Cycle Phases
they work, and phase analysis is a tool to help our
understanding. Astrology is analytical. These organic
cycles don't actually pause or stop at the various phase
points we are studying, except perhaps at the top and
bottom of the cycle, the expanded point and the
contracted point, which are actually some kind of event;
however, all the points in between are just a smooth
movement, expanding or contracting, continous, and so
forth.
On the other hand, our analysis and the phases we
have pointed out are not just theoretical or made up.
Electrical engineers have definitely isolated the four 45-
degree points and noted them as critical points in
electrical cycles. The two 90-degree or square points
are also considered major points, and so on, through as
many phases as we find useful.
The fact that so many astrological factors are cycles
makes learning astrology much easier than it otherwise
might be. If we learn a little about how cycles work, and
what their phases represent, then we can understand
any astrological (cyclical) factor, including the signs of
the zodiac, the twelve houses, the lunar cycle, and any
two-planet aspect cycle. These alone make up the main
astrological factors used by astrology.