Calculate Your Secondary Directions

In astrology, several predictive techniques are available. Beginners are often familiar with at least the Transits, the Solar Revolution, and the Symbolic Directions techniques. There are many more. Why should we use one technique rather than another?

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Actually, they are complementary, even though some astrologers deem that the transits technique is the most reliable one. It is widely believed that Secondary Progressions reflect the evolution of the personality, whereas the other techniques are more linked to more concrete events (Symbolic, Solar Arcs, and Primary Directions, particularly). It is important to bear in mind that the universal principle of prediction is based on the resonances of the current sky with the aspects of the natal chart, and on the repetitions of the same themes by different techniques. Predictions are all the more reliable and precise when several methods yield results which converge towards the same meanings.

Since astrology is not a scientific discipline, it is unable to answer every question, and it is important to remain humble with its results, especially regarding predictions, because they indicate tendencies and probabilities only, even though these valuable pieces of information fully justify their use. Here are the methods usually practiced in predictive astrology:

The Transits: it is the comparison of the natal chart with the position of the actual planets at any given exact moment. It produces a snapshot of the influences at work which are felt by the chart's owner at that time,
The Solar Revolution: it is the chart of the moment when the Sun is back at its exact natal position, for any given year. This new chart is assessed as a stand-alone chart and also compared with the natal chart, so as to identify the trends valid for the year, from one birthday date to the next,
The Lunar Revolution: it is the same principle as with the Solar Revolution, except that it is applied to the Moon and that the predictions are valid for one month only,
The Secondary Directions: the rule is that one year of life equates to one ephemeris day. For instance, the Secondary Directions chart (also referred to as Progressed Chart or Progressions) for the age of 40 of a person born on 1st June 1980, corresponds to the chart of 11 July 1980 (same location and same time),
The Symbolic Directions: the rule is that one year of life equates to an increment of one degree for all the planets of the natal chart,
The Solar Arcs Directions: it is the same method as the Symbolic Directions, except that, instead of an increment of one degree, it is the actual pace of the Sun that is considered (one degree, or slightly less or more, depending of the date of birth),
Primary directions: one degree on the Zodiac, measured along the Equator, equates to one year of life. It is a kind of method of transits, based on space instead of time, which takes into account the house system,
The Tertiary Directions: this method, which originated in Germany, equates one month of life to one day.

There are many other directions (converse directions, profections, Hieroz-Bonatti directions, evolutionary directions, etc.).

We invite you to calculate your Secondary Progressed Chart (also referred to as Progressed Chart) for the date you are interest in.