The Progressed Lunation Cycle
Predictive Astrology – Techniques for Predicting the Future Continued
THE PROGRESSED PHASES
The progressed lunation cycle lasts for approximately twenty-eight years. This is in effect a macrocosmic illustration of the microcosmic monthly lunar cycle.
During a progressed New Moon people instinctively begin a new phase of their lives.
As in all new beginnings, the Crescent Phase will bring about challenges during the struggle forward in this new enterprise. Old friends may fall away, while new opportunities will present themselves, helping them get on with the business at hand. Sometimes they will feel as though they are moving in blind faith as old values and outmoded systems fall to the wayside, being replaced by new approaches acquired through inspiration.
The progressed Third Quarter presents a time of action in which the building stage is in full force. At the onset of this phase, sometimes still without tangible form, one instinctively forges ahead in a creatively progressive mode, until towards the end of the three and a half year period there is a sense of being grounded in the process now having something to work with.
The progressed Gibbous Phase brings about the stage of refinement. The techniques of the process which was begun is perfected now and fine tuned during this time.
The crucial stage comes with the phase of the progressed Full Moon. It is during this time that the fruits of ones labor are made obvious. The structure has been built and it is time to find the meaning, purpose and content of its creation. If one doesn’t allow for a change in the way of operations from here on, the structure usually breaks down, for it is useless without a purpose. This time usually marks a turning point in ones life in which he realizes that he must gradually disengage from the way he has been doing things for the next fifteen years.
During a progressed Disseminating Phase, one is living out ones values accumulated through the period of growth prior to the progressed Full Moon.
When the progressed Third Quarter comes around feelings of dissatisfaction with the way things are begin to emerge. Perhaps a lack of interest in a once compatible system of living. Change is in the air although it is not in ones consciousness as of yet. Things just don’t fit the way they used to and may feel like they are already becoming a part of the past.
The progressed Balsamic Phase is the time when one begins to sense the future and dedicates themselves to it. It is the transiting ending to all that was. Old issues and loose ends may come for review. As this phase progresses it becomes a time of enforced isolationism. One may feel frustrated as it is hard for them to identify with things in the so called real world. They may think they have made a mistake, that there must be something wrong with them. Try as they may, they just can’t seem to get with the program.
It is at this time that one needs to understand that those things that are no longer valid or have passed away had a purpose, and that part of the fulfillment of that purpose was to make way for what is to be born. The Balsamic time is a time of meditation, of inner searching. It is a time of transition from DOING to BEING. People need to realize that it is O.K. to do nothing, to become receptive and allowing. People often retire during a progressed Balsamic Moon and sometimes pass on from physical life.
*NEW MOON PROGRESSED PHASE 0 deg – 45 deg
A decisively new direction has come about in your life. This can be an emotionally stimulating time in which you feel the urge to initiate and project, even if you are not quite clear about what you are projecting. Much of the energy in your life can have a magical quality to it as things are just automatically going in a certain direction. It is important to be intuitive at this time and allow the natural course to show you the way to the next step.
As this phase progresses into the Crescent Phase this new venture in energy will become more manifest in tangibility with an awareness that something new is trying to come to life.
*CRESCENT PROGRESSED PHASE 45 deg – 90 deg
Being in the Crescent Phase of this new cycle you are becoming more aware of something new coming to life. You are now required to break away from the “ghosts of the past”, and to move toward the new horizon which goes against the impulses of the past. We often meet with resistance from people who want to keep us the way we were or resist change as it occurs in our lives. Old friends may not “fit” as they had and will either adapt or fall away. There is a focusing of energy to get your life’s direction off the ground. It seems that is all that matters.
*1ST QUARTER PROGRESSED PHASE 90 deg – 135 deg
Having dealt with those things from the past that needed reckoning with, you are now ready to fully focus your energy on building the future. This is an intense period of growth. Your will is strong and your eye single. You live in the moment and can handle situations as they occur. This is the building phase of this lunation cycle. Success can happen only with a strong foundation. The way is clear. Concentrate your energy. Don’t get caught up in the details. Perfection comes later, after the basic structure is in place.
*GIBBOUS PROGRESSED PHASE 135 deg- 180 deg
Having progressed to the Gibbous Phase you are at the stage in which you are analyzing the techniques being used in order to find the most efficient manner of operation so that growth can hold value. This may include others in the learning process. It could entail an apprenticeship of sorts in order to perfect your individual functioning. This will lead to a more expansive approach, a way in which you will begin to stretch from your more detailed, personal approach to going outside of yourself to participate in larger things.
