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Will the House Burn Down in 2021? September 25, 2021, Part 4.

I am pleased (and mystified) to say that neither the house, nor the neighbourhood, burned down (so far) in September 2021. Pleased, because I really didn=t want my house to burn down. Mystified, because I had Geomantic readings in July that said it would definitely burn down.

As you may remember from previous posts on this topic, I live in an area where seasonal wildfires seem to be on the increase. The perennial question around here in the Spring is, AWill my house burn down this year?@

This year, a geomantic reading gave me a Adefinitely yes@ answer. I did several more readings including one that simply asked, AHave I understood these readings correctly?@ -- Also Ayes.@

There were also indications that the neighborhood around us would burn down, and a couple of readings that indicated two groups of risky date rangesCOne in July, and another between September 18 and 24.

At this writing (September 25 2021) the wildfire season is over and (although some of the larger wildfires continue to burn, and may burn through the Winter). I still have my house! How can we explain this?

1) Geomancy has no better results than random chance.

I think we can discount this one. Anyone who has tried Geomancy is familiar with the accuracyCoften eerie accuracyCand details that you didn=t know you needed to know.

2) I misinterpreted the readings.

I don=t think I misinterpreted the results. The results were pretty clear, and many of our readers confirmed that it looked like it was saying my house would burn. Also, the reading for AHave I understood this correctly?@ was also clearly yes.

3) Geomancy does not reveal fate.

This one is intriguing. One reason we do Geomancy is to get some information about the future. But Geomancy may not be able to deliver the goods on this one.

When asked whether Geomancy delivers messages about the future that are set in stone, John M Greer said, AIt tells you the way that things are going.@

Paraphrasing Magister G, a positive result in a Geomantic reading tells you useful information about your question, but not necessarily the future.

This line of thought makes sense to me, and it reminds me a bit of the time travel paradoxes you hear about sometimes;

The Paradox: AIf I tell myself in the past how to avoid the trouble that caused me to send the message, and the trouble is avoided, there will be no reason for me to send the message to the pastCAnd so the trouble happens, starting the cycle over again.

As an example, suppose I am standing outside the smoking ruins of my burned down house in September. The house is a total loss, and all the property I can see in any direction contains only burned trees and smoking ruins. “Why couldn’t this have been avoided?” I say aloud to no one in particular. Someone walks up to me with a briefcase. AThis is a time machine,@ she says. AYou can make one round trip with it. I suggest you tell yourself in the past the steps he needs to take to prevent your house from burning down.@

I use the time machine, visit my self in July and tell past-me that the house is going to burn down. AWhat should I do?@ my past self asks me. Well, THAT’S a good question! I may have a time machine, but that does not mean I know exactly what actions would definitely save the house. So I tell him to move on the plans I know he/I already had for making the house safer from fireCCut down the too-close trees, rake up all the flammable cedar branches and litter, re-side with flameproof siding, etc.

The time machine returns me to the futureCOnly now, I am standing outside my un-burnt house. This is the very date that my future self told me my house, and the surrounding neighbourhood would have burned down—And yet, it’s all fine. I shake my head, wondering why he/I lied to me. Surely it can’t be true that cutting down some trees and raking stuff up has saved the entire neighborhood!

About the time I look down to wonder why I am holding a briefcase, a woman I have never seen exclaims, AYou found my briefcase! Thank you so much!@ She takes the briefcase and walks away.

Was it a certainty that the warning I gave my past self would keep the house from burning down? No. It was possible that my past self would do nothing with the information. It was also possible that, even if my past self did everything possible to prevent it, that the house would burn down. However, if the warning actually worked well enough to prevent the house from burning, I would never know it because my actions changed the timeline in July so that the house did not burn down in September. It feels like a failure, even though it was a success.

Just to be clear, the time-machine-briefcase example did not actually happen. Not that I know of...

I think that with Geomancy, Spiritus Mundi is looking at the timeline from the Aeon, outside of time. If the information comes from outside of our timeline, the paradox falls away. When Spiritus Mundi adds information to part of the timeline, the timeline can change as a result of that information, and Spiritus Mundi retains knowledge of how the changes affected our timeline. I believe that is what happened here, but with just my limited resources and perspective, I cannot know it.

It is only speculation, but I can imagine some of possible ways this could have worked in my own case;

Possibility: Unknowable benefit.

Wildfires often start here when lightning strikes a tall tree. One of the trees that I removed was very tall and also close to the house. I would have no way of knowing that removing that tree prevented it from being struck by lightning, preventing my house from catching fire and preventing the neighborhood from burning.

Possibility: Unknowable indirect benefit.

Because I was especially worried about my house burning, I talked up fire prevention to a lot of the people who came to see me at work. What if one of them took fire prevention steps that meant a fire did not happen that otherwise would have happened?

Someone will say, AIt=s all in your mind. There never was any risk of your house burning down, and nothing you did was any use in preventing it.@ Actually, there=s no way to know this either. Unlike video gaming, we don’t have the option to restore from a saved point in July and re-run the game without interventions. And there actually is a risk of my house burning down every year which leads me to ask Spiritus Mundi this sort of question.

4) Can Geomancy tell us why the house did not burn down?

This is, itself, a reasonable Geomantic question. There could be more information from outside the timeline. We could also ask, “Did my tree-cutting and fire-prep yardwork prevent my house from burning down?”

Date: 1 Oct 2021
Question: Did my tree cutting and yard prep preventions keep the house from burning down?
Selections:
House Chart
Querent: I
Quesited: IV
Mothers: Puella, Carcer, Fortuna Major, Tristitia

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Looks like denial of perfection, so "No, my preps did not keep the house from burning down."
Court Story; Water (Populus) led to security (Carcer) now, and in the future.
Cartines: Puella-->Albus-->Amissio-->Tristitia
Starting with love and wisdom, nevertheless it ends with loss and sorrow.. Eventually the house burns down.

5) A Spiral Omen?

Geomancy is not the only occult source of additional information. Among other things, there are synchronicities, and I believe I have had one;

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BC has a fire map to show the borders of all the wild fires throughout the province. On Sept 2nd, I noticed a pattern to the wildfires near me. They appear to follow the curve of a Fibonacci Spiral. This is the same spiral you see in the shell of the nautilus, the curve of the roots of all our teeth, the curvature of the arms of the Milky Way Galaxy, and (in its 4-dimensional form) the curvature of space-time. When I overlaid the spiral on the fire map with my house at the centre of the spiral, the borders of many of the wildfires are outside of it.

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The Fibonacci sequence, the golden ratio, and the spiral are very important to me– They are like a map to the order of the universe to me. I am not certain what this means, but it feels like protection and answered prayers.

Current Mood: relieved

The wildfire season is winding down a bit here-- By this I mean that the wildfire map looks better than it did in August, but there are still some enormous wildfires in our area. A few of them may continue to burn through the Winter--This is something I have never heard of before!

On the BC Wildfires Map, they try to include the reason the wildfire started, such as "lightning strike," "sparks from a train," "Human caused," or (frequently) "Unknown." This got me thinking that I could do a reading with these categories in mind--

28 August 2021
Question: Will our house be endangered by arson this year (2021)?
Selections:
House Chart
Querent I
Quesited IV
Mothers: Caput Draconis, Tristitia, Conjunctio, Caput Draconis

We have Occupation (Caput Draconis in I and IV), and Translation (Conjunctio in XII and III)
Part of Fortune is X Tristitia;
Index is II Tristitia.

Overall, looks like a strong 'Yes'. Unusually positive Cardines, and the Court Story with Conjunctio in XII, III, and IX may indicate the person is eventually caught.

I'm pretty sure I did another reading right after that with the question, "Will the arsonist try to burn down our house?"-- The answer seemed to be 'no.' Of course, I can't find the chart now.

Question:
4 Sept 2021 Will Arsonists try to burn their own house in September 2021 in our neighborhood?
Selections:
House Chart
Querent I
Quesited IV
Mothers: Acquisitio, Tristitia, Rubeus, Acquisitio

At first glance, it looks like a strong positive, Occupation with Acquisitio in Querent and Quesited (I and IV).

But Wait!
This is a third party question so the chart must be rotated.
If the arsonist(s) have a house in our neighborhood, they are our neighbors, so House I rotates to House III, and thus House IV rotates to House VI.
Querent Rubeus I is negative
Quesited Puella IV is positive.
So roughly, they won't get what they want, but it all turns out for the best
Rubeus travels from new I to new VII. Opposition to their plans?
Puella travels from new IV to new IX. Arsonists travel far away? I would expect Carcers if they were going to prison.
Note that Puer in New X and New VI flanks Rubeus and Puella in their new positions. I am not sure that counts as translation.

Cardines:
Begin: Rubeus
Mid: Puer
End: Rubeus
Result: Puella A whole lot of action, ill-considered rashness and intrigue, but it all works out in the end. Puella in New IV is amplified on either side by Populus, so a strong, good ending somehow.

Overall, looks like a complex tangle of drama. Possibly someone will try to burn their own house, but there is more to the story. Possibly there is a better question I could have asked.

