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About East Point/ West Point
While I was viewing the forums, I saw a unsolved thread about EP which fascinated me, but didn't have any explination, so I hope il try to share and help about that problem.The place on the celestial horizon 90° clockwise from the North Point is called East Point where the Sun rises at the equinoxes twice a year, around March 20 and 23 September. Astrological, the East Point or EP always squares Mid Coeli ( 10th house cusp ) and Imum Coeli ( 4th house cusp ), and never moves further than 1st and 12th house. East Point tranzits along the zodiac at a very aproximative same speed as the MC. The West Point or WP always opposites the EP, making an axis. The Meridian House system that is similar to the Regiomontanus system, uses the EP as ascedent and WP as descedent, which many astronomers and astrologers were against it, because they didn't know the real function of the EP/WP axis.
But no matter what house system it's used, EP and WP actualy has a ezoteric signfication.
To think ezotericaly, anything related to east is related to fire, Sun, right path, emisive energies, yang energies and energy in generalistic way. Similar to Nodes of the Moon, Lilith/Priapus axis, Vertex/Anti-Vertex axis, the East point has the same energetic and subtle atributions which few know how it works. Talking about the Meridian house system, the ones who invented it weren't doing it for nothing, because the East Point has similar symbolistic indication as Aries/Mars/1st house which shows generalized scheme of personality, self dedication and devotion to a goal or what path in life you want to take and the shaping the outward appearance. The difference about the EP from Aries, Mars and the Ascedent is that it acts more subtle, in more unknown, inner, introspective way. EP may also reprezent what we like to change from ourself, what we want to be, and it's more related to establishment of subconcious ego, unlike the Ascedent which reprezents the establishment of personality in more direct, dignified or easily expressed way.
A sign, planet, sabian symbol, asteroid, fixed star etc that has the position on the East Point, is certainly more powerfull, cause since is an energetic point similar to the ascedent, anything that conjuncts or opposites the EP has a more intense influence and also the EP is coloured by the object it does the aspect and the sign involved. Using aspects whit EP or WP needs a tight orb, except conjunction or opposition, but for trine, sextile or square it requires a more stricter orb tolerance so it could have a significant influence. ( Using WP is the same ).
Going back to the explination of the EP/WP axis, West point has it's own ezoteric meaning, west that is related to air, receptive energies, yin energies, and relating in life. West Point has similar symbolistic indication as Libra/Venus/7th house which shows generalized scheme of relating whit others, how would we want a relationship to be and what we would like about it, it also reprezents the way taking in life, the path you need to end, also opportunities from others, growth, but maturization and bieng more decisive in life is needed.
The EP and WP bieng from the symbolistical of angular houses, and cardinal signs makes anything related to them more powerfull. ( Like someone who is watering the seeds, making things grow faster and more vital ).
In a medical way EP shows fire, it's related to the heart, head, solar plexus, blood tensions, vital energy, heat, temperament, eyes and anything related in base whit fire in medical astrology. The WP shows air, it's related to lungs, kidney, breathing, nervous system, thinking, imagination, nervous impulse etc and anything related in base whit air in medical astrology.
Some karmical and ezoteric astrologers said that calculation points ( Nodes, Lilith, Priapus, Vertex etc ) are energetic points related very subtle whit our karmical debts and path in life, this aplies very well whit the East Point and West Point also, which makes them have a respectful importance, which many would ignor. http://astrologyweekly.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3945
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posted October 26, 2010 09:22 AM
