ANTISCIA 2023
/Antiscia are symmetries around the seasonal turning points (Cardinal Axis) ~ they are reflections falling equidistant around the Solstice and Equinox. They are mirroring points, sometimes referred to as SHADOWS.
Planets and points in antiscia and contra-antiscia reflect one another across the cardinal axis. The cardinal axis is formed by the four seasonal turning points: zero degrees of each of the four cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn). The cardinal axis is essentially the node of the Sun. As the earth orbits the Sun, it is the intersection of two Great Circles: the ecliptic (the sun's path from our perspective, a.k.a. tropical zodiac) and the earth's equator.
Planets connect in antiscia when they reflect or mirror one another across this axis. Much like a planetary statement made by two planets in aspect, conjunction or midpoint, planets in antiscia make a terrestrial or mundane statement: a statement for the world that is relevant for all the earth’s inhabitants. Therefore, planets in antiscia provide mundane insights into the energy of the day, week, or month.
Antiscia also enrich natal, dynamic, and relationship chart delineations.
Find additional notes on antiscia here...
Twelfth century philosopher and astrologer Ibn Ezra wrote: “You always have to look at degrees that are of the same ascension. An example is when one planet is 10 degrees Aries and the other is at 20 degrees Pisces, so the distance of both of them from the Line of Justice [equinox axis] is equal and they are considered as being in conjunction.”
To use the list of antiscia below, blend the meanings of planets in combination.
For help with delineation of planetary pairs, you may want to utilize books I reference on this page — or use an online resource like this one by John Sandbach — or simply apply your basic astrological knowledge of the planets. You can think of the pairs and combinations as conjunctions. You may take interpretations further by adding nuance via shared or reflected essential dignity and reception. You may also consider combined house meanings: look to where planets in antiscia are posited, as well as interactions between the planets as house rulers, and blend those house themes.
All connections are within 30 minutes of arc or less (i.e., they are very close to exact).
Dates showing one planet indicate its ingress onto the cardinal axis (meaning it resides at zero degrees cardinal (or 29 mutable) and ought to feature prominently that day).
Those with *c indicate contra-antiscia: symmetries around the Aries/Libra (equinox) axis—signs of equal rising. These are just as powerful as antiscia.
The other are antiscia. Signs of equal power and light (sharing quantity of light).
ANTISCIA IN 2023
Month / Day
Jan
2, 3, 4 Mercury Mars (both retrograde) *c logical thought, debate, the critic
11, 12 Sun Mars (station direct) *c activity, assertion, directness, vigor; the worker, the fighter, the activist
14, 15 Venus Uranus *c original spontaneous adventurous love
18, 19 Node Venus love contacts, harmonious interactions
1 / 28 — 2 / 6 Jupiter Neptune *c dreams come true, expanded metaphysics, mercy, pipe-dreams, spiritual materialism, visionaries, speculators
Feb
2, 3 Mercury Mars *c logical thought, debate, the critic
3, 4 Sun Uranus *c revolution, excitement, awakening, freedom; the innovator
17, 18 Venus Chiron *c seeing beauty in all things, especially in the things which require healing
10, 11, 12 Node Sun *c
12, 13 Venus Jupiter *c indulgence, great happiness, and glory of love
19, 20 Venus (0 ARIES) power of attraction, aesthetic taste
20, 21 Mercury Uranus *c genius, technologies
24, 25 Venus Neptune *c the beautiful dream
26, 27 Node Mercury
Mar
4, 5 Sun Venus *c
5, 6, 7 Sun Jupiter Chiron *c
8 Mercury Venus *c sweet speech, thinking about relationships or art
10, 11 Mercury Jupiter Chiron *c
15, 16 Venus Saturn *c
18 Mercury (0 ARIES) comments, rumors, discussions
19 Sun Mercury *c
20 Sun (0 ARIES) distinction and vitality
20, 21 Mercury Neptune *c original spontaneous adventurous love
24, 25 Mars (0 CANCER) assertion, competition, friction, virility, force
24, 25, 26 Sun Neptune *c
Apr
1, 2 Mercury Saturn *c
10, 11 Venus Pluto *c
15, 16 Sun Saturn *c
22, 23, 24, 25e, 26, 27, 28 Jupiter Saturn *c
23e, 24 Venus Mars
May
7 Venus ingress 0 CANCER
19, 20, 21 Sun Pluto *c
20, 21 Sun Mars
27, 28 Sun Venus
June
4, 5, 6 Mercury|Uranus Mars
8, 9 Mercury Venus
10, 11 Mercury Pluto *c
14, 15, 16 Venus Uranus
21 Sun ingress 0 CANCER Happy SOLstice
24, 25 Sun Mercury
25, 26, 27 Mars Jupiter
29, 30, 1 Venus Jupiter
July
1 Venus Jupiter
7, 8, 9, 10 Node Mars
14, 15 Mercury Uranus
20 Mercury Jupiter
25, 26, 27 Mars Chiron
28, 29 Node Mercury
29, 30, 31 Sun Uranus
Aug
4, 5 Mercury Chiron
7, 8 Sun Jupiter
19—thru 9/3 Node Saturn
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 Venus Jupiter
26, 27 Sun Node
30, 31 Mars Neptune
Sep
1, 2, 3 Node Saturn
1, 2 Mars Neptune
2, 3, 4 Sun Chiron
8, 9, 10 Mercury Chiron
11, 12 Sun Mars *c
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 Venus Jupiter
21, 22, 23 Mercury Chiron
22 / 23 Sun ingress 0 LIBRA
22, 23 Mercury Mars *c
26, 27 Sun Neptune
30 Sun, Mercury *c
Oct
4 Mercury ingress 0 LIBRA
6, 7 Mercury Neptune
9, 10, 11 Mars Saturn
9, 10 Venus Mars *c (Venus Saturn opposition)
13, 14, 15 Node Venus
16 Sun Venus *c
17 Mercury Venus *c
21 Mercury Saturn
22, 23 Venus Chiron
21, 22, 23 Sun Saturn
Nov
8 Venus ingress 0 LIBRA
10, 11 Mercury Pluto
11, 12, 13 Venus Neptune
23, 24 Sun Pluto
25, 26, 27 Mars Pluto
Dec
1 Mercury ingress 0 CAPRICORN
2, 3 Venus Saturn
12, 13, 14 Sun Mercury
21 Sun ingress 0 CAPRICORN Happy SOLstice
22 retro Mercury ingress 0 CAPRICORN
23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 Sun Mercury
27, 28 Sun Mars (Mercury Mars conjunction antiscia Sun)
29, 30 Venus Pluto