ASTROCYCLES
How to Make the Major Planetary Cycles Work for You
Vivian B. Martin
Content:
PART I: CYCLES: NATURAL RHYTHMS 1
1 Cycles: A Matter of Time 3
Cycles: A Matter of Time 5
The Foundation for the Study of Cycles 8
The Natural Tendency of Things 10
Pinpointing Specific Cycles 11
2 Astrocycles 13
The Pattern of Astrocycles 16
Early Precedents 18
Fine-tuning Cycle Research 19
Astrology—A Science by Any Other Name 22
Gifts From the Greeks 23
Astrology and the Propaganda Machine 26
Every Moment is Unique 28
3 Astrological Shorthand 32
Basic Astrology at Work 34
Birthcharts—Road Maps with Alternate Routes 35
Planets 38
Asteroids and Other Things in the Sky 40
Aspects 40
Planetary Players 41
Life in a Circle 42
Zodiac Signs 44
PART II: CYCLES IN YOUR LIFE 51
4 The Birthday Cycle 53
It All Revolves Around the Sun 54
Seasons in a Year 58
"Happy Birthday to You": The Song and the
Cycle 59
Harnessing Solar Energy 60
Sun Signs 60
5 The Moods of the Moon 74
Familiar Connections 77
Which Came First? Mother or the Moon? 81
The 27.5-Year Mood Cycle 81
The Moon Out in the World 82
That Inconstant Moon 84
Know Your Chart 86
The 27.5-Day Rhythm 87
Moon Void-of-Course 89
Moon Signs 91
6 New Moons, Full Moons:
A Monthly Planning Guide 98
Evidence for the Moon's Effect 99
Moonstruck 101
The Cycle 105
Don't Get Lost in the Short-term 107
The "Month" 109
Planning Your Monthly Moons 115
Full-Mooners and Other Phases 116
7 Mercury: Communicator, Mediator and
(Sometimes) Spoiler 1 20
Can We Talk? (Some Mercuries Do M6re of It
Than Others) 122
Things Move Toward Disorder 123
Personal and Political Matters Go Awry 124
Getting Beyond Superstition 126
The Sun/Mercury Cycle 1 27
Ronald Reagan's Secret Strategy? 128
Mercury Loved Lucy 1 29
Three Weeks of No-Gos 130
Harnessing the Mercury Cycle 132
The Backward Checklist 1 35
Mercury Signs 1 39
8 Venus: The Things We Like and Want 143
What It All Means 145
Aphrodite Consciousness 146
Venus—For Women Only? 148
The Cycle 148
The Sun/Venus Cycle 149
Venus Retrograde 150
Finding What You Really Want 151
Harnessing Venus 153
Sun/ Venus Conjunctions 153
Venus Signs 1 54
9 Mars: Moving Forward 158
Running Backward 160
Going to Acapulco 163
The Cycle 167
All Phases Can Be Put to Good Use 170
The Mars/ Venus Relationship 172
The 32-Year Compound Rhythm 173
Mars Signs 175
10 Saturn and the Seven-Year Itch 1 80
Sevens in Your Life, Too 181
Seven and Saturn 182
Saturn Cycles 1 86
Saturn Meets the Sun '. 187
The 29. 5-Year Rhythm in Parts of Seven 189
A Need for Context 191
Saturn Signs 1 93
11 Saturn s Return 201
Prolonged Adolescence 202
The Life Cycle 203
Gender and the Life Cycle 205
"She Who Comes with Her Own Things" 207
The Saturn Return in the Lives of Ordinary
People 209
Sins of the Father and Other Breaks from the
Past 212
Overnight Success After 30 Years 214
Speaking with a True Voice 214
Reckoning Time 217
Saturn Sometimes Returns on Tiptoes 219
12 Jupiter and the Wonder Years 222
Average Expansion 225
Inner Dialogues 226
What Does Luck Have to Do with It? 228
Jupiter Says, "Get Perspective" 229
The Cycles of Reward 23
1
Zodiac Placement 232
Jupiter Signs 233
13 Turning Life Upside Down and Inside Out with
Help from Uranus, Neptune, Pluto (and Saturn's
Second Return) 239
Uranus 240
Neptune 243
Pluto 244
Critical Times 246
Planetary Age Cycles 252
PART III: CYCLES IN THE WORLD 255
The 1990's—The Reality Decade 257
14 The Aquarian Conspiracy of 1992 261
Moving Beyond Saturn 263
Reality, According to Capricorn 264
Not Ready for Prime Time 266
