posted January 31, 2016 09:23 PM            

Are midpoints activated by conjunctions only? I read only conjunctions are counted.. or can we take into account trines, oppositions, sextiles & squares?

posted February 01, 2016 09:39 AM            

aspects:
conjunction and opposition: those are the direct midpoints

square: strong as well

semisquare, sesisquare: some use them, some don`t, I haven`t made up my mind, but I do think they might be less strong as the aspects of the 4th harmonic.

You can see it like this. Every two planets have two direct midpoints in a circle,w hich are exactly opposite, a near and a far one.
So we are in fact dealing with a midpoint axis.

If something is square that axis, it is actually on the midpoint of the midpoint axis, which might be the reason squares work in midpoint astrology.

The semisquare/ sesisquare is the midpoint of a square, possibly toned down even more.

Soft aspects and quinkunx and other minor aspects are not considered, because in midpoint astrology we are concerned with those aspects that are event-oriented and activating, which is not the case with the softer aspects.

One exception is if soft aspects form a symmetrical aspectfigure in tight orbs, like the Yod or Grand trine, then they result in midpoint pictures, too and hence, are strongly activating.