The Arabic parts or Lots are a collection of fictional points calculated to pinpoint special events such as marriage, death or fame. They were commonly employed by the Greeks but their origins are believed to date even earlier to the Babylonians. Most points are computed by adding the ascendant degree to the distance between two given planetary degrees.

The part of fortune and the lot of spirit are the most popular lots used, however, some of the other parts such as the part of death or part of catastrophe, are avoided due to the upsetting neuroticism they may cause. The lots are useful in electional astrology and in identifying auspicious windows of opportunity for various events.

After the fall of the Roman Empire, much of the ideas practiced by the Greeks were translated and utilized by the Abbasid Arabs. There are more than 55 lots and it’s not certain how many are from the antiquities and how many are contributions by the Arabs. It seems that the Arabs took an enthusiastic interest in the lots and may have expanded on them substantially.

What I notice though, is that there are multiple lots for essentially the same thing. For instance there is a lot for death, tragedy, assassination, suicide, catastrophe, and destruction. It seems that having multiple versions serves to increase the odds of finding a lot point that lines up with a given event such as someone’s death in case the most relevant lot doesn’t match up. I found that Bruce Lee’s lot of death matched up perfectly with his actual death date. in Brandon Lee’s chart, it was not accurate at all. I didn’t try any of the alternatives like the lot of assassination or lot of tragedy but I bet one of them would hit the mark.

I like using the lots but I like playing devil’s advocate as well. I know astrology is a dubious pseudoscience but sometimes it’s uncannily accurate too. I’m going to collect more data on the lots so I can personally assess their rate of accuracy and any other interesting statistics I might find. The outcome of my findings may definitively validate or damage their credibility.

Here is a list of Lots and their formulas for reference. You can also plug in your data and calculate them here.

Fortune = ASC + Moon – Sun (AM) :: ASC + Sun – Moon (PM)

Ability = ASC + Mars – Ruler of ASC

Abundance = ASC + Sun – Moon

Accident = ASC + Saturn – Mars

Accomplishment = ASC + Sun – Jupiter

Action/Reasoning = ASC + Mars – Mercury

Addiction = ASC + S. Node – Neptune

Administrators = ASC + Mars – Mercury

Agriculture = ASC + Saturn – Venus

Allegiance = ASC + Saturn – Sun

Ancestors/Relations = ASC + Mars – Saturn (AM) :: ASC + Saturn – Mars (PM)

Ancestral Heritage = ASC + Moon – Cusp 8th

Armies = ASC + Saturn – Mars

Art = ASC + Venus – Mercury

Assassination (1) = ASC + Ruler 12th – Neptune

Assassination (2) = Mars + Nepture – Uranus

Assurance = ASC + Jupiter – Mercury’

Astrology = ASC + Uranus – Mercury

Bad Luck = ASC + PO Fortune – PO Spirit

Bankruptcy (1) = Jupiter + Neptune – Uranus

Bankruptcy (2) = Jupiter + Jupiter – Uranus

Beauty = ASC + Venus – Sun

Benific Change = ASC + Pluto – Jupiter

Benevolence = ASC + Jupiter – Pluto

Business Partnerships = ASC + Cusp 7th – Ruler 10th

Cancer = ASC + Neptune – Jupiter

Catastrophe (1) = ASC + Uranus – Sun

Catastrophe (2) = ASC + Uranus – Saturn

Caution = ASC + Neptune – Saturn

Children = ASC + Saturn – Jupiter (AM) :: ASC + Jupiter – Saturn (PM)

Commerce (1) = ASC + Mercury – Sun

Commerce (2) = ASC + Mars – Sun

Controversy = ASC + Jupiter – Mars

Corruptness = ASC + Nepture – Venus

Curiosity = ASC + Moon – Mercury

Damage = ASC + Nepture – Venus

Daughters = ASC + Venus – Moon

Death = ASC + Cusp 8th – Moon

Death (Parents) = ASC + Jupiter – Saturn (AM) :: ASC + Saturn – Jupiter (PM)

Debt = ASC + Mercury – Saturn (AM) :: ASC + Saturn – Mercury (PM)

