What electional timing is
The idea
Electional astrology is the branch of the tradition that chooses a moment to begin an undertaking, such as opening a business, instead of reading the chart of something that has already begun. The practitioner looks at the sky for a candidate moment, checks it against a list of conditions, and prefers a moment that passes them to one that does not.
Where Astrolect's rules come from
The rulebook draws on several schools, classical and modern, and harmonises them where they agree. Where sources differ, a rule records how well attested it is, not which school is preferred, and the classical authors are never set aside in favour of modern ones. Each rule is recorded with its sources, or marked as Astrolect's own judgement where no source states it.
Authors the rulebook names
Its sourcing record names, among others: Robson, Electional Astrology (1937); Bonatti, 146 Considerations (Coley's translation, in Anima Astrologiae, 1676); Abraham ibn Ezra, Book of Elections; Carter, The Astrological Aspects (1930); and Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos.
A standing note
An interpretive tradition, presented transparently — not a predictive or advisory service.