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THE TECHNIQUE

Getting to the Point

In the Age Point System the birth diagram is simply held up front and compared with a conventionalclock. The clock dial has 12 hours, just like the zodiac shows 12 signs. However, on the clock onerevolution round the dial equals a chronical hour, which consists of 60 minutes in time. In the Age PointSystem the 60-minute dial is converted to 60 years of age. To read the 'minutes', or rather 'years', of thechart, just direct the ascendant CLOCKWISE. This is your Age Point.

Because you are counting clockwise this means that you are directing the Age Point against the flow ofthe signs. If the Ascendant is in Scorpio, the Age Point will move from Scorpio to Libra and then toVirgo, etc., and in that direction. The Age Point is directed at a rate of one degree for every two months,six degrees for every year, and every sign takes five years.

An entire tour of the birthchart takes 60 years. During this time the Age Point will have been directedthrough all the signs and made contact with every planet and configuration by conjunction or aspect. Asthe Age Point progresses through the chart, judgement may be passed on every accident or significantturning point in the life of the native. On the 60th birthday the Age Point returns to the natal Ascendantand this marks the beginning of the second lap.

FRAGMENTS FROM ANTIQUITY

M. Manilius (48 B.C.- 20 A.D.) outlined the cornerstone of the Age Point System in his Five Books onAstrology (Book Two). According to Manilius the horoscope may be divided into four quarters whichrepresent the four ages of Man. Starting from the Ascendant and moving clockwise, the first quadrantfrom the Ascendant to the Midheaven represents the years of Infancy; the second quadrant from the

Midheaven to the Descendant is for Youth; from the Descendant to the Nadir is for Manhood; and last ofall, from Nadir to the Ascendant is for Old Age.

William Lilly (1602 - 1681 A.D.) provides a more detailed, but still approximate version of the Age Pointtechnique on pages 134138 of his Christian Astrology. " -The quarter of the heaven containing thefortunes does show which part of life will be best, bringing the most of happiness and content into the lifeof the native. Contrary, that quarter containing the infortunes shows which part of the life will bring themost hardship. At this time the native will have little comfort, but encounter much labour and trouble,and there will be calamities and misfortune." Then he gets more specific: "- Usually we give each housefive years, but sometimes more or less, according as you see the significators promising life or death".

Lilly used the technique in his practice of horary astrology. According to his explanation, the time of life

when accidents come to pass was determined by the house position of the planet, but he also shows thathe needed to vary his yardstick. It seems quite plausible that Lilly, this Grand Master of HoraryAstrology, would correctly adjust his time measure according to the nature of his business. However, itcould also be that the old style charting, where the houses provided the fixed reference grid, wasinappropriate for Age Point measurement; i.e. a wide house stretching over large number of degrees mayhave lasted 7 or 8 years and not five.

Correct application of the Age Point System implies departing from mundane, house calculateddirections and adopting the ecliptic as the proper circle of reference. The Age Point System directs fromthe Ascendant through the SIGNS, at an EVEN PACE CLOCKWISE. Each sign lasts five years and youDO NOT CHANGE! This might look like using an equal house system, but that is not what you are

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doing. You are directing BACKWARDS through the zodiac. You may still use the house system of yourchoice.

AGE POINT CYCLES

Remember how the Grandfather Clock chimes once every quarter hour. The Age Point System works ina similar manner. Every 15 years a topic is repeated. There is no direct repetition, as experience alwaysmoves on towards a new level. However, the reconstruction comes close enough and whatever the chart

signified at the age of 11 will come to surface again at the age of 26 and at 41 years old. The Age Pointdirections give the native the chance to get on top of what is going on in his life.

Character and personality is a derivation of the psychological structure indicated by the planets in sign,house and aspect. The framework is set, however, the outfall might still seem to be a question ofuncertainty. For the natal chart indicates the seed potential and raw material which according to anunknown measure of personal development and conscious effort, may be positively integrated, disposedand utilized through the composition of the personality. The contribution of astrology is therefore that ofa navigation tool, to help the native become aware and acquainted with the relatedness of hisenvironment, to encourage and promote both personal development and conscious efforts.

With the Age Point the native gets to understand the flow of events, and how these reside in his

personal make-up. The progression through time and space spells out what lessons have to be learnt,which conflicts need to be resolved on a personal level. Up-coming challenges can be recognized inadvance by tracing them in the past and through their placement in the psyche. This gives the individualan opportunity to evaluate his or her psychological composition, improve the personal assessment andalso lift the experiential quality of future reconstructions. It is seen how even complicated circumstancesof childhood may be transformed and lifted to the most purposeful expression and meaningful event at alater point of life. (Squares converted to trines or sextiles through the signs of long or short ascension, aremost effective in this!)

