart!") is the trauma of disfigurement when (for example) our 10th

house stellium becomes a 9th house stellium due to the positional adjustments that happen when using a whole sign chart.

Where once our identities were perfectly secure in the comfort of our personal mandala, we are now forced to adjust to a new whole signformat that initially makes no sense to those of us who know what we know about astrology. We will use no house cusps, no degrees andwill usually only speak of aspects in relation to the planets that rule the 6 places. There are many discrepancies that show up as a result of forcing ourselves to view this most familiar of all the charts (ours) through the lens of the second century astrologer. The benefit of allowingthe Deterministic View and the Whole Sign House System to permeate our learning will be to provide us with our Bearings: the True Northof any chart. We may find hidden talents or indicators which, by following them, eventually or actually produce the events of Destiny. Wemay find our previous feeling of purpose not related to our Fortune. In the chart, a hidden point may in fact be well-configured, butbecause it is hidden from view, it is not discussed: it has become Unconscious. Thus we have a duty as astrologers to live our ownDestinies, and show clients how it is done.

Hard Hit #3Lastly, because we are losing reference to the exact degrees and working exclusively with whole signs, we must move out of the roundwheel, to become comfortable with the square East Indian chart.

The Five Pillars of Destiny: 1. Your Place of BASISThis approach as represented by Vettius Valens leads us, initially, to various charts in search of money, fame, position and power.However, the attainment of these things is just the beginning. The "one-hit-wonder" in the music industry usually has to wait at least 20years for the retro movement to provide him with royalty checks again; 20 years he may not live to see. Of vital importance is the ability to"stay at the top" and sustain fortune via good mental and physical health and a solid financial foundation. For example, compare the howor why someone like Judy Garland, who attained the very pinnacle of fame, became financially destitute and drug-addled, dying asqualid, premature death, while someone else, like Mae West, also attained the pinnacle of fame yet sailed unharmed by self-destructioninto her autumn and winter years as one of the richest women in America, resting on her laurels and ending her life contentedly at age 89.

The Lot of Basis represents the native's ability to produce and/or sustain the apportionment of fortune allotted to the native. It is also themain motivational foundation of the Lot of Spirit, and thus is the basis on which the native chooses his/her path of action. Spirit and Basis




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must always be used in conjunction. By observing the intersection of these two pillars we can get a very clear picture of why Judy Garland'sactions in relation to her career were led by self destruction and Mae West's by self preservation.

How long can fortune hold?

Many a millionaire made by the lottery have also lost their fortunes and returned to or worsened their previous situation. Bonatti describedThe Place of Basis as "the fiduciae ascendantae," meaning roughly "the faith in or confidence of the ascendant."By naming it so, it begs the

important question: How much faith can one have in fortune? Any gambler will tell you, "None." How solid is the (emotional, physical or financial) vehicle? Does anything threaten the well-being of the Vehicle from within or without? On what BASIS shall the native choose apath of action to success? The Place of Basis may be illusive, establishing whether or not the native can hold up under the full weight of his fate.

In the chart of Elizabeth II, the lot of Basis is in Gemini in the 6th place of servants and servitude. The ruler, Mercury is in the 4th house of ancestral bearing. Her ancestral heritage being the Basis of her position in life makes Elizabeth II a servant to the Crown and to her ancestral obligation. (see p. 10)

Mae West had a long, circuitous journey to "American Icon" status. She experienced equivocal success as a Vaudevillian of the "low andraunchy" type and in Broadway during the 1910s. In the '20s West's fortune started changing for the better shortly after she began writingand starring in her own material, which led to scandal, notoriety and fame on the Broadway stage. (chart on p. 8)

The Lot of Basis occupies the sign of Virgo in the 5th place of "Good Fortune" with Mercury present. Mercury rules the tongue andMercury is with Saturn a cold, dry planet in Virgo a cold dry sign, indicative of her dry, understated delivery and deliberate languor in her movement, in contrast to the other players.

Paulus Alexandrinas says of the Place of Basis, "It is like Breath. It is a contributing cause to one's ALL, it has governance over the Entirety."

Note that Paulus Alexandrinus uses the word "governance." Using this logic it becomes clear that Basis contributes to and governs all thatmotivates decision,speech and action.

The Five Places of Destiny: 2. Place of EXALTATIONThe exaltation indicates the level at which the native operates in society. This place and the position of its ruler are the primary indicatorsof fame and exalted status in the chart. When auspiciously placed it indicates an important life, an historic figure or a household name.

The effectiveness of the place of Exaltation relies on the position of its ruler. The place of Exaltation can describe the area of life that willexalt the native, but the ruler of the Exaltation must be well placed to reap the full benefits of notability and high status. If the ruler is notwell positioned, the full potency indicated by the place of Exaltation is prevented.

Since it is used specifically to delineate status, the Exaltation will not be used as extensively as the other 4 pillars within this system. Whenthe ruler of the exaltation is placed in such a way to indicate prominence, then the qualities and signs of that planet apply and can be

incorporated into the delineation of the chart, When the ruler does not indicate prominence, the place of exaltation and any planets on itwill indicate the area of life that exalts the native as per the status determined by the ruler.

The Place of Exaltation is also an indicator of the native's inherent talents.

The Five Places of Destiny: 3. Place of ACQUISITIONThis place, the 11th whole sign from the lot of Fortune, represents financial and material acquisition. It indicates what we gain through our actions and the measure of it. Planets in this place can indicate the nature of the substance acquired. Thus, an exalted Venus in the placeof acquisition could indicate fine jewels, a world class art collection and the most expensive haute-couture, Saturn in Capricorn couldrepresent vast land-holdings, Mercury in Virgo, rare and expensive documents and books. Planets in the Acquisition can also indicate howwe acquire our booty: Mars through robbery or sports, Saturn through government, farming or the corporate culture, Jupiter through lawor by nature of one's spiritual gifts, such as indian gurus who are supported by their disciples.

In Vedic Astrology, the 11th house has been the indicator of gain for the last three millennia, showing an important linkage of housemeaning between the Vedic Tradition and the early Hellenistic tradition. The 11th house is called Upachaya (Sanskrit -meaning "growing").Upachaya houses grow and improve with time.

The natal 11th has historically been considered one of the most fortunate houses of the chart. Some in the Hellenistic era even consideredit better than the tenth house, as planets inhabiting this pinnacle represented by the midheaven can only progress in one direction viadiurnal motion: Down.The Vedic tradition makes a distinction between the 2nd house, representing our "moveable assets" and belongings, or that which we own(excepting land or homes, which are immoveable assets). The 11th house represents "how we gain what we have and how much of it willbe gained."

The place of Acquisition is specifically related to this concept of gain whereas the radical 11th is called "Good Spirit", confirming thehighly positive nature of this house. Valens makes a very specific distinction between the "accumulating pile of goods" represented by the




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Acquisition and "the spirit of beneficial patronage" that is represented by the "Good Spirit". Of course, the role played by a benevolentpatron or "guardian angel" can be a contributing factor to personal and material gain.

Just think of Cinderella and her Fairy GodMother.

The Five Places of Destiny: 4. LOT of FORTUNEThe Lot of Fortune is the gateway to this system of delineation. Fortune operates as an ascendant, becoming the "new east" and providing

an invisible second chart, placed upon the first, having all the houses related to it, as if it were a new chart. All of the angular, succedentand cadent houses from the Lot of Fortune have the same potency and meaning as their radical counterparts.

From Valens: "In another manner, when you have come to know the place allotted for Fortune, also consider the squares to it and theremaining figures to be, as it were, upon the genethlialogical pivot points. That is, the Lot itself will possess the power of the Horoskopos(Ascendant), that of life; the tenth zoidion(zodiac sign) from this, the power of the Midheaven, that of reputation; the 7th, the power of theDescendant; the 4th, of the subterraneous zoidion, and the remaining places will possess the power of the 12 regions. For some havemystically established the universal Horoskopos and its squares to be the cosmic pivot points, but the Lot and its squares to be thegenethlialogical pivot points."

Genethlialogy is defined by Nicholas Devore in his Encyclopedia of Astrology as "that department of Astrology which deals with the birth of individuals whereby one forms a judgment of the characteristics of a person from a map of the heavens cast for his given birth moment."

Valens clearly believed that delineation derived from the Lot of Fortune (as the ascendant) more relevant than the radical ascendant tojudge the characteristics of a person. Fortune, like the Horoskopos (ascendant), represents our physical body, health and inclination. Italso points to the kind of work we do.

The Five Places of Destiny: 5. LOT of SPIRITSpirit is the animating and directive force behind existence. If the Lot of Fortune, by virtue of its correspondence with the ascendant, can beused to represent the body, then the Lot of Spirit would represent the directive and animating force inhabiting that body. Since Fortunealso connotes unforeseen accidents (events) that affect our well-being, whether for ill or good, then Spirit can be seen as the actor of thecosmic drama who must adjust to the circumstances thrown at him by the fates.

The Lot of Spirit and its ruler represents the vitality and passion (or lack thereof) with which the native acts upon the world.

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LOTS & PLACES SIGN RULER

Lot of Fortune

MLot of Spirit

&Place of

Basis

)Place of

Acquisition

,Place of

Exaltation

Place of previous

new or full moon




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UAC Lecture: Antoine Garth

This line of thinking originates from Robert Schmidt’s article, Facets of Fate, which along withthe work by Vettius Valens, informs my work.

I came to astrology in 1992, having held a long interest in oracles. I have been reading tarotsince 1989, and have studied with an author of tarot books (Eileen Connoly).

In 1996 out of a conversation with a fellow astrologer also fascinated by classical astrology, Icame to discover the work of second century astrologer Vettius Valens, entitled “The Anthology.”

I’ve always been attracted to Vedic astrology, where you are introduced to whole sign systems.This second century signs-based view has sharpened my own: It was with the whole-sign systemthat some unusual hidden patterns emerged, and I discovered that these concepts really worked,having applied them to many charts. This forgotten style of astrology produced a far morevisceral connection between the symbol and the narrative of every client: It is written.

The second century world view of the ancient Greek practitioner was based upon the concept offate. In this study, we hone the tools used at that time to find the indicators of fate andfortune. The ancient astrologer was interested in gleaning out a fate, a path upon which aperson’s life narrative would unfold. He was paid by kings to discover what had the three Moiraehad allotted to their little prince, therefore making this practice balance on a concept ofallotment.

We also deal with the Five Pillars, locations or places that have great importance in discussingfate and fortune. Armed with the Lots and Pillars of the ancients we also enter a challengingshift in the view of houses, one which places even our precious own charts into a jeopardy untilwe locate the fate lines of our own narrative and there discover: It is written.

CAN WE USE THIS TECHNIQUE TO FIND FAME?Modern astrological practice has been based complex techniques but with Valens we find instead asimpler, perhaps more “rude” (for their dramatic departure from complexity) tools or techniquesthat do reveal such narratives as if they were written.

There an actual and palpable connect when seeking a young woman’s question, ”When will I marry?”we can make a postulate or draw a relationship, even arrive at certain timing of such a matterin her life; and it can be given quickly. So much so, that we can “take it to the bank” and awedding date can be set far into the future where the bride finally appears in the chart. We cangive hope to our clients.

Early astrologers were powerful and made history. They had the status of“seconds” to powerful people. What was their secret? The later astrologers,

Lilly, Al Kindi, Nostradamus? *Dropped the infallible aphorisms of earliertimes, forgetting how to find fate and fortune in a person’s chart. Thank thegods But Vettius Valens wrote it down.. The first and second centuryastrologers had the secret of the fates, how to find fortune, and how tounderstand lesser fortune and even the evil mess we make of life sometimes.Vettius Valens, like others of his era, confidently predicted fame, fortune andriches. Now, a modern astrologer may attempt and succeed using his technique.Indeed, “It is written.”

THE FATES: The Three MoiraeHellenistic astrology is ruled by a concept of fate, Moira is the term for thegoddess that was originally one goddess of fate and which later became thethree Moirae, the three fates. We can define fate as a cosmic principle of“binding apportionment.”

Moira and fate are the cosmic principles of binding apportionment.

Within the word apportionment there’s “portion,” and binding is the concept of

bound, or committed by, as you are bound to it: it is something you have tocarry with you, a portion you must carry, like a contractual agreement thatcarry in a particular amount. There seemed to be two types of charts: charts that have a destinyand charts that pursue a fortune. The president’s chart has a destiny, his chart is not that ofa “fortune pursuer.”

You and I pursue fortunes. We all have a destiny as well, but destiny is not what defines ourlives. Certainly in the public realm, or over large amounts of people. I don’t know about therest of you, but certainly not me. That’s not what defines our lives, whereas this is one ofthose charts that does that. And it’s maybe to our detriment or not, but it’s been given. Whoare we to judge who gets to be rich or not? Obviously something else is deciding who gets what.The three Moirae are in charge of who gets the allotments. Because it’s not always people whodeserve to be allotted, that are getting it. And that’s something that, if we’ve lived long




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enough, we’ve had plenty of opportunity to see

When we take apart the roles of the three fates, the three Moirae, they are the personificationof the “inescapable destiny of man.”

This reconfirms this binding aspect to our portion. To digress briefly, obviously, when dealingwith this kind of astrology and these kinds of techniques, we must discuss the concept of fate:Is there fate or is free will determining the turns in life? Are we humans living in adeterministic system, or are we with the “free will” system?

How are we balancing this? You have plenty of experience with free will systems. Most astrologyas it is practiced right now is all about free will systems; we also know how accurate, or not-so-accurate it can be. For this work, we must examine the deterministic system. I’m not going toequivocate about either point of view. I’m not going to say “We all have the free will,” or,“This is absolutely destined.” What we’re going to work with is a way to perceive a person’sdestiny and to look at what it “fated” for that person: Let’s see if we can work within thisdeterministic framework.

