- - - - SPOILER ALERT - - - - ***THIS POST CONTAINS THE ANSWER TO THE HORARY QUESTION, AS WELL AS ALL THE DETAILS OF THE SITUATION.***
Well, I thought this was a very hard chart to work out the answer for, and I'd actually never done a legal chart before so I was pretty unclear about the use of the houses. Given everything that happened with the case, I thought I would add the details and outcome so others might have the opportunity to learn more about legal charts.
Your answer should be yes, or something to accord with the final outcome (details below).
FIXED STARS:
Fixed start Spica protects from the heat of the Via Combusta. So, I saw some hope in the Lord of the end of the matter being protected in the Via Combusta.
If I remember correctly, I read in the past that when functioning together, fixed stars Aldebaran and Antares are telling. Antares mark an ending and loss, and Aldebaran marks a new beginning, a victory. I think they spoke accurately in this situation being on the MC/IC axis marking the Judge and Verdict.
The other star point I looked at was the AC which lands closest to Alnair, which is a fortunate star, with the character of Mars/Mercury.
ASPECTS:
L1/L7 = The police officer chose not to come into the court room until my case had passed. I did not even have "disclosure", so no connection whatsoever. To me, it makes sense then that there was no aspect between the first and seventh houses for that reason.
House 1 & L1/Moon = I saw applying minor aspects between the moon and Neptune, Chiron... I didn't really take these into consideration because Neptune and Chiron are not normally considered. I did take note that Neptune and Chiron probably accurately described my emotional state from the situation. Uranus was so close to the end of the house, that I barely considered it at all. A wide separating trine between my main significator and the moon didn't help much.
L9(Mars)/Moon = I think the applying trine between the Lord of the 9th, which I took to be the court as a whole, in absence of a jury, and the Moon (the situation) to be a secondary indication of a yes for this chart. (My main significator is also being received by Mars, showing support).
L1/L10 = I think this was the most important connection for this question, because it is ultimately the judge who decides whether I win the case or not, not the jury because there was no jury. According to dignities (showing the fairness of the judge), the judge was in a relatively fair position, being in the face of Jupiter. The main aspect of the chart is then and applying square, which people often consider to be a 'no' in horary, but for me can turn into a yes, especially if there is any other support, particularly if the moon helps support.
The Moon's last conjunction was UranusRx (probably a good description of the event of receiving the ticket), with the next conjunction being Jupiter... which was a good sign.
The Moon's last aspect was a sextile with the Sun (the officer), perhaps showing the good nature of the officer, and the next Ptolomeic aspect of the moon would be a trine with Mars (the court) in 5* (5 weeks from the point of making the chart possibly, but I didn't have a look at the timing). Ultimately a good thing to see as well.
The fact that the officer chose not to come into the court room, forced a dismissal of the case. So, I did win the case by default. I think this is why there was an applying square, because had the officer shown up, it's possible the judge would have ruled in his favor.
Given that the officer's significator was in a stronger house, with stronger essential dignities, I felt he had the upper hand in winning the case. The only good point was that he was in a detrimental sign of the judge, and I was being 'received' by the 'court'.
I understood the officer was there in the building (another officer confirmed having seen him there already), and I was in the court room waiting for my case expecting him to walk into the room at any moment, but he didn't. I think those aspects of the situation played a part in there being an applying square, because I was in so much stress, but things worked out in my favor, thus the applying square.
Another reason I chose to put up this chart is because I often see people asking if an applying square in horary can turn out to be a yes, and in this case, it did. So, hopefully it's a good example and explanation of how an applying square can turn out to be a yes.
FINAL OUTCOME:
I won the case, but only because the case was dismissed. The case/ticket was dismissed because the officer was not in the courtroom at the beginning of the hearing and failed to enter the courtroom after being called to the court over the intercom. About 30 minutes before we entered the courtroom, I was told by another officer that my officer was there at court. They schedule more than one case per day so it seems the officer had come for other cases but chose not to enter the court room. It seems the officer wanted me to win the case in this way.