"Born on the Cusp" By Felissa
Rose
The term "born on the cusp" refers to a period right
before or after the Sun changes zodiacal signs. The actual day varies each
year so a person say for instance born on January 19th might be either a
Capricorn or Aquarius, The Sun doesn’t usually enter a new sign at
midnight so the time and location of a person's birth would determine what
Sun sign they are. The Sun could enter Aquarius at 12:15 PM in San
Francisco but since it is 3:15 PM in New York City at this time an
individual born on that day at 12:15 PM in New York would still have a
Capricorn Sun.
There are 12 signs of the zodiac and each sign has
30 degrees totaling a complete circle of 360 degrees. A planet located at
the 29th degree of a sign is considered "unstable" which means that the
planet would take on characteristics of the sign it is actually placed in
as well as the next one. For instance if an individual is born with the
Sun at 29 degrees of Gemini one would have Gemini as well as Cancer
traits. Sometimes the person would respond to life as a Gemini making
decisions logically and analytically and then as a Cancer through feeling
and intuition. Having other planets or the Ascendant and Midheaven in one
of these signs could slant the individual more into one sign than the
other.
If a planet is unstable it doesn’t mean that the individual
having it is inconsistent, for it could enable one to have a wider outlook
and broader choices. Possible difficulty could lie in being pulled in two
directions at the same time, making them go back and forth between the two
signs. They might be perfectly comfortable with this but others could find
this behavior confusing and unpredictable.
Having the Sun, any
planet, or important angle (ascendant, descendant, nadir or midheaven) at
the first degree of a sign gives an unique tone to the manifestation of
that energy. People having the Sun at zero degrees of a sign often feel
like a stranger in a strange land expressing who they are. In a way they
have to start from scratch. Whatever conditioning taught by peers, family
and society doesn’t seem to work for them. Often there is a feeling of
being different and they have to make their own way in life quite unlike
where they have come from and what has been expected of them.
This
also relates to the expression of other planets in the chart so for
instance if an individual has Venus, which is the ruler of harmony and all
types of relationships --- artistic as well as personal, at zero degrees
of a sign they would demonstrate an uniqueness in their personal
relationships or aesthetic tastes. This would be neither good nor bad --
just different and could be quite interesting.
In a future article
I’ll describe more examples of having planets on the cusp.
Copyright 2000 Felissa Rose. All rights reserved.
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