Chart: Shall He Be Affected by the Curse?

This chart is contributed by one of our geomancers here.

FACTS: A woman disclosed to the Geomancer that she had put a curse on a man who had treated the woman very, very badly, altering the woman's life permanently for the worse. Out of curiosity, the Geomancer asked whether the woman's curse would have any effect on the man.

Although the Geomancer stated that she was not sure of the analysis, I think she did a remarkably fine job. I have added the chart here to clarify only a couple of points.

THE MAN: As an "other person" with respect to Geomancer (the Querent), the Man in question would be in HOUSE 7, PUER. The Geomancer noted that PUER fit the Man very well by temperament and profession.

THE CURSING WOMAN: We do not need a significator for the Cursing Woman, as we really only want to know whether her curse was effective.

THE CURSE: A curse on the Man is going to be the TURNED HOUSE 12 from HOUSE 7, or RADICAL HOUSE 6. There we find the figure CARCER, which is a good figure to signify a curse, as the figure of restriction, limitation, locking up, setbacks, and so on.

PERFECTION?: We have no perfection by our usual four modes, OCCUPATION, CONJUNCTION, MUTATION, TRANSLATION.

JUMPING AND ASPECT: But, CARCER jumps to HOUSE 11, and forms a TRINE aspect with HOUSE 7. The reception between the two figures is PUER + CARCER = RUBEUS, the figure of anger, jealousy, danger and violence. This is enough to give a positive answer to the question. In my judgment, the curse will most certainly affect the Man.

AREAS OF LIFE AFFECTED: The Geomancer indicated that she believed the curse would affect the Man through his TURNED HOUSE 5, which is to where the figure of CARCER jumped. And I agree. For instance, it may affect his love affairs, his fertility, his ability to enjoy himself, all of which are things ruled by the 5th house.

ANOTHER AREA: CARCER in HOUSE 11 (the Man's TURNED HOUSE 5) is in PLANETARY COMPANY with TRISTITIA in HOUSE 12 (the Man's TURNED HOUSE 6). Therefore, the curse might also affect his HEALTH, which is governed by HOUSE 6. What parts of the Man's body? Since the main significator of the curse is in TURNED HOUSE 5, I would go with body parts ruled by HOUSE 5: heart problems, liver problems, stomach problems, or back problems.

STRENGTH OF THE CURSE: The curse is very strong, with a lot of power behind it. TRISTITIA as a SATURN figure, has its JOY in HOUSE 12, and it will feed that strength to CARCER in HOUSE 11 because of the PLANETARY COMPANY.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: Note that the chart is being very clear here about the curse potentially affecting the Man's health. If CARCER had jumped directly from HOUSE 6 to HOUSE 12, no aspect would be formed with HOUSE 7 (HOUSES 7 and 12 are INCONJUNCT), and we would have no perfection at all. Here, however, the chart chose to indicate the possibility of affecting his health by putting CARCER in HOUSE 11, and then TRISTITIA, the figure of PLANETARY COMPANY in HOUSE 12.

THE WITNESSES AND JUDGE: You might be slightly uncertain at this combination of WITNESSES and JUDGE. We have two relatively good witnesses -- ALBUS and LAETITIA -- and then an evil JUDGE for the context of the question. The solution here is that ALBUS is a MERCURY figure, and LAETITIA is a JUPITER figure. If you know your planetary dignities, you know that MERCURY and JUPITER are opposites. What MERCURY loves, JUPITER will hate, and JUPITER loves, MERCURY will hate. This is because Mercury and Jupiter rule opposite zodiac signs. Gemini versus Sagittarius. Virgo versus Pisces. So, the two witnesses here actually indicate an enemy or conflicting vibration. AMISSIO, the figure of LOSS, therefore makes sense. For, in reality, no one wins in a cursing situation. Everyone loses.

That is my judgment.