If you're going to learn, you should start at the beginning.
You need to see if the chart is radical. For that, you'll need Hour Tables or something to calculate the Hour Ruler for you.
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]*[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]*[/FONT]*Once you find the chart is radical, you need to look for warnings.
Some people call those considerations or strictures.
These do not prevent the chart from being judged, they're simply warnings that it might be difficult to reach a proper judgment.
Ascendant in early or late degrees.
Some people say the first and last 3° but there's really no support for that.
Early degrees would be the first 5° to 7° and late degrees would be the last 7° to 5°.
An early Ascendant shows things haven't developed yet so it's too early, and a late Ascendant shows the situation is out of the Querent's control (and the Querent knows that but they asked out of sheer desperation).
Ascendant Via Combusta, which would be anywhere from 15° Libra to 15° Scorpio (except for 23° Libra which is the Fixed Star Spica).
Next we look for Saturn in the 1st or 7th House.
Saturn in the 7th House and not ruling the 1st or 7th House is a warning to the Astrologer that they don't know enough about the subject matter for whatever reason. Maybe they don't know, maybe they don't understand, or maybe the Querent hasn't been forthcoming with details.
Saturn in the 1st House and not the ruler of the 1st or 7th House will results in long delays and most likely totally destroy the matter so that it is never perfected.
The last consideration is Moon Via Combusta or Moon Void of Course.
A Void of Course Moon has nothing to do with a chart being radical or not.
If the chart is radical, then yes it can be read even if the Moon is Void of Course
Lily says that when the Moon is Void of Course, and in the Signs of Cancer, Taurus, Sagittarius and Pisces, the Moon can perform under certain conditions, and there will still be delays and problems.
In the one or two examples that Lily gives where a Void of Course Moon performs, the Moon is in Rulership or Exaltation, or it is in the Signs of Jupiter, and the Significators are in almost perfect condition, and all aspects are Mutual Reception or very strong Reception.