theforensicastrologer

I have already addressed the chart angles in previous posts on planets and casting the chart.  I will probably address the subject many times over.   I cannot stress the importance of the angles in the forensic chart.  I have addressed the need to locate the angular rulers and the planets placed in angular houses.  In this post, I will address other considerations of the angles and their placement.

Once you have considered the rulers of the angles and the planets placed in angular houses, you should consider these planets in relation to the exact degree on the angular cusps.  Any angular ruler that also aspects an angular degree must be considered to be in the forefront of the analysis.  For instance, 12 degrees of Aries is rising and Mars is in 12 degrees of Capricorn.  Not only is Mars the first house ruler but it is also  exactly square to the first house cusp.  You must, in this chart, examine Mars closely to get clues about the subject.  Another example might be 20 degrees of Libra on the midheaven with Venus in 20 degrees of Aries.  Not only does Venus ruler the midheaven but it insinuates itself on the fourth house axis by the direct square.  Obviously, in this example, we have Aries on the nadir  which means Mars must also be considered and if it is placed in Cancer, for example, within 10 degrees of either side of 20 degrees, then you have a Mars-Venus connection to be considered as well.  Angles are powerful points and cannot be ignored.

Other house cusps can play a huge part in the forensic chart if angular rulers or planets in angular houses aspect any house cusp directly.  Such as a chart with Taurus rising has Venus exactly square to the degree on the eighth house cusp.  In this instance, you might conclue that the subject is in danger of death,depending upon other aspects,or perhaps confronted by a sexual situation or a robbery.  In  a chart with this aspect, because of the eighth house cusp, you would look around for Mars and Pluto and see what they were doing, as well.  All charts,even forensic ones, must be read in synastry.  They should come together in a uniform fashion, each planet, house and aspect another instrument in an orchestra playing a complex song.  This song should be in tune, of course!

The trick with forensic charts, as it is with all Astrology charts, is to bring together all the elements and blend them in a sensible fashion.   To this end, you must consider each element in the chart, one at a time, in an order of importance that makes sense to you.  The angles are the first things you must inspect, analyze and fully understand in analyzing a forensic chart.  

So the steps involved in this are:  Discover what signs are on the angles, what planets rule those angles and what planets are placed in the angular houses.  Look for aspects between the rulers and the planets placed in the angles.  Locate the rulers and note what house they reside in.  Then look to see what aspects exist between these rulers and other planets.  Then, in the final assessment, at this point in analysis, you should consider what aspects are made to the exact degrees on the angles.  Pinpoin the planets that aspect the cusps and what those aspects are.  Of course, oppositions create a different effect than trines.   But I will tackle the aspects and how they are read in future posts.

Your assignment today would be to sit down with your example chart.  Study the angles in the order of considerations I have given you.  Start with the signs, then move to the planets, then to the aspects.  Write all of this down and make note of your own observations.  Save these notes for the next lesson.  And when you are done, move on to the next post in the series, Which Aspects Are What.

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