posted April 10, 2015 05:28 AM
It is reflective of the cycle of the Moon, with the two turning points of New Moon (conjunction) and Full Moon (opposition). But you can trace that with any two planetary pairs.
Forrest does that for example in his book of the Moon with the Venus-Mars-pair, Jupiter-Saturn and Uranus-Neptune as well.
Also adding the cycle of Moon to the South Node.
But generally you can do that with planets in synastry as well, even if ther eis no aspect, they are in some aspect phase.
For example:
my Venus on 6 Capricorn or 276° of the whole circle, and someone`s Mars on 29 Scorpio or 239°.
There is not really an aspect, but my Venus is 37° ahead of his Mars, that means it is in the waxing new phase, comparable to a New Moon in terms of Venus and Mars (the waxing crescent phase starts at the semisquare-point 45°- which is why we should not underestimate 8th harmonic aspects, they constitute the transition-points in the lunar cycle after all 
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It is in the waxing phase cause Venus moves faster and is headed in the direction of the opposition (or full phase).
This waxing phase is like watching a seed being planted and growing into a full tree. It is a new emergence here. Something fresh, young, new, hence the waxing phase is usually very future oriented, and bringing something new into your life, there is inexperience coming with it but also the thirst for making experiences, for discovering unchartered territory (ESPECIALLY if we ware still in the 1st phase, the 00°-45° of that cycle).
Interestingly my own natal Venus-Mars-cylce is in that very same phase (as my Venus is just 31° ahead of my Mars).
It is sort of "young".
Forrest gives this interpretation:
"New soul contacts being made. Innocence. Naivete. Sexual charisma - often unrecognized by the person who posesses it. The freedom to establish new romantic and sexual patterns. patterns which will later bind us, but which we enter into voluntarity. Claiming one`s sexual autonomy and confidence."
Now once the point of the opposition has been crossed (we treat the slower planet as if it is standing still to see that), the phase changes into the waning phase, it is sort of a return to the conjunction to start a new phase.
In a way the waning cycle feels more "old". You`ve been round the block some times before, and have gathered all these experiences (and possibly some traumas along the way), which you have to apply now or resolve.
In this way, yes, the waning cycle could be termed more karmic I suppose.
Also the closer you get to the conjunction again, the more tired and exhausted you could possibly feel. But also wise and mature.
Whereas with the waxing phase you establish new connections, you might evaluate those connections in the waning phase. Are they worth it?
Or do they have to be left behind.
You sort of already know what you are walking into, or at least have a sense, cause you have been there before (on the waxing cycle).
Well, in my own chart I have Venus square Pluto. Venus in capricorn is ahead of Pluto in Libra, so it is waxing.
The Venus-Pluto theme comes like a shock, unexpected to say the least, but with the naivete of the young, I still may be eager to experience it, cause how bad can it get?
Well if you have Venus in Cancer, in waning squaret to Pluto in libra you are more hesitating probably cause you KNOW just HOW bad it can get! And it can get pretty rough, something the young waxing girl or boy has no idea of really. as it is their first round on that Venus-Pluto-carousel.
On the other hand in a waning aspect you probably can deal with it better, and are not just as shellshocked when it really hits, cause you have been there before. You know what to expect in a way.
Anyway returning to the aspect of Venus and Mars in the begining. Let`s say Venus had been on 202° or 22 Libra, and hence 37° behind that Mars on 29° Scorpio.
It would be the same phase (New), but in the waning cycle.
here the interpretation reads as following:
"Mystical feeling of connection. Sacred sex. I feel like I have known you before. Finishing karmic business. Spiritual relationship. Platonic connection. Completing the work. Revisiting the past. Release. Endings. Forgiveness. Tragic Romance. Loneliness and despair."
(you always get the good with the bad. )
Of course it definitely depends on if there are aspects and what aspects. This is just a general interpretation of the phase. It`s sort of like a 12th house emphasis. While the waxing new phase is more of a 1st house character.
Unfortunately astro-com signifies the waxing aspect with a negative and the waning aspect with a positive value. Personally I would have thought it easier if it was the other way round. But I guess it is just a matter of taste.
Anyway you also have to consider if a planet is retrograde, cause then the direction is reversed, and have a look at the actual speed of planets.
While usually Venus is faster than Mars, if it gets stationary it might occasionally be slower.
For example in my progressions I have an extremely slow Mercury, because it is preparing for going retograde. While it is usually the fastest planet after the Moon, in my progressions it is even slower than Mars, the slowest of the personal planets (generally).
In fact it might be interesting to check the progressed cycles as well.
In terms of Venus and Mars for me that is.
Venus on 326° and Mars on 274°, so Venus is 52° ahead of Mars, and that means it has entered the waxing crescent phase, characterized by the emergence of sexual identity. (in the New phase the seed is planted, but you donīt quite see it yet, it is in the crescent phase that things get slowly subtly visible).
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posted April 09, 2015 06:09 PM