What about the contents of my house? Previous readings indicated that, because of the fire prevention efforts we did this Summer, our house will not burn down after all. But what about the possibility of smoke damage?

Question:
4 Sept 2021: In Sept 2021, do we need to move some furniture from one place in the house to another to prevent it from being damaged?
Selections:
House Chart
Querent: I
Quesited: II
Mothers: Tristitia, Cauda Draconis, Carcer, Rubeus (Yowza! What depressing Mothers these are!)

Querent: Tristitia negative
Quesited: Cauda draconis negative

From the negativity of the characters, the answer would seem to be "no."

On the other hand, these are compound demi-simple in relation. under Jupiter.
Also, Querent and Quesited travel to XII and III to neighbor each other in a double conjunction.

Question for the group: "When there are modes of perfection with all negative characters, does this mean "Heck No!" or does the existence of modes of perfection mean the answer is "Yes?"

The court story could mean, "It's wisest to take action and move it away (Judge and IX = Via)."

Something is still not adding up here. Possibly someone accidentally sets their own house on fire? If so, I could find out who it is and possibly prevent the fire;

6 Sept 2021 Question: Will the destructive fire in our neighborhood be accidentally caused by humans?
Selections:
Another third party question, so the house must be rotated:
House:
Querent: III (neighbor) becomes New I
Quesited: VI (town) becomes new IV
Mothers; Via, Fortuna Minor, Amissio, Tristitia

Querent Amissio , negative
Quesited Fortuna Minor, positive Loss, happening quickly.

Negative and Positive; "It doesn't turn out the way they wanted, but all good in the end."
New IV travels to New XII.

Court story: Fire in the beginning, sorrow in the end. Judge is Carcer (Jail?).
Looks more like this is not an accidentally set fire....

Concluding Remarks

Next step would be to figure out who it is, and prevent them from setting the fire if possible. This leads us straight into dangerous waters-- Let's suppose I figure out who is planning to torch their own house, and that I even know when the house is going to be torched, thanks to Geomancy--
Do I tip off the Police and Fire Dept in advance?
I am inclined to say, "no." Advance notice would make me look like a crackpot and a false accuser before the fact, and would make _me_ a suspect for arson after the fact.

On the other hand, if I happen to be looking at the property when the fire is set, and if I happen to have a water hose turned on and ready for use, and my cellphone is charged and ready to call 9-1-1, well that would be a happy coincidence for me and all my neighbors.

And if I have completely missed the boat on all of this, and am found to be standing outside, holding a hose in the wee hours of the morning on a certain date in the near future for no apparent reason-- Why, that would be the best outcome of all!

Foolish or not. I will let you all know how it turned out, probably in about 10 days...

Of course, the big thing on my mind these days is the wildfire situation, but I thought it would be interesting to try a look at the big picture for September 2021 as well;

Question: How will September 2021 go?
Selections:
House Chart.
Querent is house I
Quesited--all houses
Reading date: 15 Aug 2021
Mothers: Cauda Draconis, Amissio, Puer, Amissio.

Here's the chart:

I Querent - Cauda draconis-- Not too surprising here, since I think I know a lot of what will go on in September, based on previous readings.

II Finances/things held close - Amissio/loss

III Neighborhood/local - Puer - Taking Action

IV Endings/Ancient/Real Estate - Amissio / loss

V Rain/crops/fun - Via /Change/surprise -- Possibly rain in September. That would be great!

VI Employees/professionals/injuries/pets - Amissio/loss. Could be loss of the workplace.

VII Enemies/contracts/partnerships - Puer - Taking Action

VIII Death/Spiritual Entities/ my magic - Albus - Wisdom/passivity

IX Long journeys - Rubeus - Conflict/Drama from far away

X Reputation/Social Standing - Caput Draconis - New beginnings

XI Hopes/dreams/wishes - Acquisitio - Hopes and wishes realized

XII Restrictions/Authorities/Government - Via change/surprise

Linking Houses:

Amissio/Loss II - IV - VI - Witness 2 May indicate loss of property, town, and my workplace in September.

Puer / Action III - VII May indicate conflict with a neighbor and/or taking action against the neighbor.

Via / Change/surprise V - XII A change in government and/or a change in the weather

Court Story:

Witness 1 - Fortuna Major

Judge - Carcer

Witness 2 - Amissio

"It's been a long and difficult effort, you have done all you can. Now events are locked in. There is loss in the future."

Putting it all together - Glimpses of September 2021

There may be loss of personal property, the town, and my workplace in September 2021. Most likely due to wildfire--and not too surprising since there are wildfires all around us. Acquisitio in XI may indicate that my hope of saving the house will be realized, but that it will be in a setting of loss and destruction in the surrounding area.

I may have read somewhere that Via is associated with lightning. Lightning strikes are a frequent cause of wildfires in our area, so it would not be too surprising to have a wildfire late in the season caused by a lightning strike.

Rubeus in IX - Trouble at a far distance. This is not too surprising, since we have some conflicts with family members far away that may come to a head soon.

Puer in III and VII - Again, not too surprising. We may have to go to court to settle a dispute with one of our neighbors pretty soon.

Via in XII - Change in Government. Since I did this reading, there has been a referendum floated about incorporating our town. This would raise taxes for (among other things) a sewage treatment plant. Currently, all residents and businesses have septic tanks, and there are too many of us, too close to the lake to keep that up. Looks like the referendum might pass-- Although if the town burns down, it would not make a lot of sense to incorporate.

Albus in VIII - God/gods are wise. Yep, I will be praying for guidance!

This is not the most wonderful reading I could hope for, but it is better to have advance warning of such events. I hope to be able to do a follow up in October on this one. We'll see how things worked out then.

This is a prequel to the "Will the House Burn Down in 2021" series.
I remember that I did a reading in the past on this question, so I looked it up for historical completeness.
We live in an area where wildfires are not uncommon-- In 2019, I asked the question:

"Will the [house we now live in] be destroyed while it is our home?"
Date: 15 Jan 2019
Chart: Shield Chart
Mothers: Populus, Puella, Fortuna Major, Conjunctio

Here's the Chart:

With a RW= Cauda Draconis, LW=Rubeus, and Judge=Amissio, it looked then like indications were for the destruction of the house.

Way of Points: II-Puella
Index: X- Acquisitio
Part of Fortune: II-Puella

Next Question--
Date: 19 June 2020
Question: "Will our house be destroyed in 2020?
Chart: House Chart
House I - Querent
House IV - Quesited

Mothers: Puer, Acquisitio, Acquisitio, Laetitia

The Chart:

I was not aware of the linkage of Laetitia to 'flame' at that time. Laetitia appears here in IV and IX. The house will burn, but not for a long time.

Court is RW Acquisitio, J=Fortuna Minor LW=Carcer. Looks like, 'as it happens, the house is secure for 2020.'

As you remember from last time, the answer to the question "Will the House Burn Down This Year?" was 'Yes.' The answer to 'When' was roughly Sept 18 to 24, 2021, with some outliers.

In response to the question, 'Is this result set in stone? Ie., is my house fated to burn down, or could this be prevented by timely actions?,' JM Greer said that the response you get to such questions is the outcome we can expect under the conditions when the question was asked.

This seems to match my thinking on the matter-- Not all bad outcomes can be avoided, nor are all good outcomes certain, but our actions do often make a difference. Let's try for the outcome we want!

To that end, I hired some tree cutters and had them remove 8 trees that were too close to the house, and trim off the lower branches on two enormous trees. I have been clearing dead branches off the lower 10 to 15 feet of the remaining trees, raking off litter and getting rid of ornamental emerald cedar trees--These will catch fire and burn fiercely even when green! I was not able to find a Hardy Board(R) installer. They are all busy until at least February.

Meanwhile, the drought continues with record heat and smoky air that smells like I constantly have my head inside a dirty wood stove. Ash continues to fall from the sky, sometimes large chunks of it. Our area is on standby alert for evacuation, which means that, at any time, we can be ordered to leave by the government. We have been advised to prepare bugout supplies, including water and food for 3 to 7 days, medicine, clothing etc.--And to find a distant friend or relative to visit outside the fire zone, should evacuation be necessary.

Along with everyone else here, I wonder "Have my preparations been good enough?"

We'll see what Spiritus Mundi says--

QUESTION:
"Will the tree cutting and yardwork we've done thus far be enough to prevent our house from burning down in 2021?"
Chart: House Chart
Querent: House I
Quesited: House IV
Mothers: Acquisitio, Fortuna Minor, Tristitia, Puella

Notice the Symmetry in the Shield Chart!
However, I chose the House Chart for evaluation;

House I Acquisitio; positive
House IV Puella; positive
Aquisitio travels to V, so we have conjunction

Court Story: Fortuna Major for both witnesses, and Judge is Populus. May indicate lots of hard work leads to success through difficulty.
Inner element of Fortuna Major is 'Air,' and Inner element of Populus is 'Water.'

Over-all, looks like my house may not burn down after all this year!

Other observations:
Adding Acquisitio and Puella together --> Cauda Draconis; Endings.

