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, a
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, and are in a sort of building or formative
phase—working on and building ourselves. I call this 1st
sector the "Formative Sector."
When the 4th house cusp is reached, we begin to
emerge from the formative sector and things gradually