Hi, everyone.
I have actually recently been informed about the outcome of a relationship horary that i cast last spring. The Luminaries were not the rulers of the relevant houses however, the Moon had just started separating from the Sun at the time of the Question (a very tiny orb of separation, only a few minutes - a partile separating aspect, sort of speaking).
The Querent and the Quesited did start a relationship soon after the Question was asked - the Querent didn't really question the possibility of the two of them becoming engaged in a relationship but she was actually curious to find out as to how well they could "co-operate" (in her own words. She had just recently met him and wasn't sure if she was jumping into a relationship too soon.
The relationship, unfortunately, ended a month ago and I the Querent was kind enough to answer a few of my questions about the nature of their relationship which helped me to get a better understanding of the opposition. Unfortunately, again, most of my assumptions were correct.
The Moon is the co-ruler of the Question (and the Querent's co-ruler for that matter) and its influence on the chart is always huge. It usually pinpoints the area of the biggest importance, it often reveals the underlying questions and, most importantly, it tells us a lot about the future events.
The relationship born under such an influence will surely have to undergo certain troubles. In his 5th consideration for better judgement (LIBER ASTRONOMIAE ,Treatise V), Bonatti says:
The 3rd is when she is posited in any of the combust degrees, of which the worst are: those 12 degrees which are before the degree which is directly opposite to the degree in which the Sun is, wherever she shall happen to be,
so, obviously, this could even be seen as a warning against judgement.
The effects of the opposition between the luminaries can sometimes look almost trivial- based on my personal "statistics", about 99% of people who have a Sun/Moon opposition between the luminaries in their Natal chart are struggling with some sort of vision problems (the strength of the planets and their placement will tell as to how big the problems are). This is actually quite logical- two luminaries in an aspect equals the optics.
Something similar can be noticed in Horary and event charts although, in most cases, the "optical" problem should be translated into the most appropriate symbolical meaning. Whilst the Sun/Moon conjunction is a bad omen as the Moon is combust, its symbolical meaning is actually that the Moon is blinded and that certain things might remain a secret in a relationship. in electional astrology that would be a good time to start a secret business but hardly a new relationship. When the two luminaries are brought together into a benevolent aspect, we could say that the Sun is bathing the Moon with his warmth or casting light in front of the Moon thus, helping her to find the way.
It is obvious that an opposition looks more like a trouble than a well balanced relationship. The Sun wants to move forward whilst the Moon tends to go go backwards and cannot leave the past alone very easily. Unfortunately, that was the case with the couple from the chart mentioned earlier. With the opposition taking place across the 4th/10th axis, the partner turned out to be overly attached to his parents (and, yet, their relationship was not warm either) and suffering from many traumas "caught" in his early childhood. in addition, according to the Querent, his longest past relationship is constantly haunting him although it has been almost 10 years since his ex girlfriend left him. He doesn't want her back- he wants a revenge. After a while, the Querent could not handle the stress any more and she left him. She wanted a future with him but she was unable to get him out of his own past.
Cheers,
aglaya