ANTISCIA 2023

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Antiscia are symmetries around the seasonal turning points (Cardinal Axis) ~ they are reflections falling equidistant around the Solstice and Equinox. They are mirroring points, sometimes referred to as SHADOWS.

antiscia

reflections of equal light around the solstice points


Planets and points in antiscia and contra-antiscia reflect one another across the cardinal axis. The cardinal axis is formed by the four seasonal turning points: zero degrees of each of the four cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn). The cardinal axis is essentially the node of the Sun. As the earth orbits the Sun, it is the intersection of two Great Circles: the ecliptic (the sun's path from our perspective, a.k.a. tropical zodiac) and the earth's equator.

Planets connect in antiscia when they reflect or mirror one another across this axis. Much like a planetary statement made by two planets in aspect, conjunction or midpoint, planets in antiscia make a terrestrial or mundane statement: a statement for the world that is relevant for all the earth’s inhabitants. Therefore, planets in antiscia provide mundane insights into the energy of the day, week, or month.

Antiscia also enrich natal, dynamic, and relationship chart delineations.
Find additional notes on antiscia here... 

 

Twelfth century philosopher and astrologer Ibn Ezra wrote: “You always have to look at degrees that are of the same ascension. An example is when one planet is 10 degrees Aries and the other is at 20 degrees Pisces, so the distance of both of them from the Line of Justice [equinox axis] is equal and they are considered as being in conjunction.”



To use the list of antiscia below, blend the meanings of planets in combination. 

For help with delineation of planetary pairs, you may want to utilize books I reference on this page — or use an online resource like this one by John Sandbach — or simply apply your basic astrological knowledge of the planets. You can think of the pairs and combinations as conjunctions. You may take interpretations further by adding nuance via shared or reflected essential dignity and reception. You may also consider combined house meanings: look to where planets in antiscia are posited, as well as interactions between the planets as house rulers, and blend those house themes.

  • All connections are within 30 minutes of arc or less (i.e., they are very close to exact).

  • Dates showing one planet indicate its ingress onto the cardinal axis (meaning it resides at zero degrees cardinal (or 29 mutable) and ought to feature prominently that day).

  • Those with *c indicate contra-antiscia: symmetries around the Aries/Libra (equinox) axis—signs of equal rising. These are just as powerful as antiscia.

  • The other are antiscia. Signs of equal power and light (sharing quantity of light).


ANTISCIA IN 2023


Month / Day

Jan

2, 3, 4 Mercury Mars (both retrograde) *c logical thought, debate, the critic

11, 12 Sun Mars (station direct) *c activity, assertion, directness, vigor; the worker, the fighter, the activist

14, 15 Venus Uranus *c original spontaneous adventurous love

18, 19 Node Venus love contacts, harmonious interactions

1 / 28 — 2 / 6 Jupiter Neptune *c dreams come true, expanded metaphysics, mercy, pipe-dreams, spiritual materialism, visionaries, speculators

Feb

2, 3 Mercury Mars *c logical thought, debate, the critic

3, 4 Sun Uranus *c revolution, excitement, awakening, freedom; the innovator

17, 18 Venus Chiron *c seeing beauty in all things, especially in the things which require healing

10, 11, 12 Node Sun *c

12, 13 Venus Jupiter *c indulgence, great happiness, and glory of love

19, 20 Venus (0 ARIES) power of attraction, aesthetic taste

20, 21 Mercury Uranus *c genius, technologies

24, 25 Venus Neptune *c the beautiful dream

26, 27 Node Mercury

Mar

4, 5 Sun Venus *c

5, 6, 7 Sun Jupiter Chiron *c

8 Mercury Venus *c sweet speech, thinking about relationships or art

10, 11 Mercury Jupiter Chiron *c

15, 16 Venus Saturn *c

18 Mercury (0 ARIES) comments, rumors, discussions

19 Sun Mercury *c

20 Sun (0 ARIES) distinction and vitality

20, 21 Mercury Neptune *c original spontaneous adventurous love

24, 25 Mars (0 CANCER) assertion, competition, friction, virility, force

24, 25, 26 Sun Neptune *c

Apr

1, 2 Mercury Saturn *c

10, 11 Venus Pluto *c

15, 16 Sun Saturn *c

22, 23, 24, 25e, 26, 27, 28 Jupiter Saturn *c

23e, 24 Venus Mars

May

7 Venus ingress 0 CANCER

19, 20, 21 Sun Pluto *c

20, 21 Sun Mars

27, 28 Sun Venus

June

4, 5, 6 Mercury|Uranus Mars

8, 9 Mercury Venus

10, 11 Mercury Pluto *c

14, 15, 16 Venus Uranus

21 Sun ingress 0 CANCER Happy SOLstice

24, 25 Sun Mercury

25, 26, 27 Mars Jupiter

29, 30, 1 Venus Jupiter

July

1 Venus Jupiter

7, 8, 9, 10 Node Mars

14, 15 Mercury Uranus

20 Mercury Jupiter

25, 26, 27 Mars Chiron

28, 29 Node Mercury

29, 30, 31 Sun Uranus

Aug

4, 5 Mercury Chiron

7, 8 Sun Jupiter

19—thru 9/3 Node Saturn

21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 Venus Jupiter

26, 27 Sun Node

30, 31 Mars Neptune

Sep

1, 2, 3 Node Saturn

1, 2 Mars Neptune

2, 3, 4 Sun Chiron

8, 9, 10 Mercury Chiron

11, 12 Sun Mars *c

12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 Venus Jupiter

21, 22, 23 Mercury Chiron

22 / 23 Sun ingress 0 LIBRA

22, 23 Mercury Mars *c

26, 27 Sun Neptune

30 Sun, Mercury *c

Oct

4 Mercury ingress 0 LIBRA

6, 7 Mercury Neptune

9, 10, 11 Mars Saturn

9, 10 Venus Mars *c (Venus Saturn opposition)

13, 14, 15 Node Venus

16 Sun Venus *c

17 Mercury Venus *c

21 Mercury Saturn

22, 23 Venus Chiron

21, 22, 23 Sun Saturn

Nov

8 Venus ingress 0 LIBRA

10, 11 Mercury Pluto

11, 12, 13 Venus Neptune

23, 24 Sun Pluto

25, 26, 27 Mars Pluto

Dec

1 Mercury ingress 0 CAPRICORN

2, 3 Venus Saturn

12, 13, 14 Sun Mercury

21 Sun ingress 0 CAPRICORN Happy SOLstice

22 retro Mercury ingress 0 CAPRICORN

23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 Sun Mercury

27, 28 Sun Mars (Mercury Mars conjunction antiscia Sun)

29, 30 Venus Pluto