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Electional - Ranking Engine

How Electional decides
which windows rise to the top.

This page shows the same scoring logic the product uses live. The goal is simple: help you understand why a window looks strong before you decide to trust it.

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Architecture

Five passes, weighted by what matters most

Bigger sky conditions matter first. Natal fit matters more than transit-to-transit pattern noise. Later passes refine the ranking instead of overpowering the core signal.

1

Baseline

5 layers · Tier 1

Macro weather first. The engine checks Moon condition, phase, sign, true void-of-course, eclipse pressure, syzygy context, Via Combusta, besiegement, and overall benefic versus malefic pressure before later refinements matter.

2

House Alignment

5 layers · Tier 1-2

The scorer now uses the real election Ascendant, Midheaven, and house frame at the peak moment instead of natal-angle proxies. It evaluates house rulers, Ascendant ruler condition, angular reinforcement, election angles in natal houses, and angle-linked fixed-star contacts.

3

Intent Fit

5 layers · Tier 1-2

Primary significators are judged as actual actors: dignity, debility, under-beams/combust/cazimi, speed, ingress risk, angularity, planetary day/hour, house joy, hayz, out-of-bounds state, and oriental/occidental condition.

4

Natal Compatibility

5 layers · Tier 3

Transit-to-natal remains deliberately stronger than transit-to-transit. The engine grades natal targets as ally, usable, developmental, or red-flag; checks topical natal occupants; weights annual profections; identifies the chart's more difficult malefic; and scores planetary return windows with Jupiter returns leading.

5

Finalization

5 layers · Tier 4

Once the chart already works, the engine adds advanced traditional refinements: transit-to-transit sky patterns, lunar mansions, lots of Fortune and Spirit, antiscia and contra-antiscia, node contacts, translation or collection of light, and prohibition mechanics.

Pass 1

Baseline - Tier 1

Macro weather first. The engine checks Moon condition, phase, sign, true void-of-course, eclipse pressure, syzygy context, Via Combusta, besiegement, and overall benefic versus malefic pressure before later refinements matter.

dominant
Moon next applicationThe Moon's next applying contact still carries the heaviest lunar weight.
major
True void-of-courseComputed by sign-exit logic, with a softer penalty for severing or banishing work.
major
Phase and sign affinityWaxing versus waning and topic-fitting Moon signs remain baseline filters.
major
Eclipse and syzygy volatilityNear-eclipse and fresh lunation/full-moon states are treated as macro climate.
moderate
Via Combusta and besiegementTraditional distress markers for the Moon or key significators are calculated directly.

Pass 2

House Alignment - Tier 1-2

The scorer now uses the real election Ascendant, Midheaven, and house frame at the peak moment instead of natal-angle proxies. It evaluates house rulers, Ascendant ruler condition, angular reinforcement, election angles in natal houses, and angle-linked fixed-star contacts.

dominant
Topical house ruler supportIf the target house ruler is opened, the election can work. If it is damaged, refinements do not rescue it.
major
Ascendant ruler conditionDignity, debility, retrogradation, combustion, and topical links are all scored.
major
Real election chart geometryPlanet houses, angularity, and angle overlays are computed from the actual peak chart.
moderate
Angular benefics and first-house maleficsBenefics on angles help; malefics afflicting the election first house hurt.
light
Fixed stars on anglesAscendant or Midheaven conjunctions to major traditional stars add or subtract smaller weights.

Pass 3

Intent Fit - Tier 1-2

Primary significators are judged as actual actors: dignity, debility, under-beams/combust/cazimi, speed, ingress risk, angularity, planetary day/hour, house joy, hayz, out-of-bounds state, and oriental/occidental condition.

dominant
Primary significator dignityDomicile, exaltation, debility, and the minor dignities are still core.
major
Visibility and speedUnder the beams, combustion, cazimi, retrogradation, swiftness, and slowness all matter.
major
Planetary day and hourThe day/hour stack remains one of the strongest refinements after the macro chart is acceptable.
moderate
House joy and hayzTraditional placement refinements are included instead of being left as prose-only lore.
light
Orientation and out-of-bounds stateOriental/occidental and declination-driven volatility are included as smaller adjustments.

Pass 4

Natal Compatibility - Tier 3

Transit-to-natal remains deliberately stronger than transit-to-transit. The engine grades natal targets as ally, usable, developmental, or red-flag; checks topical natal occupants; weights annual profections; identifies the chart's more difficult malefic; and scores planetary return windows with Jupiter returns leading.

dominant
Transit-to-natal dominancePersonalized windows are still ranked with a hard Tr-Na bias over sky-only patterns.
dominant
Natal target conditionThe condition of the natal planet being activated materially changes the score.
major
Topical natal occupantsThe relevant natal house is not reduced to its ruler; occupants are also scored as first-class targets.
major
Planetary returnsJupiter returns lead the return family, but Venus, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, and lunar returns are also checked.
moderate
Worst-malefic filteringThe chart's more difficult malefic is tracked separately instead of treating Mars and Saturn as interchangeable.

Pass 5

Finalization - Tier 4

Once the chart already works, the engine adds advanced traditional refinements: transit-to-transit sky patterns, lunar mansions, lots of Fortune and Spirit, antiscia and contra-antiscia, node contacts, translation or collection of light, and prohibition mechanics.

major
Sky-pattern contextTransit-to-transit patterns still refine the window after the personalized layers have spoken.
moderate
Lunar mansion matchingThe Moon's mansion remains an active traditional filter, not a marketing-only concept.
moderate
Lots and lots contactsFortune and Spirit are calculated and checked for benefic support or malefic affliction.
light
Antiscia and node contactsLower-weight but real hidden-contact and nodal amplifying/severing logic is included.
light
Translation, collection, prohibitionPerfection mechanics are tracked as subtle support or obstruction layers.

Global Modifiers

Applied across the whole engine

These settings adjust emphasis without changing the product's overall ranking philosophy.

Strictness0.85x / 1.0x / 1.2x

Relaxed, standard, and strict modes scale the whole rule set without changing its ordering philosophy.

Natal weight0.0 - 2.0

User-controlled emphasis on natal compatibility while preserving the engine's hard Tr-Na preference.

Applying vs separatingweighted

Applying contacts remain stronger than separating ones, especially for the Moon.

Orb strengthtightest wins

Partile contacts outrank loose ones, and minor advanced layers stay on tight orbs.

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Live rule layers

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Evaluation passes

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Timing goals

< 1 min

Full-year scan

“You should be able to see why a window looks good before you act on it.”

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