Thanks Moondancing. Time for me to get out my notes as I do no do Horary that much anymore, so hope this can help us recall some caveats - (if indeed there are any?)
(see Lily’s rules below)
The strong significators are those of... Taurus, Cancer, Sagittarius and Pisces... in those signs a VOC Moon is not much hindered and will perform much better, because Taurus, Cancer, Sagittarius and Pisces are all ruled by benefics. (i.e. Venus & Jupiter) ****
From notes I made years ago, can't recall where I read them now:
[FONT="] Lilly makes it perfectly clear that the only aspects to be considered are the traditional Ptolemaic aspects. The Conjunction, Sextile, Square, Trine and Opposition. The argument of whether a Moon is VOC centers on its application to the next planet. With the Moon, Lilly's rules allow for an applying orb of 12½ degrees, and a separating orb of 8½ degrees. The Sun and the Moon because of their over-riding importance in every horoscope are always given wider orbs because they exert such a dominant influence over everything they touch and the range of their power reaches further. [/FONT][FONT="]
if the Moon is still within 12½ degrees applying orb of another planet we have to look further. If the Moon is making an application to another planet in the early degrees of another sign, then it is not VOC. The fact that this aspect will not perfect until the Moon has changed signs is irrelevant to the question.
[/FONT][FONT="] "The sign cusp is NOT an Iron Curtain nor a concrete wall. It is the making of an applying aspect, rather than the perfection of the aspect that is important. If the Moon is making an applying aspect it is not VOC."
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The Moon IS VOC when it is in the first 18 degrees of a sign and makes NO applying Ptolemaic aspect to any other planet before it leaves the sign it is in. (There is basically no chance the 12.5 orb rule can apply before it leaves the sign.)
The Moon IS VOC when it is in the last 12 degrees of a sign and makes NO applying Ptolemaic aspect to planets in the first decanate of any other sign using a 12½ degrees orb.
The Moon IS NOT VOC when it is in the last 12 degrees of a sign but does make an applying Ptolemaic aspect to planets in the first decanate of another sign using a 12½ degrees orb.
Of course the Moon is definitely NOT VOC when it does make applying Ptolemaic aspects before leaving the sign it is in.
There is an additional exception. Even if the Moon is VOC... Lilly says: "All manner of matters goe hardly on (except the principall significators be very strong)"
[/FONT][/FONT][FONT="][FONT="] The strong significators are those of... Taurus, Cancer, Sagittarius and Pisces... in those signs a VOC Moon is not much hindered and will perform much better, because Taurus, Cancer, Sagittarius and Pisces are all ruled by benefics.
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[FONT="][FONT="]I have to wonder about this note however, and hope the Committees doing the investigations have and use lawyers and others more efficient in their question time the we saw the other day with G.O.P. Lewandowski, clearly being coached to waste the 5 minute time limit and "win the charade" he was playing.
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[FONT="][FONT="][FONT="]A void of course moon in Sagittarius is milder than others as the straying moon is milder in signs in which the planet Jupiter is exalted. You may be the victim of a prank or find out that information you thought was false was actually true after all. This stray moon is exasperating, more than anything, as others may become very vague when they communicate with you. [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]