Holographic transits and synastry

[lumina]

I want to quote a passage of Robert Blashke`s book on relationship astrology (which I cannot recommend highly enough; it`s been in my posession for over 10 years now, and I find I am going back to it again and again and still learning new things from it!)





He states that in his experience not all synastric aspects are active simultaneously with the same strength and that most are dormant until activated. This activation can happen through holographic transits.



"It links any current progressed aspects or Transit influences affecting either individual in a relationship with the synastric aspects between them. If, for example, the man`s Saturn is conjunct the woman`s Mars, the aspect is only activated, when either of the two individuals has Transit Saturn aspecting their natal Mars or transiting Mars aspecting natal Saturn, or if either has progressed Mars aspecting natal Saturn"

(Blashke, Astrology a language of live - Volume IV Relationship analysis, p.107)



While of course there are other ways that synastric aspects might be activated or pulled into the foreground (one of the major signs to describe this is their angularity, and especially if becoming angular by progression - and also if the pr Moon temporarily highlights certain synastric aspects, either natal synastry or progressed synastry, as the pr Moon acts like a flashlight, illumination certain spots, of course for just a short while, about 3 months, the pr angles or even pr Sun activating planets usually have a timeframe of about 2-3 years, in which these aspects are VERY much in the foreground, though there is some waxing and waning time outside this timeframe involved.).



But anyway for now just focusing on what Blashke wrote here - I think it describes a practical approach to what many astrologers call "the natal promise".

Remember how in almost every astrology book or article the natal promise is mentioned, and they are saying that you can only experience something that is in some way written into your lifescript, your chart?



Most of those astrologers, as I find, avoid to defining however what a natal promise is and more importantly HOW it can be activated.

That theory of Blashke is one technique to figure that out, I think.



In my own mind I´ve always called this "mirroring" or "resonance" instead of holographic transits, but it doesn`t matter how it is called.



What it really means is that something external (a transit most of the times) triggers a certain personal issue or figure and "brings it out". Progressions and transits through that resonance-effect seem to describe the time when that natal promise (or sometimes threat ) is ripe for expression and manifestation.





Curiously I haven`t really tried it out with synastry, though I did notice that in terms of individual charts, natal, progressed, transit), that those double and triple whammies that pick up upon a natal aspects somehow have a much stronger effect than many other transits, even though we think they should have more effect. They are also sometimes putting you in a vulnerable place, because they touch a pretty personal part of yourself, and not always one you wnat to have brought onto display all of the times.





For example for me this was the case in the summer of 2012, which proved to be a quite kathartic summer.



Natally I have Venus on 6 Capricorn square Pluto on 9 Libra





That august there was:



pr Pluto on 9 Libra in partile square with pr ASC on 8 Capricorn, which had been going over my natal Venus on 6 Cap the 2 years before

While the pr ASC-nVenus was too wide at that time, it is interesting that prASC was exactly squaring Pluto, and hence bringing it to the foreground and Pluto of course is always tagging my Venus along, though in this instance the emphasis was more on Pluto with a small dose of Venus







That week I have in mind



Tr Pluto was on 7 Capricorn rx, re-applying to my nVenus and still in orb of course for conjunct my prASC and squaring my Pluto (it had been going back and forth in between conjunct Venus and squaring Pluto, and most of the time the most noteable events or phases happened when Tr Pluto was pretty close to the midpoint of the Venus and Pluto degrees for me, so around 8 degree of cardinal)





What made this particular week stand out possibly also had to do with Tr Venus (a quick moving one of course) being on about 5-8 Cancer during those days, and hence, there was a



Venus-Pluto-square in the transits

that mirrored my

natal Venus-Pluto-square

plus

Tr Pluto was conjunct my Venus and square my Pluto, and hence triggering this one



and the pr ASC was just another factor to push it into the limelight.





It is interesting that the Transiting Venus-Pluto-square was actually aspecting my natal Venus-Pluto-square; for a holographic transit that does not always have to be the case, at least in terms of synastric aspects.







BAck then the week was also interesting because of my prMoon being exactly opposing my natal Sun, and on the day I am talking about, Tr Moon was falling onto my pr Moon exact. (Tr Sun was also opposing my natal Moon - so a transiting Double whammy, mirroring the Sun-Moon-progression I had)







Hmm I guess now I will just have to check some relationship "phases" and their holographic transits for that time.

