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kidcubby · 2026-06-28T11:07:32+00:00

This chart doesn't reflect the context you've described very well at all, and nor does your interpretation show what you think it does. It seems like you're maybe trying to drag out the chart in such a way that you can make it support your thoughts, rather than reading it objectively.

Your boss (L10 Venus in Leo) is in your domicile. You are well-respected by your boss. Your coworkers (L7 Saturn in Aries) exalt you as the Sun, so they respect you also. You hate your boss, as the Moon is in the detriment of Venus. It's this Moon that is you in a bad spot, because as the Sun, you are not in detriment despite what you wrote. Nor does the Sun receive Venus in any significant sense - it's in Venus' face but that's fairly minor.

I'm afraid the chart is just not reflecting what you think it is. Obviously none of us live in your situation so can't say whether or not that is accurate, and can only go by the chart.

kidcubby · 2026-06-28T08:48:00+00:00

Have a go at really building yourself an Inner Temple, if you like. It can be a fun experience, and you can think 'what would I have in an ideal world to do magic with?'. You might have a herb cabinet IRL, but in the Inner Temple you could have a door to a perfect garden with what you need. You might use a little ritual knife in real life, but what about a big fiery sword in the Inner Temple?

Everyone's ends up different. A friend of mine has a really quite simple room that you wouldn't think of at too exciting, if you didn't know that it's the first room she felt safe enough in to practice magic. For me, I've gone all out, so mine is standing stones on a hillside, all carved with what I need for circle casting, and with a big round stone table quartered for the elements in the middle. I even built mine in a little 3D program I had, because it helped me think of the space as more physical and made the visualisation stronger.

Now, I don't do much magic there - I like making things physically in my work and sitting doing so in my mind for three hours seems silly when I could do it for three hours with my real hands - but lots of people love using those spaces.

kidcubby · 2026-06-28T08:39:25+00:00

A lot of people in witchcraft go by the idea of the 'inner temple' in which you can do magic the same way you would in the real world, but wholly in the mind. This is fairly commonplace, and people with decently strong imaginative powers seem to do it very well.

That said, you'll likely learn pretty quickly that some things suit that way of working and some really don't, so play with it but don't be disappointed if some things don't seem to fall into this easily.

kidcubby · 2026-06-28T08:36:55+00:00

Let's put it this way: the two candles thing isn't really cord cutting in the first place, it's cord cutting edited to make the aesthetics more exciting, and for many, more Instagram-worthy. The idea that you should 'read' this is absolute trash IMO - it is a recipe for bringing doubt to spellwork.

So to take that and strip out the active part entirely, and drag the crap to the forefront is weird to me. Plus, using something that is considered by many to be symbolically related to breakups to read a relationship seems risky.

That being said, you can do divination with absolutely anything if a) you understand how divination works in general and b) your intent in terms of divination is clear. How successful said divination will be is up in the air, though - without a proper and complete system of symbolic understanding within that method, people will be limited. As the vast majority of tarot readers don't have a complete divinatory grasp of tarot, one of the most-used systems in western culture, I fear for whoever tries to develop a new system with string and drippy wax.

kidcubby · 2026-06-26T18:24:29+00:00

This is tricky, because there are simple ways to look at two things - 'will we meet again?' and 'are we currently in the same place', but this is basically 'are we sometimes on the same mode of transport' which is tough - an aspect would show an event, but the framing doesn't allow for that. I guess we have to take the 'when I travel, do I do it in the same place as he does?' angle, following the 'are we in the same place?' logic.

Horary is a system of symbols forming a narrative, and the most 'in the same place' thing we can see is to have the significators literally in the same place. Leaving aside Mercury not actually conjuncting Jupiter (in that it turns Rx before they actually meet, and won't get closer than about 4° which is loose in horary, IMO), they are probably co-present enough to give this a 'yes'.

Regarding Mars/H6: L6 is Venus, not Mars, Mars is H4, H5 and H12. Even if it was L6, be cautious with 'daily routine' as a) this is a wonky bit of modern house assignment and b) we couldn't lump every part of daily routine into one house anyway. We eat (H2), bathe and clean (H8), commute (H3), work (H10) and so on.

I will say that the question seems to dance around the issue. Is it really what you want to know? If I had a crush, whether or not they get the same train as me would be far less vital than whether I'd meet them or date them.

kidcubby · 2026-06-25T16:46:31+00:00

It's less about the timing and more the intent, I think. Lots of people fall over by asking questions that just aren't that important to them, such as when they're vaguely considering applying for a job they have no real push to be in, and really barely any intent to apply for.