Cardines:
I Beginning Acquisitio; A good picture of me, scrabbling about in an effort to do all possible to keep the house.
Acquisitio is also in V -- So maybe rain is coming! It would certainly help!
X Middle Amissio: Loss (or generosity) in the middle. Wildfires may still be coming, and may cause loss, even if it is not the house. Amissio also appears in XII, house of restrictions and authorities. Loss of government controls? Possibly a breakdown of law and order at some point.
VII End: Tristitia: Sorrow at the end. Note Tristitia is in III as well, so sorrow in the local area. Fire is probably still coming...
IV Aftermath: Puella: Love after the end of it. Possibly a good outcome, but fickle--no guarantee fires won't come again. Puella is also in house VIII, so maybe the Interested Goddess has something to do with the favourable outcome.

Also;
II Fortuna Minor is found in II (Treasure/precious things) and VI (Employees/Professionals/Injuries/Illnesses).

Over-all it looks like a favourable reading to me. I still plan to evacuate the heirlooms to storage, and continue my preparations, but I feel a lot more hopeful now.

As always, any comments or observations are welcome!

Current Mood: hopeful

I live in an area of the Pacific Northwest where there is a seasonal risk of wild fires. There are a lot of forests around here, and it often happens that, whether from lightning strikes or careless fires, they periodically burn. This year has been extremely dry, and temperatures have broken new records-- The town of Lytton BC, not too far from me, recorded a temperature of 125 deg F, higher than the highest recorded temperature in Las Vegas, Nevada. The same day, wildfire swept through the town and burned it to the ground.

This brings us to the perennial question for folks around here-- "Will My House Burn Down This Year?"
What will Geomancy say?

Reading 1
2 July 2021
Question: Will our house burn down in 2021?
Selections:
House chart
Querent - House I
Quesited - House IV, for real estate,buildings
Mothers: Via, Laetitia, Laetitia, Fortuna Minor

Querent: I - Via - Change; Negative for stability
Quesited: IV - Fortuna Minor; Sudden change

Tentative Interpretation; 'Yes, the house will burn down this year.'

Note also;
Via travels to V for a Conjunction with IV.
II and III are both Laetitia, and form Translation with I and IV.
Laetitia is sometimes known as 'Flame', and seems to be occupying II, the house of closely held things/treasures, and III, the house for the neighborhood.
Laetitia also occupies VII adversaries/contracts, and VIII magic/death.

Cardines:
I Beginning Via
X Middle Rubeus
VII End Laetitia
IV Aftermath Fortuna Minor

So possibly Chage-Drama-Fire-sudden occurrence. Pretty much what we'd expect from wildfire.

Conjunctio appears as Witness 2 and XI- Hopes and dreams.

Certainly a lot to think about here.

Reading 2
03 July 2021
Question: Are there fireproofing measures we can take that will prevent our house from burning down this year?
Selections:
House Chart
Querent - House I
Quesited - House IV
Mothers: Carcer, Acquisitio, Rubeus, Populus

Querent: Carcer -Negative on first glance - Or could indicate stability/security. Inner and outer elements: Earth.
Quesited: Populus - Possibly negative since the question is about focused action. Or could be magnifying Carcer to indicate something like 'lots of security measures needed.'

That said, looks like denial of perfection, so possibly the answer is 'No.'

Court:
Witness 1 - Laetitia - Flame
Witness 2 - Albus - Wisdom- But passivity, or may indicate the need for help from others.
Judge: Amissio - Loss -- or generosity; ie., spend the money on the measures.

Other:
Rubeus in III - Neighborhood, and X - Reputation/Social Standing
Populus in IV - Real estate and VII Contracts/enemies
Laetitia in V - Crops/Rain/Sexuality/Information and Witness 1.
Fortuna Minor in VIII, IX, XII

Over all, looks bad so far.

Reading 3
03 July 2021
Question: Have I correctly understood the divinations about our house burning down this year?
Selections:
Shield Chart
Mothers: Tristitia, Amissio, Fortuna Minor, Puer

Querent/Witness 1 - Amissio negative
Quesited/Witness 2 - Carcer negative
Judge Fortuna Major - Positive
Reconciler - Albus

Judge seems to indicate that I have understood them correctly. Loss locked in for the future?

Triplicities;

1 Inner state: Tristitia - Puella - Amissio

2 Inner change: Fort Minor - Tristitia - Puer

3 Outer state: Caput Drac - Rubeus - Fortuna Major

4 Outer change: Rubeus - Puer - Carcer

Commments:
Well! We will see if the house burns down this year. Meanwhile, we are planning to move as many photographs, data backups, etc as we can to our storage locker as we can. We will also try to take out trees near the house and fireproofing as much as possible.

Current Mood: pessimistic

Have the results of my divinations on COVID been altered by outside forces?

This is a slightly different question--And the question asked is critically important, since the answers we get are often literal answers to the question asked, but not always what we really want to know, or need to know about.

Before the casting, I specified;
House Chart
Querent I
Quesited XII - Secret Enemy
My own powers of divination IX
Secret Enemy's magic workings

The 4 Mothers were Caput Draconis, Caput Draconis, Tristitia, Acquisitio

Here's the chart:

I and XII - Me and my Hidden Enemie(s);

Add Caput Drac and Fortuna Major together, and you get Rubeus. No real surprise there!
There is Company Capitular, but nothing that strongly confirms interference from a hidden enemy.

Fortuna Major could be telling me that I _have_ a hidden enemy. Hmmm.
Caput Drac travels to II, where it is sextile to XII, Favorable aspect, but a weak one. Could mean that my hidden enemy is generally against me and the things that I am doing, but maybe not specifically against my COVID divinations.

XII and IX - My Hidden Enemie(s) vs. My Divinations on COVID

Company Capitular again.
My magic is flowing/ going with the flow of Populus. Populus travels to V, and I notice that Puer neighbors V and neighbors XII. A hidden enemy takes a sword to my messages perhaps?

IX and IV - My Hidden Enemie(s) Workings vs. My Divinations on COVID

Company Capitular again.
Populus travels to V, so we have conjunction. Grasping of Acquisitio vs. Flow of Populus. Maybe temporary interference, but the river wins in the long run.

The court is kind of a downer, with Rubeus as Witness 1, Amissio as Judge, and Cauda Draconis as Witness 2, Drama/intrigue that, at the ending, leads to loss/ letting go. This seems consistent with Violet's opinion that the maelstrom of controversy interferes generally with the usefulness of divinations on COVID questions.

My own take-home on this one-- Apparently, I have a hidden enemy. Perhaps I will look into that next....

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Current Mood: thoughtful

This was a question from Tunesmyth;
"Have any of my COVID queries been tampered with by outside forces?"

--A good question. Here's what I got;
Selected House Chart, I for Querent and XII for Quesited.
Reading on 3 June 2021 at 23:25 PDST

Mothers: Rubeus, Amissio, Conjunctio, Cauda Draconis.

Well THERE's trouble right off the bat with Rubeus as the first Mother, so extreme caution with this reading would be a good idea. I decided to look at it anyway.

Here's the Chart:

Notice that this court has the same members as that of Tunesmyth, but in different order. Meeting with delay yields transformation?

Rubeus in I and Caput Draconis in XII have Fire and Air lines in agreement, so Company Capitular.
Note Company Compound with Cauda Drac in Xi and Caput Drac in XII.
Caput Drac travels to VII from XII, so possibly enemies (VII) government (XII) are beginning to do this.

On the one hand, it seems to be a mildly positive answer.
On the other hand, can we trust a reading with Rubeus in house I?

Current Mood: perpexed

Jim came into my store last week. He is an older man, portly, with a white beard. He first got my attention by haranguing another customer. "Don't bother me with your mask nonsense!" he said in a loud voice. "I'll keep my distance, and if that's not good enough for you, then go somewhere else!"
Jim went to the flower counter in the back corner of the store, and began having a conversation with our flower lady. I decided to intervene.
As soon as I got there, Jim grinned at me, his mask hanging off one ear.
"Oho!" he said in a loud voice, " It's Mr. Baltimore! How are you and your wife doing, now that you have moved out here to the West?"
"Fine, thanks." I said.
"I see you are interested in other Eastern Cities," he continued. "What are your thoughts on Providence, Rhode Island? Washington DC, Annapolis, New Jersey, and Philadelphia?"
This was a bit alarming, since I read JMG's blogs and think about Providence RI for that reason. The other locations are also important to
me for various reasons. I do not think it is widely known here in BC that I used to work in Baltimore. Jim seemed to have a surprising amount of personal information about me.

"What about New Jersey?" Jim continued. "Isn't the river Trent in New Jersey someplace?"

"I believe that is a river in Scotland," I said.

"Oh, a Scotsman are you?" said Jim.

"There are some Scottish people on my Mother's side," I lied.

Jim nodded as if I had said something profound, then said, "Well I won't keep you-- Must go on to the next." With that, he meandered out the front door of the store.

So the question:
2 May 2021 - "What is the source of Jim's knowledge of my wife and me?"
I was curious to know if his knowledge had spiritual/occult roots, or some other basis--

Selections: House Chart Querent = I, Quesited -- Agreements in any houses of the chart.
Mothers: Caput draconis, Acquisitio, Caput Draconis, Laetitia.