This is a Phase of transition from instinctive operation to that of conscious and deliberate action. By scanning, understanding and perfecting what had begun at the New Moon Phase you are becoming fully conscious of its existence in its entirety for the first time. This “response-ability” will usher in the Full Moon Phase. You will then be ready to pass into a new awareness in which purpose and meaning will be infused with illumination. A successful integration of the two polar opposites results in the culmination of perfecting complementary forces and their ability to operate for a common goal.
*FULL MOON PROGRESSED PHASE 180 deg – 225 deg
This means all that you had been building and nurturing to completion has reached the stage in which you are to now recognize it for what it is, and to learn to work with it in a new way. What is its meaning, its purpose? How is it to function for you? Prior to the Full Moon Phase, from the beginning of the Progressed New Moon, instinctive action was the focus of energy. The building of the structure was taking place, the techniques were being perfected.
By entering the Progressed Full Moon Phase you have reached the crucial stage of the 30 year story. It is now time to think before acting. It is time to pause at this point for illumination. Something from the outside will come in to provide an outlet for its purpose. If this creation has purpose it will go on through conscious operation, if not it may break down. You are at the point in your life in which you know intuitively that what has been done, has been done. It is time to gradually disengage from the ways you have been doing things.
*DISSEMINATING PROGRESSED PHASE 225 deg – 270 deg
This is the first waning phase of the Moon you have been in either since your birth or when your present “Lunar” journey began at the onset of your previous New Moon approximately 18 years ago. During the progressed Full Moon Phase you reached a state of accomplishment. You reached a peak. It is now time to share or exchange the harvest. This becomes your sense of expansion. You can view the big picture so you can get caught up on what you see or know. After you have given the message, know when to let go. It will then be up to the receiver to be responsible in his or her own right.
*LAST QUARTER PROGRESSED PHASE 270 deg – 315 deg
This is a time of pulling away from what has been. At the onset of this Progressed Phase, you began to find it hard to relate to life as you had been for the last 3 1/2 years or so. Friends and family may find you becoming distant, less enthusiastic about doing anything born of the past. You are at the ‘breaking down’ stage of the game. You can go along for the ride somewhat, but you are entering a time of closure. It is important to recognize this time just as important as a time of initiation and growth. You need to give yourself permission to take a back seat, or not even to participate if you feel this is necessary. You are at a point of processing all that has been in order to regroup and get ready for the new. Process time will give you the strength and stamina needed for the new dawn waiting. Stirrings of discontentment are the signs along the way showing us that change is of the essence and inevitable for growth. Avoid clinging to those things that seem to naturally fall away. It is their destiny to become a part of the past.
*BALSAMIC PROGRESSED PHASE 315 deg – 360 deg
When you began the Third Quarter Phase, which is the phase that precedes the balsamic phase, things were beginning to wind down as the cycle continued to wane. What had been started to feel old, as though it or you just didn’t fit any more, giving rising to rumblings of discontent. A reorientation of energy had begun to take place.
The Progressed Balsamic Phase is the end of a thirty year Lunation Cycle. It is the dark time of the Moon when the completion signifies a shutting down. It is not the time to venture into something new.
Those of us who lead active lives with initiating qualities may feel especially frustrated and disoriented. There may be a sense of loss, perhaps a feeling as though you are losing your identity. This is a time of enforced isolation. It is a meditative time for inner searching. It is a time for letting go of the past in order to prepare for the new.
Although the new is still totally unrecognizable, it is important to allow the necessary surrender to the unknown. Be aware that what ever passes away during this time is necessary to make way for the new. Knowing, satisfying the mind with answers is not your focus now. This is a time of Being, inward as opposed to outward. Sensing the future and dedicating yourself in its direction will bring you to the next Lunation Cycle, which begins when this balsamic phase ends.
Note: Each phase lasts about 3 1/2 years.
* 0 – 15 degrees (18)
Your progressed Lunar Phase now is in the first third of the New Moon Phase. Each phase lasts about 3 1/2 years so you have at least 2 more years of this phase left.
* 15 – 30 degrees (19)
Your progressed Lunar Phase now is about in the middle of the New Moon phase so you have 1 to 2 more years left in this phase.
* 30 – 45 degrees (20)
Your progressed Lunar Phase now is in the last third of the New Moon Phase. Each phase lasts about 3 1/2 years, so the next phase will begin soon.
