Planetary
Pattern.
A symmetrical arrangement of
two or more planets or
sensitive points around a
common axis. A Planetary
Picture as employed in Uranian
Astrology, represents the
interactivity of two planets,
connected through a third
planet or sensitive point at
or in hard aspect to their
midpoint. In figuring a
midpoint between, for example,
planets at 2" and
28" of the same sign, one
does not subtract, and add
half the difference to the
longitude of the first planet;
but adds and halves, thus: (2
+ 28) / 2 = 15° - the
midpoint. A third planet or
sensitive point which forms a
hard angle aspect to this
midpoint within a 2° orb
completes the planetary
pattern, and renders
interactive the three planets
or points. Two planets
equidistant from and on
opposite sides of the 0°
Cancer-Capricorn axis become
Antiscions and form a
planetary pattern that is
interactivated without the
addition of a third.planet.
Where a third point falls
short of an aspect to the
midpoint by a certain number
of degrees, a fourth planet
that is the same number of
degrees on the opposite side
of the midpoint will complete
the sym- metrical arrangement
and activate the pattern. A
planetary pattern may also be
formed between any two planets
and a cardinal degree on this
formula: A planet at 10° Leo
is 130° (4 X 30 + 10) distant
from 0° Aries, and one at 5°
Taurus is 35° (30 + 5)
distant. The sum of these
distances (165°) indicates 15°
Virgo as the point of
activation by a fourth
element. To be effective there
must participate in the
pattern one of the native's
"personal" points:
Sun, Moon, Ascendant,
Midheaven, and the four
cardinal points - 0° of
Aries, Cancer, Libra and
Capricorn.
Jones
Patterns Another
set of pattern classifications
for flash appraisal, as
advanced by Marc Edmund Jones,
consists of the following: (1)
Splash type,
in which actual bodies
excluding Fortuna and the
Moon's Nodes, are scattered
around the circle, with no
noticeable gaps in the daily
rising sequence. (2)
Bundle type, afl
planets contained within a 120°
arc. (3) Locomotive
type, all planets
within a 240° arc leaving an
unoccupied 120° arc. (4)
Bowl type,
all planets within a 180°
arc, leaving one half of the
Figure untenanted. (5)
Bucket type,
approximating the Bowl type,
but with one planet in the
opposite arc as a bail,
thereby transforming the bowl
into a bucket. (6) See
Saw type, in
which the planets are
generally polarized around
opposite ends of a diameter,
leaving two vacant arcs of
from 60° to 90° at opposite
sides of the continuity.
(7) Splay type.
Strong and sharp aggregations
of planets irregularly spaced.
Characteristic
qualities of each group, are
described as: (1) A
well-balanced nature with a
capacity for universal
interest, whose only genius is
that of versatility and the
seeming ability to find order
in apparent confusion.
(2) Apparent
self-gathering of interests
and unresponsiveness to
universal stimuli. (3)
A dynamic and practical
capacity, which while in a
sense, eccentric, lacks
extremes of universality or
obsession. (4)
An extreme degree of
self-containment. (5)
An effective capacity for some
special activity. (6)
A consciousness of opposing
views in a world of conflict,
with success dependent on
correct alignment. (7)
A purposeful individuality,
which chooses its outlet of
self-expression and refuses to
be pigeon-holed.
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