THE MoiraeThe first deity’s name is Clotho. That’s the etymological root of the words, “clothing” and“cloth.” She’s the Spinner. This is the story of the three ladies and what they do, and howinherent in their mythology is the image of the Spinning Wheel. That is their magic object andeach of them has a specific relationship to the thread of life, as it is called by the Greeks.The thread of life is being spun by Clotho the Spinner who spins the thread of life.

Lachises is “The Aportioner:” she measures the thread of life.Atroples is called the inevitable and she cuts the thread.

Within the Greek pantheon, the Fates are spoken of mostly in the concept of man’s length of lifeand how the Fates determine it. To expand that concept into this idea of each region of ourlife; we can look at marriage as an example. As the Fates, apportion and work within our marriedlife the Fates work, a marriage thread is spun out by Clothos, and apportioned out by Lachaise,and then terminated, or cut by Atroples.Everyone has their marriage karma. We can take money region of life, and also find everyone hasdifferent money karma, all spun out, apportioned, and finally, cut off. Often it’s cut off withdeath, but in the case of Donald Trump we find many instances of “fates” cut off as his destinyunfolded from “failure” to fantastic wealth. He started out with very little, made lots and lotsof money, and then lost almost everything, only to then start over from scratch. We can examinethese “cut offs” and wonder, “Maybe this is part of the apportionment, maybe this is part ofwhat’s being cut off?” These are all things that we’re going to examine, to try to decipher byusing the techniques that I am about to present.

So, we’ve got the concept of the Moira, and the story of fate, of fate being defined as, “Whatis our portion?” Fate is our portion, or to use the Greek root word, our “lot.”

What is our lot? We use the word colloquially: “Oh, it’s just my lot.” “It’s my lot in life.”This is the concept of fate as given by the three Moirae, the lot to which we are bound.

Let’s bring it now into fate and fortune. Fortune and fate are really intertwined, almost withinthe same definition. A person’s fortune is dictated by fate. Robert Schmidt confirms it also,saying that the planets are the instruments of Moira. There are the vastly powerful Olympiangods, but even they (the gods) are scared of the three fates.

Even the Gods. As a matter of fact, Neptune, who is considered ubiquitous, is singular in thathe is the only one who considers himself exempt, he says he is not subject to the three fates.But the Olympian Gods were subject to the fates.

This concept of fate was really quite pervasive, within the world-view of this Hellenistic timeperiod. Vettius Valens was writing in the second century, so you can imagine that era to havebeen dominated by a highly deterministic world view. For the purposes of this study, we we arealso adopting this view, in contrast to the astrology we have known for the last 200 years. Forthis study, we shall apply ourselves to learning about how fate works itself out and how the

chart can show this very turning.

Our modern astrological focus had been on the Mark Edmund Jones ‘character is destiny’ way oflooking at things. And probably that’s one of the wisest things Mark Edmund Jones ever said. Andwe can show how character is destiny through this particular technique. Mark Edmund Jones wastrying to get away from the deterministic and took a more psychological direction, taking in theinterior of the person. He talked more about who the person has become, perhaps (like manybefore him) out of the constraint of arrest for “fortune telling.” And Mark Edmund Jonespurported to change that around.

We have all the psychological knowledge, we have Freud and Jung. We haven’t really been lookingat how the chart can show us the fate, or the portion that we must bear in each part of ourlife, which brings up the question: “Who is fortunate?”




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A MODERN ASTROLOGER’S ANXIETYThere’s all the anxiety that goes around with working with cusps and which cusps we use and whyI don’t use that one, etc etc. You will never see a Western astrologer dissemble more quicklythan if you asked them to refer to whole signs in their practice. For reasons of habit, theyjust can’t handle it. But we are taking the whole sign concept as our first underpinning. Itwill mean that our preferred and most wonderful angular planet may now be newly positioned inplaces of lesser strengths, cadent. Example: Let’s say you’ve got this fabulous Venus in Piscesin the Eleventh House. However, we may have an Aries rising chart. By respecting the whole signconcept, this would mean your Venus in Pisces is actually in the Twelfth place.

I’ve seen a lot of Internet discussion posts and questions where people have said, you know, I’mworking with this whole sign thing and I really can’t see how it applies to me. And it’s becausethey’re missing this ingredient.

We must accept a certain “tough love” on two points:1) this is a deterministic system: (deal with it).2) We’re using whole sign charts: (again, deal with it).

OUR LOT IN LIFEThese calculated degrees are not “Arabic parts,” The Greeks called all the degrees “lots,” notparts. They were notches in the circle, but were named “parts” during the Middle Ages when theArabs and the Persians had the helm of astrology. These astrologers mathematicized astrology,systematized it, and changed these around. So technically a part, is derived as a part of thispart.*

The Greeks didn’t call them parts, deriving as they were from imaginary or calculated “notches”(on the circle) from taking the distance between two planets or two points, two existing placeson the wheel, but called them lots. As we are adopting the values and methods of the secondcentury for the purposes of this discussion, we too shall call them lots.

What is Fate? Fate is the lot to which you are bound. We commonly hear, “It’s my lot in life.”or,

“You know how it is, it’s just my lot in life to be a mother.” or,

“My lot in life is to wash dishes.” Many variations arise with a sigh for one’s Lot in Life.But, this is an actual derivative from Astrology.

What is a lot? The noun form of lot holds that a lot is space that can contain something. “Putit over in this empty lot.” The lot is empty? Not for long. It will hold something soon. Let’slook at these positions as lots, not as parts.* These are not mere mathematical summations, butsensitive places that may have an empty lot that reveals that container which will carry or holdsomething.

THE FIVE INSTRUMENTS of FATE: The LOTSAstrologers have long known about the Part of Fortune. However, somemay or may not be aware that the Part of Fortune, historically, wasalways calculated in reverse for night time births. This is commonlyknown to those who practice Horary.

That’s our first Lot: the Fortune. The second is the Lot of Spirit.The third lot is not technically a lot.* This one might really be apart, because it is created by counting and is called “Acquisition.”

The fourth has a similar background, called “Exaltation”. The fifthis called the Lot of Basis and I actually call it “The Basis.”There is a sixth one we can use, but infrequently. Actually if weever explore the subject of death and on finding death in a chart, we would use it more: thatsixth Lot is the location of the previous new or full moon (previous to the chart or birth).

Those are our instruments, and these Lots are going to tell us how the story of life works out,

they are going to excavate this concept of Fate and Fortune. They’re going to throw the light onit, and define for us the nature of Fortune.

To calculate the Part of Fortune we must proceed from the planet that we’re dealing with to theother planet that we’re dealing with and figure out their differences in degrees.

In Napoleon’s chart there’s a thirteen-degree Leo sun and the Moon at twenty nine degreeCapricorn. To find the Lot of Fortune in this chart, we would go from The Sun to the moon byday, that means we would begin a formula from the 13

thdegree of Leo and count to the twenty

ninth degree in Capricorn, a number that would take us a hundred and fifty degrees plus six.Then we would add that amount of a hundred and fifty-six degrees to the Ascendant. We’ll do thecorrect chart. From eight degrees of Scorpio, we would go 150 degrees from that which is 8degrees of Aries and then six which would bring us to Aries’ fourteenth degree.




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So that is the Part of Fortune in this man’s chart. Napoleon’s is a good chart for the exampleswe want to use. By night time you would go from the moon to The Sun.

Napoleon’s chart is a day chart, but in this particular*** case we’re going to pretend it’s not.By nighttime it would be from the moon to The Sun. The Part of Spirit is taken in the oppositefashion compared to the Part of Fortune. From the moon to The Sun, and by night time, from The

Sun to the moon. So, the exact opposite from the Partof Fortune. Part of Fortune is from The Sun to themoon by day and from the moon to The Sun by night.Part of Spirit is moon to The Sun by day and sun tothe moon by night. So if we want to find the Part ofSpirit in Napoleon’s chart here, if he were anighttime chart. Here, Maywest, a nighttime chart.We’ve got The Sun at 26 degrees of Leo and the moonat 2 degrees of Cancer. We’re looking for the Spirit,it’s a night time chart, so we’re going to go fromThe Sun to the moon. Which takes us backwards 30 plusanother 23, we do the same thing from 20 degreeTaurus, which takes us back 30, which is Aries, andanother three, which sums up to be 20 degrees ofAries. *no that’s not right. There’s got to besomething missing, because if you are on a list, oryou’ve dealt with the Part of Fortune yourself, you

think, “Okay so there’s this Part of Fortune thing, but it’s never really shown up in my life. Ican’t really detect why, or how it really works.”That’s because there’s a piece missing. And the piece that’s missing is what Valens teaches inhis manuscript*(we must give credit to author/publisher).

“In another manner, if you have come to know the place allotted for fortune, also consider thesquares to it, and the remaining figures to be, as it were, upon the geneth lyological* pinnaclepoints (?), and we’re going to come back to that word: geneth lyological. (This word is adetour, not a point. Can we get there without this word?)

“That is that the lot itself will possess the power of the Ascendant, that is what symbolizesthe life itself. The tenth zoidia from this (they call them zoidias, not signs) the power of themidheaven, that of reputation, the seventh, the power of the descendant, the fourth of thesubterranean zoidia, and the remaining places will possess the power of the twelve regions.”

“For some have mystically established the universal Ascendant and its squares to be the cosmicpivot points. But the lot, and its squares to be the geneth lyological* pivot points.”

Now that’s a very important statement, because what he says is that the natal chart as you’relooking at it is not specific to you. What he is saying is that the universal Ascendant*, which

for me would be Sagittarius, shows to what extent the hermetic adage, “As above, so below,” istrue. It shows it to a certain extent. But if you want to get geneth lyological, which basicallymeans specific to the birth, specific to the genesis, to the beginning, specific to that person,than you want to look at the chart from the Part of Fortune as an Ascendant.

ALL CHARTS NOW HAVE TWO AscendantsThe noteworthy implications here constitutes the reason that so little isknown on how to use the Part of Fortune. Our second century predecessorsprovide that The Part of Fortune is an alternate Ascendant. Moreaccurately. they would think of it as the primary Ascendant.

Vedic astrology and this Hellenistic system are obviously related to eachother because Vedic astrology has been using derivative houses since timeimmemorial, and we now follow this lead. The next step on how we want toreally understand and to find out what’s going on with the person’s fate,we must become comfortable with the concept of derivative houses. As amedieval or renaissance-style astrologer, if one wanted to know about theirbrother or their sister, and you were looking at their natal chart, you

would look at the third house, and that would become the Ascendant of thebrother. So that’s one aspect of derivative houses. But here we usederivative houses with your own chart.

Not only do you look at your Ascendant, but also interpret your Part ofFortune as an Ascendant and read the chart from that direction. Hinduastrologers have long been practicing this technique. When you look at aVedic chart, you look at the Ascendant. You may also inquire of three different takes on thesame the chart: 1) looking from the Ascendant as the first house, 2) looking from The Sun as thefirst house, and 3) looking from the moon as the first house. As a Vedic Astrologer, you mustalways look at the chart in those three ways. Really the two ways, from the Ascendant and themoon. Using the moon’s sign and house as the first house, and the Ascendant as the first house.All three reveal different new hints and provide accurate predictions.




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For instance, I have Sagittarius rising with the moon in the fifth. For the lunar chart, we use(in my case) the fifth house as the first house. We would read the chart with Sagittarius risingwith the moon in the fifth, and then we would read the chart with the moon in the first (Moon inthis case is in Aries) and by turning the chart, we read a new Ascendant from the location ofthe Moon. That’s basically a derivative-style house readings with our own charts, witnessing ourown lives. So at the moment we are not using derivative houses to find out about someone else,as usual, or taking in only some part of my life.

**We usually go, okay, well, I want to know about my husband. And then we go to the seventhhouse. And we deal with what my marriage life is going to look like, with the

Seventhhouse, or

tell me about my husband and we can look at the Ascendant for that. We’re not doing that. We’redoing it for just you right now. What I’m basically saying is that there is a whole other layerof reading that this provides us and that tells us specifically what the nature of that personis going to be. So that’s the Part of Fortune. **

The next is the Lot of Spirit. With the fortune I got it down, but the Lot of Spirit was moreelusive, and of course it should be, right?

A PERSONIFYING AND ENLIVENING FORCEWhat I realized is that if the Part of Fortune stands for yet another Ascendant, and representsthe body or vessel, then the lot of the daimon, The Spirit, represents something symbolizing anew entity, something we have not considered in modern astrology: We have something in the chartthat represents a personifying and enlivening force.

We take the body and vehicle and know that it has its own possible inclinations. Bit then wealso have The Spirit which enlivens this body and creates a personification, one which we couldprobably call “behavior” or “intention.” The “intention” which defines the Part of Spiritformulates a guiding image of ourselves. The Part of Spirit provides the human reaction to thegods, describes it by sign and house. The Part of Spirit defines our style of being movedtowards our decisions and choices, our actions. Valens said, “Whence the Lot of Fortune and theSpirit, will have much power over the imposing and turning back of actions. For one showsmatters concerning the body and handicrafts, The Spirit and its ruler (govern) mattersconcerning the soul, intellect and actions through discourse and through giving and receiving.”It it through the contact of our Fellow Man that we understand the Animal that we are. Whatstyle of contact will that be? How will a person choose or decide? These factors may playagainst the fates as the “human cudgel against the gods,” but the fates must never be forgottenor underestimated: The human narrative derives its action, style and social magnitude from theLots.

Each Lot provides a kind of script, a lens through which an important feature of Fate will beperceived. The Lots are a “place,” much like the word implies, and each launches a discussion ofa peculiarity about Fate. How do we gain wealth? Fame? Happiness? Love and devotion? These arethe questions of Fate, and each horoscope details its inexorable inner workings, providing a

summary of Fate if we could only but read what is written.

