The Aspects
The Phases of the Moon
As we have seen, cycles are a crucial part of astrology
and we find them in almost all of its main components;
for example, the cycle of the zodiac signs, the cycle of
the Moon phases, the cycle of the daily rotation of the
earth, and so forth.
The aspect cycle is one of the most important cycles to
study, but there is an issue to discuss. Astrologers use a
standard set of aspects that go from zero degrees of
separation (the conjunction) to 180 degrees of
separation (an opposition); this is the waxing half of the
aspect cycle, so far so good; then, they use the same
set of aspects to measure from the opposition, on
around in the circle of aspects, to again reach the
conjunction; this is the waning half of the aspect cycle.
Here is the problem: We use the same interpretation for
the aspects on the waning half as we do on the waxing
half. Let me try to make this clear.