Horary astrology is one of the most mysterious and divinatory branches of astrology. It is used to answer a specific question.

1. What is Horary
Astrology?

2. What is Horary Astrology?
“Horary is the branch of astrology in which we set up a chart for
the time that a question takes shape, either seriously in the mind
or put into words. The position of the planets at that moment
will reveal the problem, its background, and also its final
outcome or answer.”
Ivy M. Goldstein-Jacobson “Simplified Horary Astrology “ 1960
“Quite simply, horary astrology is the art of astrological
divination. A question is posed; the astrologer erects a chart for
the moment of the question, and then makes a judgement as to
the likely outcome of the matter enquired about.”
Derek Appleby “Horary Astrology: the Art of Astrological Divination” 1985

3. What is Horary Astrology?
With the development of horoscopic astrology in about the
4th century BCE, the notion of casting a chart for the start of
an event or inception of an idea was born.
• This spawned a branch of astrology the Greeks called Katarchic
astrology meaning: “related to beginnings” or more specifically to
the creation of a beginning.
• This led to the use of many different types of charts most of which
could be understood to have their root in a specific moment in time.
This being a birth or “seed” moment.
The horary chart is the only astrological chart that does
not have an identifiable beginning or birth point.

4. What is Horary Astrology?
• Natal chart: set for the birth of a child.
• Event chart: set for the time when an event occurs or begins.
• Decumbiture chart: set for when an individual first takes to their
bed with the illness and used to diagnose, treat and trace the
development of the disease.
• Electional chart: a chart for an event still in the future. It is set for
an astrologically chosen moment most suited to begin an event or
enterprise.
• Ingress chart: set for the ingress of the Sun into a cardinal sign,
generally the Aries ingress. Used to make mundane predictions.
• Consultation chart: a chart set for the beginning of an astrological
consultation used to help unravel what is on a client’s mind.
These are examples of charts that use the notion of a
“seed” moment from which future events can be seen
to unfold.

6. What is Horary Astrology?
Horary astrology need to be understood within the
context of astrological history.
• The earliest evidence we have of the practice of horary
astrology is from Dorotheus’s “Carmen Astrologicum”: 5th
book, On Interrogations, written in 75 CE.
• Vettius Valens (2nd century CE) makes some mention of
horary charts in book VIII and IX of his Anthology.
• Neither Ptolemy or Firmicus Maternus mention horary.
• Horary was in common use by the Arabs as they followed
Dorotheus more than Ptolemy or Firmicus.
• The Arabs developed and refined the Hellenistic techniques
and rules of astrology including those for horary.

7. What is Horary Astrology?
With the reintroduced of Arabic astrology into Europe in
the 12th Century, came horary which proved very popular
from the 12th through the 17th centuries.
• The principle and rules of horary come from the work
of 9th century Arab astrologer Sahl bin Bishr. He was
the source for most medieval horary astrologers.
• Guido Bonatti in the 13th Century wrote “The Book of
Astronomy” which has an extensive section on Horary.
• The high point for Horary astrology occurred in 17th
century England when William Lilly wrote his classic
“Christian Astrology”.
• Horary along with astrology in general, declined
substantially from the 18th century onward.

8. What is Horary Astrology?
The 18th , 19th and 20th Centuries were not so kind to Horary,
though it did continue to survive despite the negative backlash
against it.
• Horary does not figure in either of the two major astrological
developments of the 20th century: cosmobiology and humanistic or
archetypal astrology.
• Ivy Goldstein-Jacobson wrote “Simplified Horary Astrology” in 1960.
She used the outer planets giving them co-rulership of Scorpio,
Aquarius and Pisces.
• In 1990 Olivia Barclay wrote “Horary Astrology Rediscovered” a work
inspired by her discovery of William Lilly’s work. She is responsible
for the revival of horary astrology.

9. What is Horary Astrology?
Horary astrology has often been denigrated by
astrologers of the day and even today it is
dismissed, ridiculed and scorned by many.
• Ptolemy in his attempt to defend astrology from
criticism, gave it a scientific and theoretical structure that
removed any divinatory elements from the astrology he
presents in his Tetrabiblos.
• Jean-Baptiste Morin a contemporary of William Lilly wrote a
book on Interrogation in which he spent 9 out of 11 chapters
“proving” the falseness of this Arabic invention.
• AJ Pearce said that it was: "The absurd and unwarrantable use
made of the horary branch of astrology, in the Middle ages.”
which was the blame for astrology’s reduced status by the
19th century

10. What is Horary Astrology?
“Horary astrology, as practiced today, is the vilest rubbish
imaginable, and not worthy of the name. Indeed, it is not
astrology at all, but simply divination, for which purpose
geomancy or card laying would answer just as well… IT IS THE
CURSE OF THE SCIENCE AND THE RUIN OF THE ASTROLOGER.”
“It requires very little skill to become a successful Horary
Astrologer, and it will very often happen that those who shrink
from the more abstruse study of natal Astrology may become
experts in divination by the aid of horary figures.”
Alan Leo, one of the most influential astrologers of the early 20th century.

