INTRODUCTION
Accuracy in Prediction: Using Solar Arcs and
Midpoint Pictures
by Noel Tyl
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.
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!
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 computer does all the computations,
of course, but the Matrix Solar Arc Prediction Package also annotates every
direct solar arc (solar arc planet in relation to natal angle or other planet
or solar arc angle to natal angle) and every midpoint picture occurring in any
horoscope at any time in the past or future!
The measurements are made precisely, and
a text-image of what the arc-picture suggests is presented in the printout. It
is as easy as reading the newspaper to see, literally, years at a glance,
punctuated by the arcs of major change and the behavioral nuance before and
after. So quickly, the power of solar arcs is personalized and translated into
modern behavioral potentials.
The computer
program gives a monthly reference for all relevant predictive arcs.
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. For example: SA saturn=venus/pluto. This particular equation
means that solar arc Uranus forms a square-family aspect with natal Mars, which
suggests the sudden application of great energy, the exercising of dominant
will; a disruption through feud or combat; an accident. The interpretation has
to be adjusted to fit the individual's reality situation at the time of the
occurrence.
Solar arc theory also extends to solar
arc aspects with midpoints between planets; 858 are possible! For example: SA saturn=venus/pluto
which means that solar arc Saturn is conjunct, semisquare, square,
sesquiquadrate, or opposed the natal Venus-Pluto midpoint (whatever the distance
between those planets may be). This aspect suggests the fear of losing love,
and during the month of the occurrence there is a sense of the tragedy that is
possible.
Another example: SA mercury=Jupiter/neptune.
This is solar arc Mercury forming a square-family aspect with the midpoint of
Jupiter and Neptune in the natal chart, which suggests an active imagination,
learning to communicate fancifully; visualization; changing character;
inspiration.
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.
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.
Margaret Thatcher, for example, had SA Saturn=MC
in June 1990, certainly a signal for career attention during that period. Then,
five months later: SA mars=Pluto.ASC, upset and change; and then, in January
1991: SA saturn=sun, certainly suggesting a major professional change and
tension with one's "place in the Sun."
These very strong background solar arcs
cast a Time Orb over a period of some seven months. Transiting Pluto became the
slow trigger, stationary on Thatcher's ascendant for a month in July 1990 at
the beginning of the solar arc Time Orb period. Other transits started to come
into play; the die was cast; reality was alerted to the potential for change;
Thatcher resigned as Prime Minister of England; history continued. Solar arcs
and transits had measured the entire process eloquently and, indeed, also gave
testimony of Thatcher's future beyond her resignation. Arcs never stop forming!
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.
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.
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.
When using the degree-for-a-year
generalization, summer births will require (over a span of about 30 years of
life) about one more year of life to complete the arc symbolism than the number
of degrees measured to form the solar arc aspect. Winter births will be right
on the money!
But don't be concerned with these
technicalities: The Matrix Solar Arc Prediction Package takes care of the
measurements. Then, working with Tyl's images, you can take your clients into
the future!
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) are presented in the Matrix Solar Arc Prediction Package.
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 Drew Barrymore Jul 01, 2020 to Jul 01,
2002
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2000 Jul 02 Me Sqq Ur/Pl Intense thought activity; new ideas, new plans, all for a new personal perspective; forcing individuality into focus.
2000 Jul 29 Ju Ssq Me/Ve Expansive idealization; perhaps religiousness; aesthetics; publishing; artistic achievement.
2000 Aug 08 Ma Sqr Ur/No Tremendous energy and tension; having an axe to grind and gaining support.
2000 Aug 18 Ju Sqr Su/No Public recognition; associations with the wealthy or international; positive legal involvements; good fortune.
2000 Aug 25 Mo Opp Su/Ma Awareness of relationship dynamics in balance with individual needs; the feminine influence; thoughts for marriage.
