Week 6 - 2nd May '98
"Go to Greece on holiday in 1998?"
25th September 1997. 10.02.00GMT. 51N34. 00W08.
Background
A Greek friend of mine had invited me to the island of Samos in Greece for the Summer holidays in 1998. I had already been there on holiday and liked it and looked forward to returning again. The problem was the dates in ‘98. I would be attending UAC’98 in May. Since the dates for the holiday were not yet finalised I asked this question to get some idea of whether it would be feasible or not.
Significators
Mars ruling Scorpio on the ascendant for me as querent and the Moon ruling Cancer on the cusp of the 9th house for Greece.
Judgement
The Moon is applying to Mars by trine, at first sight this looks positive. The Moon is separating by sextile to Mercury, trine to Venus and square to Saturn. It is translating each of these planets to Mars. At the same time the Sun is involved in translations with Mars. It separates from Mars by sextile, from Neptune by trine and applies by trine to Jupiter. When a significator is caught up in more than one translation of light it can cause problems and if the conditions are not right it will produce negative answers.
In my experience, if the fastest moving translating planet, usually the Moon, does not aspect all of the planets in the other translations, "no" answers occur on a regular basis.
If the fastest moving translating planet aspects all of the planets in the other translations then things run smoothly and "yes" answers occur.
In this horary, the Moon being the fastest translating planet does not aspect Jupiter which is linked to the translation involving the Sun. When the Moon cannot aspect one or more planets in the other translation by either separating or applying aspects, the answer will be "no".
Conclusion
I will not be able to go to Greece for a holiday in 1998.
Result
A friend in Vancouver set up a number of dates for me to give workshops in the USA and Canada directly after UAC’98. In all I would be touring for 6 weeks and would not return to London until the end of June, too late to go to Samos. The holiday had been set for June. I told my friend that I would not be able to make it after all.
