We need to be clear about where the is coming from. This is usually obvious enough: if you work for a company, your wages are shown by the 2nd
from the 10th, which is the lIth. But sometimes it is necessary to think about the natute of the working relationship. Is it an employee/boss relationship, or is it a client relationship? For example, if you decide to work as an astrologer, the person who comes to you for a consultation is your client: 7th house. For 'Will he pay me?' you would look at the 8th to show his money. This is also the case if your client is a company. If the company takes you onto its payroll, as its in- house astrologer, however, your wages are lIth house. So also for any freelance work you might do for AstroCharts Inc. Your general question, 'Can I make a living from astrology?' concerns the loth house, because it is the 2nd from the 9th and as such shows profit from your knowledge (chapter 22). Do not use that approach in any enquiry about a particular payment.
If the question concerns the amount of the payment, look at the ruler of the house that shows the money, considering its essential and accidental dignities. The stronger the planet, the greater the amount. Look also at afflictions or benefits to the house in question: for example, strong Jupiter on its cusp is good news; weak Saturn is not.
NB: in any question concerning only the amount of money, we do not need an aspect. Butif there is one, we must consider its nature. The idea of profit assumes that it is coming to us: it wouldn't be profit otherwise. So also with wages. Suppose LordII is strong, and applies to LordI by square: 'The wages are good, but there may be delays in your getting them, or you may have to press for them'.
More often, such questions are less about the amount involved and more about the 'when' or 'if' of its arrival. Here we do need an aspect: no aspect, no arrival. Look for an aspect between the significator of the money and either the querent (Lord I or Moon) or Lord 2. The 2nd can be taken as the querent's pocket or bank-account, so an aspect from the money to Lord 2 shows it arriving in the querent's pocket.Itdoesn't matter which significator applies to which: the question assumes that the money is coming to the querent.
If you have lent money to someone, it is now that person's money. If you ask, 'Will he pay me back?' it is that person's 2nd house that is of interest (so 2nd from the 3rd if! lent it to my brother; 2nd from the lIth if! lent it to my friend). Look for an aspect between the ruler of that house and either LordI, the Moon or Lord 2. If there is no aspect showing repayment, a favourable aspect between the person's own significator and the querent's can show an agreement being reached. Watch out for severe afflictions to the significator of the person's money: you won't be paid, because he has no money. No matter how strong it might be, the
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significator inside its own house is also bad news: he may have plenty of money, but it is staying in his pocket.
Gambling
I once sent an article to an American astrology magazine, including judgement on a horary 'WillI win on the horses today?' I received a heated letter in reply, berating me for my foolishness in even considering such a question, because it is impossible to know whether someone has won or not. As astrologers are beings far above vulgar concepts of profit and loss, I should explain that if you end up with more money than you started with, you have won; if you end up with less, you have lost.
Gambling is often regarded as a 5th-house activity. But if someone is asking a question about gambling, the point at issue is the profit to be made; I have never been asked 'Will I have a good time at the racecourse?' Having a good time is a 5th-house matter; turning a profit is not.
The bet is a contest between you and the bookmaker, so he is your enemy (7th house) and his money is his 2nd, which is the radical 8th.Itis his money that you want, so success will be shown by an aspect between Lord 8 and either LordI,the Moon (assuming the Moon does not either the bookie or his money), or Lord 2. Again, it doesn't matter which planet applies to which.
Provided there is such an aspect, the strength of Lord 8 will show how much the querent will win, relative to his stake. This can help decide on the bet. Suppose the querent has decided to back a certain team. The bookie might offer a range of bets on that team's victory, each at different odds. If Lord 8 is strong, showing a good win, the querent can take the more adventurous bet at longer odds. If Lord 8 is weak, he should stick to the safer, short-odds option.
With such questions - and with those about investments - the querent should be persuaded to do his homework first. The chart will be more reliable if he has expended some effort in selecting the proposed bets.
Lotteries are not a contest. At least, they are a contest only if the querent has developed a scheme to outwit the lottery company: then it becomes 'us against them' and should be judged from the 8th house, as above. Lotteries are seen as the querent holding out his hands to see if good fortune will fall into them: pennies from Heaven. As such, they are judged from the lIth house: does LordII aspect the querent or his pocket? If the querent is asking only about a jackpot win, LordIIwould have to be exceptionally strong to allow a 'Yes'.
If the querent is asking about winning prize-money with his own horse, look
to the horse's 2nd (profit from the horse). The horse is 12th house, so its is the radical 1st. Ignore the querent for a moment, giving LordI tothe profit from the horse. Ideally, it would be a strong benefic, benefitting either the 1st or 2nd house (1st now seen as the querent) by placement. Otherwise, an aspect between LordI and either the Moon or Lord 2 will show a profit.
I once asked a horary about a bet on a football match. The chart showed Lord 2 applying toLordI by opposition. This made no sense. How could my money come to me? Either my money would disappear or the bookie's money would come to me. Consumed with curiosity, I placed the bet. The match was abandoned at half-time and all bets refunded. My money did come to me - by opposition, as I had the nuisance of havingto make the journeytocollect it.
The partner's money
A favourite question in Lilly's day was 'Has my prospective spouse got any money, and can I get my hands on it?' The spouse's money is shown by the 8th house. To find how much money there is, look at the condition of Lord 8 and any afflictions or benefits tothe 8th house. To see if the querent will get the cash, look for an aspecttoLordI, the Moon or Lord 2. Judge aspects accordingtotheir nature: e.g. by trine it comes easily, by opposition it comes with such effort that it isn't worth the fight.
Example: suppose LordI is in the exaltation of Lord 8. Querent thinks there is lots of money, and badly wants it. Suppose Lord 8 is in its detriment. There is little money. Querent makes a trineto Lord 8. There may not be much money, but the querent is welcometowhat there is.
This can be an important consideration when weighing up prospective business partners.
The government's money
If the querent is asking about a tax rebate, pension, social security or any other payment from the government, the money is shown by Lord II (2nd from the 10th: the government's money). Look for an aspect to the querent or Lord 2 to show receipt; the strength of Lord II and the lIth houseto show how much.
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person in power. For a social security payment to which the person is entitled, the receptions of Lord10(the government) can be ignored: the process does not depend on who likes whom. But for e.g. 'Will I get the Arts Council grant?' the attitude of the awarding body (Lord10) is important. Ideally, we would hope to its significator exalting our querent. Kings are busy people, and so may not have time to exalt everyone who qualifies for their gift, but negative reception (by detriment or fall) would be unpromising. The more unique the gift (the Victoria Cross or just a campaign medal?) the stronger the reception that we would expect to see.
Legacies
Legacies are 8th house only in general terms: money from the dead. For any specific enquiry, take the 2nd house ofwhomever may be leaving the money. The money is considered as still belonging to the deceased. As usual, look for an aspect to show it is coming and strength to show how much. Look out for aspects from the significator of the money to other planets, or untoward mutual recep- tions: these can show someone else having a finger in the pie. Identify this invasive planet by the house it rules. For example, the aspect from the money to LordI is prohibited by Lord 6: the money goes to the cats' home.
Itdoes, of course, help if the person who is leaving the money likes - or at least does not hate - the querent, so consider the receptions of that person's planet and what these reveal about the deceased's attitude towards the querent.