When Paradigms Shift 267
Changing Realities Throughout Society 269
Shorter Cycles Help Put It Together 271
Uranus/Neptune and Signs of the Time 271
The Cycle's Phases 274
Uranus and Neptune in Opposition 275
Saturn Meets Uranus 277
Saturn Meets Neptune 279
And On to 1992 282
75 Liberals, Conservatives, and the Jupiter/Saturn
Cycle 283
The 1990's: Remaking Society 285
Twenty-Year Rhythms 286
Governmental Ambassadors 287
The Cycle 290
Zodiac Connections 293
The Reality Decade 295
The Year 2000 295
16 Pluto in Scorpio 298
Personal Empowerment 299
Special Urgency in 1989-90 300
An Elemental Force 301
The Phoenix Rises from Its Ashes 302
An About-Face and Power Play 303
Pluto and Scorpio: Similar but Different 304
Battle of the Sexes 306
Taking No Prisoners 308
Hidden Consequences 309
Roads to Recovery 310
Race Relations 311
Earthly Transformation 317
17 The Astrology of National Horoscopes 318
In Search of America's Birthtime 319
Astrology and Government Affairs 321
Cities and States 323
Born on the Fourth of July 326
The U.S.A. 's Moon Sign 328
Behind the American Dream 328
That Was Then, This Is Now 334
George Bush Meets the U.S.A. Chart 336
J. Danforth Quayle 341
Horoscopes Around the World 344
18 The Astrology of Generations 349
Astrological Generations—Open to All 35
1
Generational Planets 352
44We Went to Different High Schools Together:
Mini-Generations 363
Lost Generations 367
We're All in This Together 369
PART IV: THE ADVANCED CLASS 373
Your Personal Cycles 375
19 The Rise and Fall of Saturn:
A Personalized Timing System 377
The Rise and Fall of Saturn 382
And Then the Cycle Starts All Over Again 386
Around the Wheel a Few Times 387
Natal Saturns 393
20 Transits to the Sun 403
Encouragement—and Caution 407 MsSVig
How to Make the Major Planetary Cycles Work for You
Vivian B. Martin
Content:
PART I: CYCLES: NATURAL RHYTHMS 1
1 Cycles: A Matter of Time 3
Cycles: A Matter of Time 5
The Foundation for the Study of Cycles 8
The Natural Tendency of Things 10
Pinpointing Specific Cycles 11
2 Astrocycles 13
The Pattern of Astrocycles 16
Early Precedents 18
Fine-tuning Cycle Research 19
Astrology—A Science by Any Other Name 22
Gifts From the Greeks 23
Astrology and the Propaganda Machine 26
Every Moment is Unique 28
3 Astrological Shorthand 32
Basic Astrology at Work 34
Birthcharts—Road Maps with Alternate Routes 35
Planets 38
Asteroids and Other Things in the Sky 40
Aspects 40
Planetary Players 41
Life in a Circle 42
Zodiac Signs 44
PART II: CYCLES IN YOUR LIFE 51
4 The Birthday Cycle 53
It All Revolves Around the Sun 54
Seasons in a Year 58
"Happy Birthday to You": The Song and the
Cycle 59
Harnessing Solar Energy 60
Sun Signs 60
5 The Moods of the Moon 74
Familiar Connections 77
Which Came First? Mother or the Moon? 81
The 27.5-Year Mood Cycle 81
The Moon Out in the World 82
That Inconstant Moon 84
Know Your Chart 86
The 27.5-Day Rhythm 87
Moon Void-of-Course 89
Moon Signs 91
6 New Moons, Full Moons:
A Monthly Planning Guide 98
Evidence for the Moon's Effect 99
Moonstruck 101
The Cycle 105
Don't Get Lost in the Short-term 107
The "Month" 109
Planning Your Monthly Moons 115
Full-Mooners and Other Phases 116
7 Mercury: Communicator, Mediator and
(Sometimes) Spoiler 1 20
Can We Talk? (Some Mercuries Do M6re of It
Than Others) 122
Things Move Toward Disorder 123
Personal and Political Matters Go Awry 124
Getting Beyond Superstition 126
The Sun/Mercury Cycle 1 27
Ronald Reagan's Secret Strategy? 128
Mercury Loved Lucy 1 29
Three Weeks of No-Gos 130
