An out of sign aspect involves two planets in aspect yet in signs that do not match the aspect. The energy of the planets is in sync for the aspect but the expression of the planets conflicts with the aspect. When using the major aspects (conjunction, opposition, square, trine, sextile and quincunx), out of sign
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Today’s Aspect-palooza: Four Seasons in One Day
Astrologically, things have been relatively quiet since the New Moon. That ends today, with a veritable bonanza of astro-activity. To wit: While you slept, the Sun squared Neptune. Jupiter and Venus both turn direct. Jupiter has been retrograde since J…
Synastry Studies: Conjunctions–Sacred Marriage or Train Wreck?
I think, of all the aspects in synastry, the most misinterpreted is the conjunction. It’s easy to understand why. There’s something romantic about a conjunction, something seductive. Two (or more, sometimes) become one. How lovely. There is a basic archetype at work here, the reconciliation of differing energies, the merging of two separate forces. On […]
First Steps: Tribal Trines and the Nations of Earth, Air, Fire and Water
An interesting thing came up in a lesson the other day. We were looking at a chart with a heavy second house–and I mean heavy, with the Sun, and the chart ruler, Venus (ruler of the Ascendant) conjunct there. Now, Venus is often conjunct the Sun and I don’t usually give it much weight, but […]
First Steps: Phasal Relationships
First Steps is a new series where I will be covering and re-discovering basic techniques and formative principles. It’s not quite Astrology 101, but will cover the foundations of chart synthesis. If any of you have questions about astrology fundamentals, please email me (alcuin9@gmail.com) or go over to the Facebook page for The Inner Wheel […]
Quintiles and Biquintiles
The quintile and biquintile are based on the division of a 360° circle by multiples of five. A quintile occurs between two planets that are 72° apart and the biquintile occurs between two planets that are 144° apart. If you keep dividing a 360° circle by multiples of five you will also find the virgintile […]
Ring Around the Relationship Rosy
I’ve been thinking a lot about the Jupiter/Uranus conjunction again, as we’re about to have another one, this time retrograde, on September 19th. Again, it falls in my seventh house. And again it amazes me how accurate astrology is in its execution of the archetypes. People get excited about the seventh house because they think […]
Synastry Studies: The Fixed Cross and the Urge to Merge (Part Two)
Please read Part One of this piece here. The one thing that is guaranteed to surprise students is when you tell them that there is more than one Venus/Mars polarity in the chart. Sometimes I tell them what it is, and sometimes I’m Virgo-cruel enough to ask them to go find it. After they sweat […]
The Astrology of Aspects: The Dilemmas Known As Inconjuncts
Once considered a minor aspect, the energetic connection known as the inconjunct is now recognized as a powerful force in our charts. They are easy enough to find when they appear, in the next sign away, either side, to the point of opposition to another planet. An inconjunct is a stress aspect because, unlike the […]