May 2024 Astro

Annual profections is one of the techniques, and also the easiest to start with to see what area of life will come into focus in a particular year. It is usually used in combination with your Solar Return chart to zoom in on that year.

Starting from your rising sign in the 1st year of life, the Ascendant moves one sign per year. You cycle through the chart and count the signs until you reach your current age. This means that your rising sign also corresponds to your 12th birthday, your 24th and so on.

Astro-seek has a calculator for annual profections. Let's say your ascendant shifts to your 3rd house / Pisces and in doing so, activates your 3rd house. The themes of the third house will take center stage in the given year and Jupiter will become your time lordr. You use the ancient rulers for this technique. Any transit to and from Jupiter and through your 3rd house will be significant.

Hope that makes sense. I'm pretty sleepy today.

Watch this for more. Sam Reynolds is a very talented astrologers.
 
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@Lunasel - time lords are also known as the Lord of the Year, or what I refer to as LOY.

@Monaki I tend to see the outer planets as modifying influences, given we don't use them as time lords (haha I always think of Doctor Who when I see people mention time lords 😂).

If a natal house contains an outer planet, I still use the traditional ruling planet, and it doesn't "hand over" to the outer planet, but the outer planet can still pack a punch! As a background theme.

I'm currently in a Libra profection year, Venus is the LOY. Venus in my chart is well placed, in its exaltation, in a night chart as the greater benefic, in Evening star phase. Technically it should be a wonderful year ....

But ..... I have natal Pluto in Libra as the modifying influence. I've noticed in past Libra profection years, they have been "eventful". And by eventful, I mean quite intense, and even life changing! 😮

That video looks good, I will watch! 🙂
 
Penguin Trauma said:
@Monaki I tend to see the outer planets as modifying influences, given we don't use them as time lords (haha I always think of Doctor Who when I see people mention time lords 😂).
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I always think of Peter Howell, whose music could really only be described as Venus in Aquarius. :)

Penguin Trauma said:
If a natal house contains an outer planet, I still use the traditional ruling planet, and it doesn't "hand over" to the outer planet, but the outer planet can still pack a punch! As a background theme.

I'm currently in a Libra profection year, Venus is the LOY. Venus in my chart is well placed, in its exaltation, in a night chart as the greater benefic, in Evening star phase. Technically it should be a wonderful year ....

But ..... I have natal Pluto in Libra as the modifying influence. I've noticed in past Libra profection years, they have been "eventful". And by eventful, I mean quite intense, and even life changing! 😮

That video looks good, I will watch! 🙂
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Not sure how well Jupiter (traditional ruler of Pisces Ascendant) works as my time lord for this year. Great benefic or not, it has a habit of taking things away before it gives you stuff.

12 years ago, this month, I came to Switzerland. That was far from uneventful, but I managed it easily because I had a clear idea of where I was going and what I wanted to do. That's kind of dissolved, this time, which makes this time period particularly challenging.

I'll have a look at the video, though. Thank you for that. :)
 
It depends, if you have a day chart or night chart.

A day chart would show Jupiter as a greater benefic and Venus as lesser benefic, but a night chart would show Jupiter as a lesser benefic and Venus as a greater benefic.

Also what sign is Jupiter in, and what's the dignity.

For instance, I have a night chart, which has Jupiter as the lesser benefic. And it's in detriment in Gemini, so the better functioning qualities is hindered. So I'm not going to get much from Jupiter transits 🤔 in my 6th house natally too.

Imagine my excitement when I saw that I was going to have transit Jupiter conjunct my sun. Especially as transit Jupiter was in domicile in Pisces 😀🎉

What happened instead? COVID!!!! 😡

I was quarantined for 8 whole days as I kept testing positive. And it took me months to recover, I still have a reduced sense of smell to this day. It's reverted to how it was when I was a 30-a-day smoker!
 
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Thank you very much for the Information.
Ofcourse, I know what profection year is. Thanks to @PT and @Iris. I was not sure about using the term "time lords", ofcourse except those in Doctor Who :LOL:. Cz it also can be about the lord of intervals, or the time between LRs or the time between planets returns in general.
My profection year is ruled by Mercury/Virgo, whole signs 10th house.

In SR24 Mercury is in 5th house conjucnt Sun, Neptune and Saturn.
Make an exact sextile to Uranus in 7th.
No notable aspects to other personal planets in SR, except semi-sextile to Venus in 4th.
 
