Subject B Tertiary Progressions

In the tertiary progressed chart of Subject B, winner of $27 million, the Moon was the chart ruler, but the only aspect it made was a separating square to the Ascendant / Descendant axis. However, the next aspect it would make would be a trine to the East Point of public notice, followed by a conjunction to Jupiter near the cusp of the 5^th house of risks and gambles, and simultaneously, a trine to Chiron, of triumphant ascendancy and rewards in the 8^th house of lotteries. It could be that Subject B’s birth time is a few minutes off. We'll check her daily age harmonics for that later on.

The Sun ruled the 2^nd house of money and resources. It sextiled the tight conjunction of Transpluto of payoffs with Uranus, ruler of the 8^th house of lotteries. Uranus and Transpluto trined the Prenatal Solar Eclipse at 10 Sagittarius 09, and the Sun opposed it.

Venus ruled the 5^th house of risks and gambles, and also ruled Taurus, which was intercepted in the 11^th house of plot twists and changes of fortune. Venus trined Pluto, the ruler of Scorpio which was intercepted in the 5^th. Pluto sextiled and trined the Moon’s Nodes in the 5^th and 11^th houses. Also activating the 5^th house of risks and gambles, the North Node conjoined Neptune, ruler of the Midheaven. The Part of Fortune trined the Midheaven. The Vertex date with destiny squared Pluto.

Uranus, which has already been noted as having occupied the 2^nd house, ruled the 8^th house of lotteries. Chiron, of triumphant ascendancy and rewards, occupied the 8^th, and trined Jupiter (bigger, better, more). Jupiter was the ancient ruler of Pisces on the Midheaven.

Mars, ruler of the 11^th house of lucky breaks with Aries on the cusp, squared Saturn, ruler of the Descendant. Recently one of the nightly news shows produced a segment about the newest big lottery winner, and some of the difficulties that arose from winning, such as taxes (some states have income taxes, some don’t), communication from people you haven’t so much as thought of in twenty years, and the ownership of the ticket. The featured winner on that segment, a woman, included her live-in significant other in the interview and claim of her winnings. At first, when she spoke of the discovery that she had won, she said she told him to quit his job because “We won.” But as she continued to speak of what the realization of winning was like, she changed the pronoun to “ I won.” When we see stop-and-go aspects in a chart, or hard aspects involving the 7^th house or ruler of the 7^th, maybe there are difficulties or strains on the relationship due to the win. There’s also a case of an unhappily married woman who failed to tell her husband she’d won when she filed for divorce. When he found out, he sued, and the judge awarded the entire amount to him. We’re rarely privy to that kind of personal information, but it’s wise to check the aspects to the 7^th and 9^th houses before we claim our prize.

Pluto of wealth, power and transformation, and Chiron, of rewards, squared the Prenatal Lunar Eclipse at 25 Taurus 55, and the Vertex opposed it.

Now let's compare the tertiaries to the natal chart.

In the tertiary progressions of Subject B, Chiron, of triumphant ascendancy and crowning achievements, conjuncted the natal Ascendant. It wins! Chiron also squared the natal Moon’s Nodes, symbolizing a milestone or turning point in the life.

Uranus ruled the Ascendant. Tertiary Uranus, surprise, surprise, surprise, was tightly conjunct tertiary Transpluto of payoffs. When we find their positions in the natal chart, they’re conjunct natal Transpluto; Uranus ten minutes short of partile, Transpluto ten minutes past partile to its own natal position. But they weren’t done yet:

• Both sextiled the natal Moon, ruler of the 5^th house of risks and gambles occupying the 8^th house of lotteries.

• They also trined the natal Midheaven, easing the path in life and garnering public recognition.

• They trined the Prenatal Solar Eclipse at 10 Sagittarius 09.

• They trined natal Saturn at the Midheaven, the ruler of the 11^th house of plot twists and lucky breaks.

• They squared Mars, ruler of the 2^nd house of money and resources.

Saturn co-ruled the Ascendant. Tertiary Saturn sextiled and trined the natal Ascendant and Descendant axis, sextiled the natal Sun, and trined natal Pluto, planet of wealth.

Neptune was the third chart ruler because Pisces was intercepted in the 1^st house. Here was another return planet. Neptune was in exactly the same position that it was in at birth.

• Neptune was retrograde on Subject B’s day of birth, February 17, 1957, Julian Day 2435886.

• On Julian Day 2436030 (subtract the birth Julian date), the 144^th day (for a month) of Subject B’s life, Neptune turned to direct motion. This is equivalent to July 11, 1957.

• On Julian Day 2436239 (subtract the birth Julian date), the 353^rd day (for a month) of Subject B’s life, Neptune turned retrograde again. This is equivalent to February 5, 1958.

• On Julian Day 2436352 (subtract the birth Julian date), the 466^th day (for a month) of Subject B’s life, Neptune returned to the position it held at birth. This is equivalent to May 28, 1958, the day that represents the month in which Subject B won the lottery.

And finally, we come to Jupiter, the ancient ruler of Pisces, and the final chart co-ruler, which from the 8^th house, made a trine to the natal Ascendant, and possibly the Sun (by 6° 8’, but retrograde).

Mars ruled the 2^nd house of money and resources. Tertiary Mars trined the North Node and sextiled the South Node, which created a milestone or turning point in life.

