Confession of Dr. Bonehead
Yep, that's me: Dr. Bonehead
! Because in my delineation of this exercise question I made several really dumb mistakes-no, NOT that I didn't apply standard horary procedures, rather that I did not apply key elements of my own methodology, to analysis of the question. Excuses? Yeah, well, I could say that I didn't pay the right kind of attention to the matter because it was only an exercise and no one was "out there" hoping for a guiding answer-and that would be true; and I could admit that finding the Part of Conception in Scorpio gave me a (false) sense of bravado-leading me to pay too much attention to one chart element and not enough to other, impacting elements.
Yes that affected my judgement as well.
In all charts (horary, event, decumbiture, progressed/profected, mundane) it has long been my practice to always look first for the Dragon's Tail (South Node) So important is this unfailing indicator of trouble and negativity to me in looking at charts that a legitimate nickname for me could be "Dragon's Tail Farr"
! Yet I delineated this horary without knowing the nodal positions-that's really dumb (within the context of my methodology) When I later found out the nodal degrees, I had already made my post, and I just glanced to see that DT was not in the 1st house (which it wasn't)-the reality is that I should have reconsidered the chart which would have led me to give a quite different answer.
So-within the context of my methodology-here's what I did wrong:
+the Part of Mothers and the Part of Female Intercourse were both in Aries-a barren sign (Note: the quesited sign of Capricorn, while not fruitful, is also not barren, according to traditional teachings) But Aries is a hard barren sign: this should have given me 2 points vs pregnancy;
+the significator of the Part of Mothers and of Female Intercourse and-OF THE PART OF CONCEPTION!-is Mars-that's ok, except for one big deal: Mars is posited in another hard barren sign-Leo
! As I have posted elsewhere on AW, with the Parts/Lots, the significator of the Part (which is the planetary dispositor of the sign in which the Part falls) MUST be given equal attention along with the place of the Part itself! Mars signifies all 3 Parts relating to possible pregnancy: and Mars is in a very barren sign!
(Its placement in the less-than-fruitful 12th house {whole sign} doesn't exactly give confidence, either) This fact of significator Mars channeling the barren energy of Leo into the Parts strongly compromises the positive testimony of the Part of Conception in Scorpio, downgrades its value significantly, and pretty much knocks out any remaining potentially positive testimony from the Part of Mothers and Part of Female Intercourse;
+while I would like to blame the coloring of the Venus glyph on the chart and the lack of an aspect table (like I'm used to from Astrodienst charts) for my next error, its really something even a rank novice should be ashamed of overlooking: in the chart, a strongly placed, in its own rulership Venus-planet of fertility, planet of pregnancy (many believe-including me-more important than the Moon in the pregnant state) VENUS, I say-IS WITHIN 3 DEGREES OF PERFECT OPPOSITION TO THE PART OF CONCEPTION
! And-I didn't see it! Such an opposition-in a question about pregnancy!-severely compromises any promise from the Part of Conception-in fact, unless the trend of chart elements is STRONGLY in favor, such a finding would almost by itself demand a NO answer to the question!!
+however, I have saved my greatest boneheaded omission for the last. The Dragon's Tail. In this chart the DT is posited:'
-in Leo (same house and sign as Mars: significator for all 3 Parts)
-in 21 Leo: now, the DT is never, ever under any circumstances even close to having benefic influences. Any aspect to it-any type of aspect-brings problems to the planet (or Part or cusp) in such aspect (orb for DT is 3 degrees)
-DT aspects the Part of Mothers (and almost aspects the Part of Female Intercourse); this relationship = further elimination of any positive testimony from that Part-in fact it turns it into NEGATIVE testimony
-DT aspects (semi-sextile) the degree of the Ascendant; in so doing it casts a negative pall over the whole chart (and thereby strengthens all testimonies supporting a NO answer)
-Most importantly, DT squares the Part of Conception: to me, there is no question about it: this aspect REVERSES the positive testimony of the Part of Conception in Scorpio, and says-right here-NO there is no fertility, no pregnancy: to overcome such an indication (in my book) the remaining elements of chart testimony would have to be entirely positive, and, even under such circumstances, I would not feel very confident in offering a yes answer.
I apologize to AW members for the poor application of my methodology which I displayed in this horary exercise, "Am I pregnant?"
