Progressions

Life Progressions gives you a sense of the “big picture.” This astrological forecast uses what are known as transits to look at upcoming planetary events and influences that will impact your chart over a specific – generally shorter – term. It describes for you where and when you are in your life, and offers advice on how to use these times to your greatest advantage.

Progressing a chart is to take it forward into the present or future. As you progress through life so does your birthchart. There is more than one method of doing this. Planets in progressed charts do not move very fast from their natal position but as they do they make aspects to the natal planets and angles as well as making aspects between themselves. The house cusps, the Ascendant and other angles also progress. It is when these progressions, whether a planet or the Ascendant, change signs that the most marked events in one’s life usually occur.

Progressions can be used alongside the transits to give more detailed information of the trends due to occur, or what have occurred in some past event chart. A combination of the natal chart, progressions and transits, when blended together can be very informative. Of particular interest for a yearly forecast are the progressions used alongside the Solar Return.

Progressions can also be used in attempting to rectify a birth time, although this would only be useful if some idea of the time is already known, such as: afternoon, evening etc.

Aspects in Progressions

The aspects are interpreted just the same as in a natal chart or indeed any other chart. Minor aspects are used in progressed charts as much as the major aspects. The aspects can be between the natal and progressed chart along with transits, and between themselves within the progressed chart. The orb of aspect generally allowed for progressions is a tight 1 degree.

Significant points in a Progressed Chart

• When the Ascendant progresses to a new sign.
• When a planet progresses to a new sign
• When a planet progresses to a new house. When any other angle (MC, IC, Descendant) progresses to a new sign.