After thinking about this chart a bit more, I think Mars does represent the girl’s condition accurately. I was in a workshop taught by John Frawley where he said that in this type of context (life or death situation), exaltation can mean the person is dead (i.e.: “went up to heaven”). He showed a lunar return chart of a stewardess who was on a plane that exploded, she fell 30K feet and lived. In the lunar return, her significator (Venus) turned rx at 29 Aquarius, one degree before entering exaltation in Pisces. In this context, exaltation meant leaving the body.

In this chart, not only is Mars exalted, but it is at the top of the chart, which is as high as it gets. This is why I said “I hope that this is not meant metaphorically,” though obviously it was. Combined with Mars going to meet the Part of Death, the conclusion is pretty clear.

I hadn’t thought of the 10th house as being in the news, but it certainly makes sense to me.

Warmly,
Nina

As usual, I used Mars to represent the missing person. At the first glance, as Mars is exalted and close to 10th house, I thought she is fine and she will be found alive soon. Nevertheless, the outcome is a tragedy. I would like to ask, (1) as a co-significator, why Moon shows the outcome better than Mars in this case? When should we use Moon to replace the first house ruler to represent the querent when we read a chart? (2) Since Mars is in exaltation, it should tell something about the situation. With the hind sight, I guess that means the news about the missing incident is widely reported and thoroughly investigated. How do you think?

Yours,
Ken

Christine - see above; I used the 1st, as per Lilly’s instructions.

Warmly,
Nina