Yep, that's me: Dr. Bonehead
! Because in my delineation of this exercise question I made several really dumb mistakes-no, NOT that I didn't apply standard horary procedures, rather that I did not apply key elements of my own methodology, to analysis of the question. Excuses? Yeah, well, I could say that I didn't pay the right kind of attention to the matter because it was only an exercise and no one was "out there" hoping for a guiding answer-and that would be true; and I could admit that finding the Part of Conception in Scorpio gave me a (false) sense of bravado-leading me to pay too much attention to one chart element and not enough to other, impacting elements.Yes that affected my judgement as well.
In all charts (horary, event, decumbiture, progressed/profected, mundane) it has long been my practice to always look first for the Dragon's Tail (South Node) So important is this unfailing indicator of trouble and negativity to me in looking at charts that a legitimate nickname for me could be "Dragon's Tail Farr"
! Yet I delineated this horary without knowing the nodal positions-that's really dumb (within the context of my methodology) When I later found out the nodal degrees, I had already made my post, and I just glanced to see that DT was not in the 1st house (which it wasn't)-the reality is that I should have reconsidered the chart which would have led me to give a quite different answer.So-within the context of my methodology-here's what I did wrong:
+the Part of Mothers and the Part of Female Intercourse were both in Aries-a barren sign (Note: the quesited sign of Capricorn, while not fruitful, is also not barren, according to traditional teachings) But Aries is a hard barren sign: this should have given me 2 points vs pregnancy;
+the significator of the Part of Mothers and of Female Intercourse and-OF THE PART OF CONCEPTION!-is Mars-that's ok, except for one big deal: Mars is posited in another hard barren sign-Leo
! As I have posted elsewhere on AW, with the Parts/Lots, the significator of the Part (which is the planetary dispositor of the sign in which the Part falls) MUST be given equal attention along with the place of the Part itself! Mars signifies all 3 Parts relating to possible pregnancy: and Mars is in a very barren sign! (Its placement in the less-than-fruitful 12th house {whole sign} doesn't exactly give confidence, either) This fact of significator Mars channeling the barren energy of Leo into the Parts strongly compromises the positive testimony of the Part of Conception in Scorpio, downgrades its value significantly, and pretty much knocks out any remaining potentially positive testimony from the Part of Mothers and Part of Female Intercourse;
+while I would like to blame the coloring of the Venus glyph on the chart and the lack of an aspect table (like I'm used to from Astrodienst charts) for my next error, its really something even a rank novice should be ashamed of overlooking: in the chart, a strongly placed, in its own rulership Venus-planet of fertility, planet of pregnancy (many believe-including me-more important than the Moon in the pregnant state) VENUS, I say-IS WITHIN 3 DEGREES OF PERFECT OPPOSITION TO THE PART OF CONCEPTION
! And-I didn't see it! Such an opposition-in a question about pregnancy!-severely compromises any promise from the Part of Conception-in fact, unless the trend of chart elements is STRONGLY in favor, such a finding would almost by itself demand a NO answer to the question!!+however, I have saved my greatest boneheaded omission for the last. The Dragon's Tail. In this chart the DT is posited:'
-in Leo (same house and sign as Mars: significator for all 3 Parts)
-in 21 Leo: now, the DT is never, ever under any circumstances even close to having benefic influences. Any aspect to it-any type of aspect-brings problems to the planet (or Part or cusp) in such aspect (orb for DT is 3 degrees)
-DT aspects the Part of Mothers (and almost aspects the Part of Female Intercourse); this relationship = further elimination of any positive testimony from that Part-in fact it turns it into NEGATIVE testimony
-DT aspects (semi-sextile) the degree of the Ascendant; in so doing it casts a negative pall over the whole chart (and thereby strengthens all testimonies supporting a NO answer)
-Most importantly, DT squares the Part of Conception: to me, there is no question about it: this aspect REVERSES the positive testimony of the Part of Conception in Scorpio, and says-right here-NO there is no fertility, no pregnancy: to overcome such an indication (in my book) the remaining elements of chart testimony would have to be entirely positive, and, even under such circumstances, I would not feel very confident in offering a yes answer.
I apologize to AW members for the poor application of my methodology which I displayed in this horary exercise, "Am I pregnant?"
. Obviously I can't "come after you" or stop you, but it ruins the point as you won't learn anything or stretch a muscle. If you're curious as to what others have to say (as everyone always is) then be sure to go back and read after you've posted your interpretation. Everyone got that? Awesome.