ASTROLOGICALLY SPEAKINGOne of the things that’s known about the Lots of Spirit and Fortune is that the Lot of Fortuneis the “Lot of the Moon,” and considered the Part of the Moon, while the Lot of the Spirit isconsidered the “Part of The Sun,” or the Lot of The Sun. To the Sun is attributed “the cause ofaction and motion;” he, according to Valens, “Arouses the souls of men for undertaking.”The distinction of difference between Fortune and Spirit is that Fortune, being that it is likean Ascendant, is going to show us precisely where we *put our life and if that’s (The Sun, asruler of this part?*) well-placed, we can readily say, “Yes, this fortune may be pretty good.”

Take Spirit, which represents “That vivifying force that arouses man towards action.” Here wemust note that inherent thing within us – the Spirit– which cannot be seen. The soul is alsocalled, “Anima.” Note that the word “animate” is contained in “anima.” We make the distinctionhere that the Spirit is that which animates the body and creates a sense of personification andidentification. So, we can identify the person by their Part of Spirit by noting the nature ofthis person, how they will “be.”

It is the closest attribute to something psychological that we can find in this system. Spiritis kind of a summation, the lot itself and that planet, and whatever it’s constellated with,tells you what that person is going to be like. So, you might have a Part of Fortune that’s inLibra, and maybe Venus is the same sign. So we could say, “Okay, this person is artistic ormusical.” And then the Part of Spirit might be in Gemini (ruled by Mercury) and we find Mercuryis there (in Libra) with Venus too. So we know that the person’s internal nature is working withwhat the inclination of the chart might say about artistic inclination (Venus) and the animating

principle, Mercury to go in the same direction (they share the same sign).

Adolph Hitler and Charlie Chaplin both born close to each others’ dates make a fascinatingcomparison: One has Part of Fortune in Aries with The Sun conjoined it. Part of Fortune has anexalted sun on it: This suggests a really famous person. The ruler of the fortune is with theSpirit in Taurus. So we know that the life’s internal nature is going to have something which is




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artistic, or Venus-like. We’ve got The Sun on the exalted Part of Fortune, that’s fame, acclaim,recognition and knowledge. And then Mars itself is also with Venus in Taurus who is, in turn,the ruler of the Spirit. So we can say that this person is an artisan. Their artisticcontribution is what brings them fame. That’s Charlie Chaplin’s Ascendant. That’s CharlieChaplin’s Spirit/Fortune thing.

With Hitler, who was born just a few days later, Hitler’s Sun is located at the *end of Taurusand beginning of Taurus, Chaplin’s at the end of Aries. With Hitler his Part of Fortune is in *considered himself an artist, he was a vagrant in his later years. He may have had delusions ofgrandeur regarding his skills as an artist. But really it looks like this person Hitler has moreto do than just be an artist, because Cancer contains the Lot of Fortune, so we must look to theruler of Cancer. Here, the moon is with Jupiter, by which cause brings the lunar qualities tothe forefront or enlarges them. The ruler of the Lot of Spirit is in Aquarius, and its rulerSaturn is in Leo is opposing the Moon. So we get two very different destinies, even though theircharts don’t look so different from each other. The nature of astrology changes when we get intothis Fortune and Spirit stuff. Saturn’s motivations and behaviors as Spirit is not at all likeVenus or Taurus. The ruler of the Spirit in Charlie Chaplin’s chart is Venus in Taurus. And theruler of the Spirit in Hitler’s chart is Saturn in Leo. Different ethics. Different expressionsright? Night and day. Most of the similarities stop when you look at their natal charts, ifexamined correctly, but when we really get down to this * geneth lyological position then we seethat we are really dealing with different people.

Let’s move on the Acquisition which is always found 11 houses away from the Fortune. Here isanother way in which Vedic astrology and this second century Hellenistic astrology are similar:the Eleventh House in Vedic astrology is called the House of Gain. The 11

this also known as

“improvement over time.” It’s always been called the House of Gain. CHANGING BATTERY***what doesthe change of battery mean?

(Belongs at intro:)I was introducing you to the points that are going to be of interest to us as we enter thistechnique. We previously had spoken about speaking about them as Lots as opposed to Parts andthere are five basic places that we’re looking at. The Lot of Fortune , the Lot of Spirit, the

Acquisition (which is technically not a lot), the Exaltation (also nottechnically a lot), and the Lot of Basis – which is technically a Lot.These are our tools. *We ended with my summation of the Part of Fortuneand the Part of Spirit in the (***we need to have this tapetranscribed) last mp3 that we just made.

Now we’re going to move on to the Acquisition. The Acquisition can befound by counting 11 houses from the Part of Fortune. So if your Partof Fortune is in Virgo your Acquisition will be in Cancer, countingforward in the zodiac by 11 houses. (Or you can count backwards in thezodiac by two houses.) With the Acquisition we see yet anothersimilarity between this Hellenistic style and Vedic astrology which is

to view the Eleventh House as a House of Gain. There is definiteevidence that we can see that same thing going into the medieval orrenaissance era of western astrology with the Eleventh House and Gain.Indeed the Eleventh House represents the receiving of our wishes – ourgoals as they come to fruition. It was also called the House of Hopesand Wishes. I think another person calls it the house of Dreams Come

True. We have this concept of gaining something from it that we wanted,and so sure enough here we have kind of specifically that the EleventhHouse is a House of Gain. This is coming from Vettius Valens in theAnthology.

We have also found the 11th

place from Fortune to be an acquisitive place, a bestower ofbelongings and goods and especially when the benefics are upon it or testifying. So it is ahouse of belongings or goods, of gain – of material gain as well. Here is one way we can discernthe difference between a person’s fate – whether they have an exalted fate – and a person’sfinancial status, or material status. The Acquisition and the lord of the Acquisition are goingto give us that assessment and fill out the picture a little more. And so when we look at somecharts that are coming up and we see charts that show exalted fortune, but show bad money or

difficult financial situations, we will see that the Acquisition might not be in such a goodposition even while the other tools (our pillars)* are in good position. That’s something towhich we will return. The Acquisition deals with belongings and goods and the kind of thingsthat the person acquires and may show the status in life to which the person attains.

Called the Exaltation, the fourth tool is perhaps more useful for figuring the future status ofthe person and whether it is going to be particularly high, or not. Here we are considering theexaltations of the Sun or the Moon. For the Sun, Aries exalts, and for the Moon, Taurus exalts.The day chart uses the Sun for the calculation, and night charts conversely use the Moon, as itis one of those daytime/nighttime change the formula type of things. Two steps to calculate: tofind the Exaltation by day count forward the number of signs separating the Sun from the sign ofits Exaltation. Example: Count from the Sun in Virgo to the sign of Aries. We want to count thenumber of signs differ from Aries. It is six signs away from Aries. Thus we count backward the




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six signs: Virgo, Leo, Cancer, Gemini, Taurus, Aries. That would take us six signs backwards.That’s step one. Step two: repeat for the Ascendant. Let’s say our Ascendant is Leo. Once againthe first step is by day . The first step is to figure out how many signs lay between The Sun andthe sign of Aries, Exaltation of The Sun. It could be going forwards. If it’s in Capricorn it’sgoing forwards. If it’s in Virgo you’re going backwards. Once it passes Libra you start goingforwards until you get to Libra you go backwards. Let’s use The Sun in Capricorn. If The Sun isin Capricorn you would count four away from Capricorn to get to Aries. Aquarius, Pisces, aries.And that would give us four signs. You would do the same thing to your Leo rising. Leo, Virgo,Libra, Scorpio. It would go to the fourth house. The exact same thing that you do to The Sun iswhat you would do to the Ascendant. By night it’s also two signs, it’s how many signs is themoon to Taurus. I’m a night chart, and my moon is in Aries, so I would have to go forward onesign to get to Taurus. my Ascendant is Sagittarius, take it one sign forward to Capricorn. MyExaltation is in Capricorn. That would be the way to do that.

Once again, by night we count all the signs from the moon to Taurus. By day we count the signsto the Sun in Aries. And whatever number we would count from moon to the sign of Taurus, is thesame number and the same directions as we would count from the Ascendant. The Exaltation isprobably the one most telling of all of the tools, or “pillars” that we’ll use.

The Exaltation, basically, is what it sounds like. It distinguishes how “exalted” is the statusof the person. There are a set of rules that describe fame and fortune, based on all thesetools. Example: If you have the ruler of the Exaltation ten houses away from the Part of Fortunethat usually denotes fame. If you have the rule Exaltation in his own sign, that often denotessome kind of important life. So if the ruler of the Exaltation were Saturn and it were Aquarius,in the case of Mozart, and the Exaltation is Aquarius and Saturn is is his own territory.

If you find Exaltation at ten houses from the Part of Fortune, it can denote fame. If you findit in it’s own house, or Exaltation, it usually denotes an important life, a life that makes animportant contribution.

The fifth tool is the Lot of Basis. That one is found by taking the shortest arc between thePart of Fortune and the Part of Spirit. That means that if your Part of Spirit is in Virgo andyour Part of Fortune is in Aries. You wouldn’t start counting from Fortune to Spirit, which is210 degrees, you would count from Spirit to Fortune which totals around . You would go fromAries to Virgo, not the opposite, by taking the smallest arc.

The Lot of Basis is the most elusive of the five. The lot of Basis establishes whether or notthe person, or the native, can produce or sustain the apportionment of fortune that has beenallotted. These words apportionment, allotted, these are words we’ve worked with. We should havea good understanding of apportionment, that fate is a concept of apportionment. It’s a cosmicprinciple of binding apportionment. You can see that there are very clear examples of people whohave exalted Fortunes but weak Basis’.Judy Garland is a great example of that, our current president, George W. Bush is another greatexample of that. Both of these people have classic indicators in the charts for high, exalted

status and fame, and both of them have indicators of a difficult Basis. The Basis is emotional,physical, financial and material. It’s like a cornerstone of the entire person, to distinguishhow stable they are, the level of care they bring to what it is they do and names the decisionsthey likely make. It’s a very interesting Lot.

Lot of Fortune , which is your other Ascendant, that’s the first one. We always reverse it atnight. The Lot of Spirit which animates the vehicle which arouses men to undertakings. TheAcquisition the goods and belongings that are acquired. The Exaltation, which tracks out thelevel of the person’s status. The Basis, tells you whether the person can actually sustain thelevel of status that they have been given. Those are our five pillars, our five tools. These arethe tools of this trade. Those are our excavating tools, because really it is kind of what we’redoing, because we’re digging into this, creating a whole separate chart and a whole separatechart association based on what astrologers were doing in the second century. One person mayhave Venus in the Ascendant and we may say something about that. But let’s say the person hasVenus in the Ascendant with Saturn and Venus is the ruler of their Basis. All of a sudden that’sgoing to bring up different things, that’s going to give us different inferences. We come tothis conclusion by taking the different names for the houses, or the different houseassociations. Once again, for the resistances in modern astrological thinking, I am going to

bring up anxieties and change around the certain meanings that moderns have attached to thehouses.

A NEW HOUSE SYSTEM FROM THE 2ND

CENTURYWe all may have beautiful charts, charts to which we may have become accustomed: take care toavoid nursing a conceit! The usual point of view becomes altered once you turn them into thiswhole sign standpoint; it may not be so beautiful as before. It actually may be more powerfuland strong. It makes life interesting at least!

The word “place,” is the more correct term for the location of the planets in the chart. Thesame word used by the ancients was topos, which is the origin of the word “topic.” It represents“place” as opposed to “house.” Our forebears would restrict the use of the term house to aplanet which was actually in its own sign. In “domicile,” or house. But otherwise, the houses




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are considered places, as they are topoi.

The good houses, the auspicious houses, the productive houses are: First house, the EleventhHouse, the 10

thhouse, the

Fourthhouse, the

Seventhhouse – obviously all of the angles – and the 9

th

house. So 1, 11, 10, 7, 4, and 9. Those are your best houses. The 9th is “iffy” because eventhough it gives high status it doesn’t always have the power to give it on it’s own. Status hasto be bestowed. Those are the houses you want to see the planets occupying.

The neutral-to-fair-middling ones are the 2nd. The 5

this also a decent house up with 1, , 10, 7,

4 and 9. House 2 is okay, so is 3.

Your bad houses are 6, 8 and 12. These are our malefic houses. When the rulers are malefic theycreate malefic affects. Is this starting to sound like a Vedic astrology class? Because that’sexactly what they say in Vedic astrology. In Vedic astrology what they would say is that theruler, specifically of the 8

thhouse creates a smear in whatever house they’re in. The rulers of

those houses smear whatever houses they’re in with the energy and identity of the house theyrule. It’s the same thing obviously when the ruler of the 10

this in the First, but that’s what

you want to have smeared all over. That’s like have your favorite model and a bottle of whippedcream in front of you – smear away, right? But when it’s the ruler of the 6

thand it is in your

First, watch again, what substance (6th

house) are you smearing? It will be medicinal herbs, orVic’s Vapo-Rub! You’ll smear on the rubbing alcohol, not the skin of a lover. You smearingmedicated creams because you have sustained some injury, or have caught flu. It’s the smear ofthe

th, 8

thor Twelfth that we have to caution against. If we get boon-swaggled and take for

granted because Venus is with Jupiter without also seeing that Jupiter is the ruler of theTwelfth, we will miss the Bad Spirit, missing the message altogether.(Insert chart)*

These house meanings are being explored as they come to us from the second century (see thechart). The first house remains the same: the body – corpus *venius venganium (??) – the bodyinclination. Second house we will call livelihood. Third house we will call Goddess, and it willbe the house that we will look to the mother for, as well as siblings, but also primarily theplace of The Mother.

The fourth house would be the usual things without the father, so that would be homes, cities,lands, buildings, things underneath the ground, mysteries, secrets, detentions, death, the endof life, and most importantly, how we are remembered after death.

The fifth house is good fortune but will drop the pleasure and romance-oriented aspects thatbegan to be associated with the fifth house much later in the medieval era. Good Fortune is asgood as walking down the street and finding a ten-dollar bill – that’s a fifth house goodfortune.

The sixth house will be called bad fortune. Here’s another thing I want to be unequivocal about:there are good houses, and there are houses that suck, and this distinction will hold even amongthe positive-thinking, for when life throws lemons they are indeed yellow . Astrologers

equivocate with these houses at their own professional peril.

