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The word “AstroClock” is the word that will be used whenever we are discussing the picture to the left. As you can see, the Earth is in the middle because this clock is supposed to represent the spinning of the earth once on it’s axis every 24 hours. The 9 O’clock position is just the line where the Zodiac starts. It also matches up with the first house of the Zodiac, ruled by Aries : ”The Ram.” As you can see, each clock number matches with a house number. The line that each number is on is called a “Transit Line.” When the sun crosses the transit line, then the earth is in the house of that particular zodiac sign
Outside Circle has the Unique Zodiac name. Inside the house is the symbol for that sign
The outside numbers represent real clock time
The 9 O’clock position is the transit line that the zodiac begins with Aries. This is considered the first house of the Zodiac.
The inside numbers represent Zodiac “houses�
House numbers go up in the direction that the sun moves around this imaginary line.
The AstroClock starts at 9 O’clock clock time and the first house and appears to go backwards through the houses and hours.
1unique Each Sign is Unique (This is what the number 1 stands for.) You can see the name of the sign on the inside of the outer circle and the corresponding symbol that represents the given sign on a Natal Chart.
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The AstroClock starts at 9 O’clock clock time at the first house and appears to go backwards through the houses and hours.
2 duality Each Sign is either a positive or negative sign. “Positive” (day sign) or “Negative” (night) refers to the positive and negative charges of the north and south poles that run through the Earth’s Axis. It is much like two different ends of a battery.
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Positive and negative are also synonymous with masculine (day sign) or Feminine (night sign). It is like the Tao symbol in the center, light contains a seed of dark and dark contains a seed of light.
Cardinal = Initiation Fixed = stabilization Mutable = changeability
3 quality The number 3 represents how all Zodiac signs have the quality of being Cardinal (Initiation), Fixed (stabilization), or Mutable (changeability).
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These changes also take place in a pattern of three. Each Set is referred to as A QUADRANT because there are four sets of three, one for each season. If you look in the center you will see the three pronged Tao symbol called a Mitsudomoe.
Elements Key Red = FireYellow/Gold= Air " Green = Earth Blue = Water
4 elements Each Sign is one of four elements.
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Fire Earth Air Water
Using the clock as a metaphor for a year, start at the 9 O’clock time position and move counterclockwise through each of the 4 elements: Aries Taurus, Gemini, and Cancer. The process starts again with Leo, Virgo, Libra and 1
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The First 1/3 of the Zodiac contains the first four elements and is the initiating force of the AstroClock.
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Each Sign is one of four elements occurring in order every fourth Zodiac sign. • Fire ---Aries • Earth ---Taurus • Air -----------Gemini • Water-----------Cancer •
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The first group would be considered the Cardinal group because both Aries and Cancer are Cardinal Signs.
At this point in the year in the Northern Hemisphere we have passed the summer solstice and daylight hours become shorter.
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The second grouping of elements begins with Fixed Leo and Ends with Fixed Scorpio. • Fire ---Leo • Earth ---Virgo • Air -----------Libra • Water-----------Scorpio
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The second group would be considered the Fixed group because both Leo and Scorpio are Fixed signs. Please note the name and the symbol for each Zodiac sign.
The third grouping of elements begins with Mutable Sagittarius and ends with Mutable Pisces. As you can observe, fire like all of the element contained 1 of each quality. I. E. Aries Cardinal Fire, Leo Fixed Fire, Sagittarius Mutable Fire.
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Fire ---Sagittarius Earth ---Capricorn Air -----------Aquarius Water-----------Pisces
The third sector is the Mutable group because both Sagittarius and Pisces are Mutable signs. Please note the unique name and the symbol for each Zodiac sign.
4 (conclusion) The Only One? More advanced Western Tropical Astrology can discuss how all of the 1's represent the unique aspects of the individual Zodiac Sun Signs. Duality: The pendulum of life? Going back between positive and negatives in the 2's represents the cycle of night and day, light and dark, yin and yang, masculine and feminine and so on. Some even equate the first half of the Zodiac as being the day featuring Spring and Summer, While the Fall and Winter are considered the night. Is it really a coincidence that Libra, the scales of balance begin the fall at the equinox (Equal day/night). Three's Company? The pattern of three (3) Cardinal, Fixed, and Mutable that create the "Qualities" show more than one pattern. The most useful way to look at quality is liquid, gas and solid. Water in its Cardinal state is deep, emotional flowing like the sea or a waterfall, it is in action. When water is frozen it is in a "fixed" state, solid inflexible and just a little bit brittle. When it is heated into its gaseous state that can show all of its mutable properties: it can clean, distill, burn, rain etc showing the versatility of its essence.
4 (conclusion) Lets continue with the water signs as the Example, Cancer would be Cardinal or the "Fire" of water, Scorpio with its cold plutonium tendencies can be the Air of water, the solid frozen state while Pisces being the most mutable of the water signs is "Water of water." So in essence you can see that within each element, Cardinal, Fixed, and Mutable identify the fire, air and water aspect that create the material world. The first pattern of three (3) shows a complete season in each of its cycles. Example: "Cardinal" Aries starts at the spring equinox, follows by "Fixed" Taurus and all the flowers that define Spring, while "Mutable" Gemini's versatile energy regulates. The Gemini frequency is like an eddy current in preparation for the next "Cardinal" Cancer to begin the summer sequence. This is followed by "Fixed" Leo's defining and consistent summer sun and ending with Virgo's Mutable versatility in preparation for the fall equinox. The seasons are also considered to be "Quadrants of the Zodiac." East, North, West, South and back to East at 9 am. Counter clock-wise is the key. Remember, from the celestial perspective above, the Sun appears to travel counter clockwise through the "houses" of the Zodiac. 9 O'clock would be the sunrise, going 8-7-6-5-4-3 which would be the sunset (depending on how close we are to the equinox.) At night, the sun would APPEAR to continue moving through the rest of the Houses until it rises again at the 9 O'clock position on the AstroClock. Remember, The earth takes 365 days to travel around the sun but we get days and nights because the Earth Spins on its axis once roughly every 24 hours. (23 hours and 56 minutes to be specific.) This is why the reading the AstroClock may be counter-intuitive.
(wrap-up!) All of the 4s represent the frequency of elements as they appear throughout the zodiac. Fire, Earth, Air and Water.
All of the 1s are the unique names of the zodiac signs. All of the 2s represent the duality of the zodiac: night and day, positive and negative and so on.
All of the 3s represent the Cardinal, Fixed and Mutable division of the zodiac usually called seasons.