I’ve
always liked the notion of the almuten and in my book, Horary
Astrology, the practical way to learn your fate,
I consistently use the almutens as co-significators and it is often
the almuten that gives the correct answer and not the domicile ruler.
Here is another striking example. This is the horary chart I cast for
the 2018 Australian Open in Men’s Singles.
I’m
a Federer fan and therefore Federer gets the 1st house. His
significators are the Sun and the Moon, by being in the 1st house
(the Moon would be his co-significator in any case). The Sun is in
the 6th house with no essential or accidental dignity, but the Sun is
received by Satun in his own sign and this is very strong. His next
aspects are sextiles with Jupiter and Mars, which is good, but
neither Mars nor Jupiter are significators of the the 10th house,
which would have made us more hopeful. However, even if they were
significators of the 10th house, the sextile aspect usually needs a
reception to work efficiently, especially in this case where the Sun
has no essential or accidental dignity. Jupiter is in the face of the
Sun, but this reception is negligible.
The
10th house domicile ruler is Venus. Venus is combust, a very bad
testimony. Yes, Venus is catching up with the Sun, who is Roger’s
significator, but just because the Sun is a significator, this
doesn’t send the combustion away, despite what some authors would
have you believe. Both the Sun and Venus are received by Saturn, but
this is not enough to counterbalance the combustion. Finally, the
Moon doesn’t aspect either Venus or the Sun. This doesn’t look
like a chart that can make Federer a champion. He may win a few
rounds (the North Node is also conjunct the ascendant), granted, but
not the trophy.
However,
there is another very important testimony that shows an easy Federer
win. The 10th house almuten is the Moon and she is conjunct he
ascendant. Victory is coming to him, without him having to work very
hard. This is exactly what happened. He didn’t seem to be in his
best form in the first rounds, but then things started to get his own
way. Nadal was out because of injury (although he probably would have
lost anyway to Cilic) and Djokovic was eliminated by NextGen star
Chung who faced Federer in the semi-finals, but had to retire in the
2nd set again due to injury. So he didn’t have to work that hard to
reach the finals where he met Cilic and beat him in five sets, the
only really difficult match that he played.
