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the trigger for death if it rules one of the houses involved in the end of life or aspects theruler of one of these houses.Classical astrology considers the matters ruled by the houses to be the most important issuewhen beginning an analysis. I use the Regiomontanus house system for all of my charts. Thefollowing are the issues of life ruled by the relevant houses in classical astrology. The 1 sthouse is the house of life and health, the 4 th marks the end of life; the 6 th house rules illnessand the 8 th house is the house of death. The 7 th rules the doctor and the 10 th is the house of allmedical treatment including surgery. An example of the difference between modern westernastrologers and classical is that modern astrologers tend to think of the 10 th house only interms of career or reputation.For a rough estimate of life span from the natal chart, look at the orb between the ruler ofthe 1 st house of life and the ruler of the 8 th house of death or the IC and the ruler of the 8 th .Look for the two planets or planet and angle to perfect a hard aspect - a conjunction squareor opposition. Moviemaker, Robert Altman was born 20 February 1925, 17 Gemini rising, anddied on the 20 th of November 2006, age 81 years. To estimate his lifespan, look first at the orbbetween Mercury ruler 1 st and Saturn ruler 8 th . Mercury is at 21 Aquarius conjunct the 10 thhouse cusp, and Saturn is at 14 Scorpio in the 6 th of illness. The orb is 97 degrees. That wouldbe an improbably long life span, so we need to look at a different indicator. The IC or end oflife is in applying conjunction to Saturn ruler 8 th , orb 83 degrees. At his death Solar Arc ICwas exactly conjunct natal Saturn, ruler 8 th of death. Transiting Neptune was trine theascendant, indicating the use of drugs to ease his pain. He was more than ready to go after alengthy battle with leukemia, a blood cancer.Transits, progressions and directions can all trigger events that can lead to death. Thismeans that there is a whole suite of indicators that need to be checked before predictingimminent death. Transits are usually reinforced by the progressions, though not always.There may be transits that are the only event to trigger a death, but this does not happenvery often. Sometimes the only activity in the chart is a transit by a planet to an angle. Someastrologers swear by tertiary progressions, but I personally prefer transits, Solar ArcDirections and Secondary Progressions. Usually two of these three ingredients in the recipefor Death are in place before something serious and major happens. More often than not,there is activity on all dynamic fronts, transits, progressions and directions. These aspectsdon’t always have to be hard aspects. In some cases, the easy aspects serve just as well.The MC/IC axis is the angle most often activated when someone dies. The 4 th or IC is theend of life and the 10 th or MC is the house of medical treatment. Since the Moon in classicalastrology always co-ruled the ascendant or 1 st house of health, the progressed Moon conjunctthe MC or IC is often involved in triggering death. Astrologer Alan Leo, born 7 August 1860,had the Sun ruler 1 st widely conjunct Jupiter ruler 8 th of death in the 12 th of misfortune, anindicator of a short life. His Sun/Jupiter orb is six degrees or about six decades, being fixedand cadent. When he died he had the progressed Moon exactly conjunct the MC a monthafter his trial and conviction for fortune telling. Even though he was fined only £25, the141