If Venus is in the first house, that might seem “beautiful,” that is until you realize Venus isthe ruler of the 6

thor the ruler of the Twelfth, or the ruler of the 8

th, and now the

overstatement about the value of Venus’ angularity will show in the relative “tired luck” storythat will follow from what the client will have to say about their own life. We must acceptthere are good houses and then there are bad ones.

The sixth house is called “bad fortune.” It’s not called work, although it does involve work inthe Hellenistic system, because it trines the midheaven. Such work however is more likeservitude. The sixth house is also associated with illness, as this tradition also carries thatbad health is specific to the sixth, along with tribulations, trials, difficulties and bad

fortune.

The seventh house is the house of marriage, but in this second century point of view, we mustalso place sexual relations in that house, including even sexual dalliances. We will notassociate war as belonging to the

Seventhhouse, but instead will discuss death with the Seventh.

The eight house is of course the house of death, but for our purposes, we will call it “The IdlePlace.” This is a picture of “no can do,” a “rubber stamp” helplessness, perhaps lackingdecision-making capacity.***

With the ninth house we find God, and will look to that house also as the house of The Father.The ninth house also is a place of broadcast, higher education, teachings.

The tenth house is Praxis, (Latin) meaning action, and holds or represents the nature of theaction the person makes in the world, that conversation on which a person “stands” or makes hisfortune, and which brings reputation to him as described by the cusp ruler.

The Eleventh House will be called Good Spirit and the Twelfth House will be called Bad Spirit.




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(*Houses Chart)Let’s break it down by type of house – we have angular houses, we have fixed houses, we havecadent houses, and we know that angular houses are strongest, or most public, in view of others.And certainly little has changed that concept since the Hellenistic time period. When planetsare in angles, they are they are at their strongest. They are able to produce completely. Whenthey are in fixed signs, they are middling strong and they are able to make you comfortable. Ifthe planet is exalted it may confer longevity or prosperity as well.

Cadent planets, the Greek word that they used is apoclama, or falling amiss. That’s a term we’regoing to use: to fall amiss.

So when a planet is in a cadent house, aside from the ninth and the third, which are consideredcadent – but even the third is not necessarily strong, but it’s just not malefic – but asidefrom the ninth, when a planet is in a cadent position, it falls amiss. There’s not a lot of roomfor sentimentality. This brings up our favorite conceits again, regarding the issues surroundingthe disturbance of favorite notions: We are moving into a whole sign picture.

That 10th

house Venus in Taurus may really be a 9th

house Venus in Taurus. So what are theimplications of that? How do we bring them together? Do we reject it out of hand, “No, thatdoesn’t really fit me, that doesn’t suit me at all,” without looking at the new view? We mustbrave the Ego’s own traps to try out these second century tools.

Most rulers have two houses. If rulers have two houses and one of them is a negative house –this shows my Vedic roots–both narratives will be presented.

So if you have somebody that rules the 8th

and the 3d, they’re going to show you stuff about thebrothers and they’re going to show you stuff about the nature of your death, or stuff about thenature of what you’ll inherit. But also, whatever sign is the sign in that the planet likes more– because every planet has a sign that they prefer – if it’s one of those signs that they preferthey will show the significations of that house more. As per the Western system, Venus prefersTaurus. That particular sign is going to be stronger. Saturn prefers Aquarius, so that would bethe house that you would look to see where he might really make his mark. And of course Saturnsigns are next to each other. Jupiter prefers Sagittarius. Mercury prefers Virgo. Mars prefersScorpio. The moon and The Sun only have one sign. They will give you the significations of bothhouses. And whichever house has the sign that they show preference for will show up stronger.That’s my speculation. We’ll see if that shows itself. We can research to see if that’s true. Wecould research some of these charts looking at that issue.

THE SECOND CENTURY TAKES US DEEPERThe meanings of the houses is probably the most jarring and difficult thing to work with in thissystem, because of the different house meanings from the second century. It’s going to bedifferent than using modern astrology. It’s even different for those of us more well-versed inthe classical and the medieval traditions. Essentially I’ve been a medievalist for most of mycareer as an astrologer and these are even different for me.

every house had its particular title. The First house was called the helm, or the breath oflife, it’s the house of life. The 2

ndhouse is called livelihood. The

Thirdhouse is called

Goddess. TheFourth

house is called the Subterranean angle, or the subterranean place. The 5th

house is called good fortune. The 6th

house is called the bad fortune. TheSeventh

house is calledthe descendant, or the descending place. The 8

thhouse is called the idle place and the house of

death. The 9th

house is called God. The 10th

house is called Praxis or action. The Eleventh Houseis called the good Spirit. The Twelfth House is called the bad Spirit. We’re going to adoptthose meanings, titles, and their implications.

The houses using “Fortune” and “Spirit” in their title (5th

and 6th, 11

thand Twelfth) oppose each

other on the house axis. There is a force for good and a force for not-so-good. Interestinglyenough, the Greeks would use, instead of good and bad, they would use the terms of either good

or common. I guess good was something rarified, and something that was common would be said tobe common to all elements; The alchemists would have said, “Could easily be corrupted.” Eventhough we’re using the word “bad” as related to Spirit and Fortune, we need to incorporate theidea of that which is common and which is easily mixed.

Mercury is also called common, and it’s got a negative inclination. It literally “declines,” orgoes south.

In the difference between Fortune and Spirit the Sixth house is Bad Fortune. Fortune is seen inthis instance as accidental, a happenstance. It was something that happened to me.

For instance in the bad fortune of the Sixth house could be, without my knowing it, cancer cellsmetastasizing inside some organ and I take ill. All of a sudden I find out I have cancer and Ihave a certain amount of time to live and I have to go through all these different treatments inorder to deal with this illness, etc. That’s a happening. That’s something that has happened toyou. Or you go out for a loaf of bread and into a car accident; suddenly you get a whiplash.That’s an accident. Those are happenings. If we want to show a good thing that could happen with




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the fifth house we hear the stories, how we go out walking down the street and find ten dollars.That’s something that’s really good.

Or we hit the lottery. Or we go gambling. So here’s this issue with gaming in the 5th

house. Wego gambling and we hit it big. That’s 5

thhouse good fortune. We go gambling and we lose

everything. That might actually be the bad Spirit at work and we’ll talk a little bit aboutthat. Let’s go to the opposite side of the axis here and look at the Spirit.

Fortune represents, and is itself another Ascendant, symbolizing the body. Life is always goingto be ruled by the Ascendant. Fortune as Ascendant defines, but also gives you the vessel. Itdescribes the outward appearance of the physical vessel just like the Ascendant.

We’ve talked about how Spirit animates how Spirit personifies that vessel and arouses it toaction. Which is why the Lot of Spirit has to do with actions and The Works of Man.

The Eleventh House represents the good Spirit and is now known as the House of Groups. It wasthe House of Friends for a really long time. It is known now as the house of groups becauseAquarius tends to represent groups, although I don not also equate Aries to the First house,making the error of mixing the sign significance with the house significance.

Ultimately there’s a much more mystical kind of approach to this. The word that they used wasdaimon. The good daimon resided in the Eleventh House, and the bad daimon resided in theTwelfth. Along with this concept of friends, also is this possibility of the realization ofones’ hopes and wishes, a concept lost within the last hundred or maybe two hundred years.

The Eleventh House was called the House of Hope in Medieval time. The Eleventh House had thiswhole sense of the wish fulfilled . Which is why in the Hellenistic time period or in this systemthe Eleventh House is seen almost as better than the 10

thbecause it’s rising towards the thing

desired. It’s got momentum, it is still approaching that desired thing.

The Spirit or personification aspect comes with the patronage that’s represented by the EleventhHouse. The patronage and the friendship that’s offered by people who can patronize, who can beyour patrons. As a result, the Eleventh House can give you patronage towards your goal.

BRAD PITTSomeone who is very famous right now. Brad Pitt, if we want to talk about a chart that is notparticularly blatant. We wouldn’t really be able to check that out. In the radical charts,there’s a sign that this might be kind of big. The fact that The Sun is in the Ascendant – thatusually is something. The ruler of the Ascendant is in the 5th, in this chart it’s in theFourth. The information for Brad Pitt is: December 18, 1963, 6:31 am in Shauny, Oklahoma. TheAscendant is Sagittarius and The Sun is there. Let’s see what our points are. The Lot of Fortuneis in Scorpio. The Lot of Spirit is in Capricorn, which is the 2nd house, Scorpio is the 12th.The Basis is in the Third house: Aquarius. The Acquisition is in Virgo, eleven houses away from

the Lot of Fortune and ten houses away from the Ascendant. The Exaltation is Aries, the 5thhouse. There are a few things in this chart: this chart doesn’t have any of the culminations. Ilook at fortune and I don’t see anything culminating. The very first thing we see is the Lot ofFortune in the Twelfth House. So, technically, we would not be taking note, would we. I told youthe houses in which you would take note, and this is not one of them. Basically, no matter whathouse you see the Lot of Fortune in, take note. Where is the ruler of the Lot of Fortune ? InCapricorn, and it’s Mars. Already, we have a rule come up, which is, if some of the rulers ofthese places are in their own signs, or exalted, that says something. Secondly, Capricorn iswhere the Lot of Spirit is, which then puts the ruler of the Lot of Fortune on the Spirit. Tworules are brought up. We see that the Basis is Aquarius, and Saturn is in Aquarius. For all ofyou who may not know, Saturn is the ruler of Aquarius. That means that the ruler of the Basis ison the Basis. That also means that there is an exalted planet on the Spirit. And that also meansthat the ruler of the fortune is on the Spirit. Jupiter is on the Exaltation. That’s not one ofthe rules, that if a benefic is on the Exaltation than that will be good, but, naturally, itwill be. If I were to make any statement about this person, looking at this chart, I’d say it’sall business, all about the bottom line and money with this person. This is probably one of thetoughest business people in Hollywood. This is probably one of the shrewdest, toughest,ruthless, roughest business people in Hollywood.

There’s actually a large stellium on Capricorn, and we also have Saturn, the ruler of the Basison the Basis. I would think this person is a very shrewd business person, a very wealthybusinessman. If I didn’t know who this was, and I saw the Venus/Mercury, I would say that’ssinging and dancing and acting too, but it’s all business. It’s not just for the pure joy, it’sfor the money.

The G.W bush chart is a very interesting chart in that the Eleventh House respect – we’ll look alittle bit at that later – the Eleventh House is not just friends, it’s friends in high places.It is allies who can offer patronage. From a Medieval perspective, it’s the second from thetenth, which is the king’s “second.” (Someone to hold your side, your weapon, in a duel, toperform in your stead, should you fall.) It would be ministers and people in high positions. It




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would represent people in higher positions, they patronize, offer patronage and take on protégés.

The Eleventh House could offer a Cinderella meets-her-godmother narrative. The fairy god motherwas an Eleventh House experience. Cinderella was the “cinder” (ash, hearth-tender) girl,probably herself tied (enslaved?) or belonging to the

Fourthup that moment. And then she meets

her god mother and she gets her wish, at least she seemed pretty happy at the end. So that’s theEleventh House. It can come in that form, and certainly many people have stories about thishelpful, holy or loving person who came to them out of nowhere. There’s the good daimon. There’sthe good Spirit. Also some people get more patronage. She’s been a protégé of so and so’s, she’sgot the fast track and I had do it the hard way. That’s the Eleventh House talking.The house of friends who are outside chosen family goes, in my opinion, to the third house. Andactually, within this system it goes into the

Thirdhouse of those who are like brothers and

sisters. TheThird

house has a subtext of hospitality, those who you would offer hospitality to asthough they were in their own home. People that would open their home to you as though it wereyours. That type of friend I actually put into the Third house. All friends came to be

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associated with the 11th at a much later period, but we can see here, and in my speculation of,the Hellenistic system that both the Third and the

thare the house of friends. The house of

friends is our chosen family , the Third, the house of friends in high places, the 11th. That’s

how this Spirit aspect personifies itself in the good Spirit.

In the bad Spirit – if you’ve ever been in a feud with another family and you live in certainparts of the country where feuds continue, “The Johnson’s hate the Anderson’s” ‘and they havehated each other for 150 years’ – that’s a personification of bad Spirit. Where you experienceyour nemesis, that’s bad Spirit. Or you’re in the work place and you’re trying to get ahead andsomeone stabs you in the back and keeps you down from going where you need to go . . . bad

Spirit. Or you’re walking down the street and you get mugged. It describes the fact of enemiesarising out of bad fortune, thus belonging to the Sixth house in this system.

Uprisings of slaves were represented by the Twelfth. In-your-face was the negative daimon, nothidden from you. I think it was a little later with the medieval time that it turned into hiddenenemies, hospitals, Rapunzel’s Tower and prisons. Nevertheless, the Twelfth House has never been“good” and is not beneficial in general.

The bad Spirit of gambling arises when someone is losing with its strong narrative of ‘selfundoing’ that with this technique I have been successful in being able to help people connect towhat some of their bad Spirit. issues arise from “self-undoing.” That’s about as psychologicalas I go, and as maybe even classical astrology goes. If we look at it as the house of self

undoing , then we would see that maybe what makes the person gamble and lose more often might bethe aspect of the self undoing. It might be a Twelfth House thing that is behavioral. It couldbe making the gambling a problem. That’s basically why I opened up that a little bit more than Ishould have.

TECHNIQUEThe first technique is called ‘The Light in Charge.” or the Leading Light Technique, used tofind whether your chart is diurnal (day birth) or nocturnal (night birth), with the second goalof noting the sign it is in. For diurnal we will use the Sun, for the nocturnal birth time, weuse the moon. The third goal also requires we note the element of that sign.

We’re going to use a different word for element or in conjunction with that, which elementtriplicity are we dealing with? I’m going to go into this in just a minute. The fourth goal isto extract each triplicity ruler and assign to it approximately twenty-eight years of the lifeto determine which areas of life it represents. That’s basically what this technique entails.

