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The Classic Corner -The following list of lots, or Arabian Parts, are taken from the tenth century book by al-Biruni, THE BOOK OF INSTRUCTION IN THE ELEMENTS OF THE ART OF ASTROLOGY. There are five columns in the table. To compute the lot, subtract the longitude of the point in column 2 from the longitude of the point in column 3 and add the longitude of the point in column 4. The 5th column indicates whether or not there is a change from a daytime to a nighttime chart. If there is a change, the points in columns 2 and 3 are interchanged in a nighttime chart.

TABLE OF ARABIAN PARTS


Name of Arabian Part	Minus (Planet or Point)	From (Planet or Point)	Plus (usually Ascendant)	Change for day/night charts?
GENERAL PARTS
Part of Fortune or Lunar Horoscope	Sun	Moon	Asc	Change
Part of Daemon and Religion	Moon	Sun	Asc	Change
Part of Friendship and Love (Eros)	Fortuna	Daemon	Asc	Change
Part of Despair and Penury and Fraud	Daemon	Fortuna	Asc	Change
Part of Captivity, Prisons and Escape	Saturn	Fortuna	Asc	Change
Part of Bravery	Mars	Fortuna	Asc	Change
FORTUNES OF THE TWELVE HOUSES
FIRST HOUSE - THREE FORTUNES
Life	Jupiter	Saturn	Asc	Change
Pillar of the Horoscope of Nativities, Permanence and Constancy	Fortuna	Daemon	Asc	Change
Reasoning and Eloquence	Mercury	Mars	Asc	Change
SECOND HOUSE - THREE FORTUNES
Property	Ruler 2nd cusp	cusp of 2nd	Asc	Change
Debt	Saturn	Mercury	Asc	Change
Treasure Trove	Mercury	Venus	Asc	Same
THIRD HOUSE - THREE FORTUNES
Brothers	Saturn	Jupiter	Asc	Same
Number of Brothers	Mercury	Saturn	Asc	Same
Death of Brothers and Sisters	Sun	10 degree of 3rd cusp*	Asc	Change
FOURTH HOUSE - EIGHT FORTUNES
Parents	Sun	Saturn	Asc	Change
Grandparents	2nd cusp	Saturn	Asc	Change
Ancestors and Relations	Saturn	Mars	Asc	Change
Real Estate a/o Hermes	Mercury	Jupiter	Asc	Change
Real Estate a/o Some of the Persians	Saturn	Moon	Asc	Change
Agriculture, Tillage	Venus	Saturn	Asc	Same
Issue of Affairs	Saturn	Ruler of conj. or opp.***	Asc	Change
FIFTH HOUSE - FIVE FORTUNES
Children	Jupiter	Saturn	Asc	Change
Time and no. of Sexes	Mars	Jupiter	Asc	Same
Condition of Males	Mars	Jupiter	Asc	Same
Females	Moon	Venus	Asc	Same
As to Whether Expected Birth is Male or Female	Moon	Ruler of the house of the Moon	Asc	Change
SIXTH HOUSE - FOUR FORTUNES
Disease, Defects, Time of Onset a/o Hermes	Saturn	Mars	Asc	Change
Disease a/o to Some of the Ancients	Mercury	Mars	Asc	Same
Captivity	Ruler of Time (Saturn)	Ruler of house of ruler of time, R. of 6th	Asc	Same
Slaves	Mercury	plus Moon	Asc	Same
SEVENTH HOUSE - SIXTEEN FORTUNES
Marriage of Men	Saturn	Venus	Asc	Same
Marriage	Sun	Venus	Asc	Same
Trickery & Deception of Men & Women	Sun	Venus	Asc	Same
Intercourse	Sun	Venus	Asc	Same
Marriage of Women	Venus	Saturn	Asc	Same
Marriage of Women (2)	Moon	Mars	Asc	Same
Misconduct of Women	Moon	Mars	Asc	Same
