Osamenor
Staff member
I'm pretty new to doing electional charts, and looking for some pointers. There are a couple of upcoming events that I'm involved in the planning of. I've cast tentative event charts for both, in an effort to figure out what timing is ideal.
My knowledge of astrological planning is really limited to weddings. I understand that for a wedding chart, it's considered ideal to have the moon waxing and not in fall or detriment; ideally, it would be in Cancer or Taurus, and the sun not in one of the "malefic" houses, and the AC and MC rulers direct, and at least one angle ruled by Venus or Jupiter. Do those same parameters hold for things like grand openings, launch parties, or starting a new organization? What about the angles--does it matter whether they're in fixed, mutable, or cardinal signs?
Here are the events I'm looking at:
Event #1: a launch party. The date has been chosen, and is nonnegotiable, but the time is to be determined. This is really a case where the launch would happen with or without a party, and the results would probably be the same, but we want a semi-public "here we are" celebration. Are there astrological factors that should be considered, like where the angles are, the moon, etc? The moon will change signs that day, if that's a consideration.
Event #2: first meeting of an astrological study group. Because of space availability at the meeting site, the time is predetermined, but there are several dates to choose from. At this time of year, that time of day, all potential start dates have Leo rising and the sun plus several planets in the sixth house. Depending on the date, though, moon placement varies, and midheaven sign varies. (A couple of the potential charts I've tried, I like how they match with my chart, but I don't know if that's really a consideration. This isn't all about me.)
My knowledge of astrological planning is really limited to weddings. I understand that for a wedding chart, it's considered ideal to have the moon waxing and not in fall or detriment; ideally, it would be in Cancer or Taurus, and the sun not in one of the "malefic" houses, and the AC and MC rulers direct, and at least one angle ruled by Venus or Jupiter. Do those same parameters hold for things like grand openings, launch parties, or starting a new organization? What about the angles--does it matter whether they're in fixed, mutable, or cardinal signs?
Here are the events I'm looking at:
Event #1: a launch party. The date has been chosen, and is nonnegotiable, but the time is to be determined. This is really a case where the launch would happen with or without a party, and the results would probably be the same, but we want a semi-public "here we are" celebration. Are there astrological factors that should be considered, like where the angles are, the moon, etc? The moon will change signs that day, if that's a consideration.
Event #2: first meeting of an astrological study group. Because of space availability at the meeting site, the time is predetermined, but there are several dates to choose from. At this time of year, that time of day, all potential start dates have Leo rising and the sun plus several planets in the sixth house. Depending on the date, though, moon placement varies, and midheaven sign varies. (A couple of the potential charts I've tried, I like how they match with my chart, but I don't know if that's really a consideration. This isn't all about me.)