You have a current normal life trend indicated by your normal progressed chart. Then, when a progressed planet forms an aspect with a birth chart or other progressed planet something out of the ordinary can happen.
A progressed aspect has a start, peak and end date. The energy release it maps commences when it starts and finishes when ends and events related to the aspect can occur at any time between these two dates.
While within its effective one-degree orb of influence a progressed aspect maps a stellar aerial that builds across your astral body which picks up energy from the planets, your thoughts and the character vibrations of objects.
The thought-cell stimulation commences when it starts. And on receiving more energy the thought-cells exert themselves and strive for something characteristic of their desires.
At its start date the stellar aerial mapped by a progressed aspect is dense enough to pick up about one half the aspect’s peak load of energy.
It then gradually increases in power and reaches its peak load of energy on the aspect’s peak power date. It then gradually decreases in power and by the time the aspect is one degree past perfect it again picks up about one half its peak load.
It then ends and loses its capacity to act as an effective aerial and the temporary stellar aerial that was built across your astral body dissolves.
The length of the stellar aerial is indicated by the type of progressed aspect that is formed. It determines if the astral energy which it picks up is harmonious or loaded with discordant static.
Thought-cells can only work with energy they possess or pick up. But the temporary supply of energy provided by a stellar aerial is limited in its power to cause the thought-cells to act in a manner that is different to their normal custom.
Harmonious energy transmitted to thought-cells gives them the impetus to work to attract fortunate events. Discordant energy gives them the impetus to work to attract misfortune and unfortunate events.
However, harmonious thought-cells receiving a temporary supply of discordant energy may feel so malicious that they will work to attract unfortunate events. And discordant thought-cells receiving a temporary supply of harmonious energy may feel so agreeable that they work to attract fortunate events.
You might expect a major event associated with a major progressed aspect to occur near its peak power date but as the event is influenced by several inner-plane and outer-plane factors it can be moved about.
Visualizing your progressions
You can get a better picture of your progressions if you imagine a progressed aspect, from the time it comes within orb until it passes out of orb, as a certain amount of pressure being exerted against your environment.
If the pressure at any time during this period becomes sufficient to alter the environment, an event can occur. Also, whenever the environment furnishes a weak spot, the pressure breaks through to alter your life by bringing another corresponding event.
This relationship between the pressure of the active energy released and the inertia of environment is why an orb of influence is necessary.
Normally the pressure of a major progression being stimulated by a minor progression and a transit progression furnishes sufficient energy to overcome the resistance of environment allowing the event to occur.
So, you can use minor and transit progressions as timing factors in helping to indicate the precise weeks and days when great activity will occur and when, if the environment permits, important events can occur.
The event depends upon two factors: The progressed aspect and environment.
Every progressed aspect in your chart right now is exerting its particular pressure on your life; and there’s a certain amount of interrelation between all these aspects and the stimulated pressure aka thought-cell activity that is defined as a rallying force.
So, the general trend of all your progressed aspects can influence the trend of a powerful new progression. It maps an event involving a specific department of life but your environment may facilitate an event mapped by one of your weaker – less active – progressions.
Through rallying forces, the event mapped by a powerful progression can be modified by a less active progression even when it doesn’t involve the house where the most active pressure is being applied.
Very frequently the fortune or misfortune of the event is not indicated by the harmony or discord of the aspect, but is powerfully influenced by the dominating progressed aspect at the time acting as a rallying force.
You may have several harmonious progressions and one highly discordant progressed aspect and if you stay tuned to its astral broadcast, you’ll limit your capacity to benefit from the harmonious aspects.
The discordant aspect acting as a rallying force can map a discordant trend even when the inner-world weather points to fine, sunny conditions.
Except through their influence as rallying forces, each major progressed aspect commonly stimulates the thought-cells affected to work for a different and characteristic event or condition.
Every progressed aspect in your chart right now is stimulating thought-cells corresponding to the planets in your unconscious soul-mind.
Events occur when the pressure being exerted by your thought-cells can overcome the resistance being exerted by your environment.
Take home messages
The one-degree orb for all progressed aspects is a proven fact and necessity.
A progressed aspect has a wave-like effect, being perceptible when just one degree from perfect, increasing in strength to the perfect aspect, then decreasing until it no longer has an effect when one degree past perfect.
The greatest amount of energy is released when the aspect is perfect. That’s when it reaches its maximum strength and while the major event it maps can occur around this time the environment can move the event to another time.
Environmental resistance can prevent an important event occurring even when the major progression is being reinforced by minor and transit progressions.
A major progression will work out in its own terms and is not affected by minor or transit timing factors.
The significant factor regarding your progressions involves the selecting of such an environment and such companions, especially your mental thought companions, that they’re used to attract the things which you really desire into your life.
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