Oct 24, 2025 ay 8:00:44 Melbourne, Australia
Sometimes I get a request for a horary that needs to be done now. This was one such request. My daughter called me from her home in Los Angeles, in a bit of a panic. She was about to leave for the airport to catch a flight to New Orleans, but she could not find Elio, the kitten she had recently rescued. He was nowhere to be found and she was worried that he may have slipped out. She needed to know whether he was still in her apartment or had gotten out.
I immediately set the chart and did a very quick judgement. The time was 8:01 am on Oct 24, 2025, in Melbourne Australia. My daughters significator is Jupiter on the 8th cusp shows her anxiety and worry about the situation. Jupiter trines the Moon on the 12th cusp, she is thinking the worst. That Moon indicated the radicality of the chart as it was on the degree of her natal Sun/Jupiter/Pluto conjunct.
Seeing that Elio was signified by the 6th house and its ruler Venus in Libra in the 10th house, I quickly surmised that Elio was still in the apartment, somewhere comfortable (a bed of some sort). I noted the IC in mutable sign of Pisces, its ruler Jupiter and the Moon also in water signs; I told her that Elio was most likely near a source of water, inside something. She has 2 closets that have a wall adjacent to the bathroom. I advised her that Elio was probably there, potentially on a higher shelf because Venus is in an Air sign, elevated in the chart. She thanked me and went off as she was in a hurry to catch her flight.
Oooops!
I went to finish my breakfast, returning to my office an half an hour later. The above chart was still on my computer. Some of you may have already noticed the mistake I made. I realised (to my horror) that in my hurry to set the chart I had not noticed that it was still set for Fortune on the ASC, rather than the quadrant house system I normally use, Regiomontanus. The actual chart should have been:
Oct 24, 2025 ay 8:00:44 Melbourne, Australia
Regiomontanus Houses
The querent is still signified by Jupiter, here in the 9th… she was in a bit of a panic, because she needed to get to the airport. Her mind was on where she was going. Elio the cat is signified by Mars, in Scorpio, conjunct Moon very close to the ASC, but hidden in the 12th house. Mars applies to trine Jupiter, showing Elio and querent coming together.
The Moon can also be taken as a significator for missing/wandering animals; and here its first aspect will be to the ASC after it changes signs. While it will trine Neptune just before, this is not a prohibition as Neptune is an outer planet that does not signify anything/one.
Aquarius is now on the cusp of the IC, ruled by Saturn in Pisces, in the 5th house, still suggest that he is inside something and close to a water source. This is supported by both Moon and Mars watery Scorpio. But now I wasn’t so sure that he would be elevated (as Venus in the 10th in Libra had suggested). Even though Aquarius on the IC could describe an elevated place, all the other testimony showed that he probably is closer to the ground.
I quickly called my daughter back to let her know my mistake. She was waiting to board her plane and informed me that she found Elio minutes after our first conversation. She had gone directly to the closet that was adjacent the bathroom and found him sleeping inside a box on the bottom shelf; so not on the ground but just above. He was well hidden (as Mars in the 12th house would be).
So there you have it. The mysterious ways of horary strikes again.
Astrologicalmind 
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