Transits
The 2nd Sector: New Beginning
When Saturn, by transits, crosses over the 4th house
cusp, what is called the I.C. (Imum Coelum), it enters
the 2nd quadrant, and this marks a new beginning, a
fresh start. The 2nd quadrant includes the 4th, 5th, and
6th astrological houses. This transit of the 4th house
cusp marks the end of a period of some seven years,
the period during which Saturn was transiting the 1st
quadrant—the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd houses. The 1st sector
or quadrant is also called the private or obscure sector,
a time when we are very concentrated or inward-
oriented, in a building or formative phase—working on
and building ourselves. I call this 1st sector the
"Formative Sector."
Once the 4th house cusp is reached, we begin to
emerge from the formative sector and things gradually
take off. I used to tell my students that it is like watching
snowflakes fall on grass. For the longest time, the flakes