The Shield Chart, while not selected, has interesting symmetry-- The daughters have upside-down mirror symmetry with the Mothers:

Symmetries seem to indicate something of importance, generally.

Here's the House Chart:

Caput Draconis in House I shows up again in House III, so it looks like Jim has been gathering gossip and news about me from the local residents. There are no other occurrences of Caput Draconis, so "gossip/rumours" seems to be the primary source of his information.

The symmetries seem to say that there is significance to his activities or his person. Why is Jim gathering information about me? Does he just gather information about everyone, or is there some purpose to it?

Jim is not the only one who can consult LGN (The Local Gossip Network)-- From LGN I find out that Jim is homeless and lives in a white car that is missing its rear bumper. Indeed, I have seen this car a few times over the last 6 months or so. The back seat and passenger seat are full of personal belongings. and sometimes I have seen Jim inside it with a coffee and a newspaper. Until last week, I had never spoken to him. No one in the LGN seems to know him very well or to know his last name, so it is surprising and a bit alarming that Jim has accumulated personal information about me.

2 May 2021 Question 2: Why is Jim gathering information about me?

Selection: House Chart, Querent = I, Quesited = any matching house, no matches = no directed intent.
Mothers: Cauda Draconis, Caput Draconis, Puella, Puella
house of intentions

House Chart:

Cauda Drac may mean I had already made up my mind about him-- But I don't think I did... Ahh well.

In any case, there are no matches with House 1 Cauda Drac, so it looks like Jim does not have any particular direction with his information gathering. It is also possible to look at the chart as a reading about Jim in general--
Assuming this is possible, Jim is likely to have his house I rotated to III, seeing him as my neighbor. Puella indicates he is not a bad person, and taking the new I II and III (old III IV V) as all Puella, he would like to be loved and accepted locally.
IV Fortuna Minor His history - a chance occurrence has left him in his current condition (homeless).
V: Via -- Changes in plans/ message is change?
VI. Caput Drac - Beginning of illness, beginning to seek help from Health professionals-- Like me?
VII - Carcer - delay of conflict, delay of contract? Also Witness I. Currently, Jim is stuck in his situation.
VIII - Populus - Passive to magic, spiritual influences, death. Jim is going with the flow.
IX - Caput Drac - A new and long journey. Also VI and XII so he may get treatment with involvement of authorities and restrictions.
X - Laetitia - upward movement in his community status
XI - Cauda Drac - Jim has experienced an end to hopes and dreams.
XII - Caput Drac - The beginning of limitations and restrictions.

Over-all take home: Jim is no threat to me or my family. He has serious troubles that are beginning to make trouble for him, but he is primarily looking for friends and a place in the community. Perhaps I can help him with that....

Current Mood: thankful

In my spare time-- That's to say, the time that I am not at work, cleaning the house, doing laundry, etc-- I have been working on a story for the GRIST Magazine story contest-- And it is really coming together well!
On the other hand, should I really be spending time on that story, or is there a better use of my time? We live in uncertain times. Maybe I should be concentrating my limited time and energy on something more critical that would help me out in case of future difficulties.
Which leads us to a Geomantic Question:

'Is there any greater spare-time activity for me than to finish my story entry for the GRIST contest?'

I selected the Shield Chart. Here's what I got with Fortuna major, Albus, Fortuna Minor, and Laetitia as the 4 mothers:

Looks like an emphatic "Yes" to me....Significant symmetries all the way down.
Which is disappointing because it indicates that there is something critically important that I should be doing these days which takes precedence over the story I have been writing.

Perhaps there are clues in the Triplicities;

1) Querent: health/habits/outlook -- Fort maj, Tristitia, Albus --Building--Sorrow--Passive wisdom.
2) E vents in Play--Fort min, Rubeus, Laetitia -- Surprise event--drama/passion--joy
3) Home/work/family/housemates - Fort maj, Tristitia, Albus --Building--Sorrow--Passive wisdom.
4) Friends/Associates/Authorities -- Fort min, Rubeus, Laetitia -- Surprise event--drama/passion--joy

Triplicities 1 and 3 are identical, so for the purposes of this question, perhaps I need to consider them together. Triplicities 1 and 3 could be thought of as internal to my personal and family life, while triplicities 2 and 4 seem concerned with things external to personal and family life.

Perhaps 1 and 3 indicate that the things I am building in my private life will pass through sorrow but result in wisdom. Alternatively, Tristitia may be related to planting. I have plans to add fruit bushes, fruit trees and nut trees to my property. Maybe I should get them put in sooner.

2 and 4 seem to indicate some sort of surprise event with associated drama that will result in joy. A surprise party perhaps, or an unexpected and dramatic event (at work?) that turns out for the best.

The next Geomantic Question:
'What project(s) should I spend my non-employment hours on that will be of greatest benefit for all?
House Chart: Querent is house I, and I will look at all houses for indications of the best area(s) by perfection with house I.

Here's what I got with Acquisitio, Populus, Puer, and Puella as the 4 mothers:

Acquisitio in House I perfects with House IX (Acquisitio).--So we are talking about a major undertaking -- Long physical journey, or possibly a major undertaking in spirituality, religion or philosophy. Acquisitio suggests there is something I need to gain or acquire, or that there is something I have already decided to acquire which is within my grasp.

The court figures are identical with Populus as judge --again-- Fortuna major as the past and future witnesses and Populus that amplifies the message. So possibly a call to persevere through difficulty to success.

Fortuna major shows up in V , consistent with crops/fertility plans discussed above.

Other:
Populus shows up in II as well as the court judge. Does this mean it will take a lot of money to accomplish my tasks? Or is it that they will eventually be profitable?

Puella - in IV and VIII. Ending of a lady? Or an ancient female spiritual entity is involved...

Amissio - in VI and XII This is an axis from professionals/illness/injuries to restrictions limitations. Possibly illness is a factor.

Putting it Together:
Considering both charts, I apparently need to step up my efforts to get food-growing plants going in the yard. Looks like this is the Spring for a Great Leap Forward in gardening!

The Question: 'How will 2021 go for me and my spouse?'

I will do the best I can to interpret this reading for the coming year, for me and my wife. In 2022, I plan to take another look at it and see whether I was able to bring information from my future into my present, here in January 2021.

Here is the reading, from 10 January 2021:

In addition, SDI described an additional method of analysis for this type of question--We draw lines to connect all figures in Occupation, Company Simple, Company Demi-Simple, and Company Compound. We include the figures in the Court, so there are 15 figures.

Links to House I: These indicate focus of attention for the time period (in this case, 2021).
Links to House XII: These indicate the greatest challenges.
Links to the Judge in the Court: Factors that most affect the outcomes.
Other strings of links: These indicate an impact that lasts beyond the time period.

I am arbitrarily assigning a highlighter color to each of these 4 areas (because a cheap 4-pack of highlighters comes with these colors!)

House I links: Yellow
House XII links: Pink
Judge links: Blue
Lasting links: Green

Here's what it looks like:

Focus of Attention:

I   Puer            Querent--Action/War/Going for it, possibly unwisely.
VI Puer            Employees, professionals, other mages, pets, injuries, illnesses -- Action/conflict with professionals, treating an illness?
VII Rubeus      Spouse, contracts, enemies, -- War with rivals? Hopefully not war with my spouse.
VIII Puella       Good magical practice, possibly loans paid off.
IX Puella         Long journeys, including philosophy and studies -- A good year for spiritual growth - or possibly I will be able to travel.
X Rubeus        Career, reputation, social position -- Prospects for backstabbing and intrigue at work and community.

This looks pretty bad. I am in for conflict in my professional life and/or challenges to our standing in the community. Good magical practices and
spiritual growth will help us meet it.

Greatest Challenges:
Witness 1 - Via
XII Via         Restrictions, limitations, delays

Again, not so great. Change in Witness 1 linked to house XII, the house of restrictions. I am changing under severe restrictions.

Most Salient Features:
IV Acquisitio    Land, Agriculture, buildings, aged endings -- My wife and I are trying to get a house. Maybe we will....
Judge Acquisitio --
Witness 2 - Amissio --
XI - Hopes, dreams, friends - Acquisitio

Generally positive. My wife and I may get the dreamed-for house, but will be a loss near the end of the year.

Lasting Impacts:

III Tristitia - Brothers/Sisters/Neighbors/Local - Bad news in family or close to home.
V Laetitia - Crops/fertility/children/sexuality/fun/lakes/rain/messages/books - Joy linked to sorrow in neighbors/family.

My 92-year-old Mother feels that 2021 will be her year to die. Perhaps she is correct, and perhaps it will be a good death.

Diagonals
It can't hurt to take a look at the houses that are opposite each other. I and VII, II and VIII, etc, are sort of like looking at the local and distant effects of the same topics;

I Puer - VII Rubeus.           War and intrigues with enemies.
II Conjunctio - VIII Puella   My magic linked with others.
III Tristitia - IX Puella        Sadness in a journey of love.
IV Acquisitio - X Rubeus    Trouble with acquisition of the house
V Laetitia - IX Acquisitio    Happiness in realization of dreams
VI Puer - XII Via               The transformations and restrictions of war/conflict.