We also need the triplicities. There are four triplicities, two diurnal, two nocturnal. Thediurnal triplicities are fire and air while the nocturnal triplicities are the water and earthelements. The tradition is based in long ancient observations, which assign to Sun, Jupiter andSaturn the qualities of Day, and the nocturnal planets, the Moon, Venus and Mars are assigned

the qualities of Night.

(Enter the chart)*Jupiter, Saturn and The Sun are thefirst triplicity is the fire triplicity.By day we begin with The Sun. By night webegin with Jupiter and Saturnparticipates. That’s important, becausenow we know which 28 years of life isgoing first, second and last. If it’s adaytime chart we’re going to start withthe Sun, thus the Sun is going to rulethe first 28 years. If it’s a nighttimechart we’re going to start with Jupiterand Jupiter will rule the first 28 years.Logically, the third triplicity ruleralways rules the last third of life.

Our second diurnal triplicity is air.That is Saturn by day, Mercury by night

and Jupiter, who participates. Did you notice I didn’t actually mention Mercury in ournocturnal/diurnal list of planets? That is because Mercury is a neuter; he is known as common.

He is common to good and bad. He is common to all elements. He is mutable and convertible innature, and neutral. So he takes on the characteristics of whoever he is with. So if he is witha diurnal planet, he becomes diurnal. If he is with a nocturnal planet, he becomes nocturnal. Ifhe is with a feminine planet, he becomes feminine. If he is with a masculine planet, he becomesmasculine. Mercury is our neuter. As a result he can be moved in and out of any kind of shape.When he’s with the diurnal planets, he thus becomes another diurnal planet. That’s why Mercuryis involved, and that’s why we didn’t bring him up earlier.

The nocturnal triplicities are watery, which begin with Venus by day and Mars by night, and themoon as the participator. No surprises there. The earth triplicity begins with Venus by day, the

Triplicity rulersThis Earth and

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Moon by night, and Mars participating. We are determining whether the chart is diurnal ornocturnal and to do so we must see whether the Sun is placed above or below the horizon,represented by the line between First and the Seventh house, the ascendant and descendant fallon a horizon line.. If a planet is placed above the

Seventhhouse, it’s also above the First house,

making it a daytime placement, but only if the Sun is above that horizon also. If the Sun isbelow the horizon line, nighttime rules prevail.

For daytime want to examine the Sun. We’re going to look at what sign he’s in, his element andthen take our triplicity rulers accordingly.

Let’s say it’s daytime and our sun is in the sign Cancer. That gives us the watery triplicitymeaning that means we would give the first (third of life) 28 years to Venus, the second 28years to the Mars, and the last third to the Moon. If it were nighttime and the moon were inCancer, we would give the first 28 years to Mars. We would give the 2

ndyears to Venus and the

Third28 years to the moon. That’s how this technique works.

Determine whether the planets are in an angle, because, as with most systems, there is where theplanets are most strong. It if a planet is in a fixed sign, it’s a good period in life, but notas good usually**. Or, if they’re in a cadent house – is it angular, is it fixed, or does itfall amiss?

If the triplicity ruler is angular, the chart might suggest a good time of year, a good season,or a good 28 years. If it’s in the fixed signs, that third of life should be good, not rise tothe absolute top, but pretty good. If it falls amiss, the period maybe not so good. All of thishas innumerable subtleties that can negate the previously set rules. For instance, if it’sMercury in Pisces in the

Sevenththe period’s good fortune is not as strong as the moon in Taurus

in the 11th. A planet that it’s in its fall, or in detriment, or in an angle, are not going towork as well as a planet that is either exalted or in its own sign and in a fixed house.Especially not in the Seventh or the Fourth.

Interestingly enough these angles, the 1st and the 10th are basically good good good good . Ifyou see them in the 1st or the 10th, you think, hey, that’s going to be fantastic. But theSeventh and the Fourthhave the ability to thebring things down. TheFourth tends torepresent things thatcome later – thingsthat are seeded butwhich come to fruitionmuch later – or periodsthat go up and thencome down.

Similarly with theSeventh – things thatare coming down ‘*depneuma ? numa’ fallingaction. It’sinteresting whichangles we’re talkingabout. Once again, theEleventh House is oneof the best houses inthe entire circle ofhouses. So, if we seean exalted planetthere, and that’s oneof the three triplicityrulers, whoopee, that’sgoing to be a good

time.

(Enter chart of Hiter)*So, let’s try this withthe chart of AdolphHitler. Hitler’sinformation is: April20, , 6:20 pm inBrownall, Austria.Libra rises. Is itdaytime or nighttime?Libra rises and The Sunis in Taurus, so it is




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daytime. Taurus is in the 8th house – remember I’m using whole signs and that menas he’s in theSeventh in the Cuspal chart, but he’s in the th house in mine. So, he’s above the horizon. He’sin Taurus which is of the Earth triplicity, so we’re going to start by day with Venus. Venushere is in Taurus which is very good for her. She’s also in the 8th house. If I were justlooking at this, I didn’t know who this was and I was looking at it I would say, ‘Hm, that’sgood but not so good. That’s good but idle. There’s a sense of idleness to this person.’ I callthe Eighth House, The Idle Place. Venus is with two really choleric planets – hot, dry planets –The Sun and Mars giving her a kind of “difficult to deal with” report. An idle time where thisperson is difficult to deal with. Then I have to think about what I know about this chart.Unfortunately I started with Hitler, because usually I don’t take into account actual aspects.But the Hitler chart is very interesting because this Venus is what is called “besieged,” whichmeans she’s sandwiched between two malefics. Venus’ travel will taker her (in her orbit) fromone malefic to the next, in a tag team maneuver. The planets are doing it by square in thisparticular chart, by square and conjunction. Looking at that, that gives us more of anunderstanding of the character of this person. Mark Edmund Jones says, ‘Character is destiny.’With these two hot, dry planets in the same sign with it and Saturn squaring, we can imaginethis is not an easy person to get along with. This person doesn’t really care to show himself inthe best aspects of his nature. Also, note that Libra rises. Venus rules the First House andshe’s in Taurus. As a result this means that there might be an artistic ability with the person,or they may perceive themselves in an artistic way. And certainly, within this time period, upto the 28th year - this is way before any historic Beer-Hall Putsches or anything like that – asHitler was perceiving himself an artist. Certainly as a young person he loved music and wantedto be an artist, teaching himself piano. In Vienna he tried to enter one of the Art Institutes –intending to be an architect, but his enrollment was denied. This is the time period of hisBohemian vagrancy where he went from flop house to flop house and practically lived on thestreets and where he sold paintings for a living. We can see that this Venus was definitelydenied, difficult and demanding, Venus is in this Eighth house which is idle, which is death,which is rarely a house of good things unless you’re profiting from death, because the 8th iscalled Those Who Profit From Death.’ This is definitely a war profiteer’s chart.

The second triplicity ruler covers the next 28 years of life. This would be the important time –he lived to age 56. This era includes the mantle of chancellor and then later, “Der Furer.” Moonis our second traplicity ruler and this leads to one of the rules: Whenever the ruler of thePart of Fortune is with Jupiter, it gives a big fortune – it expands that person’s fortune. Moonis with Jupiter and she is also the ruler of the Part of Fortune. Whenever the ruler of the Lotof Fortune is on one of our traplicity rulers, that’s going to bring that person’s fate to thefore.

The lot of the Ascendant or the lot of the Part of Fortune is also an Ascendant. So that planetthat owns the Lot of Fortune has the same power as the ruler of the Ascendant.

What that life narrative suggests is that is the time of its fulfilment– usually. So, eitherruler of the Lot of Fortune , or ruler of the Ascendant. Here we’ve come to the ruler of the Lotof Fortune , in the Fourth house, things that go up and go down. Because the Moon and Jupiter

are together in Capricorn, Fortune may go up, but it’s not going to mean that this person willshow themselves in the best light, or show the best of themselves.”

Jupiter is further corrupted by Capricorn (in a sign of detriment or weakness), where the Moonalso is corrupted by being in Capricorn.

Jupiter’s beneficence is corrupted first by being fallen, and the Moon, her fecundity iscorrupted by being in Capricorn. The moon represents emotions and Jupiter represents compassionand beneficence, so it looks like this person’s life might go quite high, but it appears theymight be also weakened by the emotions and less than compassionate in this life. The Moon andJupiter together should be essence of that. If the Moon represents the tit of milk, with Jupiterthat tit is really full, overflowing, gigantic. Also we can confirm that by looking at Saturn’slocation in Leo. He’s in the 11th which is a fantastic position to be in, and that means he’sgot help along the way. But Saturn is in Leo, a choleric sign, so even with the planets inCapricorn in his detriment, we’ve got a lot of choleric temperament in this chart that can makeit very unpleasant. If this person attains to the heights, they will have good opportunity todisplay great unpleasantness. Since also it’s in the Fourth, it’s probably something that goesup.

The moon, which is in the Lot of Fortune , is know to be interchangeable, I would say it’ssomething maybe that goes up and then goes down – a tropical or moveable sign of Capricorn.Sudden changes for the good and then changes back down within that 28 year period.

Hitler had just started the Third triplicity, and there’s the most violent planet in the houseof death. I would pretty much say that person is going to die early within that last third oflife as he’s all of a sudden with the ruler which is in the house of death.

That’s a first example of how to work with this technique. The first thing that I did, I lookedto see whether it was daytime or nighttime – it’s a daytime chart, so I looked to see what signit was in, and what element that sign was, and then I used the triplicity rulers of that sign to




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triplicity: around, The Moon. The second triplicity phase, timed between the ages of and 56, iswhen people are making their most important accomplishments. Despite the fact that (what isgoing?)**it’s going to the ruler of the Lot of Fortune between fifty six and the end of theirlife, more than likely that second period is going to be the best, really something else. Sureenough, that’s when she became an icon as a film goddess and as a goddess of American culture.

The Third House is called Goddess. And the Lot of Fortune is there with the moon, who is in herjoy in the Third. Both Goddesses (the Moon’s Lot and also the Moon) are in the house of Goddessalong with the Lot of Fortune .

“Why doncha come up and see me sometime, big boy?” Mae West is one of America’s great goddesses.Even the little kids that I get to know giggle when I mimic her line because even they have seenit on Bugs Bunny. She is an Icon: Deified, and there we have Goddess. That’s our secondtriplicity ruler. The moon is our Third triplicity ruler, representing her from age 56 to therest of a good long life. She lived to be 89, I think. If anything, it was during that rest ofthe period where her deification became complete and fully integrated into the Americanconsciousness. I was born in the late 60s and I knew all about Mae West by the time I was 8 or 9I could recognize Mae West on any cartoon. I had seen “My Little Chickadee.”

Mae West was a major part of American Culture at the time I was growing up. And that wasapproximately 40 years after she had made her gigantic splash. This is a very interesting chart.She also died as one of the America’s richest women. We can see that as well, because of coursefortune means fortune and it comes to the moon as a part of ***fourth.

It seems that when she was in California during her second triplicity time period, she bought uplarge tracts of land, and later on sold them for greater fortunes.

Now we can see that we had a nocturnal chart to work with. What we did is we looked at The Sun,he was in Leo, below the horizon in the Fourth, which meant that we had to use the moon and useher triplicity, which was water. And so we used those three planets that represented the watertriplicity.

GEORGE W. BUSHOur beloved president, George W. Bush is not a notable personage, but a charge that receivesnotable position without being a notable personage. (July 1946, 7:26 AM EST, North Haven,Connecticut)

Leo rises, and Sun isin Cancer above thehorizon, diurnal, andin the watertriplicity. We’ve seensample narratives fromthe nocturnal

triplicity with threepeople which isinteresting. The firsttriplicity ruler inthis chart is going tobe Venus because it’sdaytime, unlike theMae West chart wherewe started with Marsbecause we startedwith nighttime. Venusis in the Ascendant,one of the triplicityrulers in the 1st or10th house --that’s aclear signal of a verygood life narrative.

I like the look ofthis more than I likedthe look of Mae West’sMars in the 10th. Ilook the look of thismore because Venus isthe third in the10th** and becauseVenus is a benefic.However, Hitler’sVenus was a benefictoo, but she wasn’t




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acting very beneficial because of who she was associating with and where she was. But GW’s Venusis a benefit. This benefit dominates the first third of life – up to age 28 – suggesting heprobably came from a notable family. That is the lovely benefic in the Ascendant. It could havebeen in the 12th, it could have been in the 6th, it could have been in the Third or Fourth, butit’s in the Ascendant. So, okay, it’s a benefic in the Ascendant, that is pretty good stuff.There’s going to be something good going on for this person in the first 28 years.

Venus as a benefic also produces benefit through pleasure, adventures, mirth. That means Venus

doesn’t produce benefit only through art study, tenacity or work ethic – she produces benefitthrough pleasure. The bedroom and the realm of pleasure is Venus’ milieu: Libations,intoxications, enjoyments, amusements, entertainments. And it’s in Leo – Venus’ emblem is hermirror and the sign is in Leo famous for his narcissism. I would say that the first 28 years oflife would be one of very little want and of attention to frivolity and folly and pleasure. Andas she’s with Mercury, we would hear about the music, which leads me to the Libra planets andmakes me wonder why the Bush family prevented George Bush from becoming a musician instead ofgrooming a president. But Venus is with Mercury and Mercury is eternal youth, so this fate isabout fun, enjoyment, pleasure, revelry and folly. These first 28 years would be about andenjoyment, the “pink hands” of leisure, certainly not calloused from hard work. Venus doesn’tvalue hard work unless it’s in the bedroom. Moreover, this Venus is not into sobriety andreflectiveness: She’s in (party party) Leo.

Vanity is a part of this chart’s narrative, a vanity indulged during the first 28 years enablingthe person’s proclivity towards folly –not because I think he’s an asshole–but because this iswhat is written.The second triplicity ruler, which governs between the ages from 28 to 56 (during which time hebecame governor and then president) is Mars.