The Moon ruled the 5^th house of risks and gambles. From its tertiary position in the 8^th house, it:

• Sextiled natal Saturn, ruler of the 11^th house of plot twists and lucky breaks.
• Trined natal Chiron of triumphant ascendancy and rewards.
• Inconjuncted Mars, ruler of the 2^nd house of money and resources.
• Squared the Part of Fortune in the 5^th house of risks and gambles.

Saturn ruled the 11^th house of plot twists and lucky breaks. We’ve already gone over its aspects as a chart co-ruler.

The tertiary Moon’s Nodes were at 0 degrees Taurus and Scorpio, the money signs. The North Node conjuncted natal Neptune, one of the chart rulers. Both squared natal Uranus, another chart ruler. It is said that any planet in the same degree as the Moon’s Nodes is “fated.” The stone in which that rule is carved is small. It doesn’t elaborate on whether it jumps charts—Transits to natal? Progressed to natal? Transits to progressed? Every “rule” in astrology bears testing. We check “just to see,” and in this case, natal Jupiter, ruler of the Midheaven, and a chart co-ruler, “just happened” to be in the same degree.

The tertiary Part of Fortune and the tertiary Midheaven trined the natal Part of Fortune in the 5^th house of risks and gambles.

The transiting Ascendant in the 5^th house of risks and gambles trined the East Point of public attention in the 1^st house.

The tertiary Vertex squared the Ascendant / Descendant axis, the natal Sun and Pluto.

The transits to the tertiary chart is below.

With the winning transit chart surrounding the progressed tertiary progressions of Subject B, we are immediately drawn to the transiting South Node of the Moon conjunct the Ascendant, and the transiting Moon conjunct the Midheaven. The Moon was the chart ruler because Cancer was the rising sign. The milestone Nodes squared the tertiary Moon in the 4^th house, a strong position for the Moon. The transiting Moon conjuncted tertiary Mars, ruler of the 11^th house of plot twists and lucky breaks, and co-ruler of the 5^th house of risks and gambles, where Scorpio was intercepted.

The Sun ruled the 2^nd house of money and resources. The transiting Sun conjuncted tertiary Saturn, ruler of the Descendant and co-ruler of the 8^th house of lotteries, where it activated that house from the cusp. The Sun also squared tertiary Mars. It further trined tertiary Venus, a co-ruler of the 11^th house where Taurus was intercepted, and where it also sat just inside the cusp. Venus also ruled the 5^th house of risks and gambles. To claim that the transiting Sun trined tertiary Pluto, co-ruler of the 5^th house where Scorpio was intercepted, might be a stretch with an orb of eight degrees, but it certainly sextiled tertiary Jupiter, planet of bigger, better and more, which was knocking at the door of the 5^th house.

Transiting Venus, ruler of two winning houses—the 5^th and the intercepted 11^th—trined the tertiary Ascendant. It also squared the tertiary Uranus / Transpluto conjunction in the 2^nd house of money. Uranus was the primary ruler of the 8^th house of lotteries.

Transiting Uranus conjuncted the transiting Vertex date with destiny, and transiting Neptune, ruler of the Midheaven. They all squared the tertiary Moon, chart ruler. They also trined tertiary Mercury, which occupied the 11^th house of lucky breaks.

Let’s take a closer look at Mercury because it’s more important in this chart than we expect it to be considering it didn’t rule a winning house. In the transit chart, Mercury and Jupiter were in mutual reception. Transiting Jupiter trined tertiary Mercury infusing it with bigger, better, more. The transiting Midheaven, one of those timing indicators that declares “you, here, now,” triggered tertiary Mercury by conjunction. Now activated, transiting Mercury conjuncted the Prenatal Solar Eclipse at 10 Sagittarius 09, assisting like a good team player.

Pluto was also a co-ruler of the 5^th house, where Scorpio was intercepted. Transiting Pluto occupied the 5^th house of risks and gambles, squared tertiary Chiron, of triumphant ascendancy and crowning achievements in the 8^th house of lotteries, and trined tertiary Mars, co-ruler of Scorpio and lord of the 5^th and 11^th houses.

Now we come to the 11^th house where we already know that Mars and Venus were co-rulers, and we just covered the aspects of Venus, but we haven’t examined transiting Mars. Conjunct transiting Mercury, it also conjuncted the Prenatal Solar Eclipse at 10 Sagittarius 09. Together, Mars and Mercury

• Opposed the Sun, ruler of the 2^nd house of money.
• Trined the Uranus / Transpluto conjunction in the 2^nd (recalling that Uranus ruled the 8^th of lotteries).
• Sextiled the Moon, chart ruler.

Transiting Chiron, of triumphant ascendancy and crowning achievements, conjuncted the tertiary Uranus / Transpluto conjunction in the 2^nd house of money. The transiting East Point, which indicated where public attention was focused and why, also conjuncted them. Uranus was ruler of the 8^th house of lotteries, and Transpluto represented payoffs.

The transiting Ascendant hooked up with transiting Transpluto of payoffs in the 2^nd house of money to:

• Sextile tertiary Jupiter of bigger, better, more.
• Trine tertiary Saturn, co-ruler of the 8^th house of lotteries.
• Inconjunct tertiary Mars, co-ruler of the 5^th and 11^th houses.

Last but not least, the transiting Part of Fortune conjuncted the Prenatal Lunar Eclipse at 25 Taurus 55 in the 11^th house of plot twists and lucky breaks, and opposed the tertiary Vertex date with destiny in the 5^th house of risks and gambles.

© Lesia Valentine 2018