Here’s how to read a horary chart in about one minute. We’ve taken in a stray cat (not the one from last fall; a new one). I’ve tried to find his owners, with no luck. My husband and I talked about finding him a new home, but now I want to keep him. Last night I asked the horary question, “Will the cat be better off with us or with someone else?”
Will the cat be better off with us or elsewhere?
The technique I learned to answer questions like this is a little unusual. Simply put, you find the significator, then mentally pick it up and “drop it” into the houses representing the places you’re talking about. It works pretty well with questions like “Will I like the job?” (Take Lord 1 and drop it into the 10th; do the same with Moon to know if it will be emotionally satisfying.)
The cat is signified by Mars, ruler of the 6th house. Mars is in decent shape: in its triplicity, conjunct an exalted benefic. (I see that exact Uranus conjunction, which may represent his status as a stray.)
What happens to Mars when I pick it up and drop it just inside my house, the first? In early Scorpio, Mars is exceedingly strong: dignified by rulership, triplicity, term, and face. The cat is extremely well off with me. (Shelter, food, water, bed, toys, cuddles & brushing, medical care – you bet he’s well off here.)
What happens to Mars when I pick it up and drop it in the 7th, the house of “some other person”? Huge loss of status and well-being. Mars in Taurus is in its detriment, plus it’s under the beams of the Sun, which doesn’t help it.
Case closed. The cat should stay here. (Am I biased? You bet I am. That’s the trouble with reading one’s own horary charts.) How would you interpret this chart?
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As lover of cats- and “gattara” as we say here in Rome, I would keep the cat.
Moreover, you (first house) and the cat (6th house) share the same significator, Mars. I’m sure you will love as he will love you.
Please, put a picture as soon as possible.
margherita
Thank you, Margherita! I’ll put up a picture this weekend.
Christine, thanks for this interesting method for analyse charts like this!
I, too, vote for keeping the kitty and posting a photo. Did you happen to note the time when you first found the stray cat? It would be interesting to look at that chart, too.
Fantastic technique. Uranus and Mars together in the 5th could represent raging hormones, does the cat to be fixed ??
This is my first post — I love your work !
Goca, you’re welcome, and thanks for stopping by.
Judy, another vote for a photo! This weekend, for sure. I don’t have the exact time of the discovery (it was between 8:40 and 9pm on a Sunday a couple of weeks back) but I do have a separate chart for a q. my husband asked that night about whether the cat’s owners were looking for him and if we’d be able to find them. I could put that chart up, too. All cat astrology, all the time!
Joe, thanks for visiting and for the very kind words
Remember, they’re not conjunct in the *cat’s* 5th house; for him, that’s the 12th house. So maybe he’s got a secret identity (dramatic piano chord here). Anyway, he’s fixed, and also declawed – an absence of Mars on two fronts. I actually don’t work much with the outer planets, but here Uranus is too close to the cat’s planet to ignore. But I’m not sure how to read it.
Mars + Uranus in Pisces in the cat’s own 12th house: maybe he’s an escaped feline prisoner, someone who broke free from a confining situation recently? Uranus represents freedom.
Mars in Pisces suggests a softening, even an erasure, of Martian attributes–very descriptive of a neutered, declawed male cat. I’ll bet he’s very attractive, though, as Pisces is quite a glamorous sign and his sig is conjunct Venus.
Cat astrology is almost as much fun as horary. When you have cat astrology and horary TOGETHER–well!! That much fun is almost illegal!
Hmmm. Uranus rules the cat’s 11th house. When he broke out of prison, he wasn’t working alone–he had help from a friend.
Ugh, I liked! So clear and positively.
Have a nice day
Elcoj
Aren’t pets denoted by the fifth house?
No, small animals get the 6th, large animals (larger than goats, I’m told) get the 12th.
Hi Christine, yes, you are right. In horary, the cat would be the 6th.
I love your technique! Quick question — how do you decide *where* to “drop” the significator into each house, or do you not fuss with those details? E.g. a person signified by Mars at 5 Aries, near the end of the 9th house — when I “drop” it into 2 different houses, should I put it near the end of each house, or does the fact that it’s at 5 Aries influence it, or is it just impossible to get all that precise?
Hi – you drop it right on the cusp of that house, as if it just walked in the front door and is looking around to see how it likes the place.
There are better techniques for answering other questions, though, so I’d save this for “stay or go” types of questions.
Endless Yesses! Mars/Cat in 5th of Chart =fun pleasure). Uranus ruler of 4th conjunct Mars in 5th = he will bring excitement/fun into the home. Sun in 6th: ” the Sun ( ruler of 1oth= success) lightens up the entire pet area. Christine is ready to become a Tomcat’s mother. The Moon sextiles the cat!
How’s he doing?