Age Point directions cause themes or topics to be repeated every 15 years. This means that the 15th,30th, 45th, 60th or 75th year etc., measured from any degree is crucial to any experience occurring or

registering along the Age Point scale. This is when the Age Point forms any HARD ASPECT viz.conjunction, square or opposition, to the same point of the chart. The hard aspects can be seen at aglance and are your main working tools. The conjunction is most important of all. This is where the seedexperience is located.

YOU DO also note the SOFT ASPECTS that the Age Point makes to the natal planets. These are usefulin annual work. Sextiles and trines are mostly benefic, however not equally dynamic. Soft aspects do notreoccur with the same cyclic significance.

I have registered significant events in the lives of clients which should have occurred on the hard aspect,but which appeared on the semi square or sesquiquadrate instead. This does suggest a 7 1/2 year cycle tobe in effect. The arc is definitely be worth noting, but mostly I have found it of a lesser or secondary

order.

When the Age Point connects to a configuration, or to two planets that are connected, the orb betweenthose two planets indicates the time span from when the event or project is initiated till when it iscompleted.

THE AGE POINT THROUGH THE SIGNS

The first consideration is to examine the motion of the Age Point as it passes through each of the signsand from one sign to another. It takes for the Age Point 5 years to pass through one sign, from end to


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beginning . Thus, every 5 years brings the native to a junction where there is a major shift, change of pathor circumstance. The sign shift is just like corporally moving from one room to another. Upon entering anew location the native re-orientates to a new environment. A new room provides a new setting. Thesign sets the scene for the 5-year period to come. When working with a chart it is often helpful to notethose years when the Age Point changes sign round the outside of the chart wheel. If, for instance, thenatal ascendant is located in the 18th degree of a sign, this means that the sign shifts occur at age 3, 8, 13,18, 23 etc. Your notes around the chart wheel provide an important reference grid. So in the first place itis important to consider the natural significations of the sign through which the Age Point is accidentally

directed.

ARIES - self-assertion, pioneering activities, cutting, breaking through, making introductions, startingfrom scratch, a new job, personal drive, leadership, competition, combat, aggression, conflict, heatedsituations, inflammations, pushing, speeding, accident prone, the need to communicate in an orderedand systematic manner, working with young people, school teacher, midwife, helping people getestablished.

TAURUS - an easy going period, usually providing a steady income, becoming attached, a period ofmaking investments and getting established, but there could be a lack of motivation or drive, difficulty ingetting going, friendships and circumstances are stable and enduring, interest in finance, constructionand building branch, art, culture or gardening.

GEMINI - new interests, mental stimulation, schooling, socializing, contact with young people, writers, journalists and the like, easy communication, understanding, agreement, meeting people of a same kind,fortunate for partnership, the feeling of having been brethren in a previous life, duality, life offering itselfin double portions, nervous, dealing with controversy.

CANCER - close encounters with other people, nourishing relationships, attachment to the home andfamily, security, sensitivity, fruitfulness, generally fortunate for pregnancy and giving birth to children,belonging to groups, clubs, trusts, an important period of personal recognition, recognising self,experiencing changes of a personal nature.

LEO - personal promotion, creativity, magnitude, fame, public exposure, success, leadership, the

advancement of the father, involved in drama, entertainment, confidence, meeting important people, selfcentring, personal application, vitality, fortitude.

VIRGO - work, study, personal development, discrimination, discussion & debate, business and thrift,controversy, practically involved with young people, schooling & instruction, traffic, communication,service, business before pleasure, acquiring skill, logic, attention to detail.

LIBRA - partnership, marriage, uniting, co-operation, crossing bridges, travelling, social possibilities,making friends, requirements of justice, a more balanced approach to life, looking for peace, interest intomusic and arts, need for honesty regarding self, sometimes caution regarding capsizing situations or falls.

SCORPIO - confrontation with problems at a deep level, going through the fire for causes you believe in,

events make strong impact, profound changes, separations, sometimes reorganizing home or family,contact with doctors, psychologists, expects, meeting with sharp tools, surgery, making repairs, tacticalbehaviour, manipulation, secrets, examinations of private parts, sexual activity, research.

