SAVol7Dec09WesternCo.. - Saptarishis Astrology

days, weeks, months, years, whatever. But sometimes we will assume that Mars stands stilland take only the distance between the planets' present positions, giving us just 4 degreesand so 4 days, weeks, months, etc.So how do I know when to go for the true aspect and when to go for the transit? I don'tknow. I have not found any reliable guidelines in either the texts or in practice. I wouldsuggest that the only guide is that in many cases one answer will make sense within thecontext of the question, while the other will not. I suggest that this is what we see Lillydoing in various of his judgments - bouncing possibilities off the client, or off his ownknowledge of the realities of the situation.Suppose we ask 'When will the King be executed?' and find that the transit-type judgmentgives us 3 days and the perfection-type gives us 6. We might know that the trial has yet tofinish, and when it does it will take time to build the scaffold and organize the hot-dogconcessions. 6 days would make better sense.The golden rule in all matters of timing, as in all else in astrology, is that we do not have tobe perfect. We are allowed to judge, "It might be in three days; but weighing all the evidenceI think it more likely to be in six."We have a piece of music; we must allow ourselves to play. We can swing it or we can playit straight: we are still playing. The one vital point is that we learn our scales, else we cannotplay at all.So: we have our number of time units; we now need to work out which is the appropriateunit. Lilly brings nothing but confusion here. First, he gives two contradictory scales oftiming; second, he pins both to fixed units. The suggestion that, for instance, angular houses= years is most unhelpful. Suppose our question is "When will my boyfriend phone?"; 'years'is not a relevant concept. So put Lilly away and listen up.Any question carries its own time-frame, which will have a short, a medium and a longpossibility. For the love-struck teenager demanding 'When will my boyfriend phone?'minutes as short, hours as medium and days as long might be the options. For the olderquerent asking 'When will I meet Mr. Right?' years must be the longest option, givingmonths as medium and weeks as short. The three units will follow one from the other: wedo not have minutes, months and years."Yes, but this assumed time-frame limits the possibilities of what the chart can tell us." No, itdoesn't. We can have perfection in less than one degree, so our decision that years, monthsor weeks is the reasonable range of choice for 'When will I meet Mr. Right?' does not clipCupid's wings. A perfection at less than one degree on our fastest option could still give us'This afternoon!'To decide which of our time units we shall choose, we consider the sign and the house inwhich our applying planet stands. Ignore the sign and house in which the planet applied tostands. No, I know you weren't listening: ignore the sign and house in which the planetapplied to stands. Even if you like the look of them, ignore them!126