Will I be accepted to PhD program?

[Effie]

Hello people, hope everyone is doing well.

I cast this horary just right now:

http://www.astro.com/cgi/chart.cgi?c...9&node=-Yn&ast=

I am applying for a PhD program at Johns Hopkins univesrity in D.C., and my question is if I will be accepted. The application deadline is February 1, 2010 to be considered for fall 2010, and I have not applied yet.

Obviously, I am Saturn, and the PhD program/university is the 9 house which is in Virgo, so it is Mercury. Mercury and Saturn do not aspect each other, but Saturn (me) is inside the 9 house and thank God it is not retrograde. I think this is a good sign. Also, the moon (me again) is in the 3rd house, which represents communication and education again in my opinion because a PhD involves a lot of writting and researching and communicating ideas and publishing, etc. I would like to point out that the Moon (me) is in Aries in 25 degrees. My natal sun is in Aries in 25 degrees, so maybe this is not a coincidence and it shows some karmic connection.

Mercury (Johns Hopkins and PhD) conjuncts the Sun in the 10 house of success and professional development: again, I think this is a positive sign. Most importantly, the north node is in the first house: I think indicates a yes because I think Lilly had said that if the north node is inside the first, then this is a definite yes answer no matter the other placements of the planets, but please correct me if I am wrong because I am not 100% sure.

The only thing that concerns me in this chart is the moon (me) opposes MC, any insight?

What do you think guys regarding this chart?

Many thanks!

[starlink]

Effie, if you have not yet applied, how will they know then if they can accept you or not? In a way this is a wrong question. Maybe the question should be: I want to apply for this college. Would that be good for me?.

This chart only shows that you would like to apply. Saturn is in Venusses sign. You are thinking of the PHD. The study is Mercury and being in conjunction of the Sun shows that Mercury is combust, which in this case means, "it is still out of view" as the light of the Sun overpowers the light of Mercury. You cannot see the university yet. I cannot say here if you will be accepte or not, because you have not yet applied.

[Effie]

Originally Posted by starlink

Effie, if you have not yet applied, how will they know then if they can accept you or not? In a way this is a wrong question. Maybe the question should be: I want to apply for this college. Would that be good for me?.

This chart only shows that you would like to apply. Saturn is in Venusses sign. You are thinking of the PHD. The study is Mercury and being in conjunction of the Sun shows that Mercury is combust, which in this case means, "it is still out of view" as the light of the Sun overpowers the light of Mercury. You cannot see the university yet. I cannot say here if you will be accepte or not, because you have not yet applied.

Well, I am going to apply, but I thought ahead of time to ask if I will be accepted if I apply to see what answer I will get. I guess the right question would be "will I be accepted if I apply to Johns Hopkins by their deadline" but unfortunately you cannot write such a big question in the astrodienst tab so I tried to condense it as much as possible.

When you say the university is out of reach it does not mean that I will not be accepted, right? I think it doesn't matter if I have applied or not because this is a technical mundane detail that affects the physical. Since the horary draws questions from a etherical/metaphysical level where if something is meant to happen will happen anyways, I think it could give me an answer whether it is my destiny to study in this university since I am applying anyways no matter what. I just have not sent physically my application by mail yet.

Anyway, thanks for your reply. I'll keep you posted in a few months when I will recieve their response; I hope they will accept me.

Best,
Effie.

[starlink]

When you say the university is out of reach

I did not say that Effie, I just said that at the moment "it is still out of view".

I think it could give me an answer whether it is my destiny to study in this university since I am applying anyways no matter what. I just have not sent physically my application by mail yet.

OK, if you are really going to sent the application, even after this horary would give a NO for instance, then we can interprete this chart. I thought that, if you would get a NO from this chart, you then would not want to apply anymore. See the difference?

This chart shows a VOC Moon which can mean that "nothing will come of it" and more often than not, this is the case with a VOC Moon.

You are ruled by Saturn and the Moon
The University is ruled by Mercury
There is no ingoing aspect between Saturn and Mercury, nor between Moon and Mercury unless we take Moon over the border into the Taurus and look at the opposition she will make to Mercury. I believe they meet within their moyeties. Moon will be very strong, but Mercury remains very weak, and this sort of oppositions requires two strong planets and Mutual Receptions between them in order to overcome the negative implications of an opposition. Should that be the case, then still, the person will be sorry he/she decided to have made this decision.

I hope someone else could also have a look, but this is what I suspect is the outcome. Sorry Effie!

Starlink

The end of the matter house for you is ruled by Mars and Mercury will form a square to Mars, also indicating a possible NO.

The combust Mercury could in this case also mean a NO, like it is not in sight for you.

I can also not find a positive Antiscion degree.

[Effie]

According to Astrodienst the moon went VOC after 15:00. The time I cast the chart the moon was not void of course yet, and according to numerous books, the moon "goes void of course" if it doesn't have any aspect with any other planet (in my case, it has some oppositions, and as soon as it changed to Taurus it's getting ready to oppose Mercury), and it will not make ANY applying aspect directly after the moon changes signs. There is a whole bibliography on this chapter, this is what the authorities in this subject say and I will follow their opinion and not what many contemporary astrologers hastily read.

In any case, I beg to disagree, because again it is Lilly who states clearly that if the north node is in the first house, then the outcome of the chart is favorable even if other aspects in the chart show otherwise; and I am Saturn in exaltation in Libra INSIDE the 9 house (university).

But, as I said before, I have not applied yet, so I will apply, and we'll see what happens, and I will let you know. I hope I will be accepted and when I will have a definite answer from the university, yes or no, maybe we could discuss again this chart for the sake of horary.

Until then, even if you say that the chart says no, I am applying anyways because I have enough confidence in my application. I may not be accepted, but I would never allow a chart to cloud my judgement because if I don't try, I will never know if I had possibily to be accepted or not.

Best,
Effie.

[starlink]

According to Astrodienst the moon went VOC after 15:00.

I did not know this as I have not checked with Astrodienst. I just went for what I saw. Yes, the Moon made an opposition to Venus, but it is an outgoing one, not ingoing. Moon is at 25°1'', Venus at 22°4'. so that means it lies in the past and the only aspect Moon will make is that opposition out of sign with Mercury and I wrote what Lilly also writes in his book, that these sort of oppositions have to be supported by MR and out of angular houses (this is true) and both planets well placed. Only Moon will be dignified. Mercury is combust.

Now about the North Node in the 1st house, yes, that is a very good sign and lets hope that Lilly is right about this I sincerely hope for you that I am totally wrong. I certainly do not insist that I am right here, so honestly, I do hope you will be accepted. Sometimes horary does not have all the answers. There have been many horaries which say YES and it is a no and the other way around and we just cannot figure out why, so I personally never count on a horary alone, at least not until I am an expert and I most certainly am not.

I wish you all the best of luck!

Starlink

[Effie]

OK Starlink, thanks for your kind wishes. Let's hope I will be accepted. I am applying to other schools too, so we'll see what happens. I will update this thread when I have answers from the schools, yes or no. This way we'll be able to see what the chart really indicates and what may be misleading. This is actually a scientific method that is used in all sciences and it's called "triangulation," so it's good if we all of us who cast charts applied it to horary too because it's the only way to learn and share the derived knowledge with the others to use it in their readings too.

Have a good day,
Effie.