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posted June 27, 2004 10:33 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Came across this link on the Vertex, and was one of the easiest to read:::


"Destiny's Gate

Boring Intro Remarks -
The Vertex -

I like to call the Vertex "Destiny's Gate"... According to the dictionary, a Vertex is "the summit, the highest point reached in the apparent motion of a celestial body or other points. Taken from the Latin - vertere, meaning 'to turn.' "

In the horoscopic chart, the Vertex is calculated as being the point located at the intersection of the Ecliptic (path of the Sun) and the Prime Meridian, a plane that divides the celestial sphere into front and back. (If none of that mumbo jumbo chart calculation stuff makes any sense, then don't worry about it. It's only here for those few certain eggheads who know what to do with it and like to think about such weighty things.)

The Vertex is actually part of a two point axis comprised of the Vertex and Anti-Vertex... As an axis - if your Vertex is located in 10 degrees of Scorpio, then your anti-Vertex is located in 10 degrees of Taurus. Some astrologers have devised distinctions between the two points, with the Anti-Vertex generally having the more negative effect. In practical experience, I haven't noticed a difference. Due to the "nature of the beast" - in any astrological chart, the Vertex is normally found lurking around in either the 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th house.

In Astrology (the Nitty Gritty)
So anyway, based on the Vertex being astronomically located on a "turning point" in the sky, then it probably has something to do with "turning points" in your life. It does. Based on it being located in the 5th through 8th houses, then you can bet it quite often has something to do with "meetings of people." It does.

Here's my astrological rule of thumb definition of the Vertex: the Vertex is a sensitive point on the chart (any chart) that during unusual, extraordinary times feels like a fortunate "turning point" or a meeting with "Destiny's Gate."

The Vertex often feels like a compulsive, yet fortunate experience and meeting up with destiny that you couldn't avoid (even if you wanted to). According to Bill Meridian (Mountain Astrologer, June/July 2001), astrologer, Charles A. Jayne who (along with Lorne Johndro) first came up with using the Vertex, "felt this point was fated and that it represented matters beyond our control."

Here's how I typically use the Vertex (and the anti-Vertex):

Destiny's Gate can be:

a person (and how they effect you)
in synastry, the most effective when another person's natal Sun, Moon, Ascendant, Venus or Mars conjuncts your natal Vertex or anti-Vertex. I've gotten a wee bit stingy in my old age - and I only (90% of the time) use conjunctions when looking at the Vertex and anti-Vertex. Also, the slower a planet is... the more narrow my orbs tend to get when looking at cross aspects with the Vertex and anti-Vertex.

a time (when you meet a special person)
when a transiting planet - especially the Sun - conjuncts your birth Vertex or anti-Vertex.
Be Careful What You Wish For
Through the years, I've discovered that it's a whopping big mistake to overly romanticize the Vertex and/or the people that it brings into our lives. In this regard, I especially like what my good friend Aussie astrologer Judy Crichton Weeks has to say about the Vertex. In a nutshell, she feels that the Vertex is a "relationship" point and a "wish fulfillment" point. When the Vertex is involved, we may get exactly what we wished for, but we get it in a "perverse manner."

Yep! You may feel like you've literally "wished" this destined meeting with a person into existence. This destined meeting often fills one up with the sense of needing to bring something (or someone) to "completion." However, later on (after everything's said and done)... She... er, I mean... "Destiny's Gate" may not feel quite as "fortunate" as you originally thought! Okay?

Final Word Of Caution
As I mentioned previously, the Vertex is a sensitive point on the chart (any chart) that during unusual, extraordinary times feels like a fortunate "turning point" or a meeting with "Destiny's Gate." When folks first discover the Vertex, they usually go a little "hog wild" with it! It seems like most us assume anything and everything about us and our chart is going to be unusual and extraordinary. It's not and we're not.

So... yes, there are those "unusual, extraordinary" times when the Vertex (and/or the Anti-Vertex) on a chart gets "lit up" and becomes very powerful. Then, it seems, that in every subsidiary chart cast (in relation to that original chart) - the Vertex is equally strong and "lit up."

But then, there are plenty of other times when it (the Vertex) ain't doing a blessed thing... there are plenty of times when the transiting Sun or Venus is going to pass over your birth chart and you're not about to meet a new and exciting lover (and/or you're not going to come into some easy money). Other times... it means exactly that.

Here's one small concrete example:
I've met two of the life changing (and gut wrenching) "loves of my life," almost exactly at the very moment the transiting Sun was passing over my birth (natal) Vertex and/or anti-Vertex. There, of course, was other lots of other stuff going on in my chart and in their charts (including, in one case, where the transiting North Lunar Node was exactly conjuncting her birth North Lunar Node at precisely the moment we laid eyes on each other - and that "puppy" only happens once every 18 years or so).

The problem is that the Sun has also, once each year, passed over my birth (natal) Vertex and anti-Vertex (so far, 90 some other times) when I didn't meet one of the life changing (and gut wrenching) "loves of my life."

Thus, for those folks who prefer solid, firm (1, 2, 3) definitions of astrological points and symbols that you can always count on and use - the Vertex can be frustrating and elusive. Questions arise, such as: "How do I use it?" "How do I know when to use it?" "How do I know when not to use it?" Good! I'm glad it frustrates and confuses you. You may actually be on the verge of learning something very important about the nature astrology and working with living, active symbols..."

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astro junkie
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posted June 27, 2004 10:38 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
BTW - Just tried to do a Natal + Transits on the Vertex on astro.com, and as for the transit, it says, "not available".

If anyone knows how to bypass that, or get the current Vertex transit in an easy way. Thanks.

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posted June 28, 2004 05:38 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Peri     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
some info on vertex: http://www.nrg.com.au/~d-falcon/News.htm#vertum and http://www.astro-horoscopes.net/HTML/AskKevin/AskKevinArchive.html

BTW progressed Vertex is available on astro.com

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posted June 28, 2004 10:56 AM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks Peri - I'll try the Progressed on astro.com.

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