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.