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Bear
in mind we are looking at one specific technique here, and we
have to remember that the Huber Method is based upon seeing the
chart - and the individual it belongs to - as a whole. The Òground
planÓ of a Huber chart is based upon the 5 Levels of Human existence,
starting with the circle in the centre of the chart, which is
always left clear and has no aspects drawn through it.
This
represents our Inner Being, our personal and transpersonal self.
The aspect structure shows our motivation, the planets represent
our psychological drives, the Signs our inherited traits and tendencies,
with the Houses being the environment - the outside world where
we interact with and learn from everything around us.
Levels of Human existance that can be found within a Huber Birth
Chart
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The
House system used is Koch because it allows for a very precise
psychological analysis. So if you are planning to research into
Age Progression for yourself, be sure to use Koch Houses, preferably
with charts drawn up in the Huber style, with Huber orbs and aspects
(*2).
Huber
charts have the Age Point marked around the outside of each House,
with a figure against one of these marks, showing the year. (
see sample chart).
The
Four Cardinal points of the chart (AC,DC,IC,MC) are high energy
areas both in the the context of the Dynamic Energy Curve (*3)
and Age Progression. There is a huge surge of energy at each of
these points, like a thrust or push out into the environment and
outside world. This is reflected by a corresponding, but smaller,
surge of energy around each of the House cusps.
This
energy peaks at the cusps, especially the Four Cardinal Points,
but falls off and is at its lowest two-thirds of the way through
each House. We call this point in each House the Low Point. If
a planet is placed on or near a Low Point, it may experience difficulties
and challenges in being recognised out in the world.
When
the Age Point transits a Low Point, the individual is likely to
find it hard to muster the energy and drive to participate in
the affairs of the House that that Low Point is in. Attention
and interest will be focussed inwardly and a period of introspection
and inner reflection is likely to be important at this time.
A
good analogy for this process is mountain climbing ( if you donÕt
climb hills or mountains, remember what itÕs like walking up a
long flight of stairs!)
The
peak of the mountain (the cusp) is a place of achievement, high
energy output and high profile recognition; the valley you stand
in ( the Low Point) looking up towards the peak of the mountain
you are going to climb, is a place of gathering your resources,
planning your strategy and route, biding your time and connecting
with your innermost aspirations.
When
the Age Point transits the Low Point in each House, this is a
time of reconnecting with the circle in the centre of the chart,
the meeting place of our personal and transpersonal self. Huber
astrologers often find that clients will seek help and clarification
of their life journey when the Age Point transits a Low Point.
Movement
of the Age Point
The
hand of the Life Clock starts moving when we are born, beginning
at the AC. It moves in an anti-clockwise direction around the chart,
and takes 6 years to move through each House of the chart which
spans 72 years (*4).
As
it moves around the chart, the hand of the Life Clock will point
to the planets, making aspects to them for the entire span of the
72 years, and offering different experiences and opportunities for
growth as it does so.
When
it returns to the AC, it continues round again, presenting the same
opportunities, but with the added weight of a lifetime of understanding
behind them.
The
ages which correspond the the Four Cardinal Points are important:
birth and the AC, when we are Òthrust outÓ into the world; age 18
and the IC, when many young people leave school or home and begin
to establish a more independent existence for themselves; age 36
and the DC, when the long period of self-development, beginning
with birth, is complete.
Here
the individual confronts the world around them and compares him/herself
against it. Finally, age 54 and the MC, where maturity, status,
standing and recognition of self are likely to be uppermost issues.
The
speed of the Age Point is constant; it always moves at 6 years per
House. But the size of the House needs to be considered. Travelling
through a small House, the Age Point moves slowly, so events and
experiences make a deeper impression via the planets that the Age
Point transits, or the aspects that it makes to other planets.
Travelling
through a large House, the Age Point moves faster and it may be
felt that a lot is going on. But although the individual may experience
more things happening, these events will be touched on in less depth
as there is less time for them to make a deep impression.
Psychological
Life Phases
Each
House represents a life phase relevant to that particular House.
The theme of 1st House, for example, is of the young child establishing
a separate identity from its mother.