Summary Comments

Looks like a generally difficult year for me, but that's no surprise with COVID, troubles in the US, impending collapse of the global economy and widespread wacky behavior.
Specifically, I seem to see that my wife and I will get a house; That I am due for some sort of serious trouble at work and possibly in the local community; That my Mom may be right about her passing in 2021.
It is not a complete picture by any means, but I can use what I have to do additional readings and get more details. The trouble at work is particularly surprising, as I think I am doing fine there. It will be interesting to see if Geomancy can help me detect a blind spot and avoid trouble.

In the middle of a blog conversation, someone mentioned that he was an avid fan of Batman as a child. While reading a compendium of Batman comics, he encountered an emergent consciousness of Batman that apparently arose from years of people reading and meditating on the persona of Batman. Perhaps it could be described as an emerging Jungian Archetype.

At this point, I wish I could give a link to the original blog posting. I am not sure I am relaying the story right–So if anyone else happens to know of it, feel free to post a link.

Anyway, that got me thinking about Cthulhu.

Starting in a story written by HP Lovecraft nearly 100 years ago (The Call of Cthulhu), the mythos of Cthulhu has become very widespread. Every recent US Election has had mock campaigns to elect Cthulhu. “Cthulhu for President! Why settle for the LESSER of the two evils?”

There is a series of parody Christmas songs that feature Cthulhu, like this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptP0OR-e7rI

I thought I would try a Geomancy Question about this;

“Is there a self-aware developing Cthulhu consciousness?”

Evaluated with the house chart, Querent = I, Quesited = VIII, since the inquiry is about the possible consciousness of a being.

https://shedivesin.github.io/emoji/western/house/68/6b.svg

The court is interesting, with Fortuna Minor and Acquisitio generating Carcer.

Cthulhu popped up (Fortuna Minor), currently sleeping (Carcer), will attempt to reclaim in future (Acquisitio). This is entirely consistent with the Cthulhu mythos.

Querent Conjunctio and Quesited Acquisitio match in Fire and Air lines.

Conjunctio passes I to III (coming together locally?).

I is Capitular with II, Tristitia, which passes to V. Sorrow in finances and fun/crops is consistent with the Cthulhu mythos.

Also VII and IX are Amissio. Loss to enemies, loss of dreams, also consistent with Cthulhu.

Cardines:

1 Conjunctio Beginning

10 Puella Middle

7 Amissio End

4 Puer Aftermath

Hmmm. Activities that seemed like they would be good ideas at the beginning eventually result in loss and conflict.

Summary

Surprisingly, it looks like there may be a developing Cthulhu archetype with consciousness. Currently sleeping, it may one day awaken and try to seize control.

Maybe it really isn’t a good idea to run Cthulhu for President. We might just elect him...

Sixteen Phoenixes

This is a continuation of the series of discussions on Geomantic Figures

inserted into 4X4 Magic Squares. Previously, I took one of the three

4X4 Pan-Magic, “Magic Carpet” Magic squares, and inserted Geomantic

figures into it. Rotating the square onto one corner, it becomes a diamond.

After connecting the matched pairs of the Geomantic figures with

differently-colored ribbons, it forms a symmetrical pattern that resembles

a phoenix rising from a fire.

I have provided links for the images in this document in large and small format, in case

anyone wants to

print them.

https://emmanuelg.dreamwidth.org/file/35121.png single diamond with numbers

https://emmanuelg.dreamwidth.org/file/35006.png Single phoenix with ribbons

The Significance of “Magic Carpet” Squares

Magic Squares sometimes have the ‘Magic Carpet’ property. If you generate

the same Magic Square over and over again horizontally and vertically to

make a carpet of 4x4 Magic Squares, you can select any 4X4 region of the

Magic Carpet and get a Pan-Magic Magic Square.

https://emmanuelg.dreamwidth.org/file/38824.png – large

https://emmanuelg.dreamwidth.org/file/36654.png --small

https://emmanuelg.dreamwidth.org/file/37299.png --small

https://emmanuelg.dreamwidth.org/file/37456.png --small with internal borders

An Aside--The Magic Toroid

It is possible to roll a 4X4 Pan Magic Square into a cylinder. Joining the

opposite ends of the Square into a cylinder has the same effect as creating

a row of Magic Squares.

It is also possible to bend the cylinder into the shape of a toroid (a ring, or donut).

This joins the top and bottom of the Pan Magic Square – A Magic Toroid.

Here’s a link to another blog with more information about these toroids;

https://carresmagiques.blogspot.com/2020/04/from-magic-square-to-magic-torus.html

The Magic Toroid has all the properties of a Magic Carpet Magic Square in a

very compact form. I have not evaluated it with respect to Geomancy–Will

probably have to make one sometime, and I don’t have a good idea of how

to do that. Possibly a ring with 4 cylindrical sections, each of which have

4 numbers? They would have to be able to be rolled from the inside to the

outside of the toroid while keeping the same relationship to each other.

Possibly a set of springs on the inside would do this, similar to the construction

of the Rubik’s Cube? I will have to think about it…

The Sixteen Phoenixes

As pointed out above, if you shift the 4X4 frame by one row, you get a different

variation of the magic square that has all the properties of the original. Shift the

frame 2 rows, yet another magic square. Shift 3 rows and you get a fourth

variation. But if you shift the frame 4 rows, you get the original magic square again.

What if we shift the frame by columns? We get a similar result–Three

additional variations, then back to the original.

What if we shift the frame by one row, then shift that one, one column

at a time? Again, there are three more variations generated, then back t

o the single-row frame shift again.

When we continue this until all possible frame-shift and row-shift

possibilities have been tried, we end up with sixteen variations of

the Pan-Magic Square.

It would be possible to have the full set of sixteen Magic Diamonds

in a piece of the Magic Carpet as small as 7X7. However, it is also

a little difficult to compare and contrast the different variations of the

Pan Magic Square if we leave them in this compact form. We can

see all of them at one time by drawing a 4X4 frame around the Square

in the upper right corner of the Magic Carpet. Then we skip a column

and draw another 4X4 frame. We can do the same thing vertically by

skipping a row at the bottom of the original frame, and framing the next

4X4 square. When we have framed four squares horizontally and four

squares vertically under them, we will have framed the sixteen

4X4 variations of the Magic Square.

What happens if we turn this Magic Carpet onto its point to make a

Magic Diamond, and insert the Geomantic Figures in place of the

numbers? Will the variations of the original Phoenix Diamond

Magic Square have different patterns if we draw the lines between matched pairs?

We seem to get sixteen Magic Phoenixes, grouped in four groups of four.

Within each group, One Phoenix points up, one to the left, one to the right,

and one points downward. The array of sixteen Phoenixes has multiple

concatenating symmetries within the groups of four, and between

different groups of four. It has the look and feel of a mathematical visual fugue.

https://emmanuelg.dreamwidth.org/file/36899.png Diamond Carpet Ribbon Small

https://emmanuelg.dreamwidth.org/file/37922.png Diamond Carpet Ribbon Large

I printed out this carpet-diamond on a piece of 11 x 17-inch paper to get an

overview of it. The more I look at it, the more I see. For example, in the

top group of 4 diamonds, all the Phoenix heads are Populus. All the Fire

hearts are Via. The Phoenix Hearts are (one each) Fortuna Minor, Acquisitio,

Fortuna Major, Amissio. The Phoenix Hearts in all four groups of 4 are always

Fortuna Minor, Acquisitio, Fortuna Major, and Amissio. The Phoenix Heads

within each group of 4 always match–But only the completely symmetrical

figures appear as phoenix heads– 4 Populus heads, 4 Via, 4 Conjunctio,

and 4 Carcer. The symmetries and parallel structures go on and on.

Significance for Geomancy

What is the significance of sixteen types of Geomantic Magic Diamonds?

Well at this point, I don’t really know. I had just gotten a feel for mapping

a Geomantic Reading into just one Geomantic Magic Diamond. How

would I figure out which of the sixteen Geomantic Diamonds to use for a

given reading? It is tempting to assign a Geomantic Figure to each of the

sixteen Geomantic Diamonds in the set–But what would be the basis for

that? I am not saying that there is no significance or that it is unknowable,

only that I do not (yet) know the significance or how to make use of it, at

least at this point.

Groups of Four

One other interesting observation: The Phoenixes are drawn by linking

matched pairs of Geomantic Figures with lines. When we draw the lines,

they connect three Geomantic Figures together. As previously noted, in

the original Geomantic Phoenix Diamond, four of these lines of three form

a Querent-Judge-Quesited triplet, and four do not.

The Magic Carpet Magic Squares are composed of patterns of four

Geomantic Figures that repeat on each horizontal, vertical, and diagonal line.

For this reason, when we look at the Phoenix Diamond Magic Carpet,

we see that each line of three linked figures has a fourth figure off of

each end of it. In this way, each group of three is actually a group of four.

