Date: July 23, 2017
Time: 10:24:00 A.M. E.D.T.
Place: West Hartford, CT
This question came from my client’s daughter who is beginning her first year of college and will live on campus. She asked: “I have a dorm room at the college I will attend this fall. Two of my girlfriends are also attending the same college. They both want to room with me, but I can only take one as a roommate. Which one should I choose?”
I asked her which friend requested to room with her first. This a very important question because it establishes the houses that rule each friend.
The eleventh house, the first friend, shows Moon-ruled Cancer on the cusp, so we need to examine aspects of the Moon to Jupiter, the fourth-house ruler. Luna does not make any applying aspect to Jupiter. (Remember: in horary, we only use applying aspects within a 10-degree orb.) Upon examination of the Moon in relation to Pluto, the co-ruler of the dorm room since Pluto is in the fourth house, we again see no aspects.
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Question: Which dorm mate should I choose?Date: July 23, 2017Time: 10:24:00 A.M. E.D.T.Place: West Hartford, CTThis question came from my client’s daughter who is beginning her first year of college and will live on campus. She asked: “I have a dorm room at the college I will attend this fall. Two of my girlfriends are also attending the same college. They both want to room with me, but I can only take one as a roommate. Which one should I choose?”I asked her which friend requested to room with her first. This a very important question because it establishes the houses that rule each friend.
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