Traditional Prediction

Techniques

Week Two:
Profections and Solar Returns
 Profections
• Moves One sign/house per year (easiest to
use with whole sign houses)
• Ruler of the profected Ascendant is Lord of
the Year (LOY)
• That planet is featured in the Solar Return and
Natal
Morinus Program
and
Profections
 Assignment
• Draw up Profections and Solar Returns for
some of the main events of your life
• Also draw up at least 3 current years - prior,
current and next (this is what I do in client
readings.)
 Interpreting Profections
• Primarily used for determining Lord of the
Year (LOY)
• Typically the LOY is the ruler of the sign the
Ascendant has moved to.
• Also take into account any planets in the
Profected sign of the year in the natal - that
sign and house is activated in the natal.
• Difference of opinion on importance of house
topic.
 Evaluating the LOY
• Primary is the location, condition and aspects
of the LOY in the natal.
• Also consider location, condition etc of LOY in
Solar Return.
• Worth exploring noting the sign and dignity of
the LOY in the Profected chart itself.
• Planets in profected sign in the natal or SR are
also worth noting.
 Profection and Solar Return
• First evaluate Solar Return (SR) as stand-alone
chart
• then consider SR in relation to natal
• give special attention to location of the
Profected sign of year, and the profected LOY
in the SR.
• As always, compare to the natal promise to
see how the year plays out.
 Profections and Transits
• Note all of the following
– transits to LOY in natal or SR
– transits of LOY to natal and to SR
– transits through the profected sign of the year
– retrogrades and stations by LOY
– If Sun or Moon is LOY, the full and new moons can
be important, and eclipses are especially
important. Note where lunations occur that tightly
trigger natal or SR planets or angles, especially
hard aspects (conjunction, square, opposition).
 Profecting Entire Chart
• Profecting houses and planets other than
Ascendant has precedence in Valens.
• William Lilly profects the entire chart.
• consider planets for changes of dignity
• consider where profected planets trigger natal
planets and angles
• consider where profected planets trigger SR
Charts to Look at

• Natal chart
• Natal and Profection
• Natal and SR
• SR and natal
Examples
CO2
 2009
Prof -
Venus
LOY,
Libra,
Saturn
also
active.
2009
SR
2009
BI
Natal
&
SR
2009
BI
SR
&
Natal
 Franklin D. Roosevelt

• 1932 - elected president

1932
Prof -
LOY
Mars
1932
SR
1932
BI
SR
&
Natal
1932
BI
SR
&
Natal
 Margaret Thatcher

• 1978 - elected Prime Minister

Margaret
Thatcher
1978
Prof
1978
SR
1978
BI
Natal
SR
1978
BI
SR
Natal
1978
Tri
Natal
SR
Prof
 Angela Davis
• 1970 - year of arrest for supplying guns to a
convict accused of murder during a prison
break
• 1974 autobiography published after she was
acquitted. Period of increased fame and
influence begins.
Angela
Davis
1970
Prof
1970
SR
1970
BI
Natal
SR
1970
BI
SR
Natal
 Angela Davis - 1974

• autobiography published
• goes on worldwide speaking tour
1974
Prof
1974
SR
1974
BI
Natal
SR
1974
BI
SR
Natal
 Adolf Hitler

• 1918 - end of war, blinded, has "prophetic

vision" of his mission to save Germany
• 1942 - the year things started falling apart
after the invasion of Russia
1918
Prof
1918
SR
1918
BI
Natal
SR
1918
BI
SR
Natal
1942
Prof

Same
as
1918
1942
SR
1942
BI
Natal
SR
1942
BI
SR
Natal