posted June 18, 2006 08:15 PM
Before one uses Arabic Parts, one needs to know how to calculate them.Look for aspects in the natal chart and by transits and progression to be activating the parts.
One example from one of the links above:
http://www.astro.com/astrology/in_fortune_e.htm
Lot of Daughters
Day or Night Lot = Asc. + Ve - Ju
Vettius Valens makes the following statement about both these and the Lot of Children mentioned in the previous installment.
"When, then, they are afflicted by Kronos [Saturn] and Ares [Mars], they are the causes of childlessness or the destruction of children, but when they are assisted by Zeus [Jupiter], they are the causes of fruitfulness."
Another example:
The wife of one of my friends has her Part of Cancer in Leo. Transiting Saturn was conjuncting it with a 1° orb, when she was diagnosed with Melanoma. Natally her chart is set up for skin problems, as well as Cancer with a Saturn in Aries/Mars in Libra opposition across her Asc/Dec axis and Pluto in the 6th house, which is square to her Sun.
And another:
http://www.cafeastrology.com/partoffortune.html
Keys to the Interpretation of the Part of Fortune:
As noted above, the Part of Fortune points to innate talents that set us on a path to worldly success.
First look to any planets or points that are tightly conjunct or opposite the Part of Fortune as significators of vocation, career, and natural talents--keys to success.
Second, determine the ruling planet of the sign of the Part of Fortune, and consider that planet as another significator.
Consider the sign and house placement of the Part of Fortune as qualities and areas of life where we possess natural and innate talents or abilities, and that can be considered keys to worldly success and prosperity.
Look to any planets or points posited in the same sign as the Part of Fortune, whether or not they are conjunct the point. These will also play a role in our profession.