Whew!  We have covered a lot of material in Lesson 3!  

We have talked about the Moon, the Sun Sign Cancer, and the 4th House.

We have talked about aspects, orbs, "good and bad" aspects, void course of moon, and via combusta!

Now, we are going to start using all the information we have learned until now!

1.  Please locate the Sun, 5th House, and Leo in your natal chart.  (Just look at your chart and be sure you can locate these things).

2.  Please locate the Moon, 4th House, and Cancer in your natal chart.  (Just look at your chart and be sure you can locate these things).

3.  When you have located the Sun and Moon in your charts, notice what degree the sun and moon are located.  For example, Hoosiergal's Sun is located a 4 degrees Taurus.
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4.  After you know the degree that your sun and moon are located, look to see if there are any aspects with other planets or energy points such as the Ascendant and Midheaven.  Please post the aspects with the Sun and Moon in your own natal chart.  Many softwares does this for you, and shows you the aspects with all other factors in the chart.  It is helpful, though, to know how to do it yourself, especially if the software (like What Watch) doesn't tell you if the aspect is a separating or approaching aspect.

If you think this is hard to figure out the aspects, consider that in the "good old days" we didn't have computers to do anything!  So, everything had to be done by-hand, doing all the math and calculations!   

An easy way to figure the aspects is simply to look down the column (if using What Watch, this is in the upper right-hand corner of the screen) to see if anything else is near the same degree of the sun and the moon.  In Hoosiergal's chart, the Sun is at 4 degrees Taurus, and the Moon is as 5 degree Pisces.  So, this would indicate that there might be an aspect here.

Next, simply count in 30-degree increments...4 degree Taurus to 4 degrees Aries (1 X 30 degrees or 30-degrees away from the Sun) , to 5 degrees Pisces = 60 degrees.  So, Hoosiergal has a Sun sextile Moon.  Remember that a sun Sign will always be 30-degrees, but a House can have a variable number of degrees (unless using the Equal House system).  To count toward the number of degrees, count toward the shortest distance between two planets.  For example, I counted clockwise from the Sun to the Moon in Hossiergal's chart, because the Moon was closer to the sun clockwise than it is when counting counter-clockwise.  You will know if you counted in the wrong direction, because the number of degrees will total more than 180.

We haven't done this before, so if you are lost, please ask, so I can walk you through it.

After everyone has posted any aspects they find with the Sun and Moon, and with other planets, in their natal charts, we will go on.

If these seems difficult, please know that we are getting the tough part over with first.  It gets a lot easier the farther we go into this!  

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To give an example of what I'm asking you to do, I'll check for aspects in my own natal chart using only the Sun and Moon.  The point is for you to be able to get some practice to determine what aspects you have in your own chart.  I have used a maximum of a 6-degree orb.  Here's mine:

Sun       Conjunct  Venus  
Sun       Square    Mars  
Sun       Trine     Saturn
Moon      Square    Uranus
Moon      Conjunct  Neptune
Moon      Sextile   Pluto  
Moon      Sextile   Ascendant

Now, it's your turn!    

One question:

You talk about the closest distance between two planets. So actually we are working on a 180 degree range irrespective of it being clockwise or anticlockwise???? SInce I wanted to avoid using the calculation by software..just wanted to ask?

When figuring out the aspects, it is the closest distance between two planets, and that can take you clockwise or counter-clockwise.  Suppose your sun was at 15-degrees Aries, and your Jupiter was at 15-degrees Pisces.  You'd calculate the aspect from Aries to Pisces (30-degrees), instead of 330 degrees going the other direction.  That's an extreme example, but it will help you understand why you always use the shortest distance to calculate aspects.    If I haven't been clear, let me know, and I'll post a graphic (one picture worth a thousand words...they say).

Okay am working on the Moon with paper and pencil :)wrt to the Major aspects. Let me know if correct ??

Moon Square True Node ( north)
Moon Square True Node ( south)
Moon Opposition Sun ( full moon)

If I take a 9 degree Orb
Then
Moon square Neptune
Moon square Saturn


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