Harnessing the Mercury Cycle 132
The Backward Checklist 1 35
Mercury Signs 1 39
8 Venus: The Things We Like and Want 143
What It All Means 145
Aphrodite Consciousness 146
Venus—For Women Only? 148
The Cycle 148
The Sun/Venus Cycle 149
Venus Retrograde 150
Finding What You Really Want 151
Harnessing Venus 153
Sun/ Venus Conjunctions 153
Venus Signs 1 54
9 Mars: Moving Forward 158
Running Backward 160
Going to Acapulco 163
The Cycle 167
All Phases Can Be Put to Good Use 170
The Mars/ Venus Relationship 172
The 32-Year Compound Rhythm 173
Mars Signs 175
10 Saturn and the Seven-Year Itch 1 80
Sevens in Your Life, Too 181
Seven and Saturn 182
Saturn Cycles 1 86
Saturn Meets the Sun '. 187
The 29. 5-Year Rhythm in Parts of Seven 189
A Need for Context 191
Saturn Signs 1 93
11 Saturn s Return 201
Prolonged Adolescence 202
The Life Cycle 203
Gender and the Life Cycle 205
"She Who Comes with Her Own Things" 207
The Saturn Return in the Lives of Ordinary
People 209
Sins of the Father and Other Breaks from the
Past 212
Overnight Success After 30 Years 214
Speaking with a True Voice 214
Reckoning Time 217
Saturn Sometimes Returns on Tiptoes 219
12 Jupiter and the Wonder Years 222
Average Expansion 225
Inner Dialogues 226
What Does Luck Have to Do with It? 228
Jupiter Says, "Get Perspective" 229
The Cycles of Reward 23
1
Zodiac Placement 232
Jupiter Signs 233
13 Turning Life Upside Down and Inside Out with
Help from Uranus, Neptune, Pluto (and Saturn's
Second Return) 239
Uranus 240
Neptune 243
Pluto 244
Critical Times 246
Planetary Age Cycles 252
PART III: CYCLES IN THE WORLD 255
The 1990's—The Reality Decade 257
14 The Aquarian Conspiracy of 1992 261
Moving Beyond Saturn 263
Reality, According to Capricorn 264
Not Ready for Prime Time 266
When Paradigms Shift 267
Changing Realities Throughout Society 269
Shorter Cycles Help Put It Together 271
Uranus/Neptune and Signs of the Time 271
The Cycle's Phases 274
Uranus and Neptune in Opposition 275
Saturn Meets Uranus 277
Saturn Meets Neptune 279
And On to 1992 282
75 Liberals, Conservatives, and the Jupiter/Saturn
Cycle 283
The 1990's: Remaking Society 285
Twenty-Year Rhythms 286
Governmental Ambassadors 287
The Cycle 290
Zodiac Connections 293
The Reality Decade 295
The Year 2000 295
16 Pluto in Scorpio 298
Personal Empowerment 299
Special Urgency in 1989-90 300
An Elemental Force 301
The Phoenix Rises from Its Ashes 302
An About-Face and Power Play 303
Pluto and Scorpio: Similar but Different 304
Battle of the Sexes 306
Taking No Prisoners 308
Hidden Consequences 309
Roads to Recovery 310
Race Relations 311
Earthly Transformation 317
17 The Astrology of National Horoscopes 318
In Search of America's Birthtime 319
Astrology and Government Affairs 321
Cities and States 323
Born on the Fourth of July 326
The U.S.A. 's Moon Sign 328
Behind the American Dream 328
That Was Then, This Is Now 334
George Bush Meets the U.S.A. Chart 336
J. Danforth Quayle 341
Horoscopes Around the World 344
18 The Astrology of Generations 349
Astrological Generations—Open to All 35
1
Generational Planets 352
44We Went to Different High Schools Together:
Mini-Generations 363
Lost Generations 367
We're All in This Together 369
PART IV: THE ADVANCED CLASS 373
Your Personal Cycles 375
19 The Rise and Fall of Saturn:
A Personalized Timing System 377
The Rise and Fall of Saturn 382
And Then the Cycle Starts All Over Again 386
Around the Wheel a Few Times 387
Natal Saturns 393
20 Transits to the Sun 403
Encouragement—and Caution 407 MsSVig