[lumina]

Oh, I am completely convinced that this is a much too limited view, there are many other ways synastry aspects are being activated - you described several of them.
Personally I still pay most attention to what is being transited simultaneously, that will DEFINITELY be in play in a major way (I also consider transits to progressed chart though).

However, this is one method or possibility to activate synastric aspects, that is worth looking into. Imo this works mainly due to the mirror or resonance-effect.

If I have a natal Mars-Saturn aspect and Saturn will aspect that, it will definitely touch that quality or trait inside me very immediately. Same goes for synastry.

If we have a Mars-Saturn-conjunction and Mars or Saturn are aspecting this, we are going to go into full Mars-Saturn-mode, because that is what the natal contains already. it`s familiar opus moderandi.

The transiting square of Neptune to my Mars absolutely brought my natal Mars-Neptune-conjunction to the foreground.


As for your example I personally believe it was the Sun-Uranus-involvement that made you get married so quickly. Venus-Saturn-Neptune wouldn´t have done that, though it might have helped to make the decision to commit.

And btw you actually did have a holographic Venus-Saturn-aspect if Tr Venus was squaring your Saturn. I don`t think both people have to have this transit, one of them is enough to bring up the theme (possibly the person who undergoes that transit plays a certain role in that, either being more actively expressing their side of the synastric aspect or experiencing the combo of planets more intensely, but I have not figured out that exactly yet).

Oh I see he also had the progression, if pr Saturn was still squaring natal Venus, and it is a "marker" for him anyway, as it is already present in his natal. It`s like a motor that might be always running, but gets this extra-kick if replicated by transits.

[lumina]

Ava


"Thank you, that does make sense. When are you going to write the ultimate astrology book? "
Haha, I wouldn´t know where to start!



"His pr sun was conjunct my Mars....that counts for illumination as much as the moon, I would assume?"
Absolutely. Would last longer, too with the pr Sun. And Sun-Mars is quite a dynamic pairing. I think P and M had it as well. (No, being wrong about that one; it was her pMars conjunct his pASC on 29°35 Taurus at the end of july 2012 and since her natal Ceres is on 00°51 Gemini his pASC was conjunct her nCeres at the end of june 2013 and her own pMars was conjunct her nCeres in may 2014 - well it`s separated now, in fact his pASC more recently was conjunct her n Chiron at the end of february/march 2016, and will be once again conjunct her pChiron in october/november 2017 on 6°35 Gemini, just as her pSun is pulling away from conjuncting his Chiron, which was exact in april/ may last year)



Anyway Sun-Mars definitely is a very energetic pairing, though not neccessarily romantic. But could fire up the passions if some Moon or Venus or 5th or 7th house involvement came into play.





"28 Scorpio pr moon
28 Cancer - 0 Leo Mars/Saturns"
Not sure how storng the trines are, but I take Carol Rushman`s word for it, and she sais it is very active in a smooth way.



"Wow...and is this around the time you disappeared? "
No, it was the first time I reappeared after my months long absence. And I guess I decided to stick around,t hough I had no clue how stony the path really would get. But going away had not worked either, so I figured the only way really is the way through. No other way, right?

Of course he also made me laugh, maybe it was just a coincidence, but I clearly remember, that I was sitting at the open air musical, and his first entry was in a crowd scene, dancing with someboday, and the moment his eyes were gliding across where I sat, though he had actually already moved on, he suddenly made that backflip looking back at me, an in doingso nearly threw his poor dancing partner off balance. She was professional, so she just shortly stumbled, but it looked funny.

But whatever happened with me happened on the inside, and actually led to an uncontrollable crying fit under the shower one of those evenings (not even because of him), I just was being sentimental about .... other pasts and that night accepted that some pasts simply had ended.

And just when I did they were showing those scenes from "P.S. I love you", the ones I showed you a while ago, and that completely did me in. lol As I said I was sentimental those days. And reacting bizarrely irrational and intense. (pluto I suppose). Oh and Tr Uranus was of course on my IC, opposing my Pluto and squaring my Venus-ASC as well.