Since the Phoenix pattern is composed of 8 ribbons that connect the matching

pairs of Geomantic Figures, you would think that there are eight groups of four–

However, one group is the group that forms the spine of the Phoenix and the

vertical line through the fire. These two groups of three are actually the same

group of four in two iterations, so there are actually seven unique groups of

four figures that are involved in the Phoenix Diamond pattern. Of course,

there are a lot more possible groups of 4 in a set of sixteen items; Might be

4 factorial x 16/2. I will have to look that up–But there are just 7 groups of

four that are affiliated with the Phoenix Diamond pattern.

Further, all of the groups of 4 contain a set of two of the symmetrical figures.

Either the groups contain Populus and Via, or they contain Conjunctio and Carcer.

We can arrange them in a hexagonal group of seven, like the holes in a Ritz Cracker.

https://emmanuelg.dreamwidth.org/file/34282.png Seven4s- Large

https://emmanuelg.dreamwidth.org/file/35966.png Seven4s Small

As an aid to comprehension, we can draw a blue arc next to sets of three

that form a valid Querent-Judge-Quesited group, and a red arc next to sets

of three that would form a valid Querent-Judge-Quesited group if the

Judge in the Middle were its complementary figure instead.

https://emmanuelg.dreamwidth.org/file/35653.png Seven4sPosNeg—Small

https://emmanuelg.dreamwidth.org/file/34485.png Seven4sPosNeg Large

When we do this, we find that there is one group of four with a positive and

a negative arc; one group with neither positive nor negative arc; and balancing

and related groups with either a positive or a negative arc. Graphically it makes sense.

What is the significance for Geomancy? Completely unknown at this point.

We can also insert the ribbons that connect paired Geomantic Figures

into this diagram, and see what happens:

https://emmanuelg.dreamwidth.org/file/35379.png Seven4sRibbon Small

https://emmanuelg.dreamwidth.org/file/34602.png Seven4sRibbon Large

Again, remarkable symmetries. Note that some of the Geomantic figures appear

only once. Some appear 2 times, 3 times, or 4 times. Again, there are symmetries

in the frequencies of appearance of the figures:

https://emmanuelg.dreamwidth.org/file/36131.png Frequency Large

https://emmanuelg.dreamwidth.org/file/36480.png Frequency Small

Summary

There may be more than a lifetime of investigation here. Since a person has to

start somewhere, I plan to try some of the other 15 Phoenix Diamonds for Geomantic

Castings. And Geomancy itself is likely to provide direction for explorations.

If you have access to a color printer, I’d recommend printing out the 16-Phoenix

diamond magic carpet, and the 7-circle diagram. They are very interesting.

The central task in Geomancy seems to be in formulating a question that has an answer that tells you what you want to know. JMG’s recent astrological reading on the US Presidential Inauguration https://www.subscribestar.com/john-michael-greer

gave me lots of questions!

Question 1:

Will Joe Biden be inaugurated president of the United States in January 2020?

It is sad that this is not a stupid question…

I cast it to evaluate the house chart, rotated so that Querent (I) starts at X, and Quesited (VII) appears in IV after rotation;

https://shedivesin.github.io/emoji/western/house/52/fe.svg

Querent: Laetitia

Quesited: Caput Draconis

The court shows Conjunctio and Acquisitio with Judge Fortuna Major.

This looks to me like a big “Yes” with a happy beginning.

Laetitia I travels to III, so happiness at the local level, and III becomes an extra significator—But IV next to III and VIII next to VII are both Amissio may mean loss or death.

Cardines:

I Laetitia

X Puella

VII Caput Draconis

IV Amissio

Joy-Love-New Beginning-Loss

Happy beginning, but ending in a loss.

Question 2:

Will Kamala Harris be US President before January 2025?

The answer to this one tells us a lot of what we want to know about the next 4 years.

Again, I am evaluating the house chart with Querent rotated to house X to become I, and Quesited at IV, which becomes VII after rotation:

https://shedivesin.github.io/emoji/western/house/19/71.svg

Querent is Conjunctio

Quesited is Laetitia

The Court includes Caput Draconis and Puella with Fortuna Minor as the Judge.

Again, it looks like the answer is “Yes.”

Conjunctio (I) travels to III,

Laetitia (VII) travels to IV and both become additional significators.

Cardines:

I Conjunctio

X Albus

VII Laetitia

IV Laetitia

Looks like Kamala will do a good job.

The two charts have interesting parallel structures—I am not sure what the significance would be;

I travels to III in both cases, though one is Laetitia and the other is Conjunctio.

Reconcilers: Carcer and Rubeus – Biden ends boxed up, and Harris ends with drama?

House V: Rubeus and Carcer--Same as reconcilers, but flipped between charts. Since house V is the place for crops, rain, fun, sexuality, evaluation of books/ literature, things don't look good in this respect for either of them.

House II: Puer in both charts. Foolishness/rashness with money and mobile goods?

Axes:

Cauda Draconis: XII in Biden’s chart, VI in Harris’ chart; on the same axis. End of government for Biden, end of professionals/business/health for Harris?

Laetitia: I in Biden’s chart, VII in Harris’ chart; on the same axis.

Rubeus: V in Biden’s chart, XI in Harris’ chart; on the same axis. Maybe Rubeus in the sexuality dept for Biden (unsavory past history revealed perhaps?) Rubeus in the hopes/dreams/friends department for Harris?

Interesting times are coming, to be sure...

20201031-Should my wife and I buy extra food now to get us through Winter?

One of the customers shopping in my store commented, “You had better get some extra groceries laid in soon—Did you see how a lot of the farmers plowed their crops under in the Spring? There are going to be shortages, you'll see....”

This too looks like a good question for Geomancy to address!

Question: “Should my wife and I buy extra food now to get us through the Winter?”

Casting in the usual way with intent to use the house chart brought up the following:

https://shedivesin.github.io/emoji/western/house/fd/8c.svg

Notice that this chart has symmetry across the top of the shield-- V to VIII are inverted mirror images of I to IV. Querent and Quesited are Conjunctio, with Populus for the Judge.

I – Querent – Via – Transformation (Black Swan?)

V – Quesited – Fortuna Minor – Chance occurrence, protection by outside help, a temporary quick fix–

**And from our previous discussion, Via and Fortuna Minor in Querent and Quesited speak of a Black Swan Event (BSE). Shield Chart symmetry may mean this BSE applies to a great many folks.

So—Laying in groceries may indeed be a good idea for this Winter. Are there any clues to the nature of the BSE in the rest of the chart? It may or may not a BSE related to lost crops;

Q1 Via passes to VIII, so transformation in death? That's ominous....

Q2 Fortuna Minor does not pass.

Modes of Perfection

Occupation: No

Conjunction: No

Mutation: No

Translation: No

Favorable Aspect:

V-Fort Minor + VIII-Via – Sinister Square – a denial of perfection.

Company of Houses:

Querent:

Company Simple: No

Company Demi Simple: No

Company Compound: No

Company Capitular: Yes—Puella does not pass elsewhere.

Quesited:

Company Simple: No

Company Demi Simple: No

Company Compound: No

Company Capitular: Yes—Laetitia does not pass elsewhere.

Cardines:

I Via Transformation Beginning

X Albus Wisdom/Passive Middle

VII Puer End Conflict/Rash Actions

IV Fort Major Aftermath Building success.

A change near the beginning of Winter, a quiet spell, rash actions at the end, rebuilding after Winter.

Index: House XII Albus

Pt of Fortune: House XII Albus

Summary:

Buying groceries now for Winter – a good idea, a quick fix that is not the long-term solution.

I think we are all wondering what will be the next step in the COVID pandemic. Maybe its reasonable to ask, “What's in it for me?” In other words, “Will I become gravely ill this Winter?"

Casting the reading in the usual way with intent to look at the House Chart, I got the following;

https://shedivesin.github.io/emoji/western/shield/0c/b4.svg

https://shedivesin.github.io/emoji/western/house/0c/b4.svg

To me,. this looks like a "no," but with some qualifications;

Querent: Populus in I

Quesited: Albus in VI

The figures themselves are passive, and Albus is isolationist. The nature of my work prevents me from isolating myself—I work with sick people every working day. Both figures are stable (vs mobile).

If querent is Negative and quesited Positive, may mean that I will not get ill, and this will be for the best. Whew!

Querent Populus passes to XI, so possibly all my wishes for good health will come true.

Quesited Albus passes to IV and V, so IV-ends well; V-be wise about parties/gatherings.

Just for compulsiveness' sake, I am going thru the analyses listed in APG, pages 112-130;

Occupation: No

Conjuction: No

Mutation: No

Translation: No

Favorable Aspect: - A wash--

I- IV – Sinister/Square – Denial

I- V – Sinister/Trine – Favorable

VI – XI –Hmmm! Relationship not defined on APG pg.120; ie., not not sextile, square, trine or Opposition. Maybe there is a missing column here. What is the opposite of Opposition? Conjunction perhaps, or 'Sinister Opposition?'

