Litha
July 28th, 2001, 11:45 PM
FOLLOW THE SUN: YOUR ANNUAL SOLAR JOURNEY
for learning puroses only; credits to Beverlee Brown
Astrology is really nothing more exotic than the study of cycles. The word Cycle implies a relationship between two entities. The relationship I'm going to describe is that of the transiting Sun to the position of the Sun in your Astrological Birthchart.
Understand this: As the Sun moves through the Heavenly Constellations every year, affecting everyone on the planet, it's also forming relationships with the Sun in your Birthchart, thus affecting you personally. You are affected just as significantly on an individual level by the Sun's annual cycle as society is affected by it in the collective.
The more familiar you are with this cyclical relationship between the transiting Sun and your Natal Sun, the more aware you become of the opportunities available to you at certain times every year. Best of all, the phases of your personal Solar Cycle happen on the same date every year, so you'll be able to use this information in a very personal way for the rest of your life.
You can probably look back over your life and recognize that the Sun's annual cycle very faithfully precipitated certain events, feelings, or conditions in your life more or less on schedule every year. Is there a certain month that you just "love"? A time when for no obvious reason, you feel happier? On the other hand, is there another month you could just as well do without? For instance, do you get a cold every year at about the same time? Okay, now let's take a look at your personal Cycle of Becoming from a whole new perspective.
Your personal Solar Cycle begins every year at the moment when the transiting Sun conjuncts your Natal Sun--on or about your birthday. This is when you set out to accomplish something. Do you recognize that on some level you embark on a new journey on your birthday every year? It could be a new job, a new relationship, a class you've decided to take, a new house, a trip--anything, really. You're looking ahead at this time of year to see what lies on the horizon; you're making plans, inwardly. After all, you're beginning another year and you want to make the most of it.
The Sun, however, has another 364 days to complete its journey through your Birthchart, and, as the Sun moves through these phases at the same time each year you experience opportunities to make revisions and adjustments to your course of action--your plan. Understanding your Solar Cycle is a tool that helps you know when to make these adjustments to your best advantage. As we follow the Sun's cycle and analyze each of its phases, let's liken this yearly excursion of the Sun to a ship's journey.
here's a chart to floow along
PHASE DATE ASPECT EFFECT
PHASE I YOUR BIRTHDAY CONJUNCTION BEGINNINGS
PHASE II 2 MONTHS LATER SEXTILE STABILITY
PHASE III 3 MONTHS LATER SQUARE CHALLENGE
PHASE IV 4 MONTHS LATER TRINE EASE
PHASE V 6 MONTHS LATER OPPOSITION CULMINATION
PHASE VI 8 MONTHS LATER TRINE EASE
PHASE VII 9 MONTHS LATER SQUARE CHALLENGE
PHASE VIII 10 MONTHS LATER SEXTILE STABILITY
for learning puroses only; credits to Beverlee Brown
Astrology is really nothing more exotic than the study of cycles. The word Cycle implies a relationship between two entities. The relationship I'm going to describe is that of the transiting Sun to the position of the Sun in your Astrological Birthchart.
Understand this: As the Sun moves through the Heavenly Constellations every year, affecting everyone on the planet, it's also forming relationships with the Sun in your Birthchart, thus affecting you personally. You are affected just as significantly on an individual level by the Sun's annual cycle as society is affected by it in the collective.
The more familiar you are with this cyclical relationship between the transiting Sun and your Natal Sun, the more aware you become of the opportunities available to you at certain times every year. Best of all, the phases of your personal Solar Cycle happen on the same date every year, so you'll be able to use this information in a very personal way for the rest of your life.
You can probably look back over your life and recognize that the Sun's annual cycle very faithfully precipitated certain events, feelings, or conditions in your life more or less on schedule every year. Is there a certain month that you just "love"? A time when for no obvious reason, you feel happier? On the other hand, is there another month you could just as well do without? For instance, do you get a cold every year at about the same time? Okay, now let's take a look at your personal Cycle of Becoming from a whole new perspective.
Your personal Solar Cycle begins every year at the moment when the transiting Sun conjuncts your Natal Sun--on or about your birthday. This is when you set out to accomplish something. Do you recognize that on some level you embark on a new journey on your birthday every year? It could be a new job, a new relationship, a class you've decided to take, a new house, a trip--anything, really. You're looking ahead at this time of year to see what lies on the horizon; you're making plans, inwardly. After all, you're beginning another year and you want to make the most of it.
The Sun, however, has another 364 days to complete its journey through your Birthchart, and, as the Sun moves through these phases at the same time each year you experience opportunities to make revisions and adjustments to your course of action--your plan. Understanding your Solar Cycle is a tool that helps you know when to make these adjustments to your best advantage. As we follow the Sun's cycle and analyze each of its phases, let's liken this yearly excursion of the Sun to a ship's journey.
here's a chart to floow along
PHASE DATE ASPECT EFFECT
PHASE I YOUR BIRTHDAY CONJUNCTION BEGINNINGS
PHASE II 2 MONTHS LATER SEXTILE STABILITY
PHASE III 3 MONTHS LATER SQUARE CHALLENGE
PHASE IV 4 MONTHS LATER TRINE EASE
PHASE V 6 MONTHS LATER OPPOSITION CULMINATION
PHASE VI 8 MONTHS LATER TRINE EASE
PHASE VII 9 MONTHS LATER SQUARE CHALLENGE
PHASE VIII 10 MONTHS LATER SEXTILE STABILITY