Yes, like @Penguin Trauma said. We start with benefic and malefic as basic principles to then assess their functionality. Penguin‘s Jupiter is less functional, thus it cannot deliver the results it could when it was, let‘s say, in Pisces in the 11th house, witnessed by Venus and in trine to the Moon. Jupiter expands everything it touches and it does so according to its functionality. My Jupiter is more ok than bad and when it moves through a house, things are usually protected in a way. For instance, I might be going through tough times due to difficult transits, but Jupiter has mitigating effects in my case.
@Oliver Saturn is currently transiting your profected house. That makes a difference too.
@Penguin Trauma I enjoyed reading your comments. Sure, Pluto makes a big difference. At the end of your Solar Year, Venus may say: All's well that ends well, fulfilling her promise as a benefic.
 
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I’ll have my second Jupiter return in May.

When I had my first Jupiter return, I was involved in a vey unfortunate affair with a man and his girlfriend and was constantly sad even though I could have ended it for good and move on - my only excuse is that I was very young at that time :D

I usually don’t expect much from my Jupiter return, I don’t recognise Jupiter transits and even though Jupiter is ruler of 12th and 1st house, he’s rather “silent” in my horoscope.
 
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When I had my first Jupiter return, I was involved in a vey unfortunate affair with a man and his girlfriend and was constantly sad even though I could have ended it for good and move on - my only excuse is that I was very young at that time :D
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I also had a very memorable relationship which started when I was 24. It lasted almost 2 years. Perhaps this kind of "gift" is to show us what we really want in life, rather than to actually give it to us there and then. Later gifts can be of a different kind (monetary, spiritual, etc.)
 
Jupiter is considered to deliver great things, sometimes the thing we need is time off. @Penguin Trauma sith Jupiter in Gemini it seems Jupiter did give you time off, yet then detriment fact in Gemini is about lungs. So it makes sense what Jupiter gave you. Tainted gift.

@Oliver your Jupiter has some very difficult aspect do I wouldn't day WOW this Jupiter will give great things. You already know Jupiter expands what it touches including wounds, hurts (Chiron) through difficulties (Saturn) that are emotional (Moon).

Jupiter is a giver of something big, not a always that great. Depends on natal etc. Santa clause with an empty bag of gifts!
 
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@Oliver your Jupiter has some very difficult aspect do I wouldn't day WOW this Jupiter will give great things. You already know Jupiter expands what it touches including wounds, hurts (Chiron) through difficulties (Saturn) that are emotional (Moon).
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Yeah, let's just say I know about pain. What can I say? Obviously my soul had one hell of a pep talk with Captain Freedom before I was born.

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Jupiter is a giver of something big, not an always that great. Depends on natal etc. Santa clause with an empty bag of gifts!
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Well, gifts can come in many forms. Some assume Jupiter's gifts are materialistic - and sometimes they can be. But sometimes they're wisdom or spiritual in nature. Either way, they're precious. But while materialism is easy to grasp, you sometimes don't get wisdom without lessons. Those tend to hurt, of course. Jupiterian lessons tend to be the kind that teach through excess, rather than scarcity. (Saturn is the specialist for those.)
 
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I also had a very memorable relationship which started when I was 24. It lasted almost 2 years. Perhaps this kind of "gift" is to show us what we really want in life, rather than to actually give it to us there and then. Later gifts can be of a different kind (monetary, spiritual, etc.)
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Unfortunately it didn’t show me anything- I had the same situation a couple of years later again and THEN I learned from it.
But this was under a Saturn transit.

This time I could get a promotion and a raise - but I don’t meet the requirements and I’m quite anxious already about the entire situation.
 
jaceymay said:
Jupiter is considered to deliver great things, sometimes the thing we need is time off. @Penguin Trauma sith Jupiter in Gemini it seems Jupiter did give you time off, yet then detriment fact in Gemini is about lungs. So it makes sense what Jupiter gave you. Tainted gift.
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Actually, that's a good point! I do remember at the time, I had a lot going on and it was a busy time, and I could have done with a break. Which Jupiter provided!

Also I think roughly around that time my father caught Covid too. I say "I think" because, despite his elderly age, he was completely asymptomatic. I visit him regularly and I don't remember him showing any symptoms at any point.

We only found out by accident when he had a hospital visit for an entirely different ailment, and it showed up in a blood test. So another angle of Jupiter conjunct Sun (father).
 
Vineta said:
Unfortunately it didn’t show me anything- I had the same situation a couple of years later again and THEN I learned from it.
But this was under a Saturn transit.
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So, you had a bit of duality in learning: Excess and restriction. It happens.

Vineta said:
This time I could get a promotion and a raise - but I don’t meet the requirements and I’m quite anxious already about the entire situation.
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Oooh, I tend to get very wary whenever someone mentions that word, "requirements". Whose requirements, exactly?

I have been promoted precisely zero times in my life; yet, whenever I decided to go after something that I thought was worth it, I just did it. I didn't ask what the requirements were to leave a permanent job and take a contract with 4x the annual salary - I just did it. Likewise, I didn't ask what the requirements were to go into system administration, network engineering or even cybersecurity. I just did it.

