work horary

[tom]

hi everyone,
i'm learning about horary, and have the last couple of weeks read a lot of posts here. i thought i'd post the chart of a question i asked today: will the ad i placed at the co-op generate business? it's on the website - i've already hit the community bulletin board there (and a number of other places in town).

i'm ready to expand my young astrology practice, and have begun to advertise in my community variously (i have an office space share that i use for readings, a website & business cards, and i've been spreading the word). the more i work the more excited i get, and the more i go to my office job at an art museum, the more i dread this kind of use of my time (not using my skills/gifts at all here, etc.)



i have some rough thoughts based on what (i think) i've learned - here they are. i'd love corrections/feedback any of you might have.
-10th house ruler venus is in the 7th, good for business, but conjunct uranus. uranus points to astrology, but also inconsistency. venus-uranus are squared by the moon (not supported by community?), trine jupiter & semi-square the sun.

-2nd house ruler mercury is in the 8th, which says to me other people have a say in this. it's square both pluto in the 5th and mars in the 11th - that doesn't feel so good to me, frankly. also mercury's on the north node - is this about networking? the communications of other people (mercury-8th)?

-would you count jupiter in the 3rd? it's by 1 minute - the coop is a community endeavor i'm a part of.
-ruler of the 3rd for community is the ruler of the 10th - is that work via the community?

-the part of fortune is 10 aries in the 8th (not in this chart, but i just looked), trine the moon, not far from the NN/mercury.

do we look for connections to the natal chart at all? if so, it might be worth noting that the IC is the same degree-minute as my natal sun, 16 scorpio 04.

thanks!

[primamateria]

Hi Tom,

I'm no expert at horary but know a bit about the basics...

first of all you look at the sign on the ASC - its ruler represents you.. you're looking for aspects made between you, the 'I' of the question and the significator of the question itself. The Moon is also your co-ruler so you can look for aspects between the moon and the significators next.

(aspects must be applying)

finding the significator is the tricky bit- you asked 'will I get business from coop listing?' so the question is about work and about advertising. Your knowledge of house rulerships should come in handy here.

I'll leave answering the question for the experts.

blessings, pm

[Kim Falconer]

Hi Everyone,

Good question. Tom.

PM brings up the point that you are dealing with both advertising AND your business as an astrologer, which is important here.

Venus rules, as you mention, both the 10 house business (in the 7th of one-to-one counselling) and the 3rd house which is both Community co-op AND Advertising...she is approaching a trine to Jupiter (long range advertising) on the 4th cusp (end of matter) and the conjunction to Uranus, which I feel reflects the nature of the business (astrology, computers etc).

We would like to see an aspect, as PM points out, between your ruler, Sun and Venus...there is none, but, your ruler in the 9th says that long-range advertising will pay off.

We next look for an aspect between your co-ruler Moon and Venus. It's square, which says there will be challenges related directly to this question, and the actual co-op advertising may not bring exactly what you envisioned, or you may not be happy with the results. (this could be anything from not enough response, too much response to not the kind of response (clients) you want...believe me, there are clients out there you Don't want (which are fortunately different for ever astrologer).

Under some circumstances, we can give the co-ruler moon to 'the other' which in this case is clientele from the co-op advertising so finding the last aspect of the Moon a trine your Sun is VERY encouraging. Just be ready for some challenges, but in the long run, step by step and word of mouth, the clientele will build.

Anyone else?

Kim

[tom]

hi pm and kim - thank you both for the responses.
this was a good learning tool - i just caught myself asking the question and realized that it'd be good to post and ask for insight

the co-op responded with a generic e-mail about advertising in a brochure they put out quarterly, ignoring the idea of the website listing. so i have to sort that out. that fits with the square between moon and venus, i think.