The Mars of GW Bush is in the second house, traditionally speaking. The Lot of Fortune iscalculated to be in Aries, giving Mars as ruler of the Lot of Fortune. Counting from the Fortunethe eleven houses, we find Mars in the Eleventh House from the Lot of Fortune . We’re going tobe doing a lot of that later. We’re going to be looking at the houses of The Lots of Fortune.

We’re just looking at whether this chart is going to make it big or not. Specifically, our issueis: Do we delineate fortune?

Indeed, this person is given a quite fortunate chart. We can see that the fortune of this personwill be quite something. The Basis in the first house; the fact that the ruler of the Ascendantand the ruler of the Basis are together is significant and is listed among the ten rules forfame and fortune.

The ruler of the Lot of Fortune is in the Acquisition, which is a quite good spot and the rulerof the Exaltation and the ruler of the Lot of Spirit both culminate from the Lot of Fortune:This chart should go to the highest level.

The Eleventh House is one of our special places called the Acquisition. So this Mars is notlimited to a mere Second House Story. He became president when he*** was in a fixed house (thesecond triplicty ruler was) and the first one was in an angle. The second time period shouldhave been worse**(losing the athletic club, dragging businesses into debt?).

However, the second triplicity ruler (Mars) is on the Acquisition and is also the ruler of theLot of Fortune. At a certain point we can say, ‘This is when that person’s fate comes to thefore, to knowledge to themselves.’ One of the titles of the 2nd house is not just livelihood –which is the most banal, basic – but it’s also anaphora which means rising up from theunderworld.

That’s really what George Bush did for most of that 28 period, is he rose from the underworld. Iwould say maybe we want to go from birth to 27 from this chart, and then from 27 to 54, becausehe became president when he was 54 and that changed his life forever. Looking at this, if Ididn’t know who this was, I would see that the ruler of the Lot of Fortune, Mars, and that marsis on the Acquisition making this the important part of life: Not even so much because it’s

between 28 and 56 where important people do their work but because it would to bring us to themoment of what their life was supposed to be about, and reveal whether or not they are going toexcel upon the occasion.

It’s in a fixed sign, so it would probably be a pretty steady rise up to that moment – a slow,steady, building process. Mars is active and would do the right actions, maybe, on some level,but we know that’s not the case. (**from who’s point of view?)

GW would do the right actions to make this life, to get himself towards his destiny. Definitelythis chart has a destiny, and I’m going to break for one second to say a little something weird.**** (extracted to the beginning:There seemed to be two types of charts that I look at. They are: charts that have a destiny and charts that pursue a fortune. This chart has a destiny, this

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but destiny is not what defines our lives. Certainly in the public realm, or over large amounts

of people. I don’t know about the rest of you, but certainly not me. That’s not what defines our

lives, whereas this is one of those charts that does that. And it’s maybe to our detriment or

not, but it’s been given. Who are we to judge who gets to be rich or not? Obviously something

else is deciding who gets what. The three Moirae are in charge of who gets the allotments.

Because it’s not always people who deserve to be allotted, that are getting it. And that’s

something that, if we’ve lived long enough, we’ve had plenty of opportunity to see. ****

The third triplicity ruler is the moon. And the moon is in her joy with third, and she’s withJupiter. That shouldn’t be so bad. One of the things that I think about when I think of fallingamiss, especially when I think about the third and ninth which are considered good cadent houses– good apoclamas. Apoclama basically means falling down or falling out.

There are good appoclama houses. The cadent houses or “falling amiss,” the houses where actioncannot occur and we lack the freedom to act or initiate any new action. That’s the essence ofthe angular chart. The angular positions offer the freedom to initiate new action. This is thedifference with the cadent houses.

A further distinction is offered between the third and the ninth houses (as opposed to the sixthand twelfth) pleasantly, because maybe with a ninth house cadent experience, I take myself outof the world and go to elsewhere–possibly an ashram--and I experience all the five stages ofbliss on some mountain in Nepal, but I’m not in this world. I’m not in a position where I canactualize my identity. I’m taking that retreat from the world so that I can have my experiencewith God, a matter of ninth house.

Then, of course also we have a condition of the third house where I’m staying with family, I’m

out of commission, I’m staying at my brother’s. I’m in the bosom of my family: “Don’t botherme.”

I wouldn’t necessarily say, from first glance that this is going to be a bad time period. Iwould say that maybe this will be a lovely restful time period with family. However, the moon isthe ruler of the 12th and Jupiter is the ruler of the 8th and they tarnish whatever house theyare in. Both of them are working overtime to tarnish. They are in Libra and the Lot of Fortuneis in Scorpio, and that is the Twelfth House from the Lot of Fortune, and now Scorpio is theAscendant. That means that this kind of Twelfth House 8th house feel is continued. So I wouldsay that this is not going to be such a good time.

Despite the fact that it’s in Libra, which likes harmony, but we saw another Libra rising chartwhen we looked at Hitler’s. Charming and wonderful, and to the select few, this guy also has hisrustic charm.

Nevertheless, the last triplicity period is not going to be a good period for G.W. Bush. Itmight be best to keep (**keep what??) it at 56, and this is why: because if we go from birth toage 28 with the Venus triplicity, that’s a good period. Taking the period from age 28 to age 56

with the Mars triplicity ruler, that’s a good period, including the first two years of thepresidency. He was born in 1946, so the 56th

year takes us up to 2002. That was after the eventsof 09/11 made him into the “war president.”

2002 would begin the lunar triplicity period, and from that time events have been slowly tanking– he did get re-elected – but his popularity has “gone south,” moving people’s opinions to theapproval ratings around 30% and lower; slowly tanking since 2004.

Jupiter expands, makes events even bigger, so this Jupiter could work to make whatever theevents and problem much larger. The moon represents states of mind, specifically the personalstate of mind – and can denote whether they experience a “peace of mind,” whether there isharmony between the mind and the body, according to many other medieval writers. When a person’sstate of mind is not good, there often is a form of lunacy. They go crazy, loony (Lunar).

The ruler of the Ascendant – The Sun -- is in Cancer, and Cancer ebbs and flows: it is always ina different emotional state. So, stability in the emotions may not be so good right now, and themental state may not be at his best or most alert.

The problems with the mental state may show itself more during this late part of his life, fromage 56 until the end of his life. This period is not going to rate as the best of his life.Certainly the triplicity period ruler arises from a “falling amiss” cadent house which is notgoing to be as highly positioned as in the two previous periods. He cannot attain again to suchhigh position, for in spite of the fact that both Moon and Jupiter normally have quite abeneficial influence, they rule malefic houses.

That is the three types of charts to look for with this particular technique. (Repeat a shortsummary here)

This technique has rules, but there innumerable layers of subtleties that are also applied. Ithas tremendous merit if you know how to discover them; they work consistently.




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This is the kind of astrology that has become lost in the last 100 hundred years. It’s anaphoristic kind of astrology. Aphorisms were sayings that are known to be true. If you go backto the 17

thcentury, to Lily and Gadbury and even earlier writers – to the beginning of the 1st

century, we come to a practice loaded with aphorisms: ‘when such and such is such and such, theywill be like a whore monger.’

The delineation process uses these five points: the Lot of Fortune, the Lot of Spirit, the lotof Basis, the Acquisition – 11 houses from the Part of Fortune – and the Lot of Exaltation.

To find the Exaltation take two steps: ascertain whether the chart is day or night: If it’s adaytime chart, take The Sun and count from its position to the sign of (the Sun’s Exaltation)Aries counting the number of houses (including the sign it is in). If the Sun is in Capricornand you’re looking for Aries, you’re going to count four houses forward.

Then move the Ascendant the same number of houses. If we use the Capricorn example, we move theAscendant four houses forward.

So let’s say the Ascendant is Leo: we are counting four houses forward in the Zodiac, toScorpio, to find the Exaltation. The exaltation is the entire sign of Scorpio, so we cannot callit a “Lot” which usually refers to a single degree, but because we do not take aspects from anyLot, the degrees do not matter, only the sign and its ruler.

Similarly at nighttime with the moon, but we are counting to Taurus. So, if she is in Cancer andyou’re counting to Taurus, you are counting backwards three whole signs, (or forward eleven).

With the Ascendant, if you count backwards three whole signs, it gives Gemini as the Exaltation.

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THE TEN RULESThese ten rules can be applied to a series of charts. Each reference to the Lot from here willbe called by its planetary ruler. For example, if the Lot of Fortune is in Libra, it will becomeVenus’ Lot. She will “own” the lot of Fortune, for the purposes of our discussion. The wanderersare “who” signify the Lots. The condition of each the wanderers confers itself onto the story ofeach of The Lots. The seven wandering planets are the only power that may give or receiveaspects. The location of a Lot in any house cannot receive or give any aspects. However, theruler of such a Lot may; and thus the condition of the Lot depends entirely from its ruler.* Ifa Lot is in Sagittarius, we look to Jupiter and his condition to discuss the weakness or potencyof that Lot.

The following rules denote fame, wealth or a combination of both. The more common case is thechart that in no way follows any of these rules: We are the common people born under an ordinarystar, and for the most part, thank the gods.

RULE ONE: Seek the Lot of Fortune and note whether it is either angular (in the 1st, 10th,Seventh, Fourth) or in the house of the Good Spirit (11th or 5th). If Fortune is found in any ofthose houses, take a note.

Find the Lot of Fortune and determine whether it is angular, or if it culminates from theAscendant. Culminate means to count ten houses away. Or, if it culminates from the Lot ofFortune . That’s our first, ‘ooh, something’s going on here.’ As an addendum to that, if you seethe Lot of Fortune in these houses, you will start to get interested. In any house, the Lot ofFortune can show great fortune, but in these particular houses, it tends to be a marker or kindof like a sign post. 1st house, 10th house, Seventh house, Fourth house, Eleventh House, FifthHouse. In general those are the ‘good’ houses, the productive houses of the chart.

RULE TWO: If the ruler of the Lot of Fortune culminates – that means if it is ten houses awayfrom the Lot of Fortune or the Ascendant.

When the ruler of the Lot of Fortune culminates from the Lot of Fortune , or the Ascendant.Three: If the ruler of the Lot of Spirit culminates from the Lot of Fortune or the Ascendant –more so from the Lot of Fortune than the Ascendant, but definitely from both. So, let’s say it’sLeo rising and our Lot of Fortune is in Capricorn, and the ruler of the Lot of Fortune is inLibra, that would be beautiful. If our fortune is Capricorn and our Spirit is Taurus and Venusis in Libra, that would be even better than if the ruler of the Lot of Fortune is in there.

RULE THREE: If the ruler of the Lot of Spirit culminates from the Lot of Fortune, or theAscendant, but most specifically from the Lot of Fortune.

RULE FOUR: If the ruler of the Exaltation is culminating from the Lot of Spirit or theAscendant.

If the ruler of the Exaltation culminates from the Lot of Fortune , that is the absolute best.

That’s when you say, ‘This person is going to rise to the top. Definitely.’ Almost every timeyou see that in a person’s chart, take note.RULE FIVE: If the ruler of the Spirit is on the Fortune, and the ruler of the Fortune is on theSpirit.

If the ruler of the Lot of Fortune is on the Lot of Spirit, or the ruler of the Lot of Spirit ison the Lot of Fortune , or they switch. Using this particular example of Capricorn and Taurus,that would say if Saturn were on Taurus and Venus were in Capricorn, that would be fantastic.

RULE SIX: If the ruler of the Lot of Basis is with the Lot of Fortune that creates – notgigantically notable but notable nonetheless.Rule number six: we’re introducing the Basis now. If the ruler of the Basis is on the Lot ofFortune , or the Spirit, if it’s on either of these lots – that’s good.

RULE SEVEN: If the ruler of the fortune is on the Spirit, the ruler of Spirit is on the Basisand the ruler of Basis is on the fortune. I have a few charts where we can see at least two ofthose three happen.

Rule number seven: If you have the Basis, the fortune, the Spirit – if all of these rulers wereon each other… let’s put our Basis in Gemini. If Mercury is in Taurus and Venus is in Capricornand Saturn is in Gemini, than that would be fantastic. That’s using our Capricorn fortune, ourTaurus Spirit and now our Gemini Basis – that is fantastic.

RULE EIGHT: If all four of fortune, Spirit, Exaltation, Basis are exalted or in their owndomicile – or even just two of the four.

If all four, the fortune, Spirit, Exaltation and the Basis are either exalted or in their ondomiciles, they don’t even have to be on themselves, because most planets rule more than onehouse – but if they’re in their own houses or exalted, that’s going to be fabulous. That’s veryrare, if all of them are. Even if sometimes you just get two of the four, it can be very good.As far as the last rule where you’re looking for the Basis, and Spirit on fortune and on the




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Basis, often you will see two of the three. You won’t often see all three. And that’s stillgood.

RULE NINE: If there is an exalted planet on the Lot of Fortune , Spirit, Basis, Exaltation, itcreates notable genitures. Exalted planets on any of the lots but especially the Lot of Fortuneand the lot of Exaltation.

If there is an exalted planet on any of these five points, the fortune, Spirit, Exaltation,Acquisition and the Basis, it will lead towards a good fortune.

RULE TEN: If a benefic is with the ruler of the Lot of Fortune. If Jupiter is exalted it’s evenbetter.

If a benefic is with the ruler of the Lot of Fortune – specifically with the Lot of Fortune – ifa ruler is with any of them it’s going to be good – it suggests a big, expansive Fortune.

Five rules.* Notice I didn’t mention anything about the Acquisition. I didn’t mention anythingabout figuring out whether the chart will be a notable chart or a famous one, or whether therewill be a large rise to fortune and fame. Acquisition doesn’t necessarily denote fortune andfame as much as it denotes the quality of that which we acquire. It’s goods and belongings andmoney and things acquired. Sometimes that can represent acquiring fame, but not always.