2000 Aug 26 No Cnj Ju/Pl Working together with others for success.
2000 Nov 02 Su Cnj Ve Romance; love relationship; illumination of one's sense of beauty; aesthetics; marriage; birth.
2000 Nov 06 Me Ssq Mo/Ma Nervousness; being irritable; worrisome preoccupations.
2000 Dec 05 Mo Cnj Pl/As Strong reaction to stimuli; emotional eruption.
2000 Dec 12 Me Sqr No Exchanging ideas with others.
2000 Dec 25 Mc Ssq Me Having one's point of view clarified or recognized.
2001 Jan 11 Mc Sqq Ne/Pl Profit through the occult or the spiritual; recognition of idiosyncrasies.
2001 Jan 30 Ve Sqq Mo/Ur Excitability of emotions; sudden sexual activities; artistic creativity.
2001 Mar 11 Ma Cnj Me/Mc Making a decision about where one stands, usually with regard to the profession or one's social position.
2001 Mar 25 Ur Sqr Mo/Pl Possible nervous crisis; intensity that can get out of hand; tremendous projection of self is possible; identification with the world; sudden upsets.
2001 Apr 14 As Cnj Mo/Sa A reserved self-presentation.
2001 Apr 19 Mo Sqq Ve Love and sensitivity.
2001 May 11 Ju Sqr Ne/Mc Dreaming, hoping, feeling sure somehow that all will be well.
2001 May 30 Ju Opp Ur/Pl Enormous success potential.
2001 May 31 Su Sqr Ma/No Good cooperation dynamics; good blending of energies with others.
2001 Jun 18 Su Opp Mo/Ne A delicate relationship; the man trying to support the woman; illuminated aesthetics; the importance of the spirit.
2001 Jul 16 Ne Cnj Me/No Confusion about how to fit into the group.
2001 Jul 23 Sa Sqr Mo/Mc Sobering experiences affect the emotional life; greater efficiency; depressing longing.
2001 Aug 24 Mc Ssq Mo/Su Ego fulfillment in relationship; marriage.
2001 Oct 04 Ju Cnj Mo/Ma Principles; justified actions.
2001 Oct 28 No Cnj Ma/Ne Sense of suspicion in associations.
2001 Nov 04 Pl Sqr Ve/Ne Extremely emotional; sexual needs pack a primal punch.
2001 Nov 09 Ju Sqq No Good relationships, profitable associations; "connections."
2001 Nov 15 Mo Sqq Ma/No Emotional attitude toward others shows and leads activity.
2001 Nov 24 As Opp Ve/Ur A projection of sexiness; artistic temperament.
2002 Jan 02 Sa Sqr Ve/As Tightening up the budget; pulling back the affections; being known as frugal, tight.
2002 Feb 03 No Cnj Su/Ur Meeting unusual or intense people; quick new associations.
2002 Feb 05 Ve Cnj Me/Sa Frustration in romance; fickleness; needing reassurance.
2002 Feb 13 Ur Sqr Mc An extraordinary time of life; probable reorganization of family life in the early home; dramatic adjustment of job status as an adult; change of profession possible; sudden change of direction in practically every department of life; individuality reigns; geographic relocation.
2002 Feb 15 Sa Sqq Ju Control tempers zeal; opportunities are carefully evaluated; success takes on long term security; one has "made it happen"; strategy.
2002 Feb 22 Ne Sqq Mo/Ve Dreaminess; fantasies about love, the erotic; possible misdirection of love; being duped.
2002 Mar 03 Ve Cnj Su/As Affections; love of others; peace.
2002 Mar 05 Pl Opp Sa/Mc Great demands; fear of loss; the grand struggle.
2002 Mar 24 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.
2002 Mar 24 Ma Sqr Ve/Sa Driving a wedge into relationship harmony; wanting more than is there; fearing competition; disputes; possible separation.
2002 Mar 29 Su Sqr Sa/As Taking responsibility squarely into one's life plan; strategizing personal freedom; making something happen through hard work; overtaxing body health system.
2002 Apr 10 Me Opp Sa/Ur Demands on nervous energy; decisions to be made about doing things a new way; necessary stages of rethinking.
2002 Apr 29 As Sqq Ma/Pl Showing the hero image; the fighter who dares the impossible; aggression.
2002 May 29 Su Sqr Ur/Mc Strong illumination of individuality; getting what one deserves; unrest; eagerness for achievement; nervous drive.
2002 May 30 Ur Sqq Me/As Impetuous opinionation can irk others; being critical.
2002 Jun 04 No Sqq Ju/Sa Working well with others; being just with others.
2002 Jun 11 Ne Ssq Ma/Ju Imagining success; letting reality get away; being near a mistaken course of action.