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The event in this chart is shown solely by an antiscion.25_{The querent had an} email and telephone relationship with a man. She had not heard from him for a

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Why isn't he calling? MayISt 200I, 6.2Iam BST, London.

few weeks, and he was not answering or returning her calls. She asked, 'Why isn't he calling me? Will I hear from him, and when?' Some of the techniques discussed here are explained later in the book; follow what you can for now, then come backtothis chart when you've worked through the practical section.

The querent is shown by Lord I, which is Venus, and the Moon. As this is a relationship question, we would also give her Venus because she is a woman; but she already has it.

How is she? Yuk! Venus is in its detriment, in the 12th house. She is not happy and she has little power: as we know, because she is havingtowait for himtocall.

The position of the Moon often shows what the querent is thinking about, especially if this placement is emphasised in some way - as it is here, by being so closetoa house cusp. This acts like a highlighter pen, drawing our attentiontoit. What is she thinking about? Probably having some fun (5th house). Itis unlikely that she is thinking about that other major 5th-house concern, children, because the Moon is in a barren sign.

ANTISeIA 107 Her boyfriend is shown by Lord 7, which is Mars, and - only in a relationship question by the Sun, because he is a man.

Does she like him? For this we need to find out her attitudes, which is done by examining her planets' receptions. Look at the table on page 72. Venus is in the sign and face of Mars (him) and the exaltation and triplicity of the Sun (him). The Moon is in the sign and triplicity of the Sun. Yes, she likes him lots!

NB: Venus is in the sign ruled by Lord 7 and is in its own detriment. If Venus were close to the 7th cusp, at, say, 24 Scorpio, it would still be in the sign ruled by Lord 7 and in its own detriment. But that would be a far healthier situation. In that case, she has gone right over to his side of the chart, and LordI will always be

in its own detriment on the 7th cusp. Had she been at 24 Scorpio, we could have judged 'She loves him (in his sign), because of which she is very vulnerable (detri- ment) - as we are if we love someone'. In this chart, however, LordI is in the othersign ruled by Lord 7. She has not gone across to his side of the chart. The implication here is that she is unhappy, so she loves him: a quite different dynamic.

Are her feelings reciprocated? Look at the receptions of his planets to find out what his attitudes are. The Sun is in the sign and triplicity of Venus and the exaltation and face of the Moon. The Sun is very keen on her. At 28 Sagittarius, however, Mars has no interest in her at all: it is not in any dignity or debility of either Venus or the Moon. So while the Sun is so keen on her, Mars is completely indifferent. Maybe this is the clue to why he isn't calling her.

Lord 7 and the Sun both him; but they him in different ways. Lord 7 is him as thinking, feeling person; the Sun is him as animal man. So his animal nature is strongly attracted to her. This is not necessarily only about sex; it also covers the usual imperative to a mate. As person, however, he has no interest in her at all. Interested or not, with his significators in the 8th and 12th houses, he is not in a good position to act.

Especially unable to act is Mars. Its condition here does not look so bad: it has some essential dignity (term) and is about to enter Capricorn, where it is exalted. But appearances are often deceptive. You must be aware of what the planets are doing - not only of what they look as if they are doing. You must check your ephemeris. Mars is in first station: scarcely moving as it turns retrograde. It fails to reach the promised land of its exaltation. Station is a time of great vulnerability.

So Mars (the boyfriend as thinking/feeling being) is in a very vulnerable position. Why? The planet's being so close to the house cusp points us to the answer. On the cusp of the 2nd house from his own 1st house (which is the

querent's 7th house), he is concerned with his money. How is his Look at the ruler of that house, Jupiter. It is in its detriment. His money is in a mess.

So we see that her boyfriend is bogged down (Mars not moving) amid his financial worries. Which is why he hasn't called her, even though we can reassure the querent that he is indeed still strongly interested in her.

Will he get in To judge 'Yes' to this we need an aspect. The Moon (her) does apply to Mars (him); but this aspect is prohibited by Mercury: the Moon squares Mercury first. Even were this not so, we would much prefer to join one of her planets with the Sun (the bit of him that is keen on her) rather than with Mars (the bit of him that isn't).

The Sun is at10.54Taurus. Where is its

From the table, Taurus has its antiscion in Leo. Hmm - that's where the Moon is: this might be interesting. But where in

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The Sun's antiscion is at 19.06 Leo. Keep the antis cion still, letting the planet apply to it: the Moon applies immediately to conjunct the Sun. Great news, because (judging essential dignity from the bodily position, not the antiscion) they have powerful mutual reception. He will be back in touch.

With the Moon at 17.37 Leo, it must travel a degree and a half to reach the Sun's antiscion at 19.06 Leo. So he will call in IVz somethings. IVz whats? 'Years' is obviously not a relevant answer to this question: for our smitten querent 'years' might as well be 'never'. As he hasn't called her for weeks, 'hours' is proba- bly too small a time unit. Which leaves us with days, weeks or months.

Following the sign+house formula,2G IVzdegrees in a fixed sign in a succedent house would give us weeks. But we could take just the fixity of the sign, which would give our longest unit: months. The judgement given was that he would call, possibly in a week and a half, more likely in a month and a half. He phoned her in a month and a half.

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