Babies
go a long way from birth to 6 years of age, and the first 6 years
of life are all about finding their own feet, both literally and
psychologically, and mastering their environment sufficiently to
allow them to operate independently.
The
1st House is the House of Aries, so there is a lot of ÒMe, me!Ó
around, accompanied by expressions of independence in the form of
temper tantrums whilst the process of awakening and stabilising
the ÒIÓ takes place.
How
the child goes about this will be coloured by any 1st House planets.
If Mars is there, expect ructions when the Age Point conjuncts this
planet; if Venus or the Moon are there, things might be somewhat
gentler! There are 36 Psychological Life Phases - 3 in each House
(*5). If you plan to research your own chart/life journey using
this method, a good place to start would be where you are right
now.
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The
Sign the Age Point is moving through is important - the qualities and
the element should be considered. The Sign offers a ÒbackdropÓ and flavours
the setting of the main experiences which are likely to come from the
planets which are aspected and the area of the Dynamic Energy Curve
that the Age Point is moving through.
A
change of Sign can be significant. Moving from a Fire to an Earth Sign
will indicate a subtle shift away from the enthusiastic initiation of
new projects, and more emphasis upon the consolidation and completion
of things which have been started.
Aspects
to the planets are, of course, of paramount importance. The conjunction
and the opposition will have the greatest impact.
Conjunctions
give an immediate, direct and total experience of the planet involved.
In the sample chart, the conjunction of Venus, in the 1st House, in
Leo, coincided with this womanÕs first experiences of going to stage
dancing classes, and appearing in various productions, complete with
pretty sparkly costumes to wear, which at the age of 4, she - with Venus
in Leo - loved to dress up in!
Her
mother had taken her to these classes to help improve her confidence
(she was described as ÒshyÓ): a potentially helpful thing to have experienced
during the 1st House/formation of the ÒIÓ phase of life.
The
Huber Birth Chart
The low points are green and the balance points are blue.
click on the image to see a full screen version
Oppositions
are also powerful, but can be experienced as more like something happening
to you, as if coming from afar, and which is slightly out of your control.
Age Point in the 8th House opposite Mercury in the same sample chart
was a time when this woman was overwhelmed with paperwork, form-filling,
phone calls, communication of all kinds and frequent travelling.
Her
father was taken ill and had to live in a nursing home. She had to make
arrangements with Social Services and the nursing home, covering all
aspects of his care and how this was to be funded, in addition to travelling
some 400 miles each week to visit him.
Note
also that her Age Point was in Pisces, so a lot of emotional issues
came to the surface, and that the 8th House is small, so the experiences
were intense.
There
is no way you can wriggle out from an opposition from a planet. If you
do, the theme that the planet represents will simply come back again
in a different way when the Age Point makes another aspect to it.
The
square and the quincunx can be particularly powerful in this respect.
Age Point aspects to planets have a Òdouble whammyÓ effect if a transit
involving the same planet is in operation at the same time.
Open
spaces in the chartÕs aspect structure can be deceptive. The sample
chart shows apparently nothing going on between the Age Point conjunction
with Jupiter/Neptune that would have taken place at age 14, and the
conjunction with the Moon at age 37.
Yet
when the psychological life phases, the size of Houses, the Sign changes,
the movement of the Age Point across several Low Points and several
cusps, plus the many aspects the Age Point made to other planets in
the chart are considered ( amongst them several oppositions), it can
be appreciated that with Age Progression, something is always happening!
The
technique of Age Progression is taught in the UK Astrological Psychology
Institute Diploma Courses.
An
Astrologer or Astrological Counsellor trained with API (UK) will be
able to offer you further insights into your own chart and life journey
using this method.
(*1)
For a full exposition of the Huber Method of Timing in the Horoscope
see ÒLifeClockÓ by Bruno & Louise Huber. Pub. Weiser.
(*2)
Full colour Huber charts available from the API Chart Data Service,
PO Box 29, Upton, Wirral CH49 3BG. Tel/Fax: 0151-606-8551.
(*3)
See ÒThe Astrological HousesÓ by Bruno & Louise Huber. Pub. Weiser.
(*4)
See ÒLifeClockÓ.
(*5)
ditto.
These
books and others by Bruno & Louise Huber, plus details of correspondence
courses teaching the Huber Method.
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