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Important Tips in Analysis –
Part IX
The Angular Grand Cross
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In this series of helpful tips, we have examined the Succedent (self worth & love) and Cadent (mindset; communication; education) Grand Cross of Houses and we saw how they fit into the gestalt of our astrology.
The Angular Grand Cross is comprised of the most emphatic Houses in the horoscope. It has as its base House, the 1st House. This is where one’s awareness of one’s identity and how it is projected into the world are symbolized. Identity awareness and identity security are of primal importance in regards to how one interacts with oneself in the world. When there are problems here, it opens a Pandora’s Box of potential issues and concerns in how one conducts him or herself in the world. There is a very distinct difference in the carriage of one who is secure and certain about their identity versus one whose identity awareness is muffled and insecure. When you truly do not know who and what you are, confusion reigns supreme. The wrong paths are taken. True fulfillment becomes elusive.
In analysis of potential identity concerns, look first to see if the ruler of the Ascendant is involved in major hard aspect tension (especially including the quindecile). Secondly, look at squares and conjunctions to the Ascendant from Mars or any of the outer planets. Look to see if the ruler of the Ascendant is retrograde and/or look at any planet in the Ascendant involved in hard aspect tension with Mars or an outer planet (Pluto may not be recognized by astronomers any more but nothing has changed in our astrology). Any of these suggests identity concerns. This is particularly so when Capricorn is Rising and Saturn is retrograde. There is a suggestion of a father concern that goes deeply to the core of one’s identity. Neptune’s involvement here can be very challenging, especially the conjunction because of the strong suggestion that one has trouble being honest with oneself about oneself, typically because of an uncertainty. One often appears to be something which one is not because that is what is being projected to others so easily. Quite often, the House that the Ascendant ruler is in suggests the area of life where identity best finds or loses itself.
The 4th and 10th Houses form the parental axis. (Please ignore the ancient debates about which House represents which parent because it is never going to be consistent horoscope to horoscope. All that you need to do to corroborate this is assign a parent to one of these Houses and query ten people). This is where we see how or if a person has had loving support or has had to grow through significant parental tension. We see this through analysis of any significator (ruler of the House or planet in the House) of either House. What is important to realize here is the relationship between parental tension and identity. In the natural horoscope, the cusp of the Ascendant (0 Aries) is always square to the cusps of the 4th and 10th Axes (0 Cancer/0 Capricorn). What this tells us is that it is necessary for the identity to grow through the model that is presented by the parents in the formative years of development. Ideally, the parental influence is lovingly supportive in a way that supports the identity of the child by leading in the right direction the right way with loving guidance that is neither over aggressive or passively non-existent. However, we find so often in life that this is not the case. As a consulting astrologer of many, many years, I can tell you that it is sad to see the numbers of people whose lives have been negatively impacted by the parental influence of lack of it that was shown in the formative years of development. Quite literally, our parents (and you as a parent) have great, great potential to literally screw children up! This is vitally important and is one major reason why the Angular Grand Cross represents the most important concerns in life because what it symbolizes becomes the spine of existence.
After identity is shaped and molded by the parents and the early environment, it is all projected to others in relationships, usually based on what model was shown at home through the first 12-13 years of life. In analysis of a horoscope, it becomes the job of the astrologer to determine to what degree the development of self projection has been affected by interaction with the parents and then to determine exactly how or if that has affected relationship capacity. How very often do we find someone who has married someone just like a parent or, in rebellion, someone who is exactly opposite from a parent that one has tension with?
Hemisphere Emphasis
So powerful is the Angular Grand Cross that when a majority of planets are grouped around either House in it, it suggests a complete orientation to life based on the symbolism of that House!
