My Fourth House

Figure 1 shows the transits to my chart as of the evening of May 7th 2025. I'll display it in monochrome as I think that's easier to read.

Figure 1

As transiting Mars rapidly approaches my Ceres-Pluto conjunction in Leo in the Fourth House, I got to thinking about this conjunction as it played out over the course of my life. The mid-point of these two bodies in around 12º30' of Leo which places it in trine aspect to my natal Sun and sextile aspect to my natal Neptune. 

For the first twenty years of my life, I'd say my domestic situation was quite stable. I moved from grandparents' house around age 2 and from then to age 21, I lived at 21 Mayneview Street, Milton. There were no disruptions. Of course, I was uprooted at age 21 when I was conscripted. On May 5th of 1970, almost exactly 55 years ago, transiting Saturn in my First House was square this midpoint and my misery had already begun. Saturn then swept through Taurus, stopped and then retrograded to become stationary direct in 15º42' Taurus on January 17th 1971, very near the time I was liberated. This was a pivotal point in my life. See Figure 2.

Figure 2

For the next two years, I was back at Mayneview Street until finally leaving the nest in December of 1973. Thereafter there was never any residence that was permanent until finally settling in Maleo in late 2005. Even then however, I was uprooted by needing to work in Shanghai and then needing to stay in Australia for two years after my retirement. With Desy trying for her partner visa we were back and forth between Brisbane and Jakarta until early 2020. After Covid, we have been back and forth to Australia and that continues to the present day. Now Mars is approaching the Ceres-Pluto conjunction but interestingly Saturn is also closely sesquiquadrate (135º) aspect to this midpoint. It's a turbulent time and the aspects reflect this.

I'm being a bit superficial by focusing on my place of residence because the Fourth House, more deeply, represents the foundation of my psyche and this is certainly being shaken up by my forced preoccupation with death and dying. The foundation proved solid and I was able to build a stable and functioning ego with which to navigate life but it has really served its purpose now. However, I'm stuck with it along with all the habit patterns and entrenched modes of thought that go along with it. Perhaps an NDE is what is needed to really shake things up.

Chiron Active

Over the next week, Chiron will move to an exact conjunction with my Ascendant. It will reach exactitude on May 7th when it will also be joined by fast moving Mercury. See Figure 1.

Figure 1

Now Chiron has an orbital period of 50.71 years but, because its orbit is highly elliptical, the time it spends in the various astrological signs varies considerably. It spends the most time in Aries (about eight years) and the least amount of time in Libra (less than two years). This conjunction with my Ascendant is the second such conjunction during my lifetime. The last occurred in July of 1974 (before Chiron's discovery) when it turned stationary retrograde dead on my Ascendant. After retrograding into Aries it crossed again in late April of 1975 when it was also conjunct Ceres. This period, from July of 1974 to April of 1975, marked my transition to life in Sydney (in late April 1974 Raelene and I moved from Adelaide to Sydney).

This time around transiting Chiron will continue to move forward until it turns stationary retrograde in 27º10' of Aries in late July of 2025 before retrograding and crossing my Ascendant again on October 22nd 2025. It will turn stationary direct in 22º36' of Aries and then cross my Ascendant for the last time on March 9th 2026 with Ceres again close by. However, even in January of 2027, it will be conjunct the North Node of my Moon. Chiron is important in my chart because of the very close trine that natal Chiron forms with my natal Mars-Venus conjunction. It is also closely sesquiquadrate my Ascendant (less than a degree) and it is located firmly in the centre of my eighth house. Suffice to say that this astrological body will be influential over the coming year and even beyond.

Looking at late May there are some interesting aspects in addition to the previously mentioned Chiron. See Figure 2.

Figure 2

We see the following:

• Transiting Chiron is conjunct my Ascendant and sesquiquadrate its natal position
• Transiting Mercury, the Sun and Uranus are very close to my natal Moon
• Transiting Jupiter is conjunct natal Uranus
• Transiting Venus in Aries is trine transiting Mars that is conjunct my natal Pluto
• Transiting Moon is conjunct transiting Saturn in 29º Pisces close to transiting Ceres and Neptune in 1º of Aries conjunct my natal Mercury

This looks like a very active time with nearly all transiting planets active. I've tended to fixate on June 22nd because that is when transiting Uranus will be exactly conjunct my natal Moon but really Uranus even now (May 1st 2025) is only two degrees away from the Moon's position. Uranus will retrograde when it passes into Gemini and then it will pass over my natal Moon twice again during the coming twelve months, once when retrograde and once again when moving forward. 

The Callippic Cycle

In my Mathematics blog I posted about The Callippic Cycle of 27759 Days and I won't repeat what I wrote there. Suffice to say how very lucky I was to discover this cycle serendipitously on the day previous to its completion. Figure 1 shows the remarkable return of the Sun and Moon to their natal degrees 27759 days following my birth, counting the day of my birth as DAY ONE rather than the DAY ZERO system that I use when counting the days following my birth.

