Answer my Questions:
Horary Astrology:
Lee wrote the book on it!*
Text Copyright 1996, 2004, 2007 J. Lee Lehman
Horary astrology is a part of one of the oldest branches of divination: that of asking questions. Normally, when we use the word horary, we refer specifically to the particular sets of rules for interpreting an astrological chart drawn for the moment of asking a question, a type of astrology also known under the Sanskrit name prashna. However, let us not forget that the urge of humans to obtain answers to important questions by divining, or asking the gods, is much older. Horary astrology in a sense is merely a technology for reading that divine answer, like the I Ching, or Tarot.
In Shang Dynasty China, the king would ask questions frequently, often involving the question of what sacrifice the gods wanted. In ancient Babylonia, all manner of omens – really, any deviation from business as usual, whether unusual birth, unusual weather, or unusual bird formations, as an opportunity to divine the message from the gods. As astrology gradually gained primacy as a method for reading the heavens, and hence the place of the gods, so it later became a preferred means of similarly reading the gods’ messages.
We all ask questions. Some of these questions are more important than others. What makes a question important? It's not how much money is on the line, or whether you really need to move. It's whether you care more about knowing the answer than about what the answer is. Suppose you're driving to work, and thinking about that new person you interviewed yesterday. You could be thinking, "I wonder if Jane would be good for the job." Or you could be very impressed with Jane, and convinced that she could really help you with that next big project, so you say, "Will my company hire Jane?" The first is not a horary question, while the second one may be. A horary question is one in which the person asking the question really wants to know the answer. It is this serious interest which allows a horary astrologer to interpret the moment when the question is asked. Casual curiosity is not enough.
You can ask horary questions about:
- Relationships
- Buying or selling a house
- A job offer
- Moving (either for job-related or unrelated reasons)
- A business proposal
- Whether the car you've seen is a good one (or alternately, what's wrong with it)
- A health condition
- A lost object
The more personally you are involved in the question, the better it works in horary. The more specific the question, the better. If the question is about an event, like a job interview, it's generally better to work with the date and time of the event, than with a question about the event. In this case, tell Lee about the event and its timing. If you don't remember when an event was, you can still ask a horary about it. It's just that the question may show less detail than the event chart itself.
A Guide to Lee's Horary Astrology Pages:
Here, you will find some interesting tidbits in the history of Western horary astrology. Lee will guide you through some of the ideas that shaped horary through time, and where those ideas led.
Lee's horary astrology reference pages - for more information
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* The book Lee wrote on Horary is The
Martial Art of Horary Astrology.
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