While the meaning of the house chart is quite clear, I personally have difficulty making much sense of this court.
This is one of those things that there are differing opinions about. The position I'm currently leaning toward (and I may change my mind again on this as more data comes in) is that for House charts asking yes-or-no question, the house relationships answer the direct question as asked, and the Judge clarifies the bigger picture surrounding the question without necessarily answering the question with the traditional rules for asking yes-or-no questions of a court without referring to house.
Your question was "Is the rumor about the Three Gorges Dam failing true?" There are two approaches to an answer. One is, are the people spreading the rumor telling the truth. The other is, is the dam really in danger of failing? As there was no perfection, then the answer to either is "no"; but own intuition on the court tells me that it is particularly revealing the answer with regards to the second approach, "is the dam really in danger of falling"? Here the RW is Via, the Chinese government pulling out all the stops to keep the dam safe and in place (as opposed to Populus, which would be too symbolic of flowing water for comfort). The LW, the situation they encounter, is of massive force with the power to change the fortunes of all concerned for a very long time indeed-- Fortuna Major. The Judge, ultimately answering the question, is Fortuna Minor-- the situation is still fine for now but things are tenuous, moving fast, and they may not last that way forever.
4th house Laetitia (end of the matter) may be happiness that the dam is not in imminent danger; the Reconciler Acquisitio is also positive, suggesting that in the end, the Chinese government may shore up the dam sufficiently to stop a catastrophe, at least for the time being. I am thankful there is no Populus anywhere to be seen in the chart!
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Date: 2020-07-25 07:31 am (UTC)This is one of those things that there are differing opinions about. The position I'm currently leaning toward (and I may change my mind again on this as more data comes in) is that for House charts asking yes-or-no question, the house relationships answer the direct question as asked, and the Judge clarifies the bigger picture surrounding the question without necessarily answering the question with the traditional rules for asking yes-or-no questions of a court without referring to house.
Your question was "Is the rumor about the Three Gorges Dam failing true?" There are two approaches to an answer. One is, are the people spreading the rumor telling the truth. The other is, is the dam really in danger of failing? As there was no perfection, then the answer to either is "no"; but own intuition on the court tells me that it is particularly revealing the answer with regards to the second approach, "is the dam really in danger of falling"? Here the RW is Via, the Chinese government pulling out all the stops to keep the dam safe and in place (as opposed to Populus, which would be too symbolic of flowing water for comfort). The LW, the situation they encounter, is of massive force with the power to change the fortunes of all concerned for a very long time indeed-- Fortuna Major. The Judge, ultimately answering the question, is Fortuna Minor-- the situation is still fine for now but things are tenuous, moving fast, and they may not last that way forever.
4th house Laetitia (end of the matter) may be happiness that the dam is not in imminent danger; the Reconciler Acquisitio is also positive, suggesting that in the end, the Chinese government may shore up the dam sufficiently to stop a catastrophe, at least for the time being. I am thankful there is no Populus anywhere to be seen in the chart!