posted January 29, 2015 12:00 AM
[I usually only use Regiomontanus for any kind of Horary, but finding lost is always fun, and I've found several things much easier by using the lost horary rules.]
I'm assuming it's a 2nd house object, so the moon is this box.
Here's just some copy-pastes on that:
Significator: the Moon for glassware and crockery, pearls, mirrors, pale or white things, items made of silver, antiques and common everyday objects, etc.
VIRGO
This place might be a doctor's office, health spa, veterinarian's office, nursing home, dry cleaners, grocery store, accountant's office, pharmacy, zoo, police station, nursery, tenant place.
IF THE ARTICLE IS INDOORS:
It can be in a clothes and food closet, pantry, bookcase, desk, study, exercise room, filing cabinet, servant's quarters, room where pets are kept, room used as an office in the home, rented room in the home, sick person's room, storeroom study room.
IF THE ARTICLE IS OUTDOORS:
It can be on or near a meadow, land that is level and fertile, gardens, and grazing land for domestic animals, garage that is rented, part of the yard where pets are kept, a doghouse, grain field, orchard, and storehouse.
If Virgo indicates the direction, turn South by West and search in a yellow-green or violet room or structure.
CORRESPONDING COLORS ARE: earthy tones and autumn colors.
WHERE IS IT:
Earth = South
Water = North
Virgo South by West
Cancer North
3 : N-N-E
[ ^^ That part didn't help much! ]
Cadent houses - show it is a long way off and unlikely to be found. If other testimonies are promising a recovery, it may show it is to the left.
[I think these ones applies because it is the same ruler]...if the Moon or 2nd-ruler is within 30° of asc-ruler, the missing item is at home, or somewhere near the querent.
If the 2nd-ruler is in the ascendant, or in the same sign as the asc-ruler, or is situated in one of the signs it rules, it is where the querent spends most time.
Earth signs indicate places on the ground, under or near the pavement or floor, near mud or clay - or south.
Water signs indicate places near water: bathrooms, kitchens, moist places in the room. In the garden, places near pits, cisterns, ponds, etc., - or north.
Common (mutable) signs indicate places near water, the eaves of houses, covered places, closets, antechambers and rooms within rooms. The significator of the property in a common sign can also indicate that it is inside the home.
Cancer Near ponds or water, utility rooms, wash houses, bathrooms, kitchens, cisterns.
Virgo Studies, closets, storage areas, drawers, barns, dairy houses, places where corn or crops are processed & stored.
Moon Baths, toilets, cellars and places of water. Rivers, harbours, etc. Near mirrors or women's things.
Hope those are enough hints. You should go with your gut or whatever seems to repeat itself that makes sense to you.
Let us know where and when you find it!! I didn't check timing, but maybe someone else will... I also didn't really go through the arguments against recovery, but I'm hoping you'll just get it back...