The prediction technique of solar arcs is resourceful and powerful. It is based on concepts of primary directions formulated by Ptolemy early in the second century, but this technique, refined over centuries, is much simpler. The system of solar arcs takes prediction potentials well beyond the main limitation of secondary progressions, i.e., the minimal progressed movement of the planets beyond Mars.
The Principle of Solar Arcs
There are two principles in solar arc interpretation. The first is to personalize the general degree-for-a-year (i.e., day-for-a-year) symbolism that is the backbone of secondary progressions (and which intrigued European astrologers for hundreds of years, especially since the late sixteenth century). The second is to use that symbolism throughout the entire natal horoscope.
The ultimate refinement of the system as we know it today uses the exact arc of the Sun from the birth position to the secondary progressed position in the birthday month of any given year of life and applies it to every planet, the ascendant, midheaven, and lunar nodal axis in the birth horoscope. A new, thoroughly dynamic progressed horoscope is created!
The Exact, Personalized Solar Arc
Using the secondary progressed Sun position as the benchmark focus for a symbolic projection into the future allows this prediction system to capture and use the individual's actual rate of natal Sun motion, as opposed to using a one-degree projection or an average (Naibod) for all horoscopes regardless of whether the natal Sun's motion is in fact fast (a winter birth) or slow (a summer birth).
The "magic" of the system takes place when this exact, personalized solar arc increment is added to the position of every natal significator; the natal horoscope is uniformly progressed in terms of the symbolically developing Sun, and new, telling aspects are formed between the solar arc positions and the natal positions (the planets and the angles).
The Square-Family Aspects
Solar arc theory only uses aspects within the square family: the conjunction, semisquare, square, sesquiquadrate, and opposition. The theory is that squares (and all related aspects) "make things happen" while other aspects keep things as they are. The relationship of solar arc planets to natal planets and angles is not necessarily defined in terms of the quality of aspect (although conjunction, opposition, and square seem stronger than semisquare and sesquiquadrate); it is the contact that is important, and this contact is expressed in terms of a simple equation.
Solar arc theory also extends to solar arc aspects with midpoints between planets; 858 are possible!
Direct Solar Arcs dominate; the "heavier" planetary equations are the more significant; and all solar arc projections must be framed within the individual's reality situation and potentials.
Arc, Transits, and "Time Orbs"
Arcs become background blueprints of developmental growth. Transits then become the accents that "set off" the potentials of the developing horoscope at any given period of time. For example, transits of Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto define large periods of time, focused on particular concerns suggested by their slow passage through any given house. When an aspect "connection" is made with natal planets in the given house or elsewhere, the structure of life is affected in terms of that given house and the house ruled by the transiting planet.
These effects synchronize with solar arc development, often amazingly. There may be four or more solar arc "pictures" coming into focus within a four-month span of life time, and two major transits click into the sequence, timing and specifying the potential occurrence or reaction in life.
Getting the "Feel" for Solar Arcs
Let's say you have a strong planet in a cadent house (12th, 3rd, 6th, or 9th), heading for an angle (counterclockwise, of course). Count the degree-distance that planet has to go to cross that next angle. As a generalization, let the number of degrees be "years" of your life and take into account in a general way the number of minutes of distance, with five minutes of arc equaling one month of time. Think of what occurred in your life at that time of angle-conjunction and relate it to the nature of the arcing planet, the angle, and the house ruled by the arcing planet.
If you were very young, still living through your parents' lives, perhaps there were important changes in family life due to changes in their lives, or nothing at all. If you were out on your own, you should be able to zero in on major developments in your process of becoming.
The Outer Planets Arcing
Pluto arcing to conjunction with an angle will be most powerful: a tremendous adjustment of life perspective. Neptune arcs to angles will often correspond with a loss of ego definition, impressionability, and wandering off the track. With Uranus, sudden fractious change; with Saturn, a maturation through change under pressure for strategic growth.
At the midheaven, a job can be at issue or, for a youngster, certainly something that affects the family through one of the parents. At the seventh cusp, relationships take on dramatic emphasis for adults or, again for the young, through the parents' jobs, since the seventh cusp is the midheaven of the parent in the 10th house. At the fourth cusp, there is undeniably a whole new beginning. At the ascendant, there usually is a personal challenge to stand up and be counted in some way that undeniably touches the rest of life.
