(chart ruler) and other planetary connec-
tions.
A new and shadow/reflection part of Mr.
Sheen’s experience of self can be found
in the transits and secondary aspects to
his Antiscia points. A key occurrence is
that natal Antiscia Pluto and natal Antiscia
Saturn are in opposition and the progressed
Ascendant forms a T-Square to those points.
This shows the Saturn/Pluto battle in his
natal Antiscia chart (lifelong aspect) is
now squared by his secondary progressed
Ascendant. It is as if Mr. Sheen projects the
inner shadow struggle between Saturn and
Pluto through his current personality path
(progressed Ascendant.) There are quite a
few other Antiscia point connections, such
as progressed Mars/Venus square Antiscia
Venus and progressed Jupiter conjunct
Antiscia point Jupiter.
By transit or secondary progression,
Antiscia point orbs are not more than 2
degrees applying and one degree separat-
ing. The Antiscia planet point receives the
nature of the transit or progression and
sends the “shadow or reflection” to the same
natal planet. The natal planet will experience
the “shadow or reflection” and act in a way
of the Antiscia point planet and the nature
of the aspecting planet in exploring the
shadow/reflection.
I currently have no research completed
using solar arc, primary, or tertiary directions
with the Antiscia, however it seems likely
these valid forecasting tools hold promise
and are worthy of further research.
In conclusion, I ask the reader to experi-
ment using Antiscia points, especially with
partners’ spouses and friends. Place their
Antiscia chart on a bi-wheel with your natal
chart in the center and find the connections.
Most likely you will discover shadow con-
nections in your chart with the other person.
Its action in the relationship will often chal-
lenge you to act differently and in ways not
expected.
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Were there periods in your life where you
acted unlike your regular self or were told
by others that you were acting “different”?
It could have been a period where people
stayed away from you or reached out to
you. These are indications that transits or
progressions were activating your Antiscia
points.
By observing the events and behaviors of
clients or others we can perhaps the journey
people take when the Antiscia is in in action.
These events and their sometime extreme
action are not easily seen with our common
tools of natal or forecasting tools. It’s all
about our individual journey in life both in
society and with the deeper reaches of or
personality and the experience of our inner
selves, our hidden selves and our instinctual
animal self (libido.) Being “fully” human is to
experience all we can.
Endnotes:
1 “The Antiscia of the Greeks has been handed
down by tradition. I do not wish anyone to think
that the Greeks have not discussed this. For even
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Ptolemy followed no other theory but that of Antiscia,
Antiochus said that indeed Libra did not see Aries
because the Earth was in the middle, as if through a
mirror, reached the theory of the Antiscia. Dorotheus
of Sidon, on the other hand, a very wise man who
wrote about forecasting by the stars in very accurate
and learned verses, explained the calculation of the
Antiscia in clear terms in his fourth book.”
Julius Firmicus Maternus, The Mathesis: Ancient
Astrology Theory and Practice
[The references Firmicus Maternus gives above are
to Ptolemy (c. 127-148 CE), Antiochus (first century
BCE) and to Dorotheus of Sidon, (first part of the first
century)].
2 C. G. Jung: “The shadow personifies everything
that the subject refuses to acknowledge about himself
and yet is always thrusting itself upon him directly or
indirectly-for instance, inferior traits of character and
other incompatible tendencies.”
(The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious,
Collected Works 9, i, pp. 284 f.)
“... the shadow [is] that hidden, repressed, for the
most part inferior and guilt-laden personality whose
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