Case Study of Sun/Moon Progression Part 3



* 3 Dec 1965 : Progressed Ascendant into Virgo

Your orientation to the world changes from self-referential to one of analysis. There is more of a natural tendency to try to understand the “why” of things.

* 1 April 1966: Sun into 10th house, conjunct MC

This highlights a major and important emphasis on vocational identity. Success and social acceptance is stressed. How other people perceive you out in the world is of prime consideration and will motivate you in every decision you take. This is YOU, as far as you know it at this time.

17 August 1966 : Moon into 8th house

house themes: intensity of life, beginnings and endings, completions, unwanted changing of life situations, issues of money and power, big business, taxes, wills, inheritances. Importance of events is sensed. The Moon’s movement through this house will trigger anything in life that needs changing.

* 21 Nov 1966: Progressed Mercury conjuncts MC

The roles of communicator and disseminator of information become important at this time.

*7 Feb 1967: Progressed Mercury conjuncts Progressed Sun

Your intellect and your identity merge for a time, long enough for your mind to feel the warmth of inner power. This could have become an occasion for increased arrogance, or for a spark of joy at simply being alive.

* 21 Feb 1967: Progressed Venus into 9th house

Your Sun’s ruler enters the realm of higher thought, away from the crisis-bound 8th house. She is also still the ruler of your Progressed MC. Placed in the context of this Moon phase, the purpose of this progression is to instil in you the knowledge that you can find pleasure in contemplating higher subjects. For example, such as those concerning the spirit.

24 July 1967: Moon into Aries

sign keywords: The Fighter, crusader, leader, confronter, competitor, rabble-rouser, spontaneous child, aggressor, risk-taker

* 25 August 196718 September 1968

Moon passes over natal Venus, Mars, and Mercury

The Moon is now gathering up impressions from these planets, and reminding you of how you relate, assert, and express yourself. At this time in your life, you are leaving childhood behind and seeing the end of your need to stay tied to your family. The Moon’s pass invokes strong feelings of sentiment and nostalgia.

* 3 November 1967: Progressed Sun opposite natal Jupiter

The Sun God faces off with Zeus, who floods the Sun with his inspirational fervour. There was more than a chance of becoming over-stimulated in your long-held philosophical ideals. The purpose of this progression was in the amount of lift it put under your wings…enough to last you the rest of your life if you needed it.

* 4 May 1968: Balsamic phase

plant symbolism: The plant returns to the earth as it decays, having pulled all its energy back into itself. Its stems and leaves will provide fertilization for the next seedling.

seasonal resonance: mid-Autumn, April

The light has almost diminished now. A time of release and closure. One feels prone to pull farther into one’s thoughts, with no sign of being open to new ideas. This is a deeply mysterious part of the cyclic process, and linked to the occult in terms of being now able to remove unwanted things from one’s life. But it is not necessarily the happiest of times because there are undertones of mourning for what has gone forever. Wisdom is internalised. Purification is possible. Solitude with one’s thoughts can lead to greater consciousness.

Purpose: To process, surrender, release, transform, close

29 May 1969: Moon in 9th house

house themes: overview, big picture, travel, overseas issues, study, knowledge beyond what is familiar, new cultures, foreign affairs, immigration, philosophy, publishing, law---expanding one’s world view

* 26 June 1969: Progressed Venus conjunct Progressed Mars

14 August 1969: Moon conjunct both Progressed Venus and Mars

Given that the natal Moon squares Mars, this conjunction with both Mars and Venus may have altered your experience of this square, to include feelings of love and passion. I wouldn’t be surprised if you fell in love with a foreign land, a foreigner, or while pursuing higher learning. The purpose of this progression was to expand your emotional range.

6 Oct 1969: Moon in Taurus

sign keywords: Earth Mother, materialist, bulldozer, manager, sensualist, producer, moneymaker, big spender, immovable rock, conformist

* 8 April 1971: Progressed Venus enters Taurus

Your Sun’s ruler has left fiery, selfish Aries and entered its own sign. Your love nature and capacity to appreciate the good things in life is significantly strengthened. If you have siblings then your relationship with them would have improved with this progression (Venus ruling 3rd). Your career would have received the benefit from your subtle shift of priorities. The purpose of this progression was to prepare your incorporation of earthy Taurean values, so dear to your Sun.

