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Horary Astrology: Will the Ill Person Live or Die?

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Sometimes we are asked to interpret horaries to determine if an ill person will live or die. I am reading Abraham Ibn Ezra’s Book of Interrogations (Sefer Ha-She’elot), and here is what he has to say:

If the querent poses a question about an ailing person—whether he will die from his illness or recover—observe: if the lord of the Ascendant sign is burnt by the Sun, it signifies his death, particularly if it is in one of the cardines; and the same applies if the lord of the eighth place is in the Ascendant sign or if the lord of the Ascendant sign is in the eighth place.

But if the lord of the Ascendant sign is in one of the fortunate places, and is neither burnt nor retrograde, it signifies that he will survive.

Also observe the significator, for if it is in conjunction or in a malefic aspect with Saturn or Mars it signifies danger, but if it is in conjunction or in any aspect with the benefics it signifies that he will recover.

Know that if the lord of the Ascendant is with the lord of the sixth place or the lord of the twelfth place, or if the lord of the Ascendant is in one of these places, it signifies misfortune; but if it is about to move away from these places, it signifies that he will recover soon.

Know that the fixed signs signify that the illness will linger on, and the tropical signs signify quick changes, for good or evil, and the bicorporal signs signify that after one illness he will come down with another illness.

From the Sefer Ha-She’elot (The Book of Interrogations) by Abraham Ibn Ezra (1089 – ca.1161), trans. Shlomo Sela. Sections 6.1-6.5, p. 267.

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2 Comments

  1. Gary C Calderone
    October 15, 2018 @ 2:56 pm

    Is there any place to get a copy of the above Ibn Ezra book that does not hundreds of dollars? Is it worth getting?
    thanks

    • Nina Gryphon
      October 23, 2018 @ 10:40 am

      Gary, I got it from my local university library, and on top of that, the pages in the book were out of order! Brill is notoriously expensive and kind of terrible, in my experience. It’s a good book, but does not contain anything earth-shaking not already available in other translations of medieval astrology texts.