* 45 – 60 degrees (21)
Your progressed Lunar Phase now is in the first third of the Crescent Moon Phase. Each phase lasts about 3 1/2 years so you have at least 2 more years of this phase left.
* 60 – 75 degrees (22)
Your progressed Lunar Phase now is about in the middle of the Crescent Moon phase so you have 1 to 2 more years left in this phase.
* 75 – 90 degrees (23)
Your progressed Lunar Phase now is in the last third of the Crescent Moon Phase. Each phase lasts about 3 1/2 years, so the next phase will begin soon.
* 90 – 105 degrees (24)
Your progressed Lunar Phase now is in the first third of the First Quarter Phase. Each phase lasts about 3 1/2 years so you have at least 2 more years of this phase left.
* 105 – 120 degrees (25)
Your progressed Lunar Phase now is about in the middle of the First Quarter Moon phase so you have 1 to 2 more years left in this phase.
* 120 – 135 degrees (26)
Your progressed Lunar Phase now is in the last third of the First Quarter Moon Phase. Each phase lasts about 3 1/2 years, so the next phase will begin soon.
* 135 – 150 degrees (27)
Your progressed Lunar Phase now is in the first third of the Gibbous Moon Phase. Each phase lasts about 3 1/2 years so you have at least 2 more years of this phase left.
* 150 – 165 degrees (28)
Your progressed Lunar Phase now is about in the middle of the Gibbous Moon Phase so you have 1 to 2 more years left in this phase.
* 165 – 180 degrees (29)
Your progressed Lunar Phase now is in the last third of the Gibbous Moon Phase. Each phase lasts about 3 1/2 years, so the next phase will begin soon.
* 180 – 195 degrees (30)
Your progressed Lunar Phase now is in the first third of the Full Moon Phase. Each phase lasts about 3 1/2 years so you have at least 2 more years of this phase left.
* 195 – 210 degrees (31)
Your progressed Lunar Phase now is about in the middle of the Full Moon Phase so you have 1 to 2 more years left in this phase.
* 210 – 225 degrees (32)
Your progressed Lunar Phase now is in the last third of the Full Moon Phase. Each phase lasts about 3 1/2 years, so the next phase will begin soon.
* 225 – 240 degrees (33)
Your progressed Lunar Phase now is in the first third of the Disseminating Moon Phase. Each phase lasts about 3 1/2 years so you have at least 2 more years of this phase left.
* 240 – 255 degrees (34)
Your progressed Lunar Phase now is about in the middle of the Disseminating Moon Phase so you have 1 to 2 more years left in this phase.
* 255 – 270 degrees (35)
Your progressed Lunar Phase now is in the last third of the Disseminating Moon Phase. Each phase lasts about 3 1/2 years, so the next phase will begin soon.
* 270 – 285 degrees (36)
Your progressed Lunar Phase now is in the first third of the Last Quarter Moon Phase. Each phase lasts about 3 1/2 years so you have at least 2 more years of this phase left.
* 285 – 300 degrees (37)
Your progressed Lunar Phase now is about in the middle of the Last Quarter Moon Phase so you have 1 to 2 more years left in this phase.
* 300 – 315 degrees (38)
Your progressed Lunar Phase now is in the last third of the Last Quarter Moon Phase. Each phase lasts about 3 1/2 years, so the next phase will begin soon.
* 315 – 330 degrees (39)
Your progressed Lunar Phase now is in the first third of the Balsamic Moon Phase. Each phase lasts about 3 1/2 years so you have at least 2 more years of this phase left.
* 330 – 345 degrees (40)
Your progressed Lunar Phase now is about in the middle of the Balsamic Moon Phase so you have 1 to 2 more years left in this phase.
* 345 – 360 degrees (41)
Your progressed Lunar Phase now is in the last third of the Balsamic Moon Phase. Each phase lasts about 3 1/2 years, so the next phase will begin soon.
References & suggested further reading:
(1) Progressed Horoscope (affiliate link) by Alan Leo. First published in 1923, this book is now a classic.
Progressions (Astrology: a Language of Life) (affiliate link) by Robert Blaschke
In Predictive Astrology: The Eagle and the Lark by Bernadette Brady, an illuminating chapter dedicated to progressions offers students of astrology tools to help understand the meaning of progressions in individual lives. Excellent!
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In The Art of Predictive Astrology, Carol Rushman shares with readers some very valuable predictive techniques, culled from over 30 years of experience. This is a fascinating read for intermediate students of Astrology. The book contains quite a bit of information about progressions in addition to other techniques.
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