If someone didn't like me, someone else did.

If you haven't yet discovered this, then Jupiter may just bring you an offer you can't refuse - and even if you don't end up taking it, your employer might suddenly realise that the option of losing you will cost them a lot more than holding you to their requirements.

Generally, though, if I had the choice - and if all the odds were even - I'd usually opt for change: It usually brings more personal growth. I also take a very dim view of employers only offering a raise or promotion when they're faced with real, actual competition: In such cases, I usually refuse such counteroffers, saying that an employer should recognise value 100% of the time, not just at the point where they're about to lose it. Rewarding bad behaviour doesn't lead to better treatment down the line, and that's why I do not accept counteroffers.

Employment is a bit like a relationship: One party can take the other for granted, often for years, until the other party threatens to leave. At that point, the calculus changes, and the first party discovers how much they really need the second party - and the second party discovers their real value in the relationship. Often, at that point, there's some serious soul-searching, and the second party has to decide if there is any worth in staying, or whether they've simply outgrown the relationship.

Despite having had to learn some very hard lessons with regard to personal relationships, I tend to know my market value very well, because I've left a lot of employers and I had to let the market decide my salary and responsibilities. HR absolutely hates people like me, because they like to be able to tell us all what we're worth. If you're good at what you do, you don't have to worry about the value others try to assign you.

If all else fails, the statistics say everything that needs to be said: The market has been far more optimistic about my real value than any employer I've ever worked for - because the market always promoted me 100% of the time I did get a promotion, while no employer ever did.

Don't sweat the "requirements". Ever: They're negotiable as long as your employer has competition, and that's a hard fact of life.

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Actually, that's a good point! I do remember at the time, I had a lot going on and it was a busy time, and I could have done with a break. Which Jupiter provided!

Also I think roughly around that time my father caught Covid too. I say "I think" because, despite his elderly age, he was completely asymptomatic. I visit him regularly and I don't remember him showing any symptoms at any point.

We only found out by accident when he had a hospital visit for an entirely different ailment, and it showed up in a blood test. So another angle of Jupiter conjunct Sun (father).
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If you can get hold of some ivermectin, I'd seriously recommend it. Even for long COVID, it's great. You don't actually need to take much: I took a total of 72mg across 3 days when I got COVID, and I didn't lose any sense of smell or taste afterward. No side effects. No long COVID, either.
 
transit Chiron trine n Asc started today for me.
The interpretation in Astro.com is too exactly described, and I wonder if anyone has had this experience as described.
This is only the last paragraph of the interpretation

"... You might now receive an offer that is both tempting and challenging, but it may also cause a certain amount of apprehension and trepidation. Donʹt hesitate! Donʹt miss this opportunity to finally do something that you have only dreamed of doing up until now. Such an awakening will now be an extremely invigorating experience for you. You will learn to trust more and more that you are in the right place at the right time."
 
@Lunasel in 2020 and 2021 I had this, the most impactful was the last pass due to multiple aspects. My lunge was punctured by a physio when I had Chiron trine ASC, Chiron square Mercury and Uranus conjunct Chiron. The lung was punctured on the exact day Uranus conj Chiron. Hard to separate the aspect.

During the firsybpass in 2020 I blacked out and injured by coccy. I took 2 week off work. Went back to work and quit. Better job after where I worked with people with lots of Chiron issues.
 
Catastrophic - Pluto rx, our major drug store chain (London Drugs) has been hacked so thousands of people have no access to any of their medications. Extremely disruptive WOW
 
I am so glad Mars is moving on from Neptune and from a square to my natal Neptune. My sleep was getting worse and worse until it was no more than 2 hours per night. Yesterday been able to speak up about some things at work and my sleep has been a lot better last night. I need more time to recover this week. On top of that, this morning I was almost scammed, someone asking 60% extra for only intermediation 😲. We'll I am perfectly able to make contacts on my own. Bye 👋

Neptune / Mars conjunction in 2nd house square natal Neptune in 11th house, with Neptune being the ruler of 2nd house.
 
Lunasel said:
transit Chiron trine n Asc started today for me.
The interpretation in Astro.com is too exactly described, and I wonder if anyone has had this experience as described.
This is only the last paragraph of the interpretation

"... You might now receive an offer that is both tempting and challenging, but it may also cause a certain amount of apprehension and trepidation. Donʹt hesitate! Donʹt miss this opportunity to finally do something that you have only dreamed of doing up until now. Such an awakening will now be an extremely invigorating experience for you. You will learn to trust more and more that you are in the right place at the right time."
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I’ll have the transit in the end of May - my dream has been to get married and have a child, not sure if this will happen in 26 days 😅😅
 
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