When the majority of planets in a horoscope are placed between the 3rd and 10th Houses (and are not retrograde), the emphasis is on the 1st House, the identity. If you can imagine the President of the United States walking down the street for a moment. See his protection. See in your mind’s eye the numbers of Secret Servicemen walking around him, looking left, right, up and down to protect the President against the threat of assassination. This is the situation that happens when there is an Eastern Hemisphere emphasis in the horoscope. That is, the Ascendant is the middle position of a majority of planets in that hemisphere. There is going to be a general orientation in life to defend and protect the identity that frequently parallels some deep insecurity of even a lack of confidence. We see this orientation in spades in the horoscope of George W. Bush as well as former President Clinton. Neither of the two takes well to criticism and they usually become very defensive under perceived attacks or criticism.
When the majority of planets in a horoscope [not retrograde] are between the 4th and 9th Houses, the 7th House becomes dominant. This is a western hemisphere emphasis. Contrary to the eastern hemisphere’s emphasis on defense of the Self, the western hemisphere needs to reflect others, needs to focus on others, so much so at times that there can be a tendency to lose oneself in what others are. How often do we see the person so busy with others that they forget about their own needs?
In the Northern Hemisphere (six or more non-retrograde planets below the Horizon) emphasis, the 4th House is the dominant factor. This aligns the orientation in life to concerns of the early home and early environment during the formative years of development. What typically happens is that there are leftover skeletons in one’s closet from the formative years that need to be resolved or they tend to be carried into adult life in a non-productive way.
In the Southern Hemisphere emphasis (six or more non-retrograde planets above the horizon), the 10th House symbolism becomes the decisive factor. The 10th House is the other parent from the 4th House but the hemisphere derives its orientation through a broader concept. It is the 10th House that symbolizes the career and one’s status in the world. Where the 4th House is securely and neatly tucked away in domesticity, the 10th House is out in the world of affairs where things can and usually do happen. So when there is a southern hemisphere emphasis, there is going to be a tendency in life to become a victim of life’s affairs in the same away that recognized people in our world are subject to so much that is beyond their control. Quite typically, when this hemisphere is dominant in the life, the emphasis is away from the early home environment because the necessary anchor did not exist. A perfect example of this can be found in the life of Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn was born June 1, 1926 at 9:30 AM PST in Los Angeles, California. Her horoscope has a southern hemisphere emphasis, easy to understand and see as she pulled away from her early beginnings (terrible parental tension) to establish an identity in the world and was severely kicked around in the pursuit of it all.
The Sun is ruler of her horoscope and it conjoins Mercury – no tension there. But Neptune is in the Ascendant as one arm of a T-square. When you know Marilyn’s life, you know without ever seeing her horoscope that there would have to be concerns involving the Ascendant because she really wasn’t given the opportunity of being raised by a mother or a father.
Putting It All Together
The Angular, Succedent, and Cadent Grand Cross of Houses all spill over into each other in analysis through significator dynamics, which brings the rulerships of the Houses into a relationship with each other.
When I analyze a horoscope, there is a real life scenario that I look to see symbolized in the horoscope. The scenario is that we are born to parents in a certain environment that influences us. If there is tension there in the parental dynamic, I expect to also see identity and/or the self-worth concerns. This is common sense. If you are raised in a debilitating situation in your first 14 years of life, your identity or your sense of value and worth MUST be affected somehow, someway and so if it exists in life, it is reasonable to expect to see it symbolized in one’s horoscope.
After a look at the identity and sense of worth, my eyes move towards the 7th House because if the parental dynamic has impacted you negatively, you are certainly going to carry the “fumes” of that into adult relationships. If relationships are suffering consistently, you begin to wonder about your lovability, all of which impacts upon the ability to give love securely. The pattern of analysis, House-wise is IV-X-I-II-VII-XI-V. Houses 8 and 2 are interchangeable here as they both refer to worth (mine and theirs). That is where the basic focus and drama almost always occurs in analysis. Through significator dynamics, the Cadent House considerations can also be affected. With experience and skill, it becomes easy to see all of this in seconds in any horoscope.