Trickery and Deceit of Men by Women	Moon	Mars	Asc	Same
Intercourse (2)	Moon	Mars	Asc	Same
Unchastity of Women	Moon	Mars	Asc	Same
Chastity of Women	Moon	Venus	Asc	Same
Marriage of Men & Women (Hermes)	Venus	7th cusp	Asc	Same
Time of Marriage	Sun	Moon	Asc	Same
Fraudulent Marriage and Facilitating Such Marriage	Saturn	Venus	Asc	Same
Sons-in-law	Saturn	Venus	Asc	Change
Lawsuits	Mars	Jupiter	Asc	Change
EIGHTH HOUSE - FIVE FORTUNES
Death	Moon	8th cusp	Saturn	Same
The Anciretai****	Asc Ruler	Moon	Asc	Change
Year to be Feared at Birth for Death	Saturn	Ruler of house of conj. or opp.***	Asc	Same
Place of Murder and Sickness	Saturn	Mars	Mercury	Change
Danger and Violence	Saturn	Mars	Asc	Change
NINTH HOUSE - SEVEN FORTUNES
Journeys	Ruler of 9th cusp	11th cusp	Asc	Same
Journeys by Water	Saturn	15 Cancer	Asc	Change
Timidity and Hiding	Moon	Mercury	Asc	Change
Deep Reflection	Saturn	Moon	Asc	Change
Understanding and Wisdom	Saturn	Sun	Asc	Change
Traditions, Knowledge of Affairs	Sun	Jupiter	Asc	Change
Knowledge Whether True or False	Mercury	Moon	Asc	Same
TENTH HOUSE – TWELVE FORTUNES
Noble Births**	From Ruler of Time (Saturn) to his degree of exaltation (21 Li + Asc)		Asc	Change
Kings & Sultans	Mars	Moon	Asc	Change
Administrators	Mercury	Mars	Asc	Change
Sultan's Victory & Conquest	Sun	Saturn	Asc	Change
Of Those Who Rise in Station	Saturn	Fortuna	Asc	Change
Celebrated Persons of Rank	Saturn	Sun	Asc	Same
Armies & Police	Mars	Saturn	Asc	Change
Sultan – Those Concerned In Nativity	Saturn	Moon	Asc	Same
Merchants & Their Work	Mercury	Venus	Asc	Change
Buying and Selling	Daemon	Fortuna	Asc	Change
Operations & Orders in Medical Treatment	Sun	Jupiter	Asc	Change
Mothers	Venus	Moon	Asc	Change
ELEVENTH HOUSE – ELEVEN FORTUNES
Glory	Fortuna	Daemon	Asc	Change
Friendship & Enmity	Fortuna	Daemon	Asc	Change
Known by Men & Revered, Constant in Affairs	Fortuna	Sun	Asc	Change
Success	Fortuna	Venus	Asc	Change
Worldliness	Fortuna	Venus	Asc	Change
Hope	Jupiter	Mercury	Asc	Change
Friends	Moon	Mercury	Asc	Same
Violence	Daemon	Mercury	Asc	Same
Abundance in House	Moon	Sun	Asc	Same
Liberty of Person	Mercury	Sun	Asc	Change
Praise & Acceptance	Jupiter	Venus	Asc	Change
TWELFTH HOUSE - THREE FORTUNES
Enmity a/o Some Ancients	Saturn	Mars	Asc	Same
Enmity a/o Hermes	Ruler 7th	Cusp of 7th	Asc	Same
Bad Luck	Daemon	Fortuna	Asc	Same
TEN FORTUNES NOT RELATED TO PLANETS OR HOUSES
Hailaj****	degree of conj or opp.***	Moon	Asc	Same
Debilitated Bodies	Fortuna	Mars	Asc	Change
Horsemanship, Bravery	Saturn	Moon	Asc	Change
Boldness, Violence & Murder	Asc ruler	Moon	Asc	Change
Trickery & Deceit	Mercury	Daemon	Asc	Change
Necessity & Wish	Saturn	Mars	Asc	Same
Requirements and Necessities a/o Egyptians	Mars	3rd cusp	Asc	Same
Realization of Needs & Desires	Fortuna	Mercury	Asc	Same
Retribution	Mars	Sun	Asc	Change
Rectitude	Mercury	Mars	Asc	Change

