Waybread, do you have a logical reason for not blending Sign-qualities at the cusps? It's so intuitively and experientially obvious to me that one Sign includes qualities of the next, starting at the 25th (possibly the 24th) degree, and gradually increasing towards the end, that I had no idea so many believe it's not the case. I found that out only after I joined Solunars to learn more about modern sidereal astrology, and posted that with their ayanamsa using Aldebaran as the center point of the Sign Taurus, the 5th degree of the retrograde Age of sidereal Pisces had just been reached in 2018. And, that meant Aquarian influence was now just beginning to enter their Age of Pisces.
The answer was, that they've "all agreed" that the Signs are "walled off" from each other, so there was no Aquarian Age influence whatsoever blending in with the sidereal Age of Pisces--that when the Aquarian Age begins in a few centuries, it will be in full effect immediately, but until then it's all just pure Age of Pisces.
I checked here, in this community, and got the same opinion about Sign-blending. Makes no sense to me, logically, intuitively, or from experience. I should hasten to add, I mean for all the indicators, not just the Ages. I have late Pisces Sun Trining late Jupiter in Scorpio in my own Chart, so I do have personal experience with Sign-cusps, as well as from Chart-readings. My opinion is that the RULERSHIP remains the same within the Sign-boundaries from beginning to end, but the qualities imparted become gradually mixed. This includes gradually decreasing Sign-blending towards the 5th degree at the beginning of a Sign, as well.
I'd appreciate your thoughts on the matter.
Btw, I do use "walls" for Houses--no House-blending.