1. A
stellium is a cluster of 3 or more planets
closely related by sign or house. Astrologers
differ in their use of this term; some
consider a stellium to be 5 or more planets
(Nicholas deVore, Encyclopedia of Astrology,
Totowa, NJ: Littlefield, Adams & Co.,
1976), although others define it more
loosely, as I do (Fred Gettings, The
Arkana Dictionary of Astrology, London:
Arkana, 1990).
2. The mid
1960s were politically turbulent times; baby
boomers came of age in the midst of the civil
rights movement and the Viet Nam war. Astrologers
attribute the volatility of this period to the
145-year cycle of the Uranus-Pluto conjunction
cycle (deep unrest leading to transformation
of consciousness), with Saturn in opposition
(existing structures resisting change). Including
a 10 degree orb (used for natal conjunctions
and transit-to-transit conjunctions of outer
planets), the Uranus-Pluto conjunction began
the first week of October 1961 and ended in the
middle of October 1969. The exact conjunctions
occurred 10/9/65, 4/4/66 and 6/30/66 at the 17th & 18th
degrees of Virgo. Read more about the significance
of this cycle in Chapter 3 of Dane Rudhyarfs
online book,
Astrological
Timing: The Transition to the New Age written
in 1969. You can also use the Search Ask Astro-Coach
box at the top of this page to find other examples
of those born with a natal Uranus-Pluto conjunction.
3.
The Lunar Nodes are points where the plane of
the Earth's orbit around the Sun intersects with
the plane of the Moon's orbit around the Earth.
They precess through the signs approximately
3' of arc per day. Astronomically, there are
two methods to determine the node's placement,
called the
mean and the
true nodes.
I use the mean nodes. Read more about
the
mean and true nodes (4th paragraph
down). Read Dane Rudhyar's excellent article
How
to Interpret the Lunar Nodes wherein he describes
the nodal axis as the "axis of fate."
4. Partile is defined as "within
the same degree number. Notice that this is not
an orb size. The Moon at 6° Leo 01' is partile
Mars at 6° Leo 59', while the Moon in the same
place and Mars at 5° Leo 59'c [is] not partile" (from
J. Lee Lehman, Ph.D.,
The
Martial Art of Horary Astrology, Whitford
Press, 2002, p. 328). This exact relationship
makes the aspect more powerful.
5. See
footnote 3
6. The nodal cycle is generic
meaning that we all experience the nodal returns
and oppositions at the same age—they are markers
of human developmental stages. Because your nodal
axis involves natal planets and personal points (within
5° of your Midheaven-IC axis), the impact
of this developmental phase is experienced more profoundly
and takes on added significance.
7. Learn more about the
Progressed
Lunation Cycle from
The
Lunation Cycle: A
Key to Understanding of Personality by
Dane Rudhyar, Aurora Press, 1967 and in the article,
An
Overview of Dane Rudhyar's Approach to Cycles (TMA,
2/98), by Nicki Michaels.
8. including
2° orbs, progressed
Mercury conjoins natal Jupiter 5/10/02-10/3/05, sextiled
Sun 10/2/02-3/12/06, sextiles Mars 3/9/04-10/18/07,
sextiles Moon 4/7/04- 11/19/07, sextiles Ascendant
10/11/04-6/19/08, sextiles Mercury 1/18/05-10/9/08.
Progressed Venus sextiles natal Uranus 9/24/03-2/11/07,
sextiles Jupiter 3/2/04-7/20/07, conjoins Sun 7/30/04-12/17/07,
trines Mars 1/12/06-5/28/09, trines Moon 2/9/06-6/25/09,
trines Ascendant 8/12/06-12/26/09, conjoins Mercury
11/16/06-3/30/10. Transiting Neptune trines natal
Venus 5/17/05-11/23/08, transiting Uranus conjoins
natal IC 4/10/07-2/5/09.