The notes after the asterisks (below) are by Kt Boehrer.

* Let me explain that I understood from George that he meant that the astrologer should take the tenth degree from the 3rd cusp IN the 3rd house - i.e., if the 3rd cusp is 10 Sag. the tenth degree would be 20 Sag. Some of these parts are pretty tricky.

** Noble births: "minus the distance from the Ruler of Time to his degree of exaltation." Saturn is the ruler of time and his exaltation degree is 21 Libra plus Asc.

*** "conj. or opp." - This is the nearest conjunction or opposition taking place just prior to birth. Ancient planets only (don't use configurations with Uranus, Neptune or Pluto).

**** I have tried to find out for 30 years what the Anciretai signifies, but have never found anyone who knows and never had the chance to ask George Noonan. But I love the word and it's an 8th house lot so it must have to do with death, don't you think? I have similarly been unable to find out the meaning of the Hailaj.

[Note: The following two paragraphs are quoted from R. Ramsay Wright's 1934 translation of Al-biruni's "The Book of Instruction in the Elements of the Art of Astrology." - Ed.]

Differences in Practice
There are some people who adopt methods differing from the above under some circumstances: e.g. with regard to the lot of parents when Saturn is under the rays of the Sun, they take from Jupiter to the sun by night or vice versa by day and cast from the Ascendant. Again in the case of the lot for grandparents, if the sun is in Leo, they take from the beginning of Leo to Saturn by day and by night in the opposite direction. And it if is in the domicile of Saturn then from the Sun to Saturn by day and vice versa by night. In both cases cast from the Ascendant even if Saturn is under the rays or otherwise afflicted. Should two lots indicate the same point, it is regarded as very fortunate. In some of these cases the instructions for day and night are the same. In others different as may be seen from the table, in the former event there is no advantage to be derived from separate calculation.

OTHER LOTS
This matter of casting lots is a very long one, so that one might think there is no end to it. For instance there are those which are cast at the turn of the year (the entry of the Sun into Aries) on worldly matters and affairs of empire and those which are cast as conjunctions and oppositions of the moon to elicit prognostics as to weather, as to success of ventures and other horary questions.

Lots which are cast at anniversaries of the world year and at conjunctions.
Sultan’s Lot	MC Sun	MC Anniv.	Jupiter	Same
Sultan’s Lot (by another way)	Deg. of Asc. Conj.	Deg. of Conj.	Asc	Same
Victory	Sun.	R. of 7^th	Asc	Same
Battle	Mars	Moon	Victory	Same
Battle (second way)	Mars	Moon	Asc	Same
Battle (third way)	Saturn	Moon	Asc	Same
Truce between Armies	Moon	Mercury	Asc	Same
Conquest	Fortuna	Jupiter	Asc	Change
Of 1^st Conjunction	Ascen. year conj.	Deg. conj.	Asc	Same
Of 2^nd Conjunction	Ascen. conj.	Deg. conj.	Asc	Same
The following lots are associated with the years, the four quarters and the conjunctions and oppositions of the moon.
Earth	Saturn	Jupiter	Asc	Same
Water	Moon	Venus	Asc	Same
Air & Wind	Mercury	R. of his domicile	Asc	Same
Fire	Sun	Mars	Asc	Same
Clouds	Mars	Saturn	Asc	Change
Rains	Moon	Venus	Asc	Change
Cold	Mercury	Saturn	Asc	Change
Floods	Sun	Saturn	Moon	At moonrise
Lots as to prognostics regarding crops, etc.
Wheat	Sun	Jupiter	Asc	Change
Barley, Meat	Moon	Jupiter	Asc	Change
Rice, Millet	Jupiter	Venus	Asc	Change
Maise	Jupiter	Saturn	Asc	Change
Pulse	Venus	Mercury	Asc	Change
Lentils & Iron	Mars	Saturn	Asc	Change
Beans, Onions	Saturn	Mars	Asc	Change
Chick-peas (garbanzo)	Venus	Sun	Asc	Change
Sesame, Grapes	Saturn	Venus	Asc	Change
Sugar	Venus	Mercury	Asc	Change
Honey	Moon	Sun	Asc	Change
Oil	Mars	Moon	Asc	Change
Nuts, Flax	Mars	Venus	Asc	Change
Olives	Mercury	Moon	Asc	Change
Apricots	Saturn	Mars	Asc	Change
Water melons	Jupiter	Mercury	Asc	Change
Salt	Moon	Mars	Asc	Change
Sweets	Sun	Venus	Asc	Change
Astringents	Mercury	Saturn	Asc	Change
Pungent Things	Mars	Saturn	Asc	Change
Raw Silk, Cotton	Mercury	Venus	Asc	Change
Purgatives	Mercury	Saturn	Asc	Change
Bitter Purgatives	Saturn	Mars	Asc	Change
Acid Purgatives	Saturn	Jupiter	Asc	Change
Lots cast in connection with horary questions.
Secrets	Ruler of Asc.	10^th cusp	Asc	Same
Urgent Wish	Lord of Hour	Ruler of Asc.	Asc	Change
Time of Attainment	Lord of Hour	Ruler of 10^th	Asc	Change
Information, True or Not	Mercury	Moon	Asc	Change
Injury to Business	Ruler of Asc.	Fortuna	Asc	Same
Freedmen & Servants	Jupiter	Saturn	Mercury	Same
Lords & Masters	Jupiter	Saturn	Moon	Same
Marriage	Venus	7^th cusp	Asc	Same
Time for Action	Sun	Jupiter	Asc	Same
Time Occupied Therein	Sun	Saturn	Asc	Same
Dismissal or Resignation	Sun	Jupiter	Saturn	Same
Time Thereof	Lord of Affair	Fortuna	10^th cusp	Same
Life or Death of Absent Person	Moon	Mars	Asc	Same
Lost Animal	Sun	Mars	Asc	Same
Lawsuits	Mars	Mercury	Asc	Same
Successful Issue	Sun	Jupiter	Asc	Same
Decapitation	Moon	Mars	8^th cusp	Same
Torture	Moon	Saturn	9^th cusp	Same