Figure 1

Thus turning 76 has a very special significance when viewed in the light of the Callippic Cycle with its rich historical associations. The Sun and the Moon return to their original positions and so one cycle ends but a new one begins. I have the opportunity to begin again and to do things differently this time around. The cycle is complete on the day before my birthday and the new cycle begins on my birthday. It marks no less than a rebirth.

The chart shown in Figure 1 should give me an idea of what this new cycle might look like. Let's look at it more closely. I notice that Saturn is in 24º35' of Pisces and Uranus is in 24º48' of Taurus with my Ascendant right smack at the midpoint in 24º27' of Aries. Mars in 23º52' of Cancer aspects all three (my Ascendant by square) and is conjunct my Nadir. The planets near 24º of various signs and my Ascendant are shown in Figure 2 in red. Clearly the Ascendant is the focus.

Figure 2

Aries Action

On March 1st 2025, transiting Venus turned stationary retrograde in 10º50' of Aries, very close to my natal Mars - Venus conjunction. It will continue to move backwards through Aries, meet the Sun in 2º Aries on March 23rd and then enter into Pisces over the course of the next month or more.

Transiting Mercury follows a similar pattern. It will station in 9º35' of Aries on March 15th and then move backwards through Aries, meeting the Sun in 4º Aries on March 24th and then moving back into Pisces. These conjunctions of planets with the Sun are apparently called cazimis. I'd not heard the term before. Both the Mercury and Venus cazimis are inferior conjunctions meaning the the two planets will be between the Earth and the Sun.

Equally importantly however, there is a partial solar eclipse in 9°09' of Aries on March 29th and this is right on my Mars-Venus conjunction. This will be impactful, coming as it does just a few days before my birthday. I'll have more to say about this when I return to Jakarta tomorrow and can make use of my Astrolog software. I'm handicapped by having to rely on the web-based Astrotheme.

Uranus Station

Shortly before midnight tonight, 30th January 2025, in Jakarta Uranus will station in 23º26' of Taurus and then begin its steady movement toward my natal Moon in 29º25' of the same sign. This is the first passage of transiting Uranus across my Moon so I don't know quite what to expect. Figure 1 shows the situation.

Figure 1

Of course, as Uranus moves toward my Moon it will aspect other sensitive areas of my chart including:

• Semisextile natal Ascendant in 24º29' of Aries
• Conjunct midpoint of natal Ascendent and natal Uranus in 25º40' of Taurus
• Trine natal MC in 25º40' of Capricorn
• Semisextile natal Uranus in 26º52' of Taurus
• Trine natal Jupiter in 28º47' of Capricorn

These are just the major aspects. Uranus will reach my Moon around the 22nd June 2025. I've already written about that and the aspects to my chart on that date (in my previous post: Dream Predictions). Anyway, the journey (of Uranus) has begun so let it all unfold.

Dream Prediction

It's late December 2024. What constitutes a few months. Late June of 2025 would be six months and it could be argued that six could represent a few. Anyway this post is in response to a post on my Staying Healthy blog titled Passing On.

Figure 1 shows the transits to my chart for June 22nd 2025 just prior to the Solstice. Whether or not they indicate my demise is debatable. The striking features of the chart are:

• the conjunction of Saturn and Neptune in the second and third degrees of Aries, almost exactly conjunct my natal Mercury
• the conjunction of Uranus with my natal Moon
• the conjunction of Chiron with my Ascendant and North Lunar Node
• the conjunction of the Sun and Jupiter close to my natal Uranus and square natal Mercury (the Sun of course is fast moving but the Jupiter position changes more slowly)
• the conjunction of Ceres with my natal Venus-Mars conjunction

Figure 1

My focus in on transiting Uranus because of its proximity to my natal Moon that is positioned on the cusp of my second house that has to do with my body. It is aspected by Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto as well as Chiron. If something does happen, then it's likely to be sudden and unexpected.

Of course one way to check is to look at the chart of the person closest to you. For Desy's chart we see that the Saturn-Neptune conjunction falls on her Ascendant with the Sun-Jupiter conjunction in square to it. Jupiter is actually conjunct the IC, adding to its potency. See Figure 2. This is certainly supportive evidence.

Figure 2

What about Sabina's chart for the same time of the year? See Figure 3.

Figure 3

Here we see that the Saturn-Neptune conjunction squares her ruling planet, Saturn, while the Sun-Jupiter pairing is conjunct natal Saturn. Transiting Ceres has returned almost exactly to its natal position. Transiting Pluto hovers near her Ascendant and transiting Chiron is near the IC. Again, these transits also offer supporting evidence.

Tooth Trouble

My current tooth trouble may be attributable to transiting Saturn turning stationary direct on November 16th (2024) in 12º42' of Pisces. This place it in semi-sextile aspect to my natal Sun. Uranus is also active being semi-sextile my Ascendant and still close to my natal Moon. See Figure 1.

Figure 1

There's not too much more that can be said as I've written about the movements of Saturn and Uranus in previous posts. Hopefully the extraction will go smoothly and my dental problems will be alleviated for a while. I'll report further if anything goes awry.