<< Technique: Sun/Aries Point Midpoints>>

see current Sun/Aries midpoints below

One of the simplest methods to examine what a day will bring is the degree of the transiting Sun-Aries Point midpoint. (And I’ll list a current table of them below.) But you will also find that pictures to both the radix Sun/Aries Point degree and to the solar arc directed Sun/Aries Point midpoint are worthwhile. To give you a bit of experience with this, print this chart (that of Yoko Ono, b. February 18, 1933, 8:30 pm JST, Tokyo, Japan) so you can work with it. Notice that the inner rim holds directions; the mid rim is radix factors; and the outer points are transits for December 8, 1980 at 11:07 pm—when her husband, John Lennon, having been shot at 10:49 pm in New York, was pronounced dead.

The radix Sun/Aries doesn’t change, so what you look for are patterns of directions and transits to that degree. You see that the directed Vertex (relationship) and directed Orpheus (loss) have reached that radix Sun/Aries degree.

The solar arc Sun/Aries has reached natal Ascendant covered by transit Saturn and = natal Chiron (so you assume a difficult turning point.) Transiting Pluto with directed Requiem likewise = the directed Sun/Aries, as does the transit Orpheus/natal Mars/Saturn—and more.

The transit Sun/Aries = directed Juno (partner) and Anubis (death.) Directed Asc/natal Pluto also = this transiting Sun/Aries midpoint.

If you apply a working dial to this chart, you will find many more pictures to each of the Sun/Aries Point midpoints. (If you don’t have a working dial, let me know!)

This chart was used in the May 2009 issue of “Tools of the Trade” to explore formulas and midpoints associated with widowhood (and in two additional charts).

For instance, the directed formula: Saturn + Requiem – Moon = 24 Aquarius 01. The axis of that degree includes her radix MC, radix Chiron, directed Mars and Grieve, and the transit Sun. The radix formula, Mars + Saturn – Juno = 19 Sag 02. The directed Ascendant has moved into that axis. It’s interesting that it = that 05 Aq eclipse, isn’t it? The radix Moon/Grieve midpoint is in 19 Scorpio… as is transiting Orpheus! One of the Witte formulas for the death of a marriage partner is Jupiter + Cupido – Saturn. Natally, it’s 11 Aries 39; by direction, it’s 29 Taurus 21. With the radix Sun in 29 Aquarius 23, you can see that the directed formula has reached the natal Sun.

As you work with the chart, you will notice that radix Moon = radix Orpheus, and for the time of Lennon’s death, transit Moon = transit Orpheus. Such repeats or echoes are common.

You might also want to give consideration to the themes established by the year’s eclipses—and their relevance to natal, directed and transit factors. (The factors shown on the chart have been stripped down to make it easier to notice those energies associated with relationship and loss.)

So now that you see some of the ways to use the axis of the Sun/Aries Point midpoint, here’s a list of that transiting midpoint (given for every second day) through mid-August:

Tuesday June 15^th 12 Ta 11

Thursday June 17^th 13 Ta 08

Saturday June 19^th 14 Ta 05

Monday June 21^st 15 Ta 03

Wednesday June 23^rd 16 Ta 00

Friday June 25^th 16 Ta 58

Sunday June 27^th 17 Ta 55

Tuesday June 29^th 18 Ta 52

Thursday July 1^st 19 Ta 49

Saturday July 3^rd 20 Ta 46

Monday July 5^th 21 Ta 44

Wednesday July 7^th 22 Ta 41

Friday July 9^th 23 Ta 38

Sunday July 11^th 24 Ta 35

Tuesday July 13^th 25 Ta 32

Thursday July 15^th 26 Ta 30

Saturday July 17^th 27 Ta 27

Monday July 19^th 28 Ta 25

Wednesday July 21^st 29 Ta 22

Friday July 23^rd 00 Ge 19

Sunday July 25^th 01 Ge 16

Tuesday July 27^th 02 Ge 14

Thursday July 29^th 03 Ge 11

Saturday July 31^st 04 Ge 08

Monday August 2^nd 05 Ge 05

Wednesday August 4^th 06 Ge 02

Friday August 6^th 07 Ge 01

Sunday August 8^th 07 Ge 58

Tuesday August 10^th 08 Ge 56

Thursday August 12^th 09 Ge 53

Saturday August 14^th 10 Ge 51

These are average figures per 12:00 pm in Wapiti, Wyoming. For more exact work, calculate them (which only means to divide the transiting Sun by 2.) Remember to use the complete dial axis of the midpoint. Extracting a full midpoint structure to the Sun/Aries midpoint yields fuller, more detailed information.

Another technique queries the chart regarding the personal effect of a day through the formula: Sun-transit + Asc-natal – Sun-natal = _____ The axis of the formula result is then examined (and natal, directed and transit factors are included in the delineation.)

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