Horary: Can the tooth be saved

I have just left the dentist and the  trip has sent me reeling. Photo showed a tricky hole in a back molar – totally invisible to the naked eye. The hole is almost touching the nerve (hence the pain) – and since the dentist is poised to go on two weeks holidays – a decision was made there and then to remove the nerve this afternoon at 15.30. Only when the filling has been taken out – and the dentist can see first hand the full extent of the damage – can a decision be taken whether this molar can be saved at all. Pulling might be the only realistic option- the hole is deep and a crown needs a base if it is to be placed at all.

The horary question asked: Can this tooth be saved? Feb. 17, 2010, 13.57, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
The first house shows the body – including the teeth – and its ruler is the Moon in Aries. Mars – is in the first house and symbolises pain and the hole in the tooth. Mars also rules surgery, cutting, drilling and the discomfort this brings. The ruler of the seventh – symbolises my ally, my first line of defence in all of this – i.e. the dentist. My dentist is symbolised by Saturn (ruler of teeth) exalted in Libra (my dentist is a woman) and retrograde (about to go on holiday ?)  and approaching a sextile to Mars. Yes… I will go to that appointment this afternoon – even though my instinct tells me to run a mile in the opposite direction. However, the sextile is slow to form – too slow perhaps. The South Node conjunct the ascendant – is not a good sign – and the Moon is ruled by as opposed to ruler of Mars. 

The next aspect the Moon makes is to Mercury – ruled by Saturn – the dentist’s report. Interestingly,  after the news, the position of the tooth symbolised by the Moon- improves. When the question is posed – the Moon in Aries (the tooth)  is peregrine – which means teetering on the brink of extinction if you like. But – however much the tooth hates the treatment (Saturn is in fall in Aries ) – after its sextile with Mercury  (the news, the treatment?) it gains in essential dignity. It is in a better position than before. I feel quite elated  typing this. My conclusion: the tooth can be saved.