Waxing and Waning
How to interpret waxing and waning aspects
Three out of five major aspects - namely square, sextile and trine - can be either waxing or waning.
Waxing aspects symbolise the process of development towards fullness.
The combined force of the two planets that form an aspect is developing from its initial “seed” state to the full potential. It’s the period of both youthful folly where freshness brings out blossoming and the process of building the foundations for future success.
Waning aspects symbolise the gathering of fruit and further learning. It’s the period of maturation and harvesting the benefits of previous phases. If the foundation building was successful and thorough, a larger and longer lasting structure can be erected on its strength that will invite even more fruitful times.
In human life the correspondence will be years 0-14 for the waxing period and years 14-28 for the waning period. If interested why, read the story about the phases of the Moon throughout the human life.
Each pair of planets has its own planetary cycle, not just the Moon and the Sun. The waxing-waning process applies to any pair of planets within their corresponding planetary cycle.
Everything starts at the moment of an absolute unmanifested unity. Nothing yet has come to being, but the seeds are already sawn. This is the moment of the New Moon when the Moon is conjunct with the Sun.
After the infinitely brief moment of unity the Moon departs from its exact conjunction with the Sun and the creative manifesting moment unfolds. The seed begins to germinate and continues to do so until a brief moment of the First Quarter.
Past the First Quarter, the growth continues and reaches its fully manifested maximum at the moment of the Full Moon. The tiny sprout became a young tree, visible and standing on its own roots.
Further unfoldment and harvesting happens throughout the period after the Full Moon. This part of the cycle ripens the fruit and shines with the outpouring of creative flows.
The Last Quarter marks the beginning of the period of internalisation during which the key learnings are being reflected upon and new ideas and directions emerge.
These emerging ideas become the seeds for the next cycle that will begin with the coming next New Moon.
Thus the end of one planetary cycle becomes the beginning of the next cycle.
The Moon cycle as a sequence of aspects
Three out of five major aspects - namely square, sextile and trine - can be either waxing or waning.
Waxing aspects symbolise the process of development towards fullness.
The combined force of the two planets that form an aspect is developing from its initial “seed” state to the full potential. It’s the period of both youthful folly where freshness brings out blossoming and the process of building the foundations for future success.
Waning aspects symbolise the gathering of fruit and further learning. It’s the period of maturation and harvesting the benefits of previous phases. If the foundation building was successful and thorough, a larger and longer lasting structure can be erected on its strength that will invite even more fruitful times.
In human life the correspondence will be years 0-14 for the waxing period and years 14-28 for the waning period. If interested why, read the story about the phases of the Moon throughout the human life.
Each pair of planets has its own planetary cycle, not just the Moon and the Sun. The waxing-waning process applies to any pair of planets within their corresponding planetary cycle.
Everything starts at the moment of an absolute unmanifested unity. Nothing yet has come to being, but the seeds are already sawn. This is the moment of the New Moon when the Moon is conjunct with the Sun.
After the infinitely brief moment of unity the Moon departs from its exact conjunction with the Sun and the creative manifesting moment unfolds. The seed begins to germinate and continues to do so until a brief moment of the First Quarter.
Past the First Quarter, the growth continues and reaches its fully manifested maximum at the moment of the Full Moon. The tiny sprout became a young tree, visible and standing on its own roots.
Further unfoldment and harvesting happens throughout the period after the Full Moon. This part of the cycle ripens the fruit and shines with the outpouring of creative flows.
The Last Quarter marks the beginning of the period of internalisation during which the key learnings are being reflected upon and new ideas and directions emerge.
These emerging ideas become the seeds for the next cycle that will begin with the coming next New Moon.
Thus the end of one planetary cycle becomes the beginning of the next cycle.
The Moon cycle as a sequence of aspects