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Circles and Natal Charts

As you study astrology, note that the birth chart is not always a circle as you

see

presented by Western Astrologers today. In fact,

as in ancient times,

Asians

Astrologers today

use

square shape to depict the signs, and planets in the

heavens. Although

ancient use

is of the square is fascinating

, I think

the use of the

circle in the

Western

model is much more useful

and

understandable

. A

nd as one

become

acquainted with

Western Astrology it just makes the most sense.

So today a little about the circle:

The circle was developed and refined by the

Sumerian's

. The shape, with 360

degrees allows a close proximity to the earths annual year. The

Sumerian's

recognized that are 365 annual days

in the year

and compensated

a calendar with

360 days

with 5 annual

holidays. Still

not a perfect system, but measuring with

degrees matched

planetary movements

pretty darn close. And the 360 degrees

pretty much

works, creating divisions by half,

third, sixths, twelves.

Opposite

points in space

(

oppositions

), matching points in space

(conjunctions) useful for

following the

sea tides and our internal ebb and flows. Most

useful with Astrological

references to lunar movements.

How did they discover the circle, or begin to design with the circle, probably

with a

stick in the ground, a string attached to the stick at the top and some

kind of

marker at

the end of the string to make a path around the stick and

thus creating a

circle.

Simple!

The circle allows cardinal points (compass points), thus also creating

directional

reference. These reference allow mapping the heavens as well as

our earth space.

most useful development in civilization.

Further the circle provides a total reference to the totality of the universe.

Daily

the

earth makes a complete circular movement (spin) thus providing a

complete

view of

the zodiac and all our heavenly neighbors. And the

eliptical

motion of the

earth

around the sun pretty much creates seasons and time.

And those cardinal

points

come in handy creating dates for the seasons.

Although there is some

"progression"

(backward movement as measured in

time...see Article Age of

Aquarius) and it's not

perfect, modern resources more

than compensate time

variations with this annual

movement/time cycle.

Smart as they were are the

Sumerian's

couldn't get past the

math issue of Pi,

but they took that issue as far

as possible, and its still perplexing

today.

When reading about Angles and Aspect you will appreciate the simplicity of

measuring

planetary movement within a circular space as well.

As a final note consider the symbolic space of the circle....real objects

...

astonomical

or geological

have

no straight lines, and are

pure constructs of

man's imagination.

Lines can s

ometimes

useful for building square houses on square lots

;

but

within

Astrology

the

circle represent

completion:

a completion with

no beginning

and

end.

Ever expanding, or contracting, an

image

for reincarnation, seasonal change,

and the continuity of life.

As in the movie,

The Lion King: The Circle of Life.

The

circle

on the horoscope

he symbol of the sun represented with a dot in the

middle...

meaning man's

place in the

universe

, time, or timelessness.

Article by Joseph

Astrology by Joseph

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