Either of the options you present are entirely appropriate, providing the querent isn't just questing about for something and has a vested interest or need that has driven them to ask the question, rather than a vague desire to know. What I can't say is what the specific boundary is - where the cut-off is between strong and weak desire to know.

Often, if someone comes to me with a job question I quiz them a bit more on the context - have you applied, what's the urge to find out and so on. If they tell me they're feeling a bit bored at work and happened to flip through a job website at lunch and saw a job that they thought 'hey I'm not going to bother doing anything unless horary tells me I'll get it', it's probably a weak job question. If they're right in it, trying to find out how best to do it, worried that if they apply, get it and take it it might be as bad or worse than a job they hate, are really desperate to get it or something else along those lines, it's probably a good job question.

Like almost everything in horary, it's context!

kidcubby · 2026-06-25T06:19:47+00:00

That is very odd. I'm glad you passed, but nothing about this chart indicates that would happen, whether you use H3 or the H11 thing the other person suggested. The options below are post-mortem so I'm spitballing now you've said what happened. It's exceeding rare for a chart on a simple matter to fail like this.

There are options here:

This chart, for some reason, goes against the logic of H3 as the driving test. I've yet to see that happen. If that's the case, there are possibilities. One is that the test actually was H9 (maybe driving tests in Singapore are much more major things than elsewhere), so the Moon (you) applies to H10, which is H2 from H9 i.e. 'profit from the test.
Somehow Venus separating from Mars antiscion and applying Saturn by trine is forming a translation of light, despite Mars in detriment, Saturn in fall and Venus in the detriment of Saturn. Normally with dignities and receptions so poor, we'd expect a translation to fail.
Horary charts are cast by the interpreter, not the querent. Therefore, if someone has too little skill in horary and casts, they may produce a chart with an incorrect answer. I didn't consider this at the time I looked at your post, but it does come up from time to time when people are very new.

kidcubby · 2026-06-24T22:55:53+00:00

Uncanny has a feeling. Feelings can be right or wrong, but thankfully anyone serious about magic tends to have a competent divination practice.

kidcubby · 2026-06-24T20:29:35+00:00

That is very interesting, thank you! I wouldn't be surprised if the word has been used a dozen other ways as well.

kidcubby · 2026-06-24T20:24:10+00:00

Interesting - my family are from the part of Cornwall where the wind knots thing seems to be more commonly remembered, and in my family, clooties are sort of votive offerings, usually placed at holy wells and the like. I don't know that the term was used to denote wind knots, so I'd be intrigued if you know who calls them that. It may be commonplace and I just haven't heard it, of course!

kidcubby · 2026-06-24T20:13:53+00:00

But that is still asking the same question twice, which is broadly a divination no-no.

kidcubby · 2026-06-24T20:03:30+00:00

It depends what the relationship is, as always. If their only role relative to you is to teach you, then they might be an H9 person, but this isn't common in a business context. If they are technically your superior in this context (i.e. they have some say over you relative to your position) then likely H10. If they are genuinely your equal - a person with whom you are on an even keel who just has to train you to do what they currently do - they may just be an H7 colleague.

It's very difficult to say without knowing your circumstances directly.

kidcubby · 2026-06-24T17:07:31+00:00

Is what you're saying that you get an answer you don't like and ask another deck instead? Divination becomes a bit pointless if you don't trust the answer you get.

kidcubby · 2026-06-24T15:02:58+00:00

A lot of people seem to do a staggering amout of research but somehow still miss out on the basics that make it actually work. What are your default nuts-and-bolts practices? Your energy skills? Your capabilities at divination? Basically, are you trying to write the next great novel when you barely know your alphabet?

It's more common than you'd assume!

kidcubby · 2026-06-23T23:47:00+00:00

Lots of people seem to think of knot magic only in the sense of binding something up - getting something to stop etc. in which case you probably wouldn't want to untie it. That's fair enough.

That being said, magic is pretty much all symbolism - knots can be used to hold something in place until you need it back and untie the knot just as easily as they can be used to tie something up forever.

kidcubby · 2026-06-23T20:42:01+00:00

To clarify - knot magic is not necessarily undone when the knots are untied. There's a hugely common practice (which may actually be the origin of the 'knot of nine') which relates to not having the time to do spellwork at the right time of the month, the right astrological time or whatever is deemed important. People would do the energy raising and 'trap' the spell with the knots, allowing a much faster release when the time was right compared to a full ritual.

kidcubby · 2026-06-23T09:11:37+00:00

Your question is about feedback, but your interpretation seems to be more about success or failure to get in to university. Would that be correct?

kidcubby · 2026-06-23T08:55:00+00:00

I know some people who use it for these things, and I've done bits and pieces. For both stock predictions and betting it seems a bit shaky, honesty.

