posted February 09, 2006 10:55 AM              

This is from my book "Designs for a New Age" available from AFA or my website. The book describes the Grand Cross and several types of rectangles, including the Mystic and Magic rectangles.

posted February 09, 2006 11:27 AM              

I think of the "Mystic Rectangle" as having all the benefits of the T-square (which is made up of challenging squares) with all the easiness of trines and sextiles. Mystic Rectangle! It's the fast, fun way to personal enlightenment! Try it today!

With the light on,

posted February 10, 2006 10:53 AM              

Thanks for your kind words. I will "give it another shot" and we will see if this helps any!

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...this rectangle aspect hold the 'good' of the T-square [difficult energy when focused properly leads to enlightenment] with 'easy' energy like a trine. What 'tone' is that? It reads like a contradiction...

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Exactly! It IS a contradiction! That's the amazing thing about the "Mystic Rectangle"...it has all these trines and sextiles (easy energy) but it also has 2 oppositions (challenging energy). So the easy and the challenging are thrown together...it's like the easy HELPS the challenging oppositions "get along" with each other. As a result, there are the benefits of working out the challenging oppositions by using EASY flow of energy made possible by the trines and sextiles.

Contrast that to the Grand Square. A Grand Square has NO easy flows of energy. The "outside" of the square is made up of squares (challenging energy) AND it also has two oppositions (challenging energy). So, with the Grand Square you are always "up against it" (as the Americans say! ) and facing the difficult issues in life.

The way I think of it is: Mystic Rectangles and Grand Squares give you challenges in life and help you grow and develop to a high level. The difference is the Mystic Rectangle can sometimes seem like a "magic carpet" which glides us above the challenges of life, while the Grand Square can sometimes seem like one of the inner circles of hell! Of course, we have to go through hell before we get to heaven...but that is a whole 'nother post ENTIRELY!

Taking it easy,

Tim

posted February 10, 2006 10:58 AM              

There was a recent discussion on fans in a chart. Read all about it here: http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/008199.html

Linking,

posted February 10, 2006 11:08 AM              

Thanks for showing your chart...I need a chart to look at in order to do chart analysis. Your mystic rectangle connects your Ascendant (self) and Descendant (others). So there is a "flow" of energy between yourself and others. This "flow" is channeled through the 10th house (duty) and the 4th house (home, also emotions). The emphasis seems to be on understanding (with Jupiter (expansion, also wisdom) and Mercury (thinking, also talking/daily work, also analysis) emphasized) and relationships (with Venus (relationships) conjunct (energy is combined with) Descendant (others).

Summing all this astro-gobbledygook up , you seem to have a need to connect yourself to others, mostly through trying to understand things and relating to what others are doing in their lives. This is a natural, easy thing for you, which causes you great personal development in your life.

Mystically,

Tim

posted February 11, 2006 12:44 AM              

In my opinion the Grand Square is not quite complete between Saturn and Jupiter, so the strongest focus is your mystic rectangle which divides your chart into a left and right half, half focusing on self (left-side) and half focusing on others (right side). With Jupiter (expansion, also wisdom) focused on the "self" side opposite Moon (home, also emotions) the challenge seems to be balancing out your emotions about others with your own self understanding. With North node (future goals) conjunct Nadir (inner world), the goal is to move into a greater understanding of your inner self.

Inwardly,

posted February 11, 2006 07:49 PM              

The chart file has expired. Perhaps if you post the birth information I could take a look at the chart. In the meantime, here are some basic chart patterns (Part II, 10.0): http://www.bobmarksastrologer.com/TOClessons.htm

Linking,

posted February 12, 2006 01:22 PM              

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Your mystic rectangle connects your Ascendant (self) and Descendant (others). So there is a "flow" of energy between yourself and others. This "flow" is channeled through the 10th house (duty) and the 4th house (home, also emotions). The emphasis seems to be on understanding (with Jupiter (expansion, also wisdom) and Mercury (thinking, also talking/daily work, also analysis) emphasized) and relationships (with Venus (relationships) conjunct (energy is combined with) Descendant (others).

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Summing all this astro-gobbledygook up , you seem to have a need to connect yourself to others, mostly through trying to understand things and relating to what others are doing in their lives. This is a natural, easy thing for you, which causes you great personal development in your life.

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Thank you - I appreciate your help on this...especially since I figured out only relatively recently that I've got this configuration in my chart

As an aside (if you have time), in this chart what significance to the Star of David and Kite hold?
Are their respective powers diminished or changed at all because some of the planets involved are in out-of-sign aspects?

posted February 13, 2006 02:08 AM              

I think a Grand Sextile (Star of David) is a link to the ENTIRE chart which permits the person to access ALL their energies. As a result, there are MANY things the person could do, if they decide that they want to do them. The challenge, as with all easy, powerful aspect patterns is, if it is TOO easy, they may never bother to do anything with their energy...much easier to let everything "fall into their lap"! The Star of David, according to my way of interpreting things ENTIRELY dominates the chart, making the other aspect patterns MUCH less important.

Yes, I think your mystic rectangle makes you an EXCELLENT councillor, in whatever way you decide to apply this ability!

Sensibly feeling the flow,

posted February 13, 2006 08:04 AM              

Veering a little bit back to the Mystic Rectangle:

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Also called simply a 'rectangle', two opposition aspects are woven together with two trine and two sextile aspects. This can make for a time of enormous questions, yet it also brings potential solutions and openings which arise either by default or by apparent good luck. The flowing aspects take much of the tension out of the opposition aspects. There is much to work out, but it looks as if great things are possible. Abilities and assets search for a cause to be engaged in. Dilemmas can have difficulty being resolved in the usual ways, but they seem to work themselves out anyway in other ways. Letting go is the main way through: the state of mind is often the obstacle, when in fact there is an open road ahead. Here there can be exceptional skills which overcome immense obstacles, through synthesizing apparently different elements into an original and appropriate package. The rectangle brings marked results.

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