* 9 June 1971: Progressed MC enters 11th house

Your outer, chosen identity enters an area of community. Working takes you into the path of many kinds of people with other interests. The purpose of this progression was to capitalize on the New Moon period to come, by placing you and your aspirations within groups of people who could help you to advance.

* 25 May 1971: Moon into 10th house, Moon conjunct MC

house themes: career and social status, job changes, marriage/divorce (as per social status), awareness of how society judges you and will make changes to suit your classification, achievement of hoped-for goal.

This is so clearly an important marker, given the Sun’s progression onto the MC too! If ever there was a time of career highlights, the next few years must have been memorable.

* 5 Oct 1971: New Moon phase   Eclipse Saros Cycle 3 North

plant symbolism: The stirring of the seed in the dark earth

seasonal resonance: Winter Solstice, June


The New Moon is symbolic of incarnation. A seed has been planted and now must take form---and this form will become its identity. When we begin a New Moon phase after completing several other phases, the identity of the form to come through the growth of this period, is not the form we entered with. You can relate this time to the Ascent of the Goddess from the dungeons of the Underworld. The lessons of the previous 7 years are with us now. There is a feeling of having survived some kind of test. This is the beginning of a 28-29 year period of new development.



       The Eclipse heightens this lunation’s significance. Saros cycle 3 North has themes of excessiveness, where news or information can cause one to worry or undertake large plans in an obsessive manner. The New Moon in the 10th house in Taurus, underscores the materialist ambitions that accompany this new beginning.

The sorry state of stress and health in which you find yourself now, began at this point.


Quite simply, you over-identified with public success as your path to happiness. The ruler of the MC and Sun, Venus in Aries in the 8th, drove you to it, thinking that you would be fulfilling your Sun identity if you reached for The Top. But she is detrimented in Aries and so does not necessarily understand your Sun’s best interests (in other words, she has good intentions but lousy people skills)


This moon phase also initiates a desire for new activities, which may not become obvious for a while. Life changes from this point on.

Purpose: To emerge, initiate, birth, begin

6 Nov 1971: Moon into Gemini

sign keywords : The Salesperson, social butterfly, juggler, know-it-all, scientist, inquirer, messenger, live wire, fast talker, wit, gossip, dabbler

* 30 April 1972: Progressed Mars enters Taurus

Your assertion alters in tone, taking a more slow and steady expression of its energy. Mars is in detriment in this sign, and therefore cannot be expressed in its purest form. Your desire nature likely altered in direction, also. Instead of going after what suited at the moment, you may have begun to put yourself behind goals such as buying a house, or going on a cruise. Any legal problems during these years might have taken a turn for the worse around this time. The purpose of this progression was to slow you down, and bring your desire nature more in line with your Sun.

23 Dec 1972: Moon into 11th house

house themes: groups take on a higher priority, working for, with, through a group, other people’s issues, minority group problems, activities of clubs or societies, group’s opinions are important, open to socializing and social interactions

* 9 Feb 1973: Progressed Sun into Gemini

With a Moon already in Gemini and in the 11th house, this was obviously an extremely social time. Networking and advancing your career probably took priority. Your search for knowledge would have been fuelled by this major progression. When a Taurus Sun moves into Gemini it becomes more outward oriented. Its “usual security-conscious self learns to be more curious about the world, and begins to enjoy change [13] .” New insights are encouraged. The Sun feels inspired to “communicate more, analyze, theorize, and discuss [14] .” Since this is in the 10th house, your career choices benefited from the number of options available.





* 22 Feb 1973: Moon conjunct natal Uranus

27 March 1973: Moon conjunct Progressed Uranus

This progression heightens the excitement of this period. Mental boundaries were broken and information taken in at an incredible rate. The purpose of this progression was to assimilate the learning of the New Moon period, in preparation for beginning the Second Cycle . The seed was mutated, so that it could grow in a new way.