11. What is Horary Astrology?
Modern astrology was birthed out of Theosophical ideas and
Jung psychology; it was synthesised and presented as a totally
new type of astrology, which was different to traditional
astrology and had left the old and archaic concepts behind.
• Horary lacks any easily conceived “rational” or material basis.
• Horary threatens any claim that astrology may have to being
based in natural or psychological science and therefore taken
seriously by the public.
• Horary challenges the accepted paradigm on which we base
most of our astrology; the idea of the birth or “seed” moment.
• Horary highlights astrology’s roots in astral divination
making it more akin to superstition than a serious study, in
the eyes of many.

12. What is Horary Astrology?
• Astrology, including modern astrology, is based on Ptolemy
and his orthodox understanding of the cosmos which has its
roots in the Aristotelian concept of Celestial Causation - that
is the position and motion of the planets and stars cause
things to be and event to happen.
• Both the modern and the ancients had the notion that planets
influence us and unless we make a concerted effort to use our
reason, to become aware, or conscious of this influence, we
will stay under planetary influence.
This is basically a view of a Causal Universe, in which the Soul
with effort is capable of rising above the causal influence of the
star, but the body and Nature are at their mercy.

13. What is Horary Astrology?
In contrast there is the Platonic/Hermetic inspired notion of
Cosmic Sympathy – the position and motion of the planets and
stars mirror the external and internal qualities of the moment.
• This implies long chains of correspondences linking different
celestial planets with certain places, plants, minerals, animals,
human traits and moments in time.
• The notion of a “Doctrine of Signature” comes out of the principle
of Cosmic Sympathy.
• Hermeticism takes this notion one step further and proposes that
we can use or influence this cosmic sympathy in order to create a
desired outcome; this is the basis of astrological magic.

14. What is Horary Astrology?
The practice and success of horary interpretation challenges the
concept of Celestial Causation and validates the idea of Cosmic
Sympathy and astrological signification.
• Whatever rational justification we can make for natal, mundane
or event charts, falls apart when applied to horary charts.
• The success of horary charts reveals to us the mystery of the
connections of time, place, life and human soul in a way that
other forms of astrology doesn’t.
• Horary is best understood from the perspective of an ancient
world view in which the mythic, scientific, spiritual, physical,
cosmic, animal and human were inseparable.
Horary Astrology reveals the sacred mystery of the moment and
allows entry into the realm of magic.

15. What is Horary Astrology?
Differences between Horary and Natal astrology
• The astrologer is present in the horary chart: Generally a horary
chart is drawn, not for when the question is first conceived, but for
when the astrologer understands it.
• The use and emphasis on accidental significators: In contrast with
modern natal astrology’s reliance on natural significators.
• The use of derived houses: signifying real people or concrete
objects.
• Considerations before judgement: as they provide possible clues to
the matter in question. With time and experience we come to
witness the mysterious process which connects the horary chart
with the chart of the querent or some other related to the query.
• Horary is unforgiving; you either get it right or you have made a
mistake.

17. Adrian’s significator
is the Moon, who
applies to trine Mars
significator of the
property, with
reception.
He gets the house.
But will it profit
him?

18. Adrian got the house;
but he did not
profited from his
acquisition.
Venus is also the
ruler of the 5th house
signifying my
daughter, which is in
Fall, in the 8th house
and besieged between
two malefics.
The Moon’s sextile to
Uranus begins to
reveal itself

19. This chart connects
with both Adrian’s
and my daughter’s
natal charts:
His ASC aM
XaQ
HerMa the MC
PaQ

20. There are also hidden
antiscia connection.
• The North Node’s
antiscion degree
falls on Adrian’s
natal Uranus.
• The antiscion of
Jupiter falls on my
daughter’s natal
Uranus.
• The antiscion of this
chart’s Uranus falls
on Adrian’s natal
Mars.

21. • The Nodes are
conjunct Adrian
natal 2nd/8th cusps,
money issues.
• Communication
issues, Jupiter in
Fall in the 12th
and Uranus in 3rd
• When they broke
up both Jupiter
and Uranus were
at 27 degrees of
Pisces opposite
Mars.

23. Harry is Mars
exalted in the house
of death, on the
antiscion with
Jupiter, his
allies, who are
strong… Saturn
also signifies his
allies, is in
detriment, retrogra
de & in the 3rd
house.
Professor Snape at
Hogwart’s perhaps?

24. Lord Voldemort is
signified by Venus
exalted on the
MC. His allies are
Mercury and the
Moon, both in bad
shape.
Saturn is on the
antiscion of LV’s
12th house of
hidden enemies.

25. Moon’s last aspect
was a simultaneous
dR, cQ and bT
Showing the great
battle and death of
Dumbledore.
Moon is now VOC
Her next aspect being
in Libra, an almost
simultaneous eR,
dQ and cN.

26. Death is signified by
the Lords of the 8th &
turned 8th houses:
Jupiter and Mercury.
Neither make aspect
Mars or the Moon.
Harry does not die!
But the antiscion
between Mars and
Jupiter indicates that
Harry may appear to
come under the
shadow of death.

27. But the next aspect
Venus, Lord
Voldemort makes is
a square to Jupiter,
along with her
conjunction to
Uranus.
Death receives him;
the final blow
coming from one of
Harry’s allies.

28. Fixed stars:
Ascella on Mars and
Bungula on 7th cusp.
Skat on Venus and
Alcyone, one of the
Pleiades, on the ASC.
The Pleiades were the 7
daughters of Atlas and
Pleine, 6 are visible, but
the 7th is not. She is the
lost sister Merope, who
hid her face in shame
of having married a
mortal.