Astrology · Horary
A chart for the moment of your question.
Cast for the instant a question first formed, judged on classical perfection logic — applying aspect, translation of light, collection of light, prohibition. The most direct branch of traditional astrology, with a Vedic Prashna companion alongside the William Lilly judgment.
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About horary
What is horary?
Horary is the branch of astrology that answers a specific question by casting a chart for the exact moment the question first formed in the asker's mind. It does not require the asker's birth time. The chart's Ascendant marks the asker (the 'querent'), the house ruling the question's subject marks the matter (the 'quesited'), and the relationship between the two — whether and how the planets ruling each one come together — is read as the answer. It's the most direct branch of classical astrology: a chart, a question, a judgment.
What does the run produce?
A full classical horary judgment computed for the question moment and place: chart with Regiomontanus houses (the traditional horary system), identification of the querent and quesited significators, evaluation of all twelve considerations-against-judgment (William Lilly's classical guards against premature reading), the perfection analysis (applying aspect, translation of light, collection of light, prohibition), and a Vedic Prashna companion (Prashna Lagna + Moon nakshatra). Each component comes with practitioner-written reasoning, not a one-line verdict. Free as of v2.215.
Why is the question moment so important?
Horary works on the premise that when a question forms with real urgency, the sky encodes the answer. The chart of that moment is read like a snapshot of the question itself. A casual or repeated question doesn't have the same charge — horary practitioners take the first moment a question genuinely demanded an answer, not the moment you opened this page. If you've been chewing on a question for days, it's the original moment that matters. If now is the first time you're really asking, it's now.
What kinds of questions work?
Yes/no questions work best. Will the offer come through? Should I take this role? Will the marriage happen? Will I find the missing item? Closed-ended questions about a defined matter give horary the cleanest grip. Open-ended questions ('what should my life look like?') are too diffuse — they have no quesited to point at. Pick the topic that fits, phrase the question with clear stakes, and the judgment will be more honest.
What do the considerations against judgment mean?
They're a set of conditions classical horary practitioners check before declaring a chart 'fit to be judged.' If the Ascendant is too early or too late in its sign, if the Moon is void of course, if the seventh-house lord is afflicted (the astrologer themselves is hampered), the chart may not yield a reliable answer. We surface every consideration the engine checks; a green dot means clear, a red dot means violated. Multiple violations don't void the chart — they qualify the confidence with which the verdict can be read.
Computation
Houses computed in Regiomontanus (the classical horary system). All seven traditional planets included; lunar nodes via mean ascending node. Considerations follow William Lilly’s set as consolidated in modern traditional sources. Perfection logic implements applying aspect, translation, collection, and prohibition with classical orbs. The Vedic Prashna companion uses tropical Ascendant as Prashna Lagna and sidereal Lahiri Moon nakshatra; for full KP ruling planets, the dasha calculator elsewhere on the site uses the same datetime/location.
