Court case astrology: electing the day of a hearing

Court case astrology and the day of a hearing

Court case astrology, in the electional tradition, does not read a verdict in the stars. It asks which moment, inside the days open to you, starts an appearance before the court under the best sky. The Arabic astrologers called this art al-ikhtiyārāt, “the choices”, and Canopy keeps a purpose for it: Court Appearances & Hearings, al-Ḥuḍūr fī al-Maḥkamah, for appearing before a judge, attending a hearing or giving testimony.

No auspicious day suits every case: the rising sign changes about every two hours and the Moon changes sign every two to three days. Most court dates are set by the court, so court hearing astrology earns its keep where there is room to choose, a date picked from those offered or testimony scheduled by agreement. Where the day is fixed, include it in the range to see whether a window falls on it.

Not legal advice. An election times an appearance, not the merits of a case, and deadlines and your lawyer come first. Filing a case has rules of its own, set out in the guide to the best day to file a lawsuit.

What the tradition weighed for a court hearing

Canopy’s hearing search weighs the lords of four houses, in this order: the first, for you; the tenth; the seventh, for the adversary; and the fourth. The window’s House Ruler Analysis gives each its meaning: “Self, body, and overall vitality” for the first, “Career, reputation, and authority” for the tenth, “Partners, others, and open enemies” for the seventh and “Home, family, and foundations” for the fourth. That order makes the tenth the matter’s own house: when the lord of the Ascendant is not stronger than the lord of the tenth, the window is held back from the highest scores, and Why this time? says so.

The planet of the matter is Jupiter alone, the planet the tradition gave to law; the filing search pairs it with Mercury, the hearing does not. Why this time? names Jupiter strong for the matter in Sagittarius or Pisces, its own signs, or exalted in Cancer, and weak in Gemini or Virgo, its detriment, or in Capricorn, its fall. A combust Jupiter, close to the Sun, counts against a window.

The hours of Jupiter, Mercury and the Sun count in a hearing window’s favor, and Saturn’s hour is named hostile to it. A Jupiter hour helps twice, as a benefic hour and as an hour this election favors; Venus’s hour still counts as a benefic one, and Mars’s counts against any window.

The Moon, the signifier of every beginning, is asked to move toward Jupiter: the Celestial Configuration names a Moon applying to it, and a sextile or trine to Jupiter counts again among her conditions. Unlike the wedding and filing searches, the hearing sets no rule for the Moon’s sign.

One fixed star is sought: Deneb Algedi, Dhanab al-Jady, the tail of the goat, in late Aquarius, which the app’s own star page lists for legal matters and justice. Within a degree of the Ascendant, the Midheaven or the Descendant, it counts in the window’s favor.

The adversary’s house: the hearing’s own refusals

The Court Appearances & Hearings search sets a window aside, however good its hour, when:

• Jupiter is retrograde. The rule that a retrograde significator ruins an election is drawn from Sahl and the Picatrix, and since Jupiter is the hearing’s only significator, the search finds no window at all while it is retrograde, about four months in every thirteen;
• Jupiter or the Sun stands in the seventh whole-sign house, the adversary’s. The greater benefic or the Sun there lends its strength to the other side: victory handed to the adversary, in the rule’s own words;
• Mars or Saturn stands in the seventh, a ruthless adversary, unless that malefic is in its detriment or fall; then it is taken to harm the other side, and the window passes. Mars is in detriment in Taurus and Libra and in fall in Cancer, Saturn in detriment in Cancer and Leo and in fall in Aries;
• Algol, or another star Canopy counts as malefic, lies within a degree of the Ascendant, the Midheaven or, because the hearing weighs the seventh, the Descendant.

The app does not list these refusals: a window that fails one simply does not appear. The filing search refuses Mars or Saturn in the first house, the plaintiff’s, and a Moon in the eighth or twelfth; the hearing refuses neither, and adds the rule against Jupiter or the Sun in the seventh.

The faults that strike any window

Beside these, the hearing search applies the faults Canopy holds against every named matter: the Moon combust (cazimi excepted), void of course, in the via combusta from 19° Libra to 15° Scorpio, or joined to the South Node; Mars or Saturn within 3° of the Ascendant; and the lord of the Ascendant combust. The electional astrology guide explains them in how Canopy reads an election.

Lunar mansions for a court hearing

The Moon’s lunar mansion is scored too, with the same lists as the filing search: two mansions count in a hearing window’s favor and four heavily against it. These are scores, not refusals, so a window in a low mansion can still appear, further down the list.

Al-Jabha is named for the stars at the Lion’s forehead, Regulus among them. Three of the four low mansions are Saʿd, fortunate, in the general list, so read the table as the hearing’s own rule; each mansion’s reading is on what each mansion favors.

Court date astrology in Canopy

In the app, open Elections, choose Events, and under “What are you electing for?” pick Court Appearances & Hearings, under Legal. Set From and To: the range opens on the next three months and runs to 183 days, about six months. Set the Location card to the court’s city, since the hours and the rising sign are worked out for the place, and tap Find Best Moments.

The results screen, titled Court Appearances & Hearings, lists the windows for one, three or six months, by Soonest or Best Quality. Each card gives the date and time, a quality percentage, the Ascendant, the Midheaven and the hour ruler, the first factors in its favor and, once your birth data is entered, a line on your chart. Open a window for Why this time?, Save to Calendar or Set Reminder. An empty range reads “No window favors your chart in this stretch”: widen it, or wait for Jupiter to turn direct.

Your chart and the hearing

Windows are ranked by the election chart alone. Once your birth data is entered, your nativity adds a small adjustment, capped at ten points either way, shown under Relationship to Your Natal. Some of its rows suit a dispute: a window counts against you when its rising degree or its Moon falls near your natal Mars or Saturn, or when it rises in the sign of your natal sixth, eighth or twelfth house, the last the place of hidden enemies, and for you when it rises on your natal Jupiter or Venus in a fortunate house.

Your Chart at Election Time sets the window around your nativity. Canopy does not compare two people’s charts: the other side and the judge stay outside the calculation.

Winning a court case: what astrology can and cannot do

An astrology court case reading that promises a verdict, or a remedy to turn one, asks more than the electional authors claimed. An election improves the conditions of a beginning, and Sahl ibn Bishr held it strongest when it agrees with the nativity of the person it serves, which is why your chart is weighed at all. Canopy’s own guide to its elections draws the line: a timing score says nothing about a court’s ruling and is not the chance of a good outcome.

This page follows the Arabic tradition. Vedic and KP astrology have their own methods for legal matters; Canopy uses neither, predicts no verdict and offers no remedies. Not legal advice: let the court, your deadlines and your lawyer decide.

Questions