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MAE WESTMentioned in previouspages was this wholeaspect of this thirdhouse, Venus andMoon, by the wholesign, is renderedangular as a resultof being on the Part

of Fortune. Thatwould be one of thefirst things I wouldlook at. Our firstrule is to see ifit’s in any of thoseimportant houses, andit is not. This iswhy I say, take note,but do not come toany conclusions,because when wecomplete the list ofrules and examine allfive points, we findthat West’s chart manages to be a highly exalted fortune, particularly if the ruler of thefortune is on the fortune, if a planet is in it’s own domicile.

To list where all these points are find in Mae West’s chart that the Lot of Fortune is inCancer; we don’t care about the degrees.

The Acquisition, which is 11 houses away from that, is Taurus.

The Spirit and the Exaltation are in Pisces, which is the Eleventh House, and the Basis isVirgo. Looking at this chart we have the Moon in Cancer, we have Mercury and Virgo. Jupiter isin Aries, so he’s not in a very good position. But two of the four spots are in very goodcondition as far as dignity is concerned. Mercury is with Saturn, but the Moon is with Venus –she’s in a very benefic state with a very benefic planet with the ruler of the 1st as well. Andthe fact that the Lot of Spirit and the Exaltation are both in the house of good Spirit, thereis that sense of patronage of things, of the rising action that the 11th Spirit can bring tohelp and the patronage that can create this sense of momentum and rising action. There’s alittle bit of that. If we look closely, we see that Jupiter is in Aries when the Lot of Fortuneis in Cancer, and that means that not only the ruler of the Spirit, but the ruler of theExaltation is ten houses away from the Lot of Fortune . This is going to be notable for thisperson. The benefic, Venus and both of them Goddess and in the house of Goddess. There’s Goddess

energy going on in this chart. Maybe this is a prostitute, or an actress. Some kind of goddess.It might even be a drag queen if this were a man’s chart. This might be a very important dragqueen. But as it is, it’s a female. Lot of Fortune is in Cancer, ten houses away from the signof cancer is the sign of Aries. Even though we’ve got this falling amiss Jupiter in the 12th,all of a sudden the Twelfth House is the 10th from the Lot of Fortune and Jupiter rules the Lotof Spirit and the Exaltation – two of the best points of the entire scheme. In this chart wehave the ruler of the Exaltation culminating with the Lot of Fortune . We have the ruler of theSpirit culminating from the Lot of Fortune . We have the ruler of the Lot of Fortune in it’s owndomicile. We have the ruler of the Basis in it’s own domicile. Altogether this says to me thatthis chart can go very far. If we look at the tenth house to represent the Mother – and we’llsee that Saturn is with Mercury – it doesn’t quite describe her mother, because it seems thatMae West got her figure from her mother. She got her books (?) and full hourglass figure. Third




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house represents Mother in this system, and look at that: Moon and Venus and Cancer, Cancerruling the ? and Mae West really was and her Mother was too, from the descriptions that I wasreading. It was the first thing that made me raise an eyebrow when I thought of using the thirdhouse to represent the mother. I’m not asking anybody to that in their systems now. It was justfor this one in particular. To go over it one more time: the Lot of Fortune is in Cancer, and wedon’t care about the degrees.

The Acquisition, which is 11 houses away from that is Taurus. The Spirit and the Exaltation arein Pisces, which is the Eleventh House, and the Basis is Virgo. Looking at this chart we havethe Moon in Cancer, we have Mercury and Virgo. Jupiter is in Aries, so he’s not in a very goodposition. But two of the four spots are in very good condition as far as dignity is concerned.Mercury is with Saturn, but the Moon is with Venus – she’s in a very benefic state with a verybenefic planet with the ruler of the 1st as well. Her life started taking a turn toward theupward, toward more controversial, for the better, for the higher after she started writing herown material. That’s Mae West, and this is how quick it is to see, maybe there is something tothis Vettius Valens.




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HITLERLet’s look at another chart. Let’s go to Hitler. We already talked about his information. Theimportant points are as follows: the ruler of the Part of Fortune is in Cancer, just like MaeWest, that’s interesting. The Part of Spirit is in Aquarius, the Acquisition is in Taurus onceagain, just like in the Mae West chart. If you’re not looking at this the East Indian way, thanwhat I’m saying probably looks like nothing. I would say, if you’ve already got the chartsavailable, make a tic tac toe board with diagonal lines coming out of each corner, and mark out

the twelve signs, put the planets in there, and mark where I am, what I’m saying and try to doit along with me, because the pattern will show itself to you too. Cancer is the Lot of Fortunewhich is the 10th house of this chart – it’s Libra rising. Aquarius is the Spirit. It is the 5thhouse of this chart. The Exaltation is Virgo, which is the 12th. The Acquisition is Taurus,which is the 8th, and the Basis is Pisces, which is the 6th. So, we look at this chart and wesay, the Part of Fortune is in the 10th house, that’s notable. Then we look to see if the rulerof the Part of Fortune is in any good sign. Indeed the ruler of the Part of Fortune is in anangle from the Part of Fortune and from the Ascendant. The Fourth house from the Ascendant, andas I’ve said about both of those houses, they create the up down motion. The Seventh definitelyhas to do with dying of things, and the falling action, the lowering of The Sun. The fourthhouse has a tendency to be what’s under the ground and also what comes up that goes down, like abuilding. So, we’ve got a solidly angular ruler of the Lot of Fortune , with Jupiter, what wasrule number ten? When the ruler of the Lot of Fortune is with Jupiter, it creates a largerfortune. I’ve already made a comment about how the nature of this fortune might show itself,because of the corrupted nature of these two planets in the sign of Capricorn. We’re not doingany delineation right now, because all we’re doing is trying to figure out is, do we think thatthis person has an exalted life plan. Do we think that this chart has been given a destiny, is anotable birth. So I’m looking at that and I see, that’s of note. The moon, Jupiter togethermakes that of note in my opinion. I see that Venus, the ruler of the Acquisition is in theAcquisition. That means they should bring quite a bit in. The fact that Mars is there means itcould be in rough ways. The fact that The Sun is there is they might go through it as quickly asthey get it in. Also, Mercury in the Seventh. That’s interesting, because Mercury is the ruler




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of the Exaltation, which makes him angular from the Ascendant, and which makes him culminatingfrom the Lot of Fortune . Now, we know that one of Hitler’s main exalted traits, was hisspeaking ability. We also know that his main obsessive, mania, obsessive compulsive behavior,was talking. When Mussolini would go and visit him, he would never say a word.

Hitler could tirade and talk non-stop for hours, all evidence of that Mercury – the force of thetongue. His tongue had major force (force majeure?)**, in the manner of his ability to galvanizepeople in his public speaking, and obviously also in private as well, but he couldn’t keep hismouth shut either. There’s that prodigious Mercury, that ruler of the Exaltation ten houses awayfrom the Lot of Fortune.

This does not occur in every chart. This chart provides a blatant example. There are definitelymore subtle charts than this, and we’ll look at a few of them. But that is an important thing.We’ve got already, rule number 10 taken care of with the moon in Jupiter, rule number five (?)is taken care of with having the ruler of the Exaltation ten houses away from the Lot of Fortune.

Importantly, the ruler of the Exaltation is the ruler of the 12th, and not only is this rulerlocated of the 12th from the Ascendant, but he’s also the 12th from the Lot of Fortune. **

That’s The Bad Spirit, and Mercury is the only planet aspecting it. This person’s manifestationof bad Spirit is also what has exalted the person, and in Hitler’s case we have no problemstating this is the case.

In returning to President G.W. Bush we should look at these important points. Leo rises, and thePart of Fortune is in Scorpio, in the Fourth house. The Part of Spirit is in Taurus, which isthe 10th house. The Exaltation is in Taurus, which is the 10th house. The Basis is in Aquarius,which is the Seventh, and the Acquisition is in Virgo, which is the nd.

When examining the Part of Fortune, we find it in the Fourth house; it’s angular.

Next, move to locate the ruler of the Lot of Fortune. The ruler of the Lot of Fortune is housesaway in the Acquisition, satisfying the important rules about fame and fortune.

It doesn’t always say that the person will have a notable life, but it almost always says thatit will take them quite far in life.

(I won’t say that it will be like Michael Jackson famous, but it will be up there. In this case,there are other things to mitigate. Okay, that’s what’s going on with him. ** this paragraphmentions a notable of whom this is his only mention... we can eliminate and still get to thepoint)

Next, take note of anything that might be culminating from the Lot of Fortune. Indeed wediscover the Lot of Fortune in Scorpio. Ten houses away from Scorpio is Leo which is the

Ascendant. In this particular chart, Mercury and Venus are ten houses away from the Fortune.

Venus is the ruler of the Spirit and of the Exaltation and so there is rule Number Three, if theruler of the Spirit culminates. We also fulfill rule Number Five, which if the ruler of theExaltation culminates with the ruler of the Spirit.

FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT (the next two paragraphs need to be separated, and placed in theconclusions of the two different biographies)**

Let’s look at the chart of FDR. This is an interesting chart that maybe doesn’t have quite thesignature we’re looking for, but it has some very interesting things that I think we could lookat. Let’s go back and look at Brad for a second. Let’s do the other technique with him as well.We haven’t done the leading light technique.

The Sun is below the horizon, so it’s nighttime and so we refer to the moon, (huh?)***here inthe sign of Capricorn which is an earth sign, of the earth triplicity, which, we’ll start withthe moon by night, then go to Venus, then go to mars. Which leads me to think that Brad Pitt isgoing to have a Harrison Ford or Kerry Grant type of career because Mars is the ruler of those

last three. He’s probably going to have a distinguished Paul Newman, Kerry Grant, Harry Fondatype career to the end of his life. Unless he finds some other gigantic enterprise. So, Moonrules the first 28 years of life and it’s on the Spirit in the second house. Venus rules thesecond 28 years of life and she’s on the Spirit in the nd house. Mars rules the Third period oflife and he’s on the Spirit in the 2nd house. If we recall, what Spirit represents, works,actions. It is what animates, and thus arouses the soul of men to undertakings. So, we’ve gotMars, which represents action already. Mercury is there too – he represents skill. Venus isthere. She represents love, desire, and that which we value, and the moon is there, whichrepresents our reflex actions and what we reach for. Pretty much everything in this chart is inthat 2nd house of what we call livelihood. It’s also the Third house. Here’s one of these placeswhere Third house maybe doesn’t mean Goddess. However,

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Brad Pitt is an icon, or deity or sub-deity of the Hollywood sect. We could certainly think ofHollywood as a godless sect, so to speak, and also something that the Third house represents:sects that are not connected with The Sun God, unconnected to the orthodoxy.

The 9th house represents the Orthodoxy. Or the specific, formal trappings of religion.

Whereas the Third house represents secret societies, Wiccan Circles, goddess worship, ceremonialmagic – even though those are highly ritualistic, those things are Third house as well.

(I may be stretching the metaphor a little, but I’m an astrologer, that’s what I’m supposed todo.)

We would already know that is kind of a special life. All three of them (who? Please summarizefor the reader) are on the Spirit, this is someone that we’re all going to think we know, andcertainly we all do. Then we move away from that, we see that the Lot of Fortune is in the 12th,we take note.

We see that the ruler of the Lot of Fortune is on the Spirit. We see that the ruler of the Lotof Fortune is exalted. We see that the ruler of the Basis is on the Basis. We see that Jupiteris on the Exaltation. We see that the ruler of the Exaltation is on the Spirit, which is Mars.Mars is not just the ruler of the fortune here. He is the ruler of the Exaltation and he is alsoon the Spirit. This is an important chart, without it looking like we expect it to. We didn’tfind anything 10 houses away from the Lot of Fortune or the Ascendant. But we have plenty ofrules that were taken care of in this chart.




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FRANKLINDELANO ROOSEVELT(born: Monday the 30thof January, 1882, at8:42 pm, Hyde ParkDuchess County, NY.Upstate, notManhattan).

This one has manylayers of subtlety,starting with a Virgo

rising. We have anighttime chart and theSun is in Aquarius.

For the nighttimetriplicity ruler, wetake the moon, andhere, the moon is inCancer.

We’re dealing with thewatery element, and wehave been looking at alot of water and earthtriplicities.

That means we start with Mars, because it’s nighttime. And then we go to Venus, and then lastlywe take the Moon.

Over-arching in the Roosevelt life narrative is his illness. The image of the courage hedemonstrated he held such high authority, and was such a potent leader, all despite theimpotency that his affliction opposed upon him.

First of all, we can, because Virgo rises and Mercury the ruler of Virgo is in the 6th house.

We can already feel the statements about his life in this initial assessment. We all know ofcourse he was paralyzed in his legs, and Aquarius represents the legs from below the knee to theankle.

So that’s already a sign, but we did not need to use the hidden first century techniques yet.

The first triplicity ruler is Mars, and he is in the 10th house, just like the chart of MaeWest. Mars is the ruler of the Part of Fortune. The Part of Fortune is Aries, and Mars is itsruler.

Mars is the ruler of the Part of Fortune and in in the 10th house, it probably was a pretty good

time of life. Mars also rules the Third and the 8th. This would be a mixed review kind ofcombination (Third and Eighth house rulership) an “upsy-downsy” part of his life.

Whenever I see Mars in the 10th, I think there is ambition, and there is the impetus to get tothe top, an important association, important information and probably a strong education.

Mercury is in Aquarius, also an air sign, a learning sign, and deeply Saturnian sign. It denotesa person of high intellect, whose intellect was cultivated during that time period along withambition in the first 28 years of life.

When we move to the second twenty eight year-period of life we move to the 6th house (give thetriplicity ruler here)**. He would be twenty-eight in 1910, and age 56 in 1938. That is the




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period of time during which he lost the use of his legs, first of all, so there it is, the 6thhouse with the ruler of the Ascendant in the 6th.