Company of Houses: Lots of 'No' associated with the Querent (me), but lots of 'Yes' associated with the Quesited (severe illness):

I – II Populus and Fort Major--

Company Simple: No

Company Demi-Simple: No

Company Compound: No

Company Capitular: Yes

VI-V Albus and Albus--

Company Simple: Yes

Company Demi-Simple: Yes

Company Compound: No

Company Capitular: Yes

Cardines:

I Populus Beginning

X Via Middle

VII Acquisitio End

IV Albus Aftermath

Passive(Many??)-->Active/Transformation-->Gain/Picked up-->Albus/Passive/Wisdom.

So possibly, there will be a pandemic outbreak here with many getting sick, but things learned at the end of it.

Combination of figures:

Since the Querent is Populus, combining it with any of the other figures leaves me with the same figure in each house.

Combining Quesited Albus with another multiple-occurrence figure:

Albus + Fortuna Major = Tristitia; Sorrow in II-Financials, IX-long journeys, XII-legal/enforcement.

Aspects of Significators: May indicate a big impact of disease that does not affect me personally very much.

Populus/Querent: Net +2

+++ XI Populus, IX-Fort Major, V-Albus, III-Puer +1+2+2+1

--- X-Via, 7-Acquisitio, IV-Albus -1-1-1

Albus/Quesited:Net +5

+++ IV-Albus, II-Fort Major, X-Via, 8-Conjunctio +2+2+2+2

---III-Albus, XII-Fort Major, IX-Fort Major -1-1-1

Index: House VIII

Conjunctio in Death; people meeting death.

Part of Fortune – House IV

Albus in resolution. Act wisely for good outcomes, with respect to gatherings (V) and health (VI).

Calculating Indications:

+3 Trine

-3 Square

So, Net is zero

Judge = Outcome; Via; transformation

Querent = Fortuna Minor; lucky in black swan event.

Quesited= Fortuna Major, risk of illness built by actions.

Summary:
So I seem to be getting that we are in for a season of severe illness here in South-Central British Columbia, but that I will personally not be much affected by it.

As always, if you have a different interpretation and/or comments, please post them. ;-)

Hoping that you are all in good health,
Emmanuel G

Current Mood: contemplative

It occurred to me that I had not asked Spiritus Mundi if the missing person SH were dead--

When I tried to do a reading on this, I rolled Rubeus right away, and stopped. Interpreted that to be saying, 'You already know in your spirit that SH is dead.'

I also asked SH's spirit where her body is located. I got an image of a dirt road on a mountain, the curve of a switchback with large cobbles on the downhill edge of the road. There are a lot of logging roads around here..

A note on which house for the quesited in these questions--

In the initial reading, I thought it might be house VIII. Found what I remembered on pg 108 of APG, “...The eighth house also governs questions about circumstances affecting absent or missing persons....” In his comment on Magic Monday, JMG did not seem to think this was a bad choice, and felt that Fortuna Major passing from VIII to XI might indicate hope that she might be found. However, discussion on APG page 162 indicates that house VII might also be appropriate.

More readings;

Question: If I am standing in front of the Lighthouse Market in Sorrento, BC, what compass direction points to the location of SH's body? Using the 'finding one's fortune' method described on pg 144 of APG.

I got this reading

https://shedivesin.github.io/emoji/western/shield/a0/cb.svg

Part of fortune is “2” = Populus. So from the table on APG page 143, the direction is “North.”

Here's the Google Maps satellite image of the area:

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.0376215,-120.5694954,209934m/data=!3m1!1e3

I was not sure this was a good way to ask. So I tried again, using the '12 Winds Compass' method described in APG pp 142 – 143;

Question:

If I stand in the Lighthouse Market parking lot in Sorrento BC, which compass direction will point to SH?

https://shedivesin.github.io/emoji/western/house/3c/55.svg

Taking VIII as the house for missing persons, I get Rubeus. From the table pg 143, NNW. This is pretty consistent for direction, and seems to point a line towards Adams Lake.

Question:

Is SH located near a logging road? Shield Chart for Y/N

https://shedivesin.github.io/emoji/western/shield/cc/73.svg

Querent and Quesited are both Albus, and the Judge is Populus, so I take that as an emphatic 'Yes.'

I decided to follow the NNW Compass bearing from Sorrento, and ask Y/N questions about areas with logging roads. Here, I ran into some problems with Geography. I didn't realize that you get to see the names of the mountains only if you zoom in on the image in Google Maps. The mountain I was looking at turns out to be 'Samatosum Mountain,'

Question:

Is SH located on the mountain that is south of the south end of Adams Lake? Shield Chart Y/N

https://shedivesin.github.io/emoji/western/shield/6a/63.svg

Querent Carcer, Quesited Populus, Judge Carcer. Looks like an emphatic “No!” Well, other parts of earlier readings indicated she was middling far away.

Question:

Is SH located NNW of Adams Lake?

https://shedivesin.github.io/emoji/western/shield/4b/5a.svg

Querent, Quesited and Judge (Populus, Fort minor, Fort Minor) seem to indicate “yes.” Amplified Fortuna minor may be saying, 'with a lot of luck she could be found.'

Following the NNW bearing, the next large mountain with logging roads is Harp Mountain;

Question:

Is SH located on Harp Mountain? Shield Chart Y/N

https://shedivesin.github.io/emoji/western/shield/4e/17.svg

Fort major, Via, and Fort Minor for Querent, Quesited and Judge. Looks like a 'Yes.'

Harp mountain is quite a long distance from me, and it has a lot of logging roads. I may try some other divination methods like map scrying to see if I can narrow it further. If I get enough information, I may be able to go hiking in the area, and see what I can find.

I have been meditating on Fortuna Minor, since it seems to be coming up for me these days in positions of significance. I have heard that there are Geomancy decks of cards available--I haven't seen any, but it occurred to me that it might help my meditations to try to draw one for Fortuna Minor. You see here what I have so far!

Fortuna Minor is active in Fire and Air, passive in Water and Earth. JMG mentions an image of a flag on top of a mountain. "What could describe fire and air?" I ruminated at one point. "Well, perhaps a meteor--" So I put one into the picture in red and yellow, the colors for Fire and Air.

Fortuna Minor is all about sudden changes--Possibly a fortune lands in your lap, but as quickly goes away again. You have not earned it and don't know how to manage it. Or it could be a sudden misfortune like a meteor strike.

What other metaphors do we have for these kinds of things?
Perhaps the Black Swan phenomena, so well described in the book of the same name by Nicholas Nassim Taleb. I put in a black swan in flight.

The river below, and the green mountains stretching to the horizon are pretty much taken from the view you get from the garden-like top of Mount Revelstoke here in British Columbia--I highly recommend it, once they open that national park again!

A question: Why is it that, every time I turn around, I find Spiritus Mundi poking me in the ribs with Fortuna Minor?

Perhaps there is a Black Swan Event in my future that I should investigate.

Ordinarily, A Black Swan Event is, by definition, something that no one saw coming because it falls outside of everyones' framework of possibilities. After it occurs, everyone looks back at the event and says, "I should have seen THAT coming!"
Nope. If you had been able to see it coming, it would not be a Black Swan Event.

I am beginning to see that Geomancy (and likely other methods of divination) are a way to get clues about Black Swan Events before they happen--A real benefit!

So of course, I did some geomantic readings on it--

17 Aug 2020 - 'Will there be a black swan event by 1 Jan 2021 that Geomancy can reveal?

Querent in 1 is Acquisitio, I am pretty sure house 11 is the one I want for Quesited, since I do not know the nature of any Black Swan Event, or whether there will be one. If 11, then the Quesited is Puella.

Both of these seem positive--And indeed there is a lot of symmetry and linkages in this chart--

Acquisitio is in 1 and seven--Contracts/conflicts/marriage/deals/war
Puella shows up in 11 and 9 -- Long journey, philosophical/phys distance
Also Rubeus in 3 and 5 - Neighbors/family + fun/crops/sexuality- Major drama/intrigue/deceit here.

Also noteworthy, but significance questionable;
House 2 - Cauda Drac - End of finances
House 6 - Via - Professionals/professions in transformation;
House 8 - Laetitia - Joy; My magic/death/spiritual entities - probably my magic going well.
House 12 - Puer - Government/authorities bearing the sword; rash action or bold action.

Hmmm, pretty interesting.

Next question:
17 Aug 2020
How many days until the black swan event that's before 1 Jan 2020?

We use the Quesited on the Shield Chart to get an estimate of the number of time units--in this case, days;
Quesited is Puer, thus the number of days is 120 or 79.
Since 17 Aug 2020 is the 230th day of the year, adding 120 days gives 350 days, or 15 Dec 2020.
230 + 79 days would be day 309, or Nov 4 2020 - The day after the US Presidential Election.

Reconciler is Rubeus.
There is no Way of Points
Index house is 10 Laetitia
Part of Fortune is 2 Tristitia.

Querent Puella and Quesited Puer with a judge of Conjunctio and a Reconciler of Rubeus is a result I would expect to see if I had asked about a love affair! ;-)

So perhapts it is a happy Black Swan Event?