14 Nov 1973 : Moon into Cancer

28 June 1974 : Moon into 12th house

* 18 August 1974 : Moon conjuncts natal Moon

Truly the end/beginning of a major cycle. With this conjunction one has made a complete round of the symbolic path. After this point, your emotional memory will be triggered by all your various experiences. What has been deeply incorporated into your emotional belief system has been recorded in detail. From now on the Moon’s movement through the horoscope, as she touches on many points, will set off your original emotional responses to your experiences (whether those replay responses make any sense or not). The Moon makes aspects on a relatively frequent basis, setting off the natal chart. You might wonder whether that over-reaction to your sister’s refusal to wear the socks you knit her, was crazy or what. In the progressed Moon’s role as “soul memory” and emotional interpreter, is an astrological answer.

     
The reflective light she shines over the ground of your interior world is gentle. With this Lunar Return, she brings all her emotional patterns back to home base. Memories and impressions at this first conjunction are compared and correlated.


Look ahead now, to the next Moon phase: pushy Crescent energy aided by a Moon going into swashbuckling Leo, and eventually crossing over the Ascendant into prominence. Can you feel the momentum of this time building? What was it all building up to?

Second Cycle           

Please refer to previous delineations for repeated themes


* 3 Jan 1975: Crescent phase

This phase is marked by an energetic forward push; a sense of seriousness about one’s goals is also a part of this phase, due to the impending Saturn Return. Any sign of emotional weakness would be firmly staunched at this time. You may have felt too dried up to even cry in the privacy of your own bedroom.

* 15 June 1975: Progressed Venus conjunct natal Sun

At last the Sun’s ruler has progressed enough to bring its power to your Sun. This is a major progression and one you must have felt inside as a satisfying “click.” Consolidating your love nature with your will to Be, coupled with this particular Moon phase signalled a fortunate period of growth for you. It is likely that at some level you felt blessed. The purpose of this progression was to grant you the success you chose to pursue. It also infused Venus with the Sun’s message.

* 30 July 1975 : Progressed MC conjunct Progressed Uranus

In some manner your vocation received disruption, or was shaken up. The purpose of this progression was to liberate your understanding of who you could be , out in the world. It happened at this time in order to take advantage of the momentum of the full Crescent Moon phase, so that you had time to present yourself in a new way before this productive period ended. While transiting Saturn was demanding you “grow up,” this progression was asking you to “lighten up.”

28 Nov 1975 : Moon into Leo

* 3 Jan 1976: Progressed Sun conjunct natal North Node

Your potential as a well-respected communicator (Sun in Gemini) is powerfully activated at this time. In the context of your Moon phase, you were hitting your stride as a successful career woman. As a point of destiny, the North Node casts no rays. But the Sun’s progression to conjunct this point is significant. The purpose of this progression is to sound the Call from the Spirit . The maturing influences of the Saturn Return synchronize.

* 12 March 1976 : Moon conjunct Progressed Saturn

The theme of maturity continues. Saturn impresses on the Moon that to work hard is the highest aspiration, and there is no time for wallowing in self-pity or acting the drama queen. The purpose of this progression was to offer you yet another opportunity to refuse Saturn’s false Call to achieve, achieve, achieve in observable ways.

13 April 1976 : Moon into 1st house

* 6 Sept 1976 : Moon conjunct Progressed Pluto

Intensity of feeling predominates now. The purpose of this progression is to stir up upsetting memories of betrayal and misused power. The waxing Moon phase gave you the impetus to survive the feelings this progression aroused.

* 31 Aug 1977 : Progressed Ascendant into 2nd house

“I Am” becomes “I Have”

You see material goals as natural and right. What you have defines who you are.

5 Jan 1978 : Moon into Virgo

* 18 May 1978 : First Quarter phase   Moon trine natal Sun

This is the phase of gathering strength for the eventual production of fruit. The Moon’s trine to the natal Sun provides her with a flowing reception of the Sun’s voice. Even if you could not consciously feel that part of you stretching out in spirit, your Moon was taking notes.

