david starling
Well-known member
Thanks to whoever came up with this concept originally. It's used by some to actually (Jeff Green, for example) to move a planet into the next House, with the idea being that the Orb leads the way as much as 6 degrees. The actual longitudinal location of a planet has been referred to as the "needle-point", with the Orb extending outward.
But, I'm using it for Sign cusps, not House boundaries, at 5 degrees in advance of whatever indicator it is. So, (in my words) the Orb begins "activating" the qualities of a Sign before the needle-point reaches it, and that influence increases the closer it gets to a Sign-boundary. Similar to how a magnet's effect extends beyond the magnet itself.
This is one way of explaining, for example, why the Sun at the cusp of the next Sign includes a mix of the qualities of both Signs, although it retains the needle-point, Solar rulership of the Sign it's in. You're still of that Sun-sign, but have some characteristics of the next.
But, I'm using it for Sign cusps, not House boundaries, at 5 degrees in advance of whatever indicator it is. So, (in my words) the Orb begins "activating" the qualities of a Sign before the needle-point reaches it, and that influence increases the closer it gets to a Sign-boundary. Similar to how a magnet's effect extends beyond the magnet itself.
This is one way of explaining, for example, why the Sun at the cusp of the next Sign includes a mix of the qualities of both Signs, although it retains the needle-point, Solar rulership of the Sign it's in. You're still of that Sun-sign, but have some characteristics of the next.