In Pope Benedict XVI’s birth chart, we see Pisces rising, which aligns him with the archetype of the Christian Age, with Pisces on the Ascendant and Sagittarius on the Midheaven, an age inaugurated with the birth of Christ and lasting until the transition into the Age of Aquarius. We still live in a period in…
A querent contacted me to find out more about the nature of a mystical experience which he says he is still unable to put into words, involving a very intense vision exactly one year ago. Upon opening the chart, we see Virgo rising, which immediately indicates the querent’s difficulty in understanding, rationalising, processing and articulating…
My mother rang me very early in the morning. I could not answer straight away, but I was almost certain it had to do with a financial matter she was expecting me to sort out. I decided to cast a horary chart simply to make sure the conversation would go as smoothly as possible. The…
I must confess that this horary was more to test just how exact this hermetic art can be than to find out where the object in question actually was. Because I knew where it was. Yesterday, while showering, I lost my earring, an Ankh, and saw it fall down the bath drain. On returning to…
The querent contacted me to ask whether she has a future as an astrologer by profession. I cast the chart and, with Leo rising, she is signified by the Sun, exalted in Aries, in the 9th house, the house of astrology and higher knowledge. The Sun also has its joy in the 9th, which gives…
I never knew my father. In my natal chart, the 4th house is ruled by an extremely strong Saturn, dignified in Capricorn, the planet in the best zodiacal condition in the whole chart. At first glance, this could suggest a father who was certainly melancholic, Saturnine, distant and cold, but still capable of providing structure.…
This is a very interesting chart. The querent asked me when she would have her second child, at a time when she was still pregnant with her first. Horary decides to be literal. The Ascendant is Cancer, with the Moon in domicile precisely in the same sign, although in the 12th House. The Moon in…
The querent, a freelance copywriter, asked whether a client would hire him the following day. The chart shows Mars as the primary significator of the querent, with the Moon as co-significator. Venus signifies the client, as ruler of Taurus on the cusp of the 7th house. There is a trine between the Moon in Virgo…
A querent asked whether anything in her natal chart could account for the fact that her current year has been marked by repeated financial losses, like sudden traffic fines, sometimes arising from unexpected excessive enforcement by the authorities. Or devices that break apart one after the other. One of the most effective techniques in traditional…
In the chart of Charlie Sheen, Jupiter in Gemini stands out, positioned in the 2nd house by Alcabitius and in the 1st by Whole Signs. This shows that the great benefic, even in detriment in Gemini, operates as a protector of the native’s life, directly connecting the 1st house (life, talent, health, presence, temperament) to…