Example
I authored a book in 1999 titled, “The New Way to Learn Astrology.” It is being brilliantly updated and re-written for release later this year. The example that you are about to see is based completely on the analytical principles shown and to be shown in the former and new books.
The first glance shows a northern hemisphere emphasis, instantly corroborated by all of the tension involving the IV-X axis: Pluto quindecile Moon; Pluto conjunct Sun (ruler of IV); Mars square Mercury (ruler of the Ascendant); Saturn square Moon. If you simply look at the Houses that these planets rule, they ALL become pulled into the drama suggested by the parental tension. We know that there is going to be a great likelihood that issues of the formative years of development are going to be carried into adult life. So quickly, we see Houses I, II, III, IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX, and XI are all impacted by the parental tension. You could conceivably end the analysis right there if you know what to expect in life from the scenario that the astrology is suggesting here but let’s go more into details.
Remember the formula: IV-X-I-II-VII-XI-V. Mercury, ruler of the Ascendant and V is retrograde, tying together the identity and the sexual profile in a challenging manner, especially since Mars squares Mercury. Mars is a ruler of XI so we can see a challenging relationship between the V-XI axis, a parent, and the identity.
The Moon rules II and III and is squared by Saturn, ruler of VIII and IX with Saturn placed in VII and Pluto makes a quindecile to the Moon. This is a very difficult picture of both emotional excess in a maternal way coupled with a difficulty in emotional expression within relationships. This has a direct bearing on what this man thinks of himself, how he feels about the worth and value of others, and suggests an overall mindset and way of looking at the world that can be both depressive and/or extreme in some way (the quindecile).
Quite naturally, with so much pressure on relationship fulfillment, the sense of lovability is challenged (Mars, co-ruler of XI squares Mercury and Venus) and as we have seen, there are also concerns that have to do with the giving of Self romantically and sexually.
The significators of the Cadent Cross are all involved in tension. What he says, what he doesn’t say, how he thinks, his mindset, and his sense of cooperation (especially in work situations) are all being challenged here.
All in all, this is a very challenged horoscope. Despite his unparalleled success in life, Michael Jackson’s life away from what he has contributed to the music business has been full of difficulties and challenges, the root of which centers upon the difficult upbringing that is shown so clearly in his horoscope in the very first impression of it.
The hemisphere emphasis here alerted you to suggest what the general orientation in life will be. The initial deduction is corroborated again and again with one observation in analysis building on the other. And all of this ties together what we have seen in the Grand Crosses.
There are many astrologers who dismiss the marriage of astrology and psychology in favor of a style that is based completely on using astrology for predictive purposes only. That is the way astrology was centuries ago before there was any such thing as psychology. But just as medicine and technology evolve to serve the needs of the times, so must our astrology.
Every human being has a certain kind of behavior that is motivated by their psychology and not by astrological measurements. We create what happens to us and to ignore this reality doesn’t do justice to astrology or to those who come to us for assistance. The astrology reflects reality; it does not cause reality. When one is aware of who they are and what they need, crucial life errors are often cut down and things have a better chance of working out in a fulfilling fashion. If one were to ignore how Marilyn Monroe or Michael Jackson were raised, just look at what was missed.
One of the worst conditions in life to be in is to not know who you are. Nothing illuminates this better than our astrology!
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Basil Fearrington,
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Basil Fearrington is the author of "The New Way To Learn Astrology." He has been a professional astrologer for 22 years.
Basil's articles have appeared in the leading astrological publications around the world. He was the Inaugural Chairman for the MilleyDome project in Johannesburg, South Africa and taught astrology there for one year.
Basil has twice been a faculty member of UAC and spoke at Astro 2000. In addition to his work in astrology, Basil is a professional musician who has toured with and/or recorded for artists such as Stevie Wonder and George Benson.
He was on a team of composers who did the music for a network show called "New York Undercover." The same team won a Grammy award in 1980.
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