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A Horary Astrology Chart

The Seeker had a cat that had been diagnosed with a terminal heart condition. She wanted to know when the cat would die by natural causes so she could determine whether to have the cat euthanized before that time.

Mr. Cat is Lord 6, Venus.
Mr. Cat's heart is Lord 10 (his turned Lord 5), which is Saturn.

One of the first things to notice here is that the South Node is in House 6, afflicting Mr. Cat. It is not a good start. Even more problematic is that Saturn, Mr. Cat's heart, is approaching conjunction of that South Node by antiscion (although it should be noted that it will not perfect that conjunction, as Saturn will go retrograde only to 18 Aquarius 35).

Another troublesome sign is that Neptune, the Lord of the Sea, is conjunct Venus, Mr. Cat himself, by antiscion. The terminal heart condition is causing build up of fluid in the body, and is that is probably affecting the kidneys (Libra).

Those features are simply the planets reflecting reality, i.e., the medical condition of Mr. Cat. They do not answer our question of when Mr. Cat will die.

In this chart, Death is potentially Lord 8, Jupiter, or potentially Lord 2 (Mr. Cat's turned Lord 8), which is Mercury.

Neither Jupiter nor Mercury, however, is going to make a bodily aspect to Venus any time soon, so we cannot time Mr. Cat's death by Death aspecting Venus. But, Mr. Cat is terminal and so the answer MUST be in the chart in some other capacity (astrology doesn't ever NOT work).

The next notable thing that Venus will do is conjunct the Sun at 29 Libra 33, i.e., in about 22 degrees. And then both the Sun and Venus will change sign, and move into Scorpio. Here is Mr. Cat's death.

Right now, Venus is combust by the Sun, but it occurs in Venus's own sign, so the combustion acts like a mutual reception. There is no harm in it. The ancients used to argue over this point, but observation over the last 2000 years has since proved the point conclusively.

But, as soon as the Venus/Sun conjunction takes place and the Sun changes sign into Scorpio, that mutual-reception-like feature will be broken. The Sun in Scorpio will carry Venus into her detriment, and Venus forthwith will enter the sign of her detriment and be severely combusted and greatly harmed by the Sun. Moreover, this will take place in House 6, Mr. Cat's own house.

That will be the point of Mr. Cat's death. It will occur in roughly 22-23 degrees. Right now Venus and the Sun are in a cardinal sign (Libra) and a succeedent house (the 5th), so the unit of timing will be medium. From the diagnosis, we know that Mr. Cat cannot possibly survive 22-23 weeks, so the timing unit must be DAYS.

22-23 DAYS would be the answer if Venus were moving at her average rate of speed of about a degree per day. But, she's not. She's moving at her fastest speed, about 1 1/4 degrees per day. At that speed, we can knock down our number of days by 4-5 days. So, Mr. Cat's natural life span will extend to about OCTOBER 22 or 23, which is 18 or 19 days after the question was asked.

Now armed with this information, the Seeker will be able to monitor the situation more readily and determine if euthanasia is a better option before that date.

*** Blessed be to those who serve the Great Mother and the Horned Father.

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