when the Moon is free from any serious affliction and - in case the matter is desired to be

accomplished quickly - swift in motion. The nearer its rate of travel is to 1517' per day, as at
perigee when nearest to the Earth, the quicker will its influence be manifest. Also it should be
increasing in light; i.e., from three days after the lunation to three days before the Full Moon.
Care should be exercised that the Moon does not tenant a Cadent House, and all things
considered it is desirable that it is not in an Angle. When the lunar motion is less than 1311' hence near its apogee and thus farthest from Earth - its ray is deemed in many respects similar to
that of a retrograde planet. When possible, place the luminaries, or at least one of them, in trine
to the radical Sun, Moon, Ascendant or its Ruler, of the person for whom the Election is cast. It
should be free from affliction, and in a close favorable aspect to transiting Venus, Jupiter, Sun,
or still better to the planet disposing of the project under contemplation. Under no circumstances
begin a new business when the Moon is radiating adverse aspects or when it is past the Full,
however propitious the other testimonies may appear to be. When past the Full, hence
decreasing in light, the strength of the Moon is diminishing, and as a result the project will be
greatly retarded; as also when the Moon conjoins Saturn on its own South Node, or Saturn is
rising, or in the Fourth House. Since the Moon rules Cancer, that regulates the inflow and
outflow of the life-tides, and is exalted in Taurus, that controls the basic materials of which the
Earth is compounded, and since both luminaries govern the tides of Earth and of the waters
surrounding, it should be apparent how potent are the configurations of this nearest of the Earth's
gravitational and radiating forces in the destiny of all living things. If the Ascendant is in a Sign
of short ascension - Capricorn to Gemini inclusive - and Mars afflicts, the elector places himself
in no little jeopardy of some untoward accident, or outbreak of temper on the part of himself or
another, which could seriously upset the matter in hand.
8. When beginning a project presumed to be reasonably permanent, render it durable by placing
the four Fixed Signs, and preferably the 5th degree thereof, on the Angles of the Figure; or at
least see that the Moon tenants one of them.
9. See that your Election does not notably stimulate any serious affliction in the Nativity; that the
Moon is strong and well placed and that neither the Moon nor the Angles in the Nativity are
afflicted by the more important electional positions. The natal House that disposes of the project
for which the Election is cast should be well fortified, and care should be exercised to see that its
Ruler is strong, well placed and unafflicted.
10. If the project is a financial one, the cusp of the radical Second House and its Ruler should be
fortified by good aspects, as also the corresponding position and planet in the Election.
11. It is desirable to place the Lord of the radical Ascendant in an Angle, or at least in a
Succedent House, in the Election, and oriental to the Sun, whether the planet be benefic or
malefic, thereby avoiding its placement in a cadent House or an occidental position, which
would be particularly undesirable if it conjoins the Moon.
12. A malefic that rules the radical Ascendant may be made use of in the Election, since it is not
harmful to the person whose Ruler it is.
When the Nativity is unobtainable, the cautions relating thereto must of necessity be
disregarded. In the literature of Horary Astrology and Elections are to be found many aphorisms
relating to the subject, for which reference may be had to the works of Ptolemy, Guido Bonatus,
Cardan, William Lilly, A. J. Pearse and Dr. Broughton, including Ramesey's "Rules for Electing