Desire, Sexual Attraction = ASC + Cusp 5th + Ruler 5th

Destiny = MC + Sun – Moon (AM) :: MC + Mooon – Sun (PM)

Destruction = ASC + Mars – Sun

Disease = ASC + Mars – Mercury

Divorce (1) = ASC + Venus – Cusp 7th

Divorce (2) = ASC = Cusp 7th – Saturn

Eccentricity = ASC + Mercury – Uranus

Energy, Sex Drive = ASC + Pluto – Venus

Expected Birth (1) = ASC + Ruler Moon’s house – Moon

Expected Birth (2) = ASC + Venus – Moon

Fame = ASC + Jupiter – Sun (AM) :: ASC + Sun – Jupiter

Famous Friends = ASC + PO Fortune – Sun

Fascination = ASC + Venus – Uranus

Fate (Karma) = ASC + Saturn – Sun

Father = ASC + Sun – Saturn (AM) :: ASC + Saturn – Sun (PM)

Fraud = ASC + Neptune – Sun

Friends (1) = ASC + Moon – Venus

Genius = ASC + Sun – Neptune

Grandparents (1) ASC + Jupiter – Cusp 2nd (AM) :: ASC + Cusp 2nd – Jupiter (PM)

Guidance = ASC + Neptune – Uranus

Happiness = ASC + Uranus – Jupiter

Homosexuality = ASC + Mars – Uranus

Horsemanship = ASC + Moon – Saturn

Identity = ASC + Saturn – Moon

Imprisonment = ASC + Sun – Neptune

Increase = ASC + Jupiter – Sun

Inheritance (1) ASC + Moon – Saturn

Inheritance (2) ASC + Jupiter – Venus

Journeys (Air) ASC + Uranus – Cusp 9th

Journeys (Land) = ASC + Cusp 9th – Ruler 9th

Kings, Rulers = ASC + Moon – Mercury

Knowledge = ASC + Moon – Mercury (AM) :: ASC + Mercury – Moon (PM)

Love = ASC + Venus – Sun

Lovers = Mars + Venus – Cusp 5th

Luck = ASC + Moon – Jupiter

Marriage = ASC + Cusp 7th – Venus

Marriage of Woman (1) = ASC + Saturn – Venus

Marriage of Woman (2) = ASC + Mars – Moon

Marriage of Man (1) = ASC + Venus – Saturn

Marriage of Man (2) ASC + Venus – Sun

Mother = ASC + Moon – Saturn

Partners = ASC + Cusp 7th – Venus

Peril = ASC + Cusp 8th – Saturn (AM) :: ASC + Saturn – Cusp 8th (PM)

Possessions = ASC + Cusp 2nd – Ruler 2nd

Real Estate (Land) = ASC + Moon – Saturn (AM) :: ASC + Saturn – Moon (PM)

Secret Enemies = ASC + Moon – Saturn

Short Journeys = ASC + Cusp 3rd – Ruler 3rd

Siblings = ASC + Saturn – Jupiter

Sickness = ASC + Mars – Saturn

Son-in-Laws = ASC + Venus – Saturn (AM) :: ASC + Saturn – Venus (PM)

Sons = Cusp 4th + Moon – Sun

Spirit = ASC + Sun – Moon (AM) :: ASC + Moon – Sun (PM)

Success = ASC + Jupiter – PO Fortune (AM) :: ASC + PO Fortune – Jupiter (PM)

Success (Investment) = ASC + Venus – Saturn

Suicide(1) = ASC + Cusp 8th – Neptune

Suicide(2) = ASC + Jupiter – Neptune

Surgery = ASC + Saturn – Mars (AM) :: ASC + Mars – Saturn (PM)

Tragedy = ASC + Saturn – Sun

Unusual Events = ASC + Uranus – Moon

Victory = ASC + Jupiter – PO Spirit (AM) :: ASC + PO Spirit – Jupiter (PM)

Weddings, Legal Contracts = Cusp 9th + Cusp 3rd – Venus

Widowhood = ASC + 08LI50 – Neptune

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