Interestingly enough Saturn is in Taurus, Taurus is in Aquarius. (Huh?)**

There’s this connection between the two (who?) of them, this mutual reception between the thand the 6th. He experienced illness, and also experienced a type of Kingship. The illness andthe Kingship are connected. (This is the first mention of kingship and the 9

thhouse; lets’ add

this item to the “rules”)

This is such a fascinating chart when you know some of the story of FDR, because yes, we doknow he contracted polio and became paralyzed in his legs – infantile paralysis. And this wasright when he was trying to get into this political system – he was already an insider. Laterhe became governor of New York and then later he became president. This entire twenty eightyear covers these events.

There are two reasons why these events follow: first, Aquarius is not just the 6th house, butalso it is the location of the Lot of Spirit, also the location of the Acquisition.

That means the second triplicity ruler is on the Spirit which represents “actions and works”that shall be known and moreover, it is on the Acquisition. This illness is part of what isacquired during this time period, this bad fortune, or whatever it is, but it still gives thepossibility of creating a notable chart, although that was not the object of our search.

It seems that this is where this person really comes to know themselves, to find their trueself, because of course that second 28 years is about the Spirit, with Mercury and The Sun.Mercury is bringing knowledge, The Sun is bringer of illumination. Venus is the ruler of theNinth of kingship and of god, of revelation. Not “revelation” as a spiritual fact, but as self-revelation.

The ruler of the 12th is also there (where? Keep the reader in mind by completely explicatingthe chart so they don’t have to go back and look each time)**. That would be the second twentyeight years of life. The last 28 years, approximately 56 until he died – and he died in 1945 atage 63 – would be ruled by the Moon which makes perfect sense because the Moon is in theEleventh House, in her own sign, and the sign of Cancer is also the Exaltation in this chart.

That would say probably between that period of 1938 and 1945 would be one of the most exaltedperiods of his life and that would probably be where much of his legacy would be made.

That’s our first technique, The Leading Light, let’s go to the next technique and look for thePart of Fortune. It’s in the 8th. We’re still going to take note anyways. We look for the rulerof the Part of Fortune – it’s in the 10th. That means it’s culminating from the Ascendant, andthat’s one of our rules. Let’s figure out where all the points are: the first point is Librarising, the Lot of Fortune is in Aries and the 8th. The Lot of Spirit is in Aquarius in the

6th. The lot of Basis is in Sagittarius in the Fourth. The Exaltation is in Cancer which is the11th, with the moon there. The Acquisition is Aquarius also. We’re looking for the ruler of thePart of Fortune. Aries is the Lot of Fortune . We’re looking for the ruler, Mars. He’s in the10th from the Ascendant. That’s very nice. Already we’re saying, okay, it looks like this guyis going somewhere. We’re looking secondly now, anything culminating from the Lot of Fortune ?No. We do have the ruler of the Exaltation on the Exaltation. I think that is strong enough tomake this chart really big. I’m going to tell you something interesting about FDR in light ofthis Exaltation. FDR, during his time period, was one of maybe two or three civilians inAmerica with a complete exhaustive knowledge of naval history. It was an absolute passion ofhis. He knew as much about Naval history and maneuver, etc that most Naval generals wereawestruck. I don’t think this chart tells you as specifically that this person is going to bereally famous. There’s a difference between fame and royalty, and you see it in these charts.Maybe I’ll pull out Elizabeth II and we can look at that and see how it’s different from someof these fame and fortune type charts. This is not specifically a fame and fortune chart asmuch as it is a noble statesmen kingship chart. What I’ve found is that almost all of thestatesmen or world leaders, that Saturn and Jupiter is usually above the horizon, and often TheSun as well. Even George w bush has Saturn above the horizon. Having looked at that, knowingthat, I would say, hm, Saturn over the horizon, the ruler of the Part of Fortune is

culminating, the ruler of the Exaltation is in the Exaltation. The Moon and the sign of Cancerhave a lot of connection with the common man. I would say that this is a strong leader or kingwho the common man really likes. One more interesting mystery about the Exaltation. I’m notgoing to stand totally behind it because I don’t want to sound like a froo froo seventiesastrologer. I believe very strongly in reincarnation, and there are various people in modernastrology who have figured out different ways to find past life stuff. I feel like theExaltation in the chart is a place where we can find past life proclivities, or some kind ofconnection to past life karma. We can see it in Mozart’s chart, we can see it in this chart.This Naval part is one part of it. Certain people are attracted to certain things and not allof us have to believe in reincarnation, but I do. And I sometimes think that when we’re reallyattracted to a certain experience, maybe we’re remembering or trying to remember. There was noreason for somebody born in landlock upstate new york to be one of the foremost authorities onNaval history. But also, how did Franklin Roosevelt contract polio? Franklin Roosevelt was out




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swimming, he was a very athletic man, in a swimming hole – I’m hoping I’m correct in saying it wasa salt water kind of thing and he got water in his mouth. What they think is while he was drinkinghe got some water in his mouth and it had the virus in it. One of the things about FranklinRoosevelt is that he notably was a very robust man on the outside, but his immune system was veryweak. People always commented on how he always caught every bug that came around, and whenever hewas under major stress he would get almost deathly ill. This thing basically incubates in theintestine, but gets killed if you have a strong immune system and his immune system wasn’t strongenough to kill it. That brings us back to that connection of the 6th house. Franklin Roosevelt’s

illness was really a turning point for him, and it changed him from being just another blue bloodinsider, to becoming an extremely noble and compassionate leader. I think this is a reallyfascinating chart. It gives us some understanding of the high fortune without it really coming outat us, or yelling at us.




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MARTIN LUTHER KINGHas Taurus rising.We’re going to do ourthird technique. We’regoing to look for thethree triplicityrulers. The Sun is inCapricorn, it’sdaytime, and it’searth. These nocturnaltriplicities just standwith us. Starting withVenus by day and Marsby night. Venus is inthe 11th, she’s exaltedthe first 28 years ofthis person’s life.Mercury and Venus bothhave a lot ofconnectivity withintellect. I would saythis is a dreamy, highbrow and have veryinteresting tastes, very refined. A refined sensibility cultivated. Venus is with the Moon,Venus is the ruler of the Ascendant. Pisces is connected with that is devotional. Pisces isintensely sensual. I would say these tendencies were able to grow. The planet is exalted and inEleventh House with the good Spirit, so there’s obviously patronage coming from all kinds ofpeople, including women.

This chart is partial to women and has a weakness for women. A weakness for Venus-orientedthings, like lying down in a nice bed and getting good and sweaty. The Moon is with it as well.Venus is on the Spirit too, so that says a little something to us. This development ofSpirituality, development of this rarified sense of love. This kind of Venus and Pisces is thathigher love. A love that transcends the personal and that eradicates boundaries.

Venus sorts of events are a signature of these 28 years, and also with the patronage they wouldhave from people above them as well. There would be a very strong coming up, and possibly a verystrong Spiritual coming up, at least a strong sense of a feeling of love. A feeling of thistranscendent love, of wanting to express and know and understand this transcended love.

The second triplicity ruler is Mars. Mars brings us to that second period of life. This is theperiod in which Martin Luther King made most of his accomplishments and tragically, also died.

He was killed in 1968 at the age of 39. Mars gives us a taste of how much more dangerous thesituation is. Mars is the ruler of the 12th, so there’s the bad Spirit getting in our way. Marshas a tendency to thrive on opposition. And when he’s ruling the 12th – this is a Taurus risingchart, like Mae West.

It is the opposition that is going to show itself in the face of other people, the Civil Rightsmarches would see to that. And as also opposing Saturn. We can say that during this period thereare conflicts. Also, this is a rising up from under in this second 28-year period. This chartwould determine that the native would bring up things from underneath (the unconscious?)experiencing a lot of frustration, obstacles and “boots on the ground” hard work because theMars opposes the Saturn: demonstrable anger and frustration, and quite possibly, danger. Mars/Saturn opposition is never of itself “good,” it’s ***columbine. He did not get to the thirdperiod of life.




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The Five Pillars: Taurus is rising, the Lot of Fortune is in Cancer – Third house – Lot ofSpirit is in Pisces, the Eleventh House, where that Venus was, which is why I was talking aboutthis Spiritual awakening, because Spirit also represents our concept of god. It’s the part ofThe Sun, which of course is God. The lot of Basis is in Virgo, which is the th house, just likeMae West. The Acquisition is in Taurus, just like Mae West. Totally different chart, but many ofthe points reveal a similarity. The Acquisition is Taurus with Jupiter there. The Exaltation isLeo. First thing we’re looking for is, where is the Lot of Fortune? He’s in the third. We’re

still taking notes.What’s so interesting about this chart is his last name was King and there’s all these kingshipindicators. When we look for the moon, she’s in the 9th house from the Part of Fortune which isthe house of kings and she’s with the exalted ruler of the Ascendant and she’s on the Spirit.We’ve got some nice things happening: we’ve got an exalted planet on the fortune, an exaltedplanet on the Spirit. We’ve got the ruler of Fortune on the Spirit. And it’s happening in afantastic house radically from the Ascendant, the 11

th.

There’s definitely something fortunate going on with this chart. The ruler of the Exaltation isThe Sun, he’s in the 9th. He’s a man of God. The ruler of the Basis culminates from theAscendant. That can’t do anything but help a good fortune.

Venus and Moon are on the Spirit on the Eleventh House: This chart can go quite far. The Sun isin his joy in the 9th. Also, this is Venus in Pisces on the Spirit. Pisces (Jupiter) is theSpirit and that ruler of the Spirit is in the Ascendant. In the MLK chart, the ruler of theSpirit is in one of the very best houses: The eleventh.

When all these things integrate we are in the presence of a very notable person, a highSpiritual leader. Saturn is above the horizon. (Make a comment on this)**

This is someone whose Spirituality is based on Love for Humanity, the universal Love that theVenus in Pisces and Jupiter in Taurus in mutual reception might provide. Jupiter is a grandbenefic, so this combination displays spiritual (highest) love and harmony.

A further note is the exalted planet on the Lot of Spirit. The ruler of the Lot of Fortune onthe Lot of Spirit. The ruler of the Basis is culminating from the Ascendant promising (Very niceindeed** articulate what this means in terms of events or summary of his life). The ruler of theSpirit is on the Ascendant and the Acquisition. The ruler of the Acquisition is on the Spirit.Spirit and Acquisition are brought together, demonstrating that Spiritual riches came to thisperson.

Jupiter is in the Acquisition. Venus is in the eleventh from the Part of Fortune, in Pisces.

We know that MLK expressed the Spirit of goodness. The two most beneficial planets are verystrong and working in concert.

What we have seen is that this particular technique is pertinent. It seems – if you look at anychart as closely as this technique provides – we arrive at an insight deriving from the secondcentury experience of astrology: It Is Written.

This manner of examining the chart provides greater rigor in the telling of the narrative, thelife story, of what is happening to the person. We can more easily say, “It is written in thestars.”

Astrological practice ceases to focus on the transpersonal planets. It ceases to be about whatplanets are doing to each other, starts to be purely about how do the die actually fall? Intowhat kind of formation are the tea leaves falling?

From this there comes a very sound, kind of predicted period out of these zodiac signs.

The next step is to synthesize these things in order to delineate – in a personal way – people’scharts.




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Fortune - The Lot of Fortune operates as an alternate ascendant, describing the person's body

and inclination. Also included is the determination for a person's work and position in life.

The Lot of Fortune is the gateway into this system.

Spirit - Lot of Spirit represents the native's mind and spirit and also participates in the

determination for what one does. The concept of spirit includes the double fold concept of

animation and personification.

Spirit shows the relationship between motivations and behavior. It rules both that which

arouses us to action as well as the action we take. Spirit is the

vivifying force.

Acquisition -Anyone who is conversant in vedic astrology will see the connection between

the vedic 11th house of Gains and the Acquistion. This "place" (for it is not a Lot)can be

found by counting 11 house from the Lot of Fortune by whole sign. It represents

what one gains as a result of pursuing their path of fortune. It can describe what we acquireand how much of it.

Exaltation -This is and the Lot of Basis are the two most esoteric points of the 5 locations.

The place of Exaltation and its ruler are the most potent indicators of fame, extreme good

fortune and celebrity in the chart.

Basis -The Lot of Basis and its ruler shows whether the native has a secure enough

foundation to sustain the apportionment of fortune he has been allotted.

This foundation is related to finances, health and mental stability




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LOTS & PLACES SIGN RULER

Lot of Fortune

MLot of Spirit

&Place of

Basis

)Place of

Acquisition

,Place of

Exaltation

Place of previous new

or full moon

1 2 M 3 &Consider the "situation" of the Lights:

If the Sun is above the horizon, it is adiurnal chart, if below it is a nocturnal

chart.

Horoskopos = Ascendant

Marking the Hour = on the Ascendant

or Fortune

Culmination = 10 places or signs from a

lot or place

Locate the lots of Fortune and Spirit.

Fortune is found by determining the arc of

difference between the Sun and Moon,

and adding or subtracting that number of

degrees from the ascendant, using their

degrees of arc in the order of the signs.

For day, add the degrees. For night,

subtract.

Find the "Basis" by determining the

number of degrees in the shortest arcbetween the lots of Fortune and of Spirit,

regardless of the direction of the signs.

Add that number to the ascendant.

4 ) 5 , 6kFind the "Acquisition" of the fortune by

counting 11 signs from its location. (or,

count backward from the fortune by two

signs)

To find exaltation: Discern whether the

chart diurnal or nocturnal.

Take the shortest arc in both cases:

If diurnal, count the numbers of houses

separating the Sun from his sign of

exaltation, Aries, in the same direction.

If nocturnal, count the numbers of houses

separating the Moon from her sign of

exaltation, Taurus.

Find the previous new or full moon




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In the chart of Elizabeth II, the lot of Basis is in Gemini in the 6th place of servants and

servitude. The ruler, Mercury is in the 4th house of ancestral bearing. Her ancestral heritage

being the Basis of her position in life makes Elizabeth II a servant to the Crown and to her

ancestral obligation. (page 2)




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