ANTISCIA 2024

Antiscia are symmetries around the seasonal turning points (solstice and equinox) also known as the Cardinal Axis. Antiscia and contra-antiscia are reflections falling equidistant, forward and back, from the zero degree point of each of the four cardinal signs: Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn. Points in antiscia and contra-antiscia mirror one another. With antiscia (across Cancer/Capricorn) points share the same amount of daylight. With contra-antiscia (across Aries/Libra) they share ascensional time: speed of a sign rising on the horizon. Sometimes these reflections or mirror points are referred to as SHADOWS.

antiscia

reflections of equal light around the solstice points


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 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 for the day: a statement for the world that is relevant for all of the earth’s inhabitants. Therefore planets in antiscia provide mundane insights into the energy of the day, week, or month.

Antiscia is also very useful in delineating birth charts, relationship synastry, and in dynamic timing of events and inner developments in one’s life.
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, simply 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.

To take your interpretations further, consider the shared or reflected essential dignity and receptions. You may also combine house meanings: look to where planets in antiscia are positioned in the chart, how do those topics interact?

  • All connections below are within 30 minutes of arc or less (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 2024

Month / Day

Jan

2, 3, 4 Mars (0 CAPRICORN)

7, 8 Sun Venus

9, 10 Mercury Mars

13 Mercury (0 CAPRICORN)

15, 16 Venus Mars

18 Mercury Venus

22, 23 Venus (0 CAPRICORN)

30, 31 Sun Uranus *c

Feb

9, 10, 11 Sun Jupiter *c

11, 12 Mercury Uranus *c

17 Mercury Jupiter *c

24, 25 Venus Uranus *c

26, Mars Uranus *c

26, 27, 28, 29 Mercury Node Chiron *c

Mar

1, 2, 3, 4 Sun Node Chiron *c

1, 2 Venus Jupiter *c

5, 6, 7 Mars Jupiter *c

9 Mercury (0 ARIES)

11 Mercury Neptune *c

11—21 Saturn Chiron *c

13 Sun Mercury *c

19 Sun (0 ARIES)

19, 20, 21 Mercury Chiron Venus Saturn *c

21, 22 Sun Neptune *c

23 Venus Node

27, 28 Mercury Mars *c

28 Sun Venus *c

30, 31 Saturn Node

Apr

1—17 Saturn Node

9, 10, 11 Mars Saturn Node

14 Venus Mars *c

16, 17 Venus Saturn *c

30 Mars (0 ARIES)

30 Mars Neptune *c

May

1, 2 Mars Neptune *c

12—21 Jupiter Pluto *c

15, 16, 17 Mars Saturn *c

17, 18 Sun Pluto *c

21, 22 Venus Pluto *c

23—30 Neptune (29.5-30 PISCES)

June

1—30 Neptune (29.5-30 PISCES)

1, 2 Mercury Pluto *c

16, 17 Venus and Mercury (0 CANCER)

17, 18 Sun Mercury Venus

20 Sun ingress 0 CANCER Happy SOLstice

26—30 Saturn Node

27 Mercury Jupiter

July

1—31 Neptune (29.5-30 PISCES)

1—17 Saturn Node

3, 4 Venus Jupiter

4 Mercury Uranus

7 Mercury Mars

10, 11 Sun Jupiter

13, 14 Venus Mars Uranus

17, 18, 19, 20 Mars Pluto *c

21 Sun Mars

24, 25, 26 Sun Uranus

Aug

1—12 Neptune (29.5-30 PISCES)

9, 10 Venus Chiron

22, 23, 24 Venus Node

28, 29, 30 Sun Chiron

29, 30 Venus Neptune

Sep

4 Mars (0 CANCER)

8, 9 Sun Venus *c

9, 10 Venus Saturn

13, 14 Mercury Chiron

14, 15, 16 Sun Node

14, 15 Mercury Venus *c

19, 20, 21 Mars Jupiter

22 Sun ingress 0 LIBRA

22, 23 Mercury Node

23, 24 Sun Neptune

24 Sun Mercury *c

26 Mercury ingress 0 LIBRA

26, 27 Mercury Neptune

Oct

4, 5 Mercury Saturn

7, 8, 9 Sun Saturn

17, 18 Venus Pluto

21, 22 Venus Mars *c

Nov

2, 3 Mercury Mars *c

2, 3 Mercury Pluto

11 Venus ingress 0 LIBRA

17, 18 Sun Mars *c

17—30 Mars Uranus

19 Mercury Venus

20, 21, 22 Sun Pluto

20, 21 Venus Jupiter *c

29 Sun Venus

Dec

1—19 Mars Uranus

4—27 Neptune Node

11, 12 Venus Uranus *c

20/21 Sun ingress 0 CAPRICORN Happy SOLstice

31 Sun Mercury

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