Planet-to-Planet Arcs
A second projection possibility is to advance any planet into a powerful new relationship with a natal planet, again counting the degrees/minutes of distance and calling them years, as a general time approximation. For example, Sun arcing to conjunction with Venus or Venus arcing to conjunction with the Sun: If this arc occurred in early adult years, it usually corresponds to a time of romance, marriage, or a birth. The square, opposition, or conjunction between solar arc Pluto and natal Saturn, or solar arc Saturn to natal Pluto, usually marks a period of painful loss, of losing prior to renewal (a most difficult time). The house ruled by the arcing planet most often fills out the interpretation.
About Noel Tyl's Book
Prediction in Astrology has been called "the most complete presentation of solar arc theory and practice ever written in English." It can be purchased from Llewellyn Publications by calling 1-800-THE MOON.
Solar arcs are taught extensively in Europe. This predictive method has not had full exposure by any means in the United States. Noel Tyl, the prominent American astrologer, has been deeply involved with astrological teaching on both continents for some 20 years and, in his latest book, Prediction in Astrology (Llewellyn Publications), he has provided astrologers the most complete presentation of solar arc theory and practice ever written in English.
Tyl's book and his lectures show how simple and yet how dramatic solar arcs are, and Tyl shows how interpretations are derived. Basically, the sense of the planets brought together in square-family aspects by solar arc projection is the same as those same planets making aspects with each other by transit. Within midpoint pictures, of course, the synthesis involves three points of reference. While there are many nuances in such dynamic interaction, the relationships are ever so clear in interpretation. Full details of the entire subject of solar arcs are presented in Tyl's Prediction in Astrology, and his interpretive images for all possible solar arcs (based on the formative work with solar arcs done some 50 years ago by Rheinhold Ebertin)
In this day and age, in any astrological interpretive or systemic discussion, we must always acknowledge the computer, what it can do accurately, time after time after time: it gives results. The rest of the job is up to the astrologer. The Matrix Solar Arc Prediction Package takes Noel Tyl's interpretive work and presents the results to you for your study and application. The interpretations will be instantly clear to you; the words used in the interpretive images are modern and to the point, backed up by Tyl's vast experience; and the power of solar arcs as a predictive technique is yours at the press of a button!
Solar Arc Pictures for Holmes, Katie Jan 01, 2008 to Jan 01, 2009
Dec 18, 1978 09:32:00 PM EST 083W33'19" 41N39'50"Shown is a 1 year sample. Your report will include 4 years.
2008 Jan 02 As Cnj No Personal relationships.
2008 Jan 04 No Cnj Ma/Ju Cooperation with others; getting their support.
2008 Jan 27 Mc Sqr Sa Focus upon ambition; professional change; significant family development; a major move.
2008 Feb 18 Ne Opp No/Mc The tendency to impracticality in dealing with others.
2008 Mar 01 Ne Sqq Sa/As Depressing and introverted life situations; arguments about strange dimensions or obscure things; over-making a point.
2008 Mar 06 Ju Sqr Su/Ur Rewards for innovation; ego recognition; surprise and success.
2008 Mar 30 Mc Sqq Me/No Placed in the forefront in social and business circles.
2008 Apr 25 Ne Sqr Ve/No Idealizing someone; making promises that are hard to keep; indulgent with love.
2008 Jul 05 No Cnj Mo/Su Making contact; new associations.
2008 Jul 11 Su Ssq Ma/Ur Making something happen; sudden new circumstances; strong sense of self-confidence; feeling invulnerable.
2008 Jul 31 Pl Cnj Ur Tremendous intensification of ego awareness; attainment of great goals through great effort; upsets and tension enroute.
2008 Sep 04 As Sqr Su/Ne A sensitive show to others, true or fabricated; difficulties being accepted.
2008 Sep 14 Ma Sqr Ne/No Charisma; resourceful adaptation to others.
2008 Oct 12 Sa Cnj Me/As Adopting a strategic reserve in expression; withdrawing from a social circle; protecting one's position.
2008 Nov 17 Su Ssq Me/Ne Creativity; successful imaginative conceptualization; possibly allowing oneself to be deceived.
2008 Dec 04 Ne Sqr Pl The supernatural; other realms seem to be involved with life's occurrences; unusual problems; peculiar experiences; possible concerns about death matters; creative enterprise.
2008 Dec 06 Ma Sqr Su/Sa Running "hot and cold"; energies feel confined; the sense of futility.
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