Cycle Phases
Cycles Continued
The signs of the zodiac follow each other, endlessly, in
a circle or cycle: Taurus follows Aries; Gemini follows
Taurus; and so on. The earth makes one complete
circle (it completes one cycle) in the course of a year. In
any cycle, there is no particular point that is the
beginning or the end. You can start at any point and
continue on around. All cycles do, however, have
phases, and we can start at any phase and follow that
phase through the round of changes.
It is customary to measure the zodiac cycle from the
beginning of Aries, but many cultures consider the
summer and winter solstices more important, and start
from there. Philosophically, any point or degree of the
circle is a potential starting point. It is not of crucial
importance which point is used.