Horary Theory: General Questions VS Specific Questions!

Hello everyone. I wanted to make a post and comment on the type of questions people ask.

As in general questions. I've mentioned in some posts that...I hate this questions. The reason is because they never give a clear answer. They just don't.

There are some exceptions to general questions, which can be answered, mainly those involving pregnancy and having children.

General questions are something like:

- "Will I ever get married?"
- "Will I find a boyfriend soon?"
- "Will I get my diploma in 3 years?"
- "Will I be rich?"

Etc...

The problem with this type of questions is that, usually the chart will ALWAYS point to a yes.

Lets take the most common one:

a woman asking "Will I ever get married"?

Most ancient horary astrologers (including William Lilly), left a couple of instructions on how to judge a question like this. While most of them vary on the technique, and the planets involved, they are pretty much similar. According to them you have to look for:

- The ruler of the 1st house / The Moon as signifiers for the querent.

And then you need to look for aspects between these 2 planets with:

- The ruler of the 7th house (the spouse).
- The Sun (as a signifier for Husbands).
- The Planet Mars (as signifier for Man).
- Planets INSIDE the 1st house.
- Planets INSIDE the 2nd house.
- Most of the main signifiers in Fertile signs (water signs)

According to tradition, aspects between the 2 signifiers for the querent, and some of these planets, provide testimony of a woman getting married. The more testimonies you can find in the chart, the better.

The problem is that...this kind of answer is sort of a hoax.

While it is true that these testimonies DO indicate the likehood of a woman getting married, it would be almost imposible NOT to find any type of aspect or placement in the chart.

It will be most likely that either the moon or the ruler of the 1st will be aspecting a planet, or that you'll find a planet placed in the 1st house, or stuff like that.

So pretty much any general questions regarding marriage will always, according to tradition, be a YES.

Besides, we should also take into consideration, the fact that society today has changed. Not every person gets married, but that doesn't imply they may not have committed lasting relationships. Or life partnerships.

Sometimes the chart can point out to a potential partner, that might never become a legal spouse.

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Now like I said, there are exceptions for general questions, the most important one, is the one about pregnancy.

This is because, when the question is asked, what you are looking are not for children, but for testimonies of Fertility. The ability to concieve.

Mainly, the ruler of the 1st, the 5th, The moon and Venus in good placement.

Fertile signs, Barren signs, Medium signs (those that are "sort" of fertile), House placement (angular is better), etc, would indicate a woman's ability to concieve.

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To make things short: it is always better to ask specific questions. As in:

- "Will I marry my current boyfriend?", instead of asking "will I ever marry?"

Specific questions are more accurate.

Anyways, Hope it helps!