THe Hermetic Parts in Action
The Hermetic Lots are found in Paul of Alexandria's text 'Panaratus' (meaning All-virtuous). That he calls them the 'Hermetic Lots' suggests that he thought they were very old - he attributes them to Hermes, - and that he treats them with great reverance. Paul wrote towards the end of the fourth century CE, so their origins must go back to at least the turn of the millenium, if not further.
I'll have a look at them using Tony Blair's chart. Taking them in order:
The Lot of Eros (Ascendant + Venus - Spirit) lies at 11 degrees Capricorn, it's ruler is Saturn and its almuten is shared between Saturn and Mars (Mars is exalted in Capricorn and the Lot falls into the Face of Mars). This lot is not about erotic love as you might immediately think (and which might be more exciting LOL) but about voluntary association and friendship. It's a little like some modern astrologer's view of venus as a planet dealing with relationships.
Blair's other lot derived from the Lot of Spirit is the Lot of Victory (Ascendant + Jupiter - Spirit) and this lies at 25 degrees Aquarius again ruled by Saturn, which is also its almuten. Victory is concerned with gratified expectations, enterprise and success. As both these lots come from the Lot of Spirit, both are concerned with our own efforts and decisions aimed at achieving our goals.
Saturn is the stongest planet in Blair's chart in turns of essential dignity, being in its own exaltation and in its own triplicity. It is also reasonably placed in the fifth house which is a succeedent house. Mars, although Peregrine in Gemini, lies exactly on Blari's Ascendant - best placed of all planets for action.
The Lot of Eros lies in Blair's eighth House, both in the whole sign chart and in the Regiomontanus chart. The eighth is inconjunct the Ascendant, which is a rather unfortunate position and one which is difficul to see and by seen from the Ascendant. Blair's friendships are very likely to lie behind the scenes and not necessarily work to his advantage. The three most notable friendships were with Gordon Browh (later to become an estranged friendship which dogged his premiershipP which led to him having a fairly clear run at the party leadership in 1994 and did much to set the policies for the coming government,; with Peter Mandelsson, who helped him and Brown forge 'New Labour' but which brought embarassments in office as Mandalson was forced to resign, not once but twice amidst scandals. However by the time that these arrived Blair had achieved his goal of becoming Prime Minister
His part of Victory lies in the ninth house of the Whole sign chart, in the eleventh of the REgiomontanus chart. The latter, as was seen previously is the house of politics and government. The ninth is concerned with the Law (Blair made his name first as a barrister) and with religious matters, - Blair is a committed Christian who was alleged to have prayed with George W Bush and who converted to Catholocism after he left office. His religious beliefs seem to have informed government policy - he introduced 'faith schools'. But it was another ninth house area that Blair would point to as his area of success - foreign matters. His premiership involbed a number of foreign actions, often involving a military dimension, such as the involvement in Bosnia,. Blair's friendships and alliances eventually did cost him dearly in terms of political supprt, his friendship with George W Bush and Gult War involvement. Yet neither led directly to his resignation and he still couts the overthrow of Saddam as a great achievement.
The remaining three Hermetic Parts are related to the Part of Fortune and thus in someway relate to the social, political, economic and cultural environment and their effects on the individual concerned.
The Lot of Courage as it's name implies is related to boldness and strength but also to plotting and evil doing - the same range as Mars, itself.
Blairs Lot of Courage (Ascendant + Fortune - Mars) lies at 2 degrees Pisces, like Fortuna, which is nearby, it is ruled by Jupiter and has Venus as almuten, As with Fortuna it lies in the tenth house in the Greek chart, in the eleventh in the Regiomontanus chart. Blair's boldness is a political boldness , he was a bold politician. As Fortuna shows the tide was running for him, but he had the boldness and decisive insight to make the most of it.
The Lot of Nemesis, (Ascendant + Fortune - Mercury)shows where he has weakness, loss, and exile. This lies in mid Libra, and has Venus as it's ruler and Saturn as it''s almuten. In the Greek Whole Sign chart it lies in the fifth House, suggesting concerns about children but in the Regiomontanus Chart, it lies in the sixth, suggesting health issues. Blair had few problems with his children, the most public was when his elder son was discovered drunk and incapacitated. He did have health issues , a heart problem leading to hospitalisation and as Nemesis is unavoidable, this may still be a serious threat. The sixth is a house of sorrow and adverse conditions - suggesting that, for Blair, what goes up, must come down - the wheel of Fortune will turn against him and the people who support him will eventually turn against him. Charles Carter identified the sixth with the Labour Party, suggesting in this context that the party too would eventually be his nemesis. The sixth is also the house of servants - and Blair's main political servant - his Chancellor, Gordon Brown was perhaps the eventual nemesis of Blair's political career. Given Brown's saturnine appearance that may be 'nuff said, given that Saturn lies in the sixth House of the Regiomontanus chart.
Finally the Lot of Neccessity (Ascendant + Fortune - Mercury) shows restrictive and adversarial situations and subordination battles - the posiiblity of adapting and perhaps overcoming difficult situations in life. For Blair this lies in Aries at 9 degrees, suled by Mars and has the Sun as almuten. The lot lies in the eleventh House and again suggests politics, an adversarial professions. It's also the house of friends and it was with his former friend Gordon Brown that Blair faught most of the political battles of his premiership. Necessity does not require that you are doomed merely that there are difficult circumstances to overcome. Blair's second and last term as Prime Minister was dogged with the batttles with Brown and though these were handled effectively enough to keep the government together, it's reasonably clear that Blair eventuall had had enough of the infighting and decided that it was time to go.