Subject A Solar Arc Directions

In the chart directed for the year in which Subject A won $35 million dollars, we see that the Midheaven reached 00 Pisces 25, which indicated a new phase in life. Pisces on the Midheaven, and Neptune, which had also just entered a new sign (00 Sagittarius 19), where it squared the Midheaven, suggests her life may have taken on a fantastical, mystical or glamorous quality in which she traveled to exotic locations she had long wanted to visit. Jupiter, ruler of the natal 9^th house of long-distances, foreign places, cultures, languages and people, was in a tight trine with Uranus, ruler of the 9^th house in the Directed chart. She may also have held strong religious or spiritual beliefs, suggested by Jupiter in Pisces in the natal chart, and Pisces on the cusp of the 12^th house. She may also have been highly intuitive.

Pluto was also at 0 degrees Libra (an Aries point), and as we saw in the natal chart, Neptune and Pluto formed a yod with Venus, which was still in the 11^th house, but now ruled the 5^th of vacations, parties, entertainment, and of course, risks and gambles. Also, the directed Part of Fortune had reached a conjunction with the Prenatal Solar Eclipse at 27 Pisces 28, while the directed Vertex date with destiny trined it. The directed Vertex was just inside the cusp of the 8th house of lotteries.

With the directed chart placed around the natal wheel, we find directed Venus, ruler of the natal 2nd house of money, conjunct the natal Ascendant and Sun, ruler of the natal 5^th house of risks and gambles. We then see that the directed Sun, ruler of the 5^th, was in the natal 2^nd house of money, and squared natal Venus in the 11^th house of plot twists and lucky breaks.

Mars and Pluto ruled the natal 8^th house of lotteries. Mars was also the chart ruler because Aries was the rising sign. Directed Mars was separating from a square to natal Transpluto of payoffs, but the greater importance was probably that it was in the same degree as the natal Moon’s Nodes, which is said to be fated. Pluto’s sextile with Neptune, which formed a yod with the directed Venus, natal Sun and natal Ascendant at the apex, was like a big flashing arrow that shouted, “You, here, now.” In addition, directed Neptune, which occupied the 8^th house of lotteries, squared natal Jupiter in the 11^th house of lucky breaks, where the directed Midheaven conjuncted it.

Uranus and Saturn co-ruled the 11^th house of plot twists and lucky breaks. Directed Uranus conjuncted natal Pluto, primary ruler of the 8^th house of lotteries. Directed Saturn conjuncted the natal Descendant, and made an out-of-sign trine with natal Jupiter in the 11^th. Before it became partile with Jupiter, Saturn entered the 7^th house and probably had an important impact on her closest relationships.

The progressed Moon’s Nodes were approaching the cusps of the 2^nd and 8^th houses, which as witnessed in other charts, is a powerful position. For beginners, the natural motion of the Moon's Nodes is almost always retrograde, but in Solar Arc Directions, everything is always moved forward. The North Node conjuncted natal Mercury, which had no particular super powers in the natal chart, but Mercury ruled the directed chart. Directed Mercury squared the natal Moon’s Nodes, marking a milestone or turning point in life. The South Node trined the natal Moon, ruler of the natal Nadir.

Directed Chiron, of triumphant ascendancy, rewards and once-in-a-lifetime events, opposed natal Transpluto of payoffs. Directed Transpluto squared natal Chiron and conjuncted natal Mars, the natal chart ruler and co-ruler of the 8^th house of lotteries, which occupied the 5^th house of risks and gambles.

The directed Vertex was just inside the cusp of the 8^th house of lotteries, where it trined the directed Part of Fortune conjunction to the Prenatal Solar Eclipse at 27 Pisces 28.

The directed Midheaven in Pisces, which signaled a new phase in life, conjuncted natal Jupiter in the 11^th house of plot twists and lucky breaks. It sextiled the natal Ascendant and Sun, and trined Uranus, ruler of the natal 11^th house.

The directed Ascendant trined natal Neptune and squared natal Venus, which were in mutual reception. Neptune neither occupied nor ruled a winning house, but Venus occupied the 11^th of plot twists and lucky breaks, and ruled the 2^nd house of money. The directed Ascendant also trined the Prenatal Lunar Eclipse at 12 Libra 32, exactly conjunct the natal Vertex.

And now the transits to the directed chart:

Let’s begin the transits with Mercury, the directed chart ruler. Transiting Mercury trined the directed Midheaven and conjuncted directed Saturn, ruler of the 8^th house of lotteries, which occupied the 5^th house of risks and gambles. Transiting Mercury also opposed directed Venus, ruler of the 5^th house, in the 11^th house of lucky breaks.

The transiting Full Moon, ruler of the directed 2^nd house of money, had just entered the 12^th house of other realms. It sextiled directed Mercury, the chart ruler, at the cusp of the 2^nd house.

Transiting Venus ruled the 5^th house of risks and gambles. It conjuncted directed Pluto of transformative wealth, sextiled the directed Vertex date with destiny, and opposed the directed Part of Fortune and Prenatal Solar Eclipse at 27 Pisces 28.

Saturn ruled the 8^th house of lotteries. Transiting Saturn trined directed Neptune, ruler of the Midheaven, and opposed Pluto. Transiting Jupiter and the transiting Part of Fortune activated the 8^th house from the cusp.

Mars ruled the 11^th house of plot twists and lucky breaks. Transiting Mars conjuncted the directed Nadir, sextiled Saturn, ruler of the 8^th house of lotteries in the 5^th house of risks and gambles, and squared the directed Vertex date with destiny.

Uranus transited through the 8^th house of lotteries where it squared directed Venus, ruler of the 5^th of risks and gambles, which occupied the 11^th of lucky breaks. It further sextiled directed Neptune, ruler of the Midheaven. But probably the most important aspect it made was the trine to Pluto, planet of wealth, with a difference of only ten minutes.

Transiting Pluto and the transiting Vertex date with destiny, squared the directed Midheaven and conjuncted directed Neptune, ruler of the Midheaven.

Neptune, transiting through the 8^th house of lotteries, squared directed Saturn, ruler of the 8^th house, occupying the 5^th house of risks and gambles. Neptune also sextiled the directed Part of Fortune, which conjuncted the Prenatal Solar Eclipse at 27 Pisces 28.

Representing turning points and milestones in life, the transiting Moon’s Nodes were just inside the cusps of the 5^th house of risks and gambles, and the 11^th house of plot twists and lucky breaks.

The transiting Midheaven, which moves so quickly we can use it like a stopwatch, also conjuncted the Part of Fortune and Prenatal Solar Eclipse. The transiting East Point, which represents personal matters that take place in public, or which capture the public’s imagination, squared them. The transiting Ascendant squared directed Jupiter in the 11^th house of lucky breaks.

Of the remaining children on the streets, transiting Transpluto of payoffs squared the directed Vertex date with destiny, but transiting Chiron was still a whopping 5 degrees from conjuncting Saturn, ruler of the 8^th house of lotteries, occupying the 5^th house of risks and gambles.

© Lesia Valentine 2018