It is probably a mistake to look at the House Chart in this case, but looking at it as if it was a "How will your day go?" type of question has, for me, the feel of a "Old order of things gets turned upside down, but it works out for the best" sort of message. Also a feeling of working together with colleagues to cure a disease or other malady;
Significance is uncertain--

1 - Querent - Albus/wisdom
2 - Tristitia - Sorrow in finances
3 - Conjunctio - New connections with family and neighbors
4 - Cauda drac - The End appears in the house of finality. A big Ending.
5 - Tristitia - Sorrow in plantings/sexuality/rain
6 - Fortuna Major - professionals building cures for illnesses?
7 - Puella - love in house of lovers/partners/contracts/(war)
8 - Rubeus - deceit/drama in my magic/spir entitiees/death
9 - Fortuna Major - Long (philosophical) journey, building success.
10- Laetitia - Joy in career/reputation/med treatment.
11- Albus - Wisdom comes to friends,associates, hopes promises wishes.
12- Via - Transformation in the house of government/restrictions/limitations.

Additional Random Thoughts

Fortuna Minor does not appear in either reading on the possible Black Swan event, so maybe I am barking up the wrong tree to think of Fortuna Minor as a sign of black swans.
That said, I will probably continue to add to the picture at the top of the post. I could see adding a guy sitting in a chair at the base of the flagpole who is knocked from his chair by the shockwave of the meteor crossing overhead. He would have to have big bones, a big nose and a beard, maybe wearing a uniform with a gold stripe on the pants. I'm not sure I have the artistic skills for that!

Also I am not sure of the scale of the Black Swan event - Does it mostly affect me, is it global, or possibly something to do with the US elections?

Comment at will, and if anyone gets around to doing a 'days until Black Swan' reading, I'd be interested.

Cheers,

Emmanuel G

As I do, you probably remember the ‘Paper Fortune Teller’ from your childhood:

If you don’t remember, it is a bit of origami that we used to fold together sometimes. We used our crayons to color each quarter of the top a different color. Usually it was Red, Yellow, Blue and Green. You would write numbers on the inside of the device and a fortune under each number. “What is your favorite color?” you would ask your friend. Then you would make one cycle of the device while spelling out the name of the color. G-R-E-E-N would be 5 cycles. With the inside open, your friend chooses a number. You flatten the device, pull up the tab, and read the fortune. In my Fifth Grade class, the usual girls’ fortunes included things like, “You love Billy,” while the boys’ fortunes ran along the lines of “You stink!”

Here's a link to a WikiHow on how to make a Paper Fortune Teller;

https://www.wikihow.com/Fold-a-Fortune-Teller

Here is the flattened view of the Paper Fortune Teller (PFT) No tabs have been raised to view the Fortune:

I have been staring at House Charts a lot lately. For some reason, the House Chart reminded me of the PFT’s of my youth. I made several of them. Look what happens when you fold back the points of the fortune area:

Yep. You are looking at a House Chart! What the heck man? Now that I think about it, there are a number of similarities between the PFT and Geomancy; The four colors of the lines of Geomancy – Red/Fire Yellow/Air Blue/Water, Green/Earth – are the four starting colors of the PFT. You get a fortune with the PFT by generating a series of random numbers-- That ought to sound familiar to Geomancers! So it occurs to me to wonder whether, at some time in the past, the PFT was used to generate the Four Mothers of a Geomantic Reading. It might be possible to write your geomantic reading onto the House Chart of a modified PFT and somehow use it for additional readings. I tried working a PFT with its corners folded back, just for the look and feel of the thing:

So far, I have not tried adding a Geomantic Reading-- If anyone finds a way to get useful results from this, be sure to let the rest of us know!

There was an incident in my life (maybe 1992?) where the memories and physical evidence were in conflict. I suspect something happened to me, but have never been able to figure out what it was. Perhaps Geomancy could shed some light on it?

Here's the incident as I remember it: I was in a weekly dinner and discussion group with people from my church. We met weekly in each others' homes, had a potluck dinner and a discussion, and had done that for a number of years at the time of this incident.
That week, we were meeting at the house of S*, about a mile and a half from the house where my wife and I lived. My wife was ill but stable, and decided to stay home that week. S* would often drive her large car to different peoples' houses and picked them up, and that week was no exception, even though she was hosting the gathering. She picked up 4 other people including me, and drove us to her home. We had dinner and a discussion, and she drove the same 5 people including me back to our respective houses, about 9 PM.

The car pulled away and was gone by the time I had carried my empty covered dish to my front door. I quickly found that I did not have my keys. This single fact was and is very VERY unusual for me. I have always worked in an industry where I have high-security, un-copy-able keys to one or more extremely secure workplaces. I never, never-ever, go anywhere without all my keys. They are attached to my belt and can't be easily unattached. So this was a potential work catastrophe--As well as that I was locked out of my house at 9 PM. I turned every pocket of my pants and jacket inside-out and emptied everything out of them. No keys. It was unheard of.

I beat on the front door and yelled until the neighbors' lights started to come on. My wife, sick in bed, did not wake up. Perhaps my keys had detached in S*'s car somehow. My first thought was to walk the mile and a half to S*'s house, knock on the door, and see if the keys were there. Nope, that was a bad idea. It happened that S*'s husband was out of town on business. S* was always well-behaved, but I could tell that she liked me a lot. Better not to risk putting both of us into a situation where something might happen that we would regret.

I remembered that I had given an emergency key to my brother, who lived a mile and a half in the other direction. So I left the stuff on the porch, walked the mile and a half to his house, collected the key, and walked back home. I was upset at losing my keys, grumpy at my wife (who was STILL asleep), and arrived past my bedtime.

When I woke up the next morning and started getting dressed. There were my keys, attached to the key ring, attached to the belt on the pants just like they always were. What the heck happened? Feeling like a complete idiot, I returned the spare key to my brothers house, but was faced with a mystery. Where were my keys the previous night, and how did I get them back?

I have never figured this one out. So maybe Geomancy could shed some light on it;

Question 1: Were my memories somehow altered after the keys incident?

(BTW, thanks SDI for the image generator--works great!)

So I cast Via, Via, Populus, Populus for the 4 mothers and got Populus for Querent, Quesited and Judge.

What the heck is going on!? Initial reading seems to say, "Everything was changed."

House 1 and 2 - both Via. Transformation/Change. 2 includes personal property (my keys).

House 5, 6, 7, 8 all Fortuna Minor. Luck/swiftness. 8 is 'My magic,' also death, spiritual entities.
5 - parties, 6 professionals/illness, 7 spouse/partnerships, 8 spiritual entities/my magic.

S* was a teacher at the time, so a professional. My take is that something happened swiftly; a chance happening, spiritual entities were involved. The rest is a good description of the evening.
Populus everywhere else. Could mean 'nothing else changed,' or perhaps 'everything else changed.'

Question 2: Did something unusual happen during the keys incident?

Q1 - Caput Drac - Beginnings
Q2 - Laetitia - Joy
J - Via

Again, what the heck?

Cardines:
1 - Beginning - Laetitia - Joy
10 - Middle - Carcer - Locked in/stability/trapped/imprisoned.
7 - End - Rubeus - Conniving/Wild behavior/full engagement/mischief
4 - Aftermath - Populus - Multitude/more of the same/passivity

5 - Amissio - loss (including lost heart). Hmmm, maybe S* had stronger feelings than I thought.
6 & 7 Rubeus - Trickery/wild behavior. Professionals/lover-spouse. Did S* try to set me up?
2 (Quesited-keys) & 12 - Conjunctio. I got my keys back by intervention of authorities?

9 & 11 - Cauda draconis - Ending of a long journey, Ending of hopes and wishes.
So possibly, S* set me up, but things didn't work out. Hopes and wishes ended, intervention of authorities.

Question 3: "Does S* remember the keys incident?

This is a question about a third party--
Q1 - S* would be in the friend/neighbor category, so Q1 is Conjunctio in the usual house 3.
Q2 - the keys - In the rotated chart, house 4 is now house 2, so Q2 is Via.

Cardines - Usually 1 - 10- 7 - 4.
In the rotated chart, I am looking at 3 - 12 - 9 - 6

3 - Beginning - Conjunctio - Meeting/Agreement/Contract/Treaty
12 - Middle - Amissio - Loss/Lost heart
9 - End - Acquisitio - Gain
6 - Aftermath - Puella - Girl/love

So a transformational experience for her as well.

2 & 5 - Via - transformation in keys--and sexuality/fruitfulness/crops

From the shield chart;
Q1 Fortuna minor - swiftness/chance
Q2 Populus - More of the same, lots and lots
J Fortuna minor - Swiftness/chance

Whatever happened, it came out of left field and happened quickly.

Summary

I still don't remember any new details of the keys incident. Geomancy could possibly be telling me that I went back to S*'s house to recover the keys where we had some sort of romantic encounter, and that spiritual entities re-set the realities so that none of this ever happened.

Or a more simple explanation could be that I was set up by spiritual entities to endure an initiation of some sort. "Would I take advantage of the situation to take advantage of S*'s feelings for me?" Since the answer was "no," they returned my keys.

Strange experience. Maybe I'll never know.

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