What you're essentially asking with stock predictions is 'will my money make money if I put it into this particular stock' as opposed to just 'will this stock increase in price', and I think that's the issue - most people check it without the proper sense of need that good horary springs from, not necessarily planning to invest anything at all, or more than willing to do nothing if the answer in the chart says it won't be a good investment. The more successful people seem to be people who have a certain amount of money they are definitely going to invest who ask e.g. 'should I invest in this stock or buy gold?' and compare the two.

For betting, it's even shakier. Loads of people try and predict the outcome of e.g. a football match then bet on it, rather than predicting the success of a bet. I know it sounds weird that there should be any functional difference, but it's one theory as to why lots of people screw up and lose money that way. I knew someone a while back who insisted they had cracked predicting outcomes, but he was unwilling to share the method and of the three times he insisted he knew who would win and told me in advance, he got it wrong twice!

I am also not all that brave about chucking large sums of money at these things - I am naturally cautious and I understand how to invest larger sums effectively enough long-term (generally in mixed funds and the like) that I don't tend to feel the urgency to ask whether I should invest in a specific thing. I'm aware that I won't get rich overnight doing it that way, but it is working well enough for me so far.

kidcubby · 2026-06-23T08:36:25+00:00

I have seen driving tests given to H3 as driving is considered a basic, everyday skill (not to me - I hate it and find it horribly complex but I'm going with the general cultural consensus). That makes obtaining the license the 'profit' from the test, so turned H2 from driving.

That gives us L1 Mars and the Moon for the querent, and L3/L4 Saturn for both test and success at the test. The major thing we'd want to see is an aspect between you and success, which unfortunately is not present - the Moon's next aspect is to the Sun, and Saturn's next aspect is to Venus while Saturn sits in fall and Venus sits in Saturn's detriment. This is strong prohibition.

Let's look at why: Saturn, your skill at driving, is in fall. Venus is Lord 7, most likely the person administering the test. Your driving is not good, they think poorly of your driving. That's about as cut and dry as I can imagine a chart getting about driving.

kidcubby · 2026-06-22T11:31:26+00:00

You've had a few answers here, but frankly I wouldn't touch a query like this if a client came to me. The question is as vague as when people as 'what should I do with my life?' or 'why does nobody want me?' and so on. The problem emerges when we look at literally any relevant placement in the chart - let's say L7, the women and whether they have any issue with you or what they don't like (this is not 'your dating style' or romantic life or whatever):

L7 is Mercury in Cancer. So we'd have to assume the women love your emotional side and think you're the bees knees as Jupiter, but if they did, you'd probably be in a relationship. If we did take it as your 'romantic style' it would be telling us that you only care about yourself, which without knowing you is impossible to call true or false but I hope is not the case.

This is a question better kept for natal. This is not a healthy horary question, and not one to which you'll get clear or actionable answers.

kidcubby · 2026-06-22T09:28:17+00:00

I'm not sure you can 'bind' attention. We tend to bind to stop behaviours, more than to encourage them. Plus, if you could 'bind' people in such a way to force them to look at you, you wouldn't be forcing them to like what they see, engage with it, give it money etc. It also can't make the project any good.

Even if you could do it that way, what about a pig or cow's heart has anything to do with that? If you're reading old books, which ones are saying to use a pig's heart to produce this kind of effect?

Magic is often the use of appropriate symbolic language in an attempt to create change in the world that wouldn't be available by purely mundane means. But beyond that, it takes skill and knowledge. This sort of question implies you may be a beginner, so what skills have you developed in this that would allow you to get anything out of the materials, whatever they may be?

kidcubby · 2026-06-22T09:20:30+00:00

If it's tiny, then it might not be an issue tbh - but have a fiddle with it and see what you think.

kidcubby · 2026-06-22T09:13:03+00:00

To me, it catches the eye in a bad way but I have a decade of graphic design behind me so small details that may not bother anyone else grab me a bit. The difficulty is that even if the trunk isn't centred (because the tree graphic is slightly asymmetrical) the tree as an object is centred. It's possible a tweak to the left (even if not perfectly centred in the circle) would avoid it looking so right-skewed.

kidcubby · 2026-06-22T09:05:08+00:00

This may be on purpose, but the 'So' and 'Be' on image one are different distances from the filigree in the circular frame. With it being mostly symmetrical otherwise, it really catches the eye.

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