SAGITTARIUS - travel, education, philosophy, writing, promotion, publication, new possibilities,expansions, joy, freedom, sporting, investment, optimism, having fun, contact with lawyers, foreigners,legitimacies, passports, gaining certificates, diplomas, an outgoing and enjoyable period, but with theneed to avoid excessive expenses, superficiality and land with feet on ground at the end of the day.

CAPRICORN - maturity, discipline, public responsibility, holding office, formalities, career drive,manifestation of self, less fruitful, no wish for children, having difficulty in getting children, or having to


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accept responsibility for unwanted children, awareness of age, contact with older people, sometimesillness or death in family, emotional entanglements are due to complications, difficult evaluations,navigational problems, the exercise of judgement, being presented with poor options, an unpleasantnotion of causing karma, results and profits are delayed, the experience of stumbling through life, theneed to recognize the limits of personal responsibility and make best effort.

AQUARIUS - separations, divorces, the need for personal space and freedom of speech, the urge forindependence, breaking out of outworn or inhibiting patterns, disconnecting, emigrations, an exit or door

of discovery, new acquaintances, membership in clubs and organisations, humanitarian and socialactivities, interest in technology, computers and the like, modernizing, a new car, great for partnershipsbased upon friendship and clear thought.

PISCES - a double sign providing multiple options, fruitful, variation, a lot of loose ends, travel, contactwith foreigners, attracted to hospitals, institutions, idealism, interest in art and religion, developmentsought on an inner level, confusion in practical affairs, lack of direction, being on leave, unemployment,retirement, complicated involvement in karmic relationships, being joined to people by a strong innerbond, but practical interests going in opposite directions, attempting to undo knots, helping other peoplesort out imperfections, the pieces of the puzzle not matching.

CUSPAL TRANSITIONS

The six months (i.e. 3 degrees) prior to the Age Point moving from one sign to another, is oftenexperienced as a period of expectation. It is bit like the quiet before the storm. The native goes through apreparatory stage or a process of reorientation, but may feel confused as he or her is responding ahead oftime. The moment is not yet ripe and nothing in the present is actually happening.

If a new project or relationship should be entered just prior to the cuspal transition, then thatinvolvement either appeared in the very last moment and in the nick of time, or those circumstancesengaged in are due for change and adaptation and the native will often get carried elsewhere than he orshe anticipated.

The Age Point transition from one sign and entering another, the actual crossing of the cusp is a very

potent time indeed. There is a sudden change of pace, new introductions, new directions, etc. Eventsupon the entry to a new sign are often indicative of what is on the build up for the period ahead. Enteringa new sign will often release events signified by the planet or planets therein , but often circumstancesmay initiate or premeditate those issues that will come to a head when the Age Point reaches andconnects to the planets located in that sign.

Example: If a sign contains one planet which is located in the 12th degree of that sign, and which is thesignificator of marriage, then marriage may occur at the time as the Age Point connects to that planet,although the partner may have been met 3 years earlier, as the Age Point stepped into the signcontaining the significator. (It takes 18 degrees or 3 years for the Age Point to move from the 30th degreeto the 12th degree of any sign)

Some particular observations

People, partners and professions

As the Age Point passes through one sign, the native have more dealings with those people and withthose occupations under the rulership of that sign. Hence, while the Age Point is moving throughTaurus, the natives friends might cluster under Taurus. The native could move into an importantrelationship with a Taurus, or is more potent to give birth to a child under this sign. There could besignificant dealings with bankers, builders and artists.


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Days of the week

The Moon has her exaltation in Taurus, therefore Monday is the most potent, fortunate or auspiciousday of the week and tends to gather the most significant events and happenings. Because Taurus is ruledby Venus, who is exalted in Pisces, Fridays are also considered auspicious and of special potential butsecond order in order to Mondays. The most fortitude day of the week is first taken from the planet whoreceives exaltation in the sign through which the Age Point is directed, secondly by the exaltation of theruler of that sign.

Health

However, the sign containing the Age Point also indicates those bodily parts, members or organs thatare most liable to strain during the period of direction. This makes way for a positive and preventive lineof action. The client can be warned against an overload or situation of stress that could cause a serious orpermanent injury.

I.e. When the Age Point is directed through Leo, the native may be advised to show caution in situationsthat make strenuous demands on the back. In this way is possible to ease wear and tear on the body andavoid inflictions that would tend to leave more durable marks. The cautioning of the client will naturallybe found more valid and valuable for the latter years of life where natural determent is expected to set in.

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