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Uranian Astrology
These symmetrical relationships are most easily seen using a rotating dial.
Most Uranian astrologers use both the 360° dial and the 90° dial. Some use dials of
other harmonics as well, most notably, the 45° and the 22.5° dial. The 360° dial
divides the zodiac into 12 30° segments according to sign. The 90° dial divides the circle
by four so that all of the cardinal signs are placed in the first 30° of the dial, the
fixed signs are posited in the second 30° segment and the mutable signs are found in
the last 30° of the dial.
On a 360° dial, there are arrows marking 0° of the cardinal signs and a marking,
usually a large dot, indicating 15° of each of the fixed signs. These eight points are
collectively referred to as the cardinal axis or the eight-armed cross. In essence, these
markings divide the 360° circle by eight. These special markings, therefore, also indicate
the hard aspect series, i.e. the opposition, square, semi-square, and sesquiquadrate.
There are additional markings on most 360° dials as well as a marking for
each segment of 22.5° (sixteenth harmonic aspect). The soft aspects, semi-sextile,
sextile, trine, and quincunx are also easily viewed on the dial by using the sign boundaries.
Therefore, the dial is not only a tool for examining symmetry, but it is a wonderful
aspectarian as well.
Uranian astrologers use the cardinal axis or eight-armed cross to represent the
world at large. With the pointer on the cardinal axis, the astrologer looks for planets symmetrically
arranged around the axis or in aspect to the axis. When the midpoint of two
planets falls around the 0° Cancer / 0° Capricorn axis, they are said to be in antiscia. The
use of antiscia is not unique to Uranian astrology, but finding antiscia using the 360° dial
is. Contra-antiscia, symmetry around the 0°Aries / 0° Libra axis, is also easily visible using
the dial. But Uranians take antiscia even further and examine the symmetry or midpoints
of planets around 15° Leo/Aquarius and Taurus/Scorpio. Not only is this technique useful
in describing world events on a particular day or place, but the position of the planets at
birth relative to this eight-armed cross can also be used to describe the unique connection
of the individual with the world at large. After all, the planets are constantly moving in
relationship to one another, and they thereby define the course of human history in the
broadest sense as well as in everyday ways. How a person fits into this universal, everchanging
rhythm is quite elegantly defined in how the planets were arranged around the
cardinal axis at their specific time and place of birth.
In fact, the cardinal axis is the first of the personal points of the Uranian system.
It is the outer personal point that represents our connection to the world in general.
The second outer personal point is the ascendant. This point describes how a
person relates in their immediate surroundings and it rules the place. The third outer
personal point is the Moon’s node. Through this point, one may examine a person’s
intimate connections, those that are of a karmic variety.
The next three personal points are considered inner personal points. The first
is the Sun, representing the will and ego of the individual. The Sun also rules the day.
The Moon is the second inner personal point, representing the emotions of the individual.
The Moon also rules the hour. The last of the inner personal points is the MC.
The MC represents the person’s unique individuality, soul, or spirit of the individual.
It rules the moment or minute.
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