by Gary Lorentzen
Thirty some years ago I sat through a series of workshops on horary and electional astrology conducted by the late Dr. Marc E. Jones in which he suggested that the aspect between the two rulers of the Ascendent and Descendent should be considered as part of the judgment of the final outcome of any situation. Then a couple of years later, in a workshop led by Diana Stone, a similar idea was promoted in something she called the "Key Cycle." By the mid-1980s, I was experimenting with this idea and during a football game, whose chart had Capricorn Rising, I noticed that the ruling planet, Saturn in Scorpio, was closer to the MC than the Moon in Virgo, and the team that carried the ball first won the game. I theorized that the team that carried the ball first, or perhaps better stated, the team making the first OFFENSIVE play, is represented by the ASC and the team that makes the first DEFENSIVE play is represented by the DSC.
I tested that theory on the next televised game,...
...and I was confused, because the rulerships had changed with the
changing Ascendent/Descendent, and I was finding the planetary rulers
below the horizon or one above and one below and I didn't know how to
judge the chart anymore. Yet, every time I looked at the chart of a
game, when both planets were above the horizon, I could predict the
outcome by looking to see which planet was closer to the MC.
I discussed my discovery and dilemma with my neighbor, who was a Boeing
test pilot. (I was living in the Seattle area at the time.) He had
access to a much more powerful computer than I had at home, so we
started gathering the astrological data for as many games as we could
list, including the outcome of the games, and fed this into his
computer. In examining the statistical computer reports, we discovered
the following:
A. Astrologically, there are three types of games:
1. Rulers of the ASC/DSC are both above the horizon
2. Rulers of the ASC/DSC are both below the horizon
3. Rulers of the ASC/DSC are placed one above the horizon, one below
B. Statistically, you can predict the outcome of the games based on the 3 types above, if you:
1. find the degree differential to the MC when both planets are above the horizon
2. find the degree differential to the ASC when both planets are below the horizon
3. find the degree differential to the ASC for the planet below the horizon, and to the MC
for the planet above the horizon when the two planets are placed below and above.
In short, the planet closest to the MC, when both are above the
horizon, will represent the winning team. The planet closest to the
ASC, when both are below the horizon, will represent the winning team.
When one planet is above and the other below, then the one closest to
its 'ruling angle' (either MC or ASC) will represent the winning team.
C. There were some games that just didn't work. There were about 15%
of the 220 games we tested, that didn't fit the above criteria. In
examining the charts of these anomalies, we discovered that there were
Moon and Uranus issues related to the ASC/DSC and the ruling planets in
every chart. Specifically, whenever the Moon was in a tight aspect
(usually within 2, definitely within 1 degree) to either Uranus or the
planetary ruler, the outcome was the opposite of our expectations.
Then we discovered that Uranus conjunct the ASC or MC or one of the
planetary rulers will do the same, i.e, it will reverse the judgment.
There were also strange outcomes when the ASC/DSC were ruled by
Leo/Aquarius. The traditional rulers just didn't work. That is,
neither Saturn nor Uranus seemed to be the planetary marker for
Aquarius in these games. We were stunned to find in every case
involving Leo/Aqu, it was the Moon that seemed to be the planetary
marker. When I thought about it, it kind of made sense, since we were
looking for planetary pairs, a logical partner for the Sun is the
Moon. That seems to be the case in predicting the outcome of these
games.
After my research using the outcome of football games, I wondered if it
would work for any other kind of contest. I looked at the presidential
election of 1992, since it was such a pivotal election with the
Democrats taking over after 12 years of Republicans. Dixville Notch,
New Hampshire had decided as a community to open its polls right at
midnight on election day, so I decided that had to be the beginning
moment of the contest--the political kick-off of the game. 27 Leo was
Rising with 27 Aquarius on the Descendent. The Sun was about 11
Scorpio and the Moon was 20 Aquarius. Both planets were below the
horizon, so I used the ASC to measure the degree difference. The
Ascendant also represents the challenger (on the offense) and the
Descendent represents the incumbent (on the defense). Sure enough,
the Sun (Democrat challenger) as ruler of the ASC was closer to the ASC
than the Moon (Republican incumbent) as ruler of the DSC and there were
no anomalies to consider. So, I predicted that Clinton would win--and
he did. I used this system to predict Bush's election in both 2000
and 2004.
This little system for predicting the outcome of head-to-head contests
works for me about 93% of the time. Which is an amazing statistic. It
works 100% of the time when both planets are above the horizon, by the
way. The rate drops when both are below the horizon and drops even
lower into the low 80% when one is above and one below. The average is
about 93%. But no matter how you think about it, 93% is statistically
astonishing. It still surprises me that I can predict the outcome 100%
of the time when both planets are above the horizon.
The only disadvantage to this system is that, in a football game, you
have to wait until the coin is tossed to know who will make the first
offensive play. In a political contest like the presidential election,
it's easier, because you have a set time and you know who the
challenger and incumbent are. There are potential complications with
the presidential election, because the Ascendant will always be the
same--about 27 Leo, and the Sun will always be about 11-12 Scorpio.
So, it seems to depend only on the relative position of the Moon!
Well, I'm not a believer yet. That seems much too simplistic to me, so
we'll have to watch these elections more closely and gather more data
before I'll be willing to say the system really works for predicting
the outcome. But I have to admit, my predictions have been correct
since I began looking at the elections.
I encourage you to test this system in all contests that are
one-one-one or head-to-head, when there is a clear challenger and
defender. The beauty of the astrology is truly something to behold.
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