Minderwiz
Hi Minderwiz and thanks for looking. I am now reading all your notes but while i do, two points:
1. this is a fresh new job, just passed the first interview
I thought that was the case but I wanted to be sure that this horary was a separate issue.
2, Moon's last aspect was to Mars, the job, a trine. She is translating light to Sun, me. Did you intentionally skip this and if yes, why? I looked carefully but could not see any other planet to have interfered between Moon-Mars and Moon-Sun.[/QUOTE]
Moon's last aspect was to the MC, but given the situation I think the trine, from which the Moon has fully separated, shoud be considered but I wanted some thinking time, especially because it was getting late, and I could not find anything else that was likely to be conclusive. So I'll turn my attention to that now.
In your post relating to this horary, you tried to use Lilly's rules for an opposition. I hadn't got them with me, so one thing I've done this morning is to look them up. Here is the full quote:
Sometimes it happens that a matter is brought to pass when the significators have applied by opposition but it hath been when there hath been mutual reception by house and out of friendly houses and the Moon separating from the the significator of the thing demanded and applying presently to the Lord of the Ascendant.
So we need to satisfy several conditions. Certainly the Moon is separating from the signficator of the thing demanded and applying to the Lord of the Ascendant.
That leaves two questions; is there a mutual reception and is the application from friendly houses.
We already know that there isn't a mutual reception. Moon is indeed received by the Sun, into Leo But the only reception the other way is by Face. This isn't mutual reception by house. it's about halfway there.
I'm a little unsure of the term 'friendly houses' In the previous sentences on the square aspect, Lilly uses the term proper and good houses. The latter is a property of the houses of the chart, not the domicile of planets and if Lilly means the same by friendly houses then certainly the first and seventh are good houses (numbers 1 and 3 in Lilly;s hierarchy and they are proper houses (not cadent or out of aspect to the Ascendant).
'Could Lilly mean anyting else here? Nearly all oppositions are between houses that signify opposite things, The First and Seventh signify Me and others . Lilly's coverage of seventh house matters includes enemies, theft, court cases, battles, war and other contentions; things which are hardly 'friendly' The only friendly pair of opposite houses would be the eleventh and the fifth - which have always been seen as particulary good placements. and don't seem to pitch opposites against each other.
Lilly's other possible meaning could be that the rulers are friends. In Lilly's list there is the remains of the diurnal and nocturnal sects. So Saturn sees the Sun as a friend and Jupiter and Mercury (not a clear sect member) Oddly the Sun doesn't see Saturn as a friend (Ptolemy's Summer/Winter dichotomy?) But Mars and Venus are friends, and Mercury and Jupiter, so the opposition of Aires/Libra; Taurus/Scorpio; Gemini/Sagittarius and Virgo/Pisces. might be seen as from friendly houses. Leo/Saturn would seem not to qualify. Friendship from Aquarius to Leo but not the other way around.
Personally, my feeling is that Lilly isn't being that obtuse. He means what he said for the square. but it's a feeling, not supported by clear evidence from Lilly, who uses different descriptors in square and opposition requirements.
So at the end of that, there's Reception but not Mutual Reception. Sun/Moon Receptions are all seen as strong (sadly but not the opposition, which halves the reception to the Moon)
So what have we at the end:
For a job offer:
Moon last aspect trine to the MC,
Sun in partile sextile aspect to MC
Moon to aspect Jupiter, ruler of ninth house of Higher Education
Moon to aspect North Node, whose antiscion is being applied to by MC
Moon to aspect ruler of Fortune and Spirit - there might be some luck coming your way but as the ruler is Saturn this might be limited.
Moon application to the Sun brings partial translation of light by opposition. missing the mutual reception requirement.
To me there's a lot going here, in favour of the job offer. There's no guarantee though and without that mutual reception you might still get an offer but find that once you've taken the job, you wish you hadn't. But given the circumstances, the job would have to be terrible to generate that feeling. But I still think the presence of the Lot of Necessity on the Ascendant, and Saturn ruling the Lot of Spirit will require some significant effort on your part.
Overall, I favour the job being offered. given the above connections. I hope I'm right but I'm not totally certain. So I'll keep my fingers crossed.