* 29 January 1979 : Progressed Mars conjunct natal Sun

With the fire of a thousand furnaces, Mars and the Sun meet and conjoin. Even if you did not yet know it, your internal drive to go forward was blown away by the power of your drive to be YOU. Mars left this conjunction, and was forever changed. The pushing forward theme of this waxing moon phase goes hand in hand with this progression. Its purpose was to start the journey.

27 April 1979 : Moon into 2nd house

* 16 July 1979 : Moon conjunct Progressed Ascendant

At this time the Moon is passing over the internal conception point, marking the end/beginning of the cycle of the inner horoscope. The purpose of this progression was to unconsciously register your readiness to refine (Virgo) your relationship with the outside world.

* 16 Oct 1979 : Progressed Mercury conjunct Progressed Uranus

Liberation of mind, is the purpose of this progression.

* 4 Nov 1980 : Moon conjunct Progressed Neptune

As with all the other conjunctions the Moon has made, this is the second time with Neptune . This contact has a special significance due to the hard square it makes natally. Your capacity to forgive the wrongs done to you, and to repair your self-regard, is the dual purpose behind this progression.

23 March 1980: Moon into Libra

16 Jan 1982: Gibbous phase

26 Feb 1982 : Moon into 3rd house

20 July 1982 : Moon into Scorpio

* 10 March 1984 : Moon conjunct Progressed Jupiter

Lurking down in the Underworld of the chart, Jupiter hardly seems like the best candidate for providing an infusion of optimism. But though others may say that you don’t display hopefulness very strongly, you have it inside. As the Moon passes over this point, you feel your capacity to hope, and yearning to explore the deeper more mysterious aspects of your life.

7 June 1984 : Moon into 4th house, Moon conjunct IC

* 1 Oct 1984 : Progressed Mercury enters Cancer

Following up on Mercury’s previous conjunction with Uranus, its entry to Cancer marks the beginning of a whole new mode of perception. Your intellect began to turn toward your emotional world. Now in synch with your birth Moon, your mind was able to grasp the instinctive side of life with less likelihood of brushing it off as whimsical nonsense. The purpose of this progression was to change your thinking. Your life would follow suit.

21 Dec 1984 : Moon into Sagittarius

15 March 1985 : Moon conjunct natal South Node

* 7 April 1985 : Progressed Ascendant into Libra

* 7 April 1985 : Progressed MC into Cancer

Because the Ascendant’s ruler Venus has conjuncted the natal Sun, she has altered her orientation so that the Libran qualities of concession and agreement are inimical to your inner direction. You don’t really want to bend over backwards to please anybody. But at this point you have a lot invested in being “nice.” The ball is rolling and it is too late to pull out of long-term plans and suddenly change your mind. A great amount of your emotional energy will now be directed straight into your career path. If you have had a family, they will suffer from your lack of attention. The purpose of this progression is to bring this issue to a head.

* 27 Dec 1985 : Full Moon phase   Lunar Eclipse precedes Saros Cycle 3 South

Another milestone has been reached with the arrival at this point. This is the pinnacle of success, and things were probably never as good at the top as they were at this time. The lunar eclipse highlights this lunation period as more of a Moon flavoured time than solar. The preceding solar eclipse had the character of sudden endings of associations or relationships. “There is a large emotional component…and a sense of traumatic transformation.” [15]

30 Dec 1985 : Moon into 5th house

22 June 1987 : Moon into Capricorn

30 March 1988 : Moon into 6th house

* 1 Oct 1989 : Progressed Saturn conjunct natal Ascendant

Your worldly orientation has become rigid, although full maturity is part of your self-expression. You ARE the boss. And you probably had to work damn hard to stay that way. At this time your health would feel the affect of the stress (Saturn ruling the 6th house of illness). Joint and bone problems would begin around this time. The purpose of this progression (in the context of the soon-to-come Moon phase) was to bring home in no uncertain terms, that your years of public success were effectively over.



