As Morin points out, "There is nothing that is inherent in a man or will be inherent in him that is not signified by the stars in his natal horoscope". Those things pertain either to his body, his mind, or his fortune.

For the sake of forecasting, it is necessary to identify the "places" of the aforesaid items. The two kinds of places in a horoscope that refer to the body, mind, and fortune are termed technically, Significators and Promissors. Having a clear understanding of these two latter terms is pivotal to not only the correct use of Transits but also to other traditional forecasting techniques like Revolutions and Directions. With regard to the different forecasting or timing techniques, Morin differentiates a significator from a promissor in terms of the time element.

While House Cusps can only be a significator, a Planet can be considered either as a Significator or as a Promissor. A Significator is something present and existing in its action, as a person's inborn disposition received from some significator at birth towards the kind of accident to which the significator itself is determined conform its own nature, zodiacal and terrestrial state.

On the other hand, a Promissor presages something that is absent, at least at birth, and only existing in potential, consequently something that is going to happen.

Examples charts illustrate the topic.

Content for this Quarter as well as the following quarter, Quarter 6 are based on Books 23 and 24 of Morin's Astrologia Gallica. Both of these volumes are newly translated from the Latin by James Holden and are available now from the AFA bookstore or AstroAmerica.com.

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