"Generally there are two methods that are used to determine significators in traditional horary and electional questions. The primary method is to look to the house rulers that relate to the question at hand. This method provides an incredible amount of detailed information because of the complexity presented by the interaction of the seven planets and the twelve houses. The twelve houses can signify all possible relationships, e.g. husband-wife, owner-personal property, and even complex relationships among various people and things, e.g.

Here, you will find some interesting tidbits in the history of Western electional astrology. Lee will guide you through some of the ideas that electional  shaped  through time, and where those ideas led.

"I hear that message on my answering machine at least once a month. People with the slightest openness to astrology seem to know that certain moments in time are more auspicious than others. They are right. For any major undertaking, it’s wise to consider “planning its birth” through the judicious use of Electional astrology. Any action that we volunteer for and exercise authority over in terms of timing is fair game. Getting married. Opening a business. Leaving on a trip.

"Consider this for a situation (as I did): you are doing your final assessments in the year 2000, and anticipate that by the New Year you will be a fully qualified astrologer. With this in mind you would like to set up a practice in February 2001, with the idea that not only will you do the normal astrological counselling, but some teaching as well.

Naturally you will be experimenting with charts for this period. What chart conditions will you be looking for to give your practice the best start possible?"

"The related articles in this feature, concerning wealth in nativities, demonstrate how to discover the overall material conditions of life.

But how to get more money - that's the thing!

Surely we, as astrologers, are in a privileged position. By acting under auspicious planetary configurations can we not ease the burden of Saturn in the 2nd's miserable dowry? Even facilitate the ease with which Jupiter conjunct the Part of Fortune showers fortune on our heads?"