Waxing vs Waning Aspects
Waxing vs Waning Aspects explains an aspect phase inside the full synodic cycle. The pair is at the waxing square phase; 270° would be the waning square phase.
Overview
Waxing and waning place an aspect within a full synodic cycle from conjunction to opposition and back, not merely before or after exactitude. The page separates calculation from interpretation and keeps this worked result conditional: the pair is at the waxing square phase; 270° would be the waning square phase. Verification follows this declared method: Order the faster body relative to the slower body from the last conjunction, then distinguish a waxing 90° phase from a waning 270° phase.
At a glance
- Topic
- Waxing vs Waning Aspects
- Method family
- Waxing vs Waning Aspects · aspects and configurations
- Case inputs
- faster body 90° ahead of the slower body since their last conjunction
- Measured finding
- the pair is at the waxing square phase; 270° would be the waning square phase
- School frame
- Waxing vs Waning Aspects · modern extended-aspect method
- OpenFate tools
- Waxing vs Waning Aspects · knowledge reference only
Definition and exact scope
waxing and waning place an aspect within a full synodic cycle from conjunction to opposition and back, not merely before or after exactitude
Calculation or decision rule
order the faster body relative to the slower body from the last conjunction, then distinguish a waxing 90° phase from a waning 270° phase
Worked case and illustrative near miss
faster body 90° ahead of the slower body since their last conjunction. the pair is at the waxing square phase; 270° would be the waning square phase.
Illustrative near miss: Calling every not-yet-exact square “waxing” confuses synodic phase with applying motion.
School and variant boundary
This extension is not accepted or weighted uniformly, so the included aspect set and orb table must be named.
Product, safety, and verification boundary
OpenFate presents Waxing vs Waning Aspects as a sourced knowledge method and does not claim a dedicated calculator or generated reading for it. Verification retains failed measurements and uncertainty, then revises interpretation rather than the receipt. Waxing vs Waning Aspects cannot diagnose a person, remove consent, or guarantee an event.
Sources and editorial basis
- Skyscript: An Introduction to Aspects and Chart ShapingSections “The Aspects”, “Orbs”, and “Aspect Patterns”; nine commonly used aspects and chart-shape examples.Nicholas Campion’s public overview of major and minor aspects, orbs, and multi-planet chart patterns; its interpretations remain school-bound claims.
- NCGR-PAA Level II CurriculumPDF p. 4, lines 110–112, applying/separating and minor-aspect curriculum items.A professional curriculum naming sign classifications, five levels of rulership, reception, dispositors, sect, minor aspects, declination, antiscia, fixed stars, lots, and time-lord systems.