Horary Astrology and the importance of the almuten - Federer beats Cilic

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.