11 Feb 1990 : Disseminating phase

The realization that your direction in life needed revising would have stemmed from this Moon phase. The Moon in Capricorn in the 6th house encouraged a long, hard look at where you were at that time, and where you had already been. It was a time to integrate knowledge and experiences. At this Second Cycle of the Moon phase, you would have begun to develop a philosophy of life, due to the contemplative tone of the waning period.

18 June 1990 : Moon into 7th house

2 July 1990 : Moon into Aquarius

* 22 July 1990 : Progressed Sun enters 11th house

Your solar identity moves from the achievement oriented 10th into the community-minded 11th. This is another major progression, one of a series in 1990. The Sun denotes your inner Being. By moving house, the Sun carried its light into another arena of interest. At this time your work would be something you were obligated to perform, rather than as an arena for personal glory. The purpose of this progression was to facilitate the closing of the door. It was also your signal to look around for like-minded individuals who could help you on your journey to another kind of life.

* 31 July 1990 : Progressed Mercury enters 12th house

Your frame of mind is well and truly becoming reflective (in Cancer, and close to the Moon) and introspective. People around you would have noticed how quiet you were, at times. The purpose of this progression was to make familiar the lunar approach to receiving and expressing information. That is, like a sponge.

* 14 August 1990 : Progressed Venus conjunct natal MC

Venus, ruler of your Sun, reaches the MC. In Taurus she finds the prospect of hard work ludicrous, if there are more pleasant ways to spend one’s time. The purpose of this progression was to sweeten for you the idea of a life lived more in tune with the beauty and rhythm of Nature. This event was a portent of retirement, even though you may not have felt any conscious attraction to the idea.

5 July 1992 : Moon into Pisces

* 9 March 1993 : Progressed Sun conjunct natal Uranus

Realizations arise that rock the roots of the self-image.” [16] Just in case all the other progressions did not do the trick, this one is here for the express purpose of introducing that sudden change portended in the lunar eclipse of the Full Moon.

17 Dec 1993 : Moon into 8th house

21 Feb 1994 : Last Quarter phase

* 5 Nov 1994 : Progressed MC into 12th house

This is the classic withdrawal from public life. Spiritual aspirations emerge. Contemplation and thoughtfulness are noticed as becoming part of one’s character. The purpose of this progression was to prepare the people who knew you in your professional capacity for your eventual change of public image. In your working life you would have felt a subtle shift in your enthusiasm for your working activities.

2 Dec 1994 : Moon into Aries

* 23 Dec 1995 : Progressed Sun conjunct Progressed Uranus

Again, the evolving identity undergoes sudden alteration. This won’t change the Sun into something it isn’t. The jolt of lightning-like revelation will reveal your most unique characteristics.

23 Oct 1996 : Moon into 9th house

* 29 Dec 1996 : Progressed MC conjunct natal Moon

The vocation point comes to contact the Inner Mother. At this time in your life, it is the lunar form of the Crone who characterizes your public image. Any woman who lives long enough will inevitably arrive at this place. The Moon now rules your point of ambition. The purpose of this progression is to change your ambitions to satisfy your inner Mother.

5 March 1997 : Moon into Taurus

17 July 1997 : Moon conjunct natal Sun

This is like a rehearsal for the New Moon phase to come.

18 Oct 1997 : Balsamic phase

31 Oct 1998 : Moon into 10th house, Moon conjunct MC

14 April 1999 : Moon into Gemini

23 June 1999 : Moon conjunct natal North Node

30 May 2000 : Moon into 11th house

29 Jan 2001 : New Moon phase

“The King is dead! Long live the King!”

Metaphorically, the Sun has died and been reborn. A whole new life awaits.

17 April 2001 : Moon into Cancer

* 23 April 2001 : Progressed Ascendant into 3rd house

“I Have” becomes “I Communicate.” Your journey to fluently express your personality is over in one sense, and just beginning in another. You always were where you needed to be, but that is easier said than done. It takes a journey of a lifetime to reach the truest Self.

23 Nov 2001 : Moon into 12th house

12 Jan 2002 : Moon conjunct natal Moon

10 April 2003 : Moon into Leo

21 August 2003 : Moon into 1st house

Third Cycle …to come!


8 April 2004 : Crescent phase...into the new!


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