Lesson 5

Hello everyone, this is Alexey Borealis. Today we will get acquainted with a list of the
main techniques of horary astrology.

Before studying each of the techniques separately, we will determine how they are
applied and what tasks they solve.

As we have already said, each planet in the horary chart signifies some external object. It
could be a thing, person, or circumstance.

Therefore to predict, we need to juxtapose external items to the planets.

There is a whole class of astrological techniques for this.

Let's call them "signification techniques."

They essentially answer two questions...

- Which planet signifies that particular object, person, or circumstances? And...

- Whom does this planet signify?

We ask the second question when we know the planet has an essential role in the
horoscope. But we do not know its meaning and need to find it.

When we have chosen a celestial body, we need to investigate it. By considering a

planet, we describe what it signifies, namely the current or future circumstances. There is
a class of techniques for this.

The first set of techniques assigns specific properties to the planet. There is a limited
number of these properties, and we will study them in detail later.

For example, the planet might signify your neighbor, food, or your job. It can have the
properties of coldness, warmness, multiplicity, loudness, and so on. These features
describe the condition of the real objects.

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For example, your roommate might be loud or quiet; food might be hot or cold, you
might be working one job or two.

There are three techniques responsible for such a description.

- Sign properties
- Fixed stars and
- Position of the planet in the house

But what if we want to know more than just specific properties? We may be interested in
whether a person is healthy or sick, a large or small salary awaits us at a new job? How
to be in this case?

That is where the technique of planetary essences comes to help. The essential dignity or
debility of the planet describes the state of objects it signifies. It answers three simple
questions.

- Is this object in a bad or good condition? (in the context of the question)
- Is this object harmful or helpful by its nature?
- And if we are talking about a person — does he feel bad, or good?

For example, a client asks, — is it worth reading this book? It implies that the book can
be dull or interesting. A condition of the planet of a book shows this. The significator can
be dignified or debilitated.

If a client asks what position he will receive in a company — high or middle, we can
assess his future work's significator. If it is essentially dignified, then the job will be
highly managerial. The logic of judgment is straightforward here.

So, the essential dignities of the planets show the state of objects signified by those
planets.

We will almost always use essential dignities of the significators. Only sometimes, we
will apply the techniques for specific properties when we are interested in them. For
example, in question — how wet the soil will be, we are interested in humidity. And
humidity is a specific property.

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Finally, the third type of descriptive techniques is the accidental strengthening of a

planet.

This technique answers the question — "how actively a given object can act, or resist
external influences."

For example, a company can be quite aggressive, not play by the rules (that is, harmful
to the market). But meanwhile, it can be a powerful player and consist of cool
professionals.

Another example. There is an excellent company leader, a manager with extensive

experience. But at the moment, he is ill and cannot manage the business. In this case,
we will say that the planet showing the boss is essentially dignified but accidentally
weakened.

Here are the typical questions that are resolved exclusively by the accidental
strengthening/weakening assessment.

- Will our team win?

- Will the company survive the crisis?
- Is this glass fragile or durable?

We are asking here exclusively about the strength or resistance of the objects.

Okay, we know a list of techniques to describe the objects. But what about the flow of
events?

How will planetary state change over time? How will these planets interact with each
other? And what apparent events will this interaction produce?

Slide 7.
Here is the third class of techniques that comes into play. It shows the interaction
between the planets.

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Slide 8.
There are tools for determining people's motives — what they want and what direction
they will act. There are techniques for assessing the influence of one planet on another.
And finally, there are tools for determining future events and the timing of their
occurrence.

Slide 9.
The first technique is receptions. It answers three simple questions.

- Does a person love, appreciate, or want to save something, or not?

- Will the object help or harm another particular object?
- And finally, is an object in someone's power?

For example, in the question, "will my boss agree to give me this position?" We are
interested in the boss's motive. And this is what reception describes.

In the question, — "is it safe to eat this food?" We are interested in the possible harm
food can cause. It may happen because the food is destructive innately, say it is not
fresh. And in this case, we will assess the essential dignity of food’s significator.

But it could be because this food doesn’t specifically fit the querent, say he has an
allergy to nuts, even if they are of excellent quality.

In this case, we talk about a specific impact and apply the techniques of receptions.

Finally, in the question, — "who has hidden control over my competitors?" We are
interested in the presence of control by a third party. And this is also the subject of
receptions.

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Slide 10.
The next two techniques show the presence of impact or close connection between two
planets. These are the techniques of close aspects, antiscia, and house affliction.

They answer the questions:

- Is there any influence from the other planet and something which it signifies?
- Is there a connection between the two planets, that is, between the two objects
they describe?

For example, in the question, — "Does my friend's mother interfere with his
relationship?" We are interested in the mother's constant influence. Astrologically
speaking, we are interested in whether the mother's planet affects the friend's planet.

Influence is the subject of close aspects, antiscia, or position in a house.

In the question, — "Is he involved in a dirty business" or -"is he tied with Harry," we are
interested in the presence of a close connection between the two significators. And this
is also what close aspects, antiscia, or position in a house describe.

Slide 11.
Finally, the most intriguing part is the techniques for identifying events and time of their
occurrence. And this is what exact aspects and timing tools are responsible for.

They answer two simple questions.

- Will a particular event occur?

- And if it will, then when will it happen?

Typical questions these techniques answer:

- When will I meet him?

- Will I get this job?

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- When will my business grow up twice?

Slide 12.
So let's recap what we've learned so far.

In these two tables, I have listed astrological techniques and their purposes. I also
highlighted the focus keywords that characterize each method.

When you hear these keywords in a question, you immediately understand what
techniques are right for you to answer.

You will remember this table with time, but for now, print it out and keep it handy —
you will return to it frequently.

Slide 13.
So now it's time for your first homework. I will give you five questions, and your task is
to choose appropriate astrological techniques to answer.

Next to each question, you will write down a few techniques, as shown in this slide.

Let me show you an example of how it might look.

Slide 14.
Suppose you got the question, — "Why is my business not growing?" In such a
formulation, it is entirely unclear where to start. Let's restate it to include familiar focus
words from the previous slide.

The question "Why is my business not growing?" is equivalent to "What influences my

business, preventing it from growing?" The idea is the same, but now we have a clue for
specific techniques.

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Look, we have a focus keyword — "influence." Influence is a subject of reception and

close aspects. So we need to choose these techniques.

The second focus word is what? That is, we need to find the correspondence between
the planet and some physical objects that it signifies. And this is a subject of signification
techniques.

Slide 15.
So the correct answer would look like this. We will look at the receptions, close aspects,
and apply signification techniques.

Slide 16.
So, now please find appropriate techniques to answer each of the questions below.

- I am going to England for three days. Do I need to take warm clothes with me?
- If I buy this used car, is it safe to drive?
- When will I sell my house?
- What feelings does he have for me?
- Who leaks information to competitors?

The accuracy of an astrological forecast is 90% dependent on the correctness of the

chosen tools. Therefore, read these questions carefully and take some time to think.

And as soon as you finish this task, move on to the next lesson — I will show you the
solution.