“mask” in which a person appears and through which a person plays a “part” in the
world. The MC, on the other hand, seems to relate to the actual “inner life”—to one’s
own “ego”—including one’s inner ambitions and will to make one’s own decisions.Midpoints
In cosmobiology, not only are the so-called “hard” aspects given more attention, but a
unique angular/distance relationship between two stellar bodies is utilized. The rela-
tionship is commonly known as the “midpoint.”
The midpoint theory was founded centuries ago. Alfred Witte, the founder of
the Hamburg School of Astrology, is credited with the introduction of the midpoint
system in modern astrology. Midpoints became the object of intense research by Rein-
hold Ebertin, and were later incorporated by him into a system that presently domi-
nates the astrological world.Although midpoints are the major tools of cosmobiological interpretations,
they are not the exclusive property of cosmobiology. (Uranian astrologers also use
midpoints in conjunction with the 8 Trans-Neptunian planets, Cupido, Hades, Zeus,
Kronos, Appolon, Admetus, Vulcanus, and Poseidon.) Midpoints have been shown to
make much of traditional interpretation vague and even obsolete.
The midpoint theory, as the name implies, involves the zodiacal calculated
halfway point between two stellar bodies. Midpoints (also called half sums) are calcu-
lated using the standard mathematical midpoint formula:
Moon =5°51’ Cancer = 95°51’
Node =1°51’ Scorpio = 211°51’
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Sum: Moon + Node = 307°42’
Midpoint Moon/Node = 153°51’
or = 3°51’ Virgo/PiscesIn exact investigations, one writes the degree numbers below the names of the
stellar bodies, in this way:
Uranus = Moon/Node
3°46’ 3° 51’One can see from this equation that the midpoint is exact within 5’ (minutes
of arc).In the chart below, Moon, Uranus, and the node form a grand trine, i.e., a dis-
tance approximately 120° to one another. According to the principle of traditional
astrology, one would judge this stellar grouping as a “grand trine” only. But at the same
time, there is a direct midpoint as well because Uranus is placed in the center of dis-
tance or in the midpoint between Moon and node, written thus:
Uranus = Moon/NodeCosmobiology
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