Astrology Glossary

Lot of necessity

Lot of Necessity, one of the seven Hermetic Lots handed down by Paulus Alexandrinus, the one that belongs to Mercury. It is worked out from Mercury and the Lot of Fortune, measured from your Rising. In a chart it marks duty and unavoidable pressure; where life insists on attention whether you invite it or not.

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