In the 21st book of his Astrologia Gallica, Morin stresses passim
that a planet that is not positioned in his own sign should be considered
to be conjunct to the ruler of this sign.
It is clear that he does not mean that f.e.Venus in Sagittarius is conjunct
to Jupiter in whatever sign Jupiter is placed, but that Venus is to be
considered conjunct to Jupiter in Sagittarius.
Also it is clear that Morin does not want this conjunction
to be analysed for its significance but for its value, i.e. whether
the final outcome
of this would-be conjunction in the native’s life is favourable
or not: in striking contradiction to most other authors, and certainly
most modern ones, Morin never gives any ready-made detailed pseudo-recipes
for reading a constellation.
Most astrologers do not pay much value to the above rule if they know
it at all. Personally, I think it is too rigid a rule. I suppose it is
significant especially if the planet and its ruler make an outspoken
positive or negative combination, f.e. Saturn in Cancer or in Leo. A
conjunction of Saturn and the moon in Cancer or of Saturn and the sun
in Leo is not exactly what we astrologers are longing for in a horoscope.
- I therefore
want to introduce a rule that can be considered somewhat sharpened
but more easily applicable
variant on Morin’s rule: whenever
a planet is positioned in a sign that it rules, any other planet or cusp
that is positioned in this same sign can be considered to be conjunct
with that ruler, irrespective of the distance in degrees between this
planet/cusp and its ruler. So we reduce Morin’s rule to those
cases where the ruling planet stands anywhere in the same, its own,
sign.
I call this the rulership conjunction.
In my PC-program Morinus
2000, I indicate such a rulership
conjunction by an @ with the glyph of the ruling planet next to the aspectarium.
If the orb is small enough for a regular conjunction too, this is indicated
by an @ with an exclamation mark: @! More than one example of this technique
is provided by the horoscope of Fei Cochrane, President of Cosmic
Patterns Software:
Here we see (#1) Jupiter in nine in its own sign,
together with the moon and the cusp of the ninth house. This means
that in Fei’s
chart, she has a virtual conjunction of Jupiter, the moon and
cusp nine in Sagittarius, which is certainly applicable for a Philippine
woman who emigrated to the U.S.A., married her employer and has
been
the organising power behind Cosmic Patterns Software for 17 years
now. The Moon-Jupiter conjunction is indicated in green, since Jupiter
is
a benefic. Her Saturn in ten in Capricorn, in rulership conjunct
to the MC in Capricorn (#2), indicates she reached this position
by her
earnest and ambitious character and longed for it from her youngest
days.
Marrying her employer is reflected by Mercury
in Virgo in six (all indicative for work), in rulership conjunction
#3 with Venus and the
sun. Venus needs no explanation, the sun is a strong indicator
of the husband in any woman’s horoscope but the more so here
since the descendant is in a critical degree ruled by the sun.
Note that the Node too is in rulership conjunction
with Mercury, most applicable if like me you defend the Node, the
crossing point of the
sun’s and the moon’s paths, as the natural point of union
of man and woman. Also note that the Node is not only in rulership
conjunction with Mercury but also in Mercury’s degree of exaltation,
thus intensifying their link.
The sun-Mercury conjunction in six, indicating her marriage to her
employer, is linked to Jupiter in Sagittarius in nine (thrice abroad)
through a tredecile (108 degrees). There also is a square between Venus
in six to this same Jupiter but a square with Jupiter in Sagittarius
is about the last thing one should fear in a horoscope.
Our next example is John
Frawley’s
horoscope:
On the above chart, we see
both Mars (on cusp five) and Mercury in four in Gemini, Mercury’s
sign. John Frawley of course is a very good example of a talented
author (Mercury in
its own sign Gemini) who writes with aggressive wit (Mars in
same sign) and ostensibly likes doing so (five). According to
the rule,
he has Mars and Mercury conjunct on cusp five in Gemini. Such
an outspoken trait cannot be sufficiently explained by supposing
that
in this horoscope Mercury and Mars, with a distance of eight
degrees, are in a regular conjunction: they are in rulership conjunction.
We leave it to the reader, just how harmonious this conjunction
is.
We will now use Hitler’s horoscope as
our last example:
Here we see Mars in a rulership conjunction with Venus while it
is also in a regular conjunction with that planet indicated with
an exclamation point.
It is a conjunction between two planets that
are each other’s
opposite and Mars is a malefic too. This is a very bad indication
and for that reason, it is indicated in red. A conjunction between
Saturn and Venus in Libra would be drawn in green, since it would
be Venus’ sign (a benefic) and Saturn’s exaltation sign.
Far better is the rulership conjunction between
Venus and the sun. The sun is ruler of ten and we may suppose
that this was one indication
that helped Hitler seize the power – although with a fatal
ending since Venus is so badly positioned.
In addition
to Mars
and the Sun, another point is in rulership
conjunction with Venus. This is a very good illustration
of the
value of the rulership conjunction and a worthy observation to
finish
this article with:
Cusp eight too is in rulership
conjunction with Mars and Venus and no
astrologer will have difficulty in concluding this is the
main indication for Hitler's suicide: Venus, ruler of one
and eight,
posited on cusp eight, disharmoniously conjunct with Mars,
natural ruler of eight, Pluto not yet having been discovered,
what more
indication can one wish!
Now, at first sight
we might be satisfied with this indication and
conclude that the concept of the rulership conjunction compensates
for
a non-existing conjunction where necessary, and that's it. Thank
you very much. There is one last observation to be made however:
Mars
and Venus are still conjunct in the seventh house although,
as we
now know, with lethal load. If we take in consideration
that Venus is
not only the ruler of one and eight but also natural ruler
of seven and
that Mars is the actual ruler of seven, both being fatally
conjunct by
rulership to cusp eight, then we see that in this horoscope
marriage and a violent death are inextricably linked. It
is a most perplexing
indication of the fact that Hitler just before his suicide
married Eva
Braun and that he took her with himself into death. He
could not commit suicide before marrying her and he could
not marry
her before having decided on his suicide.
I hope these three example horoscopes have convinced the reader
that the idea of the rulership conjunction is worthwhile testing.
It is a simple and elegant rule and can easily be tested in almost
every horoscope. |