This chart is contributed by Sakura.

FACTS: Q’s sister was pregnant. The doctor told the sister that she would deliver the baby around November or December. Q cast the chart, asking: “How many days until my sister delivers her baby?” He asked the question and cast the chart on September 15th.

(1) What HOUSE and FIGURE belong to the Q’s SISTER?

(2) What HOUSE and FIGURE belong to Q’s SISTER’s CHILD?

(3) Just because Q’s sister is pregnant does not mean that she will give birth. Women have miscarriages, after all, and other accidents can occur. How do we know from this chart that Q’s SISTER will give birth to the CHILD?

(4) A general rule is to take timing from the figure of the QUESITED, here the CHILD is HOUSE 7. The figure is AMISSIO, which has the number 6. But, Q has asked about DAYS, so that can’t be right in the context of our FACTS. Even if the timing unit were different, AMISSIO doesn’t make sense as 6 weeks (which would bring us only to November 1) or 6 months (which is far too long for the context of the question). What should we do instead? Sakura correctly suggested combining the SISTER and the CHILD. After all, the birth of the child is going to depend on BOTH mother and child, anyway. What do we get combining AMISSIO and CAPUT?

(5) You now have your timing figure. There are two other features of the chart whereby the Holy Mother is trying to tell you that you are on the right track with that figure. What are the two other features?

(6) Our timing figure has a LESSER NUMBER of 79 and a GREATER NUMBER of 120. Which will we choose?

(7) What date will the sister give birth?

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