Valens Horoscope #5
ASC: Libra . Night Birth
Sun, Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter - Sagittarius (3d)
Moon in Cancer (10th)
Venus in Libra (1st)
Mars in Virgo (12th)
Lot of Fortune (by calculation)
= ASC + (Sun - Moon) ;; since night birth
= ASC + 5 signs = in Pisces (9th)
Lot of Spirit (by calculation, so only roughly)
= ASC + (Moon - Sun)
= ASC - 5 signs = Taurus (8th)
Lot of Exaltation: In Leo (11th)
Algorithm:
1. Sect Leader = Moon in Cancer
2. Triplicity Leaders (in order): Mars, Venus, Moon
3. Evaluation of triplicity leaders:
a. Mars: In its own triplicity (cadent, 12th house)
b. Venus: Not in its own triplicity, angular (in ascendant),and Lord of ascendant
c. Moon: In its own triplicity, (angular, natal 10th place, domicile lord)
4. Judgment of 'halves of life.
The second half of life is better than the first. The *third* "supporting" triplicity Lord, the Moon, is quite strong,so maybe there is some 'background to eminence' throughout his life.
5. Lot of Fortune is in Pisces in the 6th. Cadent House, and 6th isn't a good house. Lord Jupiter is in the (natal) third (Sagittarius, again cadent,not so good) but 10th from Lot, and in its own domicile. This is very good. Squares the Lot of Fortune. (not so good? but again this is Jupiter, so maybe even the square aspect is good?) The powerful natal 10th Lord (Moon) trines the Lot of Fortune 'to the left'. Very good.
Lot of Spirit (by rough calculation, so could be off) is in Taurus in the natal 8th . 3d from Lot of Fortune, not so great. Its lord is in the natal 1st (so angular) which is great.
Lot of Exaltation: in Leo (11th natally, 6th from Lot). Ruler Sun is in Sagittarius (3d natally, 10th from Lot of Fortune)
Place of Prosperity = 11th from Lot of Fortune = Capricorn. This is the natal 4th. No planets here. Lord Saturn in natal 3d, but 10th from Lot, and conjunct Jupiter,which is very good but the Lord is inconjunct the place itself.
Ok so again in my *personal* opinion, the Lot of Fortune isn't all that well placed with as many negative testimonies as positive. The eminence of this horoscope is read easily from the *natal* placements of planets however. Lord of Ascendant in the ascendant, and lord of the 10th in the 10th is quite striking. Adding lot of Exaltation being in 10th from Fortune, and Lord of Fortune being in 10th from Lot (though natally cadent) indicates eminence.
Ok so that's my reading. IF this were a real person for whom I'm trying to read a chart, I'd be very puzzled by the cadency of the Lot of Fortune *and* its Lord (6th and 3d natally). How to interpret that in a fashion my 'client' would find useful?
Something like "Fortune comes, but only with much delay and hard work?" something like that.
Valens says
"Since this was a night birth, we find the Moon in the triangle of Mars [Cancer Scorpio Pisces] with Mars itself and the Lot of Fortune and its ruler [Jupiter] preceding angles Therefore he lived his first years humbly and in poverty; he experienced captivity and servitude and was involved in many dangers.
But since the stars of the same sect happened to be in operative places, he came into friendships and associations and received positions of royal trust. Since the exaltation of the nativity was found in Leo, and its ruler, the Sun, was at MC relative to the Lot of Fortune, he was thought worthy of the governorship and a position of power.
the "stars in the same sect being in operative places" is something I didn't see at all.