Interpretation
Reconciler
If the chart says conflicting things, much like drawing a supplemental tarot card, you can generate one more figure. This is the reconciler or superjudge (superiudex). Do the same process as with the niblings and witnesses, but with the judge and the first mother. The figure generated will supersede the judge.
If you are getting satisfactory answers from your chart, or don’t understand how to interpret well at all yet, much like pulling a supplemental tarot card, you’re going to confuse yourself by making the reconciler. If the chart isn’t giving contradictory readings, it doesn’t need a reconciler. If you don’t like the answer you’re getting, the reconciler isn’t going to make things better.
Judges and Witnesses
A simple yes/no question can be answered purely with the judge: a yes is a favourable figure and a no is an unfavourable figure. However, adding in the witnesses may colour the judge’s meaning.
- If a favourable judge comes from two favourable witnesses, the judge is even more favourable. This is the same if all figures are unfavourable.
- If a favourable judge comes from unfavourable witnesses, the judge becomes slightly unfavourable, and signifies a positive outcome that becomes less than positive as time goes on.
- If an unfavourable judge comes from favourable witnesses, the result will be achieved, but will turn out unfortunately in the end.
- If the witnesses are mixed, no matter the judge, the answer will similarly be mixed:
- If the left witness is favourable but not the other, there won’t be any success with the matter.
- If the left witness is unfavourable but not the other, the situation will start out poor but resolve better.
Triplicities
Triplicities are groupings of mothers/daughters and their descendant nibling that show broad patterns in a querent’s life. There are four triplicities:
The first triplicity consists of the first and second mothers, along with the first nibling. It stands for the querent and their life.
The second triplicity consists of the third and fourth mothers, along with the second nibling. It stands for the events in the querent’s life leading up to the time of the reading.
The third triplicity consists of the first and second daughters, along with the third nibling. It stands for the querent’s home, family, and work life, as well as who they associate with in these areas.
The fourth triplicity consists of the first and second daughters, along with the fourth nibling. It stands for the querent’s friends, as well as people in authority over the querent.
Modes of Perfection
There are multiple relationships that figures can have in a chart that affect the meaning (perfecting the chart), figured out by plotting the figures onto a square chart. The most important relationship to analyse in a chart is that between the first house (querent) and that of the house pertaining to the question asked (quested). All forms of perfection are positive signs, connecting the querant and quested. Below you will find an example of each, with the querent marked with “1” and the quested marked as “Q”.
Occupation is when the querent and quested both share the same figure. If both houses are occupied by a favourable figure, and mean the querant will be happy with the outcome. However, if unfavourable, the querant will still get what they want, but may regret it later.
Conjunction is when the either the querant or quested’s figure passes to a house beside the other. IF the figure passing is the querant’s to the quested, the querant will get what they want, but will have to work for it. If the opposite, then no effort will be required.
Mutation is when the querant and quested’s figures neighbor each other in different houses. This typically implies that the path to the querant’s goals is unexpected, and that path is connected to whatever house the quested’s figure passes to.
Translation is when the same figure neighbors both querant and quested houses, but is not the same figure as either. Translation usually means that the querant will be helped by some outside factor (often but not always a person), signified by the neighboring figure. However, what figure this is can change its meaning: if unfavourable, the situation will be resolved after unpleasant experiences, and if weak, expect unexpected means to solve the issue.
Impedition means that there is no connection between querent and quested. This is the worst kind of relationship. Without favourable figures (especially witnesses and judge), this is wholly negative. The querant will not get what they want. Unlike the other modes, impedition is a denial of perfection.
Aspects
Perfection can also be attained or denied through different aspects which further influence how the chart can be read. Aspects aren’t read between that of the querant and quested, since due to how geomancy is set up, the aspect will never change between them. The first house is always in a trine with the fourth house, for example. Instead, it is read starting from either or. Each aspect has a left-handed (sinister) and right-handed (dexter). Dexter goes against the natural flow of the chart and are thus seen as stronger influences over sinister. Favourable aspects count as a form of perfection, while unfavourable ones do not.
A sextile (⚹) occurs when one house separates the figures being compared. It is mildly favourable.
A square (□) occurs when two houses separate the figures being compared. It is unfavourable, representing challenges.
A trine (△) occurs when three houses separate the figures being compared. It is favourable.
Opposition (☍) occurs when five houses separate the figures being compared. It is unfavourable, representing the chief difficulties that the querant faces in this question.
Other Methods
Part of the Fortune
The part of fortune is good for questions involving money, as it shows an easy source of cash. To find the part of fortune, add up all the points in the chart from the twelve figures (all figures but witnesses, judge, and reconciler) and subtract (Greer)/divide (Regardie) 12 from that number repeatedly until you get a number between 1 and 12. If the remainder is 0, it is the 12th figure.
Since I was unable to find any sources backing up either interpretation, choose one and stick with it for best results.
Projection of Points
Projection of points shows the hidden factors at play in a chart. To find the projection of points, add up all the single points in the chart from the twelve figures (all figures but witnesses, judge, and reconciler) and subtract 12 from that number repeatedly until you get a number between 1 and 12. If the remainder is 0, it is the 12th figure. The house identified by this number is called the index.
Way of the Points
The way of the points is another method at finding hidden factors in a chart. Start with the judge and look at the head/fire line. Go up to the witnesses and see if either of them have the same amount of points on their heads. Repeat this process until you get to a mother/daughter, or until you run out of compatible figures. If the way of points can’t be formed, the situation is exactly how it seems. However, if it can be formed, where it ends signifies the root factors, though the figures that the way goes through should also be examined.
Fourth House
The fourth house represents the ending of any matter, and thus, can provide a clue as to how a question may end up for the querent.
Company
The company of houses show the relationship between querant/quested and other people by pairing houses. The houses paired cannot be random: 1/2, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8, 9/10, and 11/12 are the only pairs that should be examined. The company that the querent is in (1st and 2nd houses) shows who the querant associates with, while the company that the quested is in shows insight into what people are associated with the quested. There are four types of company.
Company simple occurs when the pair of houses share the same figure.
Company demi-simple occurs when the pair of houses have figures ruled by the same planet. What planets rule the figures are found on the figures page.
Company compound occurs when the pair of houses have figures opposing each other. What figures oppose each other is found on the figures page.
The last form of company has no name, and occurs when the figures have the same head/fire line.’
If no company is found, it shows that other people are not involved in this matter.