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If the Moon changes houses during the course of an event, then the subject goes from one situation to another.  For instance, the Moon starts in the ninth house in our example.  Let’s say the chart supports that the subject is in the woods.  Then within an hour the Moon moves into the eighth house.  You can probably then say the subject is in danger.  Other death placements will support a death reading but other money placements or sex placements would put the subject elsewhere doing something else.  As another example, let’s say the same Moon in the ninth house is supported by the chart to indicate that the subject is traveling.  When the Moon moves into the eighth house, other planets point at money.  You may safely say the subject went somewhere to get money or spend money or even steal money.  You get the drift.

The Moon can be used to show the movements of the subject and aspects to and from the Moon show the results of those movements.  Again, another example would be the Moon in the fourth house.  Let’s say that it makes sense to say that the subject is in a home or residence, based on planetary placements and aspects.  But the Moon is suffering from a bunch of squares or oppositions from planets like Saturn, Mars or Pluto.  Perhaps you will see that the chart is saying she or he is being held against the will.  Then let’s say the Moon is disposed of by a planet in the twelfth house.  So, perhaps the subject is in a home, held against her will and hidden, as well.  And then let’s say that the Moon actually rules the third house.  Can we say that this home she is in is in her own neighborhood?  Look the chart over carefully in every instance, taking the lead from the Moon and the first house ruler and then check, double check and check again before you make a judgment.  But you should always consider the Moon first.

Now, there is a tricky thing that happens a lot in forensic charts, where the Moon rules the first house.  This is when the chart has Cancer rising.  There is also times when the Moon is actually in the first house, no matter what sign is rising.  This gives the Moon double power and it should be read very closely.  Vexing conditions occur for the reader when the Moon is in double power but it doesn’t make any aspects.  What on earth can you do with a planet that makes no aspects?  This is truly a hurdle for any Astrologer.  You see that Moon is ruling the first house, giving it ultra dignity of a sort, but it makes no aspects to enlighten the reading.  Here, you must move to the planet that disposes the Moon.   You can move the chart forward through the dispositor and consider it’s placements and aspects as supporting or denying what is promised by the Moon sign.  For example, in this case, the Moon rules the first house in the sign Taurus and Venus is placed in the eleventh house.  Venus becomes a surrogate for the Moon and places the subject in relation to eleventh house affairs.  Is the subject with friends?  Or is the subject fulfilling a life long dream or chasing a special opportunity?  Sometimes people disappear to get rid of their troubles and to explore other vistas.  Following a dream, they call it.  So if the chart supports it you could read this chart in the manner described by the dispositor of the Moon. Even in cases where the Moon makes no aspect.

The most vexing chart of all is that chart with the Moon ruling the first house and also placed there, in Cancer.  This makes the Moon the sole focus of the chart and since it disposes itself there is no alternate placement to view for more information.  If it goes so far as to not make any aspects, giving no more dimension to the chart, then I consider the chart unreadable.  It is pretty much stalled in the first house.  This very rarely happens, where the Moon literally hides the story under her skirts, but when she does, you have to let the chart go.  This is how important the Moon is.  But it also speaks to how important the first house ruler is, as well.  You need both placements to give the chart depth.  And you cannot go to other houses or planets for answers without starting with the first house ruler and the Moon.

So these are the first two steps in reading any forensic chart:  consider the first house ruler and then take a look at the Moon.