Cycle Phases
The Twelve Phases
What we are presenting here is a way to look at the
aspects occurring between any two planets, or bodies,
and how these aspects might be interpreted. In this
example, we will use the monthly cycle of the Moon as it
moves around the earth in a 360-degree cycle/circle;
however, you can use this type of interpretive approach
for any two bodies where the faster planet or body
makes aspects in regard to the slower one. In these
diagrams, the slower body, the Sun, is fixed in the 12-
o'clock position at the top of the chart, and the faster-
moving planet, the Moon, moves through the cycle.
Any aspect cycle, such as that of the monthly cycle of
the Sun and the Moon, describes a circle of 360
degrees. In other words, the Moon starts from a
conjunction with the Sun (New Moon) at zero degrees
(they both are in the same zodiac place), and then the