This point is not sexual in and of itself, but can be if the two people involved are able to affect one another on a deeper level. Human consciousness often translates the need for transformation into sexual terms, and these points can be very ‘hot’ if there is an appropriate meeting of hearts and minds as well as a physical attraction. It’s as if we are hypnotized and compelled by the evolutionary and developmental flow between the Moon and the Sun, which is now heightened by the contact. There is the further internal pressure to merge with this human being in whatever way possible, to take this energy within. It makes sense, because for a time, that’s what they symbolize, a living embodiment of the path to your future. For a time, this person can appear to hold the key to everything. When someone else’s planet or light hits your Soli-Lunar midpoint, there is often an intense fascination, almost a compulsion. It facilitates moving us to a higher state of consciousness awareness. It is an active point of being, almost Uranian in its operation. However, the Soli-Lunar midpoint does not symbolize an emptiness or lack, the way the Descendant does. It works almost like a conjunction to the Descendant–there is something in this person, represented by the planet, that we feel we need. We’re particularly susceptible to the relationship planets landing there (Sun/Moon/Venus/Mars/Saturn) but any planet will do. When we meet anyone whose angles, planets or points conjunct our Soli-Lunar midpoint, they stimulate and excite us. Sometimes, transits or progressions to the Soli-Lunar midpoint will bring partnerships to us, working much like transits to either end of the Vertex axis or Ascendant axis. But the Soli-Lunar midpoint has a particular knack for working in terms of relationships, which attests to the power of symbolic partnership, the symbolic marriage of Sun and Moon (see The Marriage of Sun and Moon) as an outer experience of unity reflecting an inner one. Anyone who has had the long term transit of a heavy hitting planet over this midpoint can vouch for this. Transits and progressions to the Soli-Lunar midpoint stimulate our development in a very concrete and often rapid way. If we have one of our own planets there, it will play a vital role in our growth whether it will be easy or challenging will depend on its aspects, but it will certainly play a leading role.

It’s the place where we actively transform who we are. The Soli-Lunar midpoint is the place the developmental energies collide. They describe and orchestrate our ongoing development. Aside from the angles, the Sun and the Moon are the strongest influences in our charts. Given what we’ve been discussing as to the way the interplay of the Sun and the Moon affects our own development (see The Mystery of Solar Fire, and The Nodes: An Introduction) and our development within synastry, you can sense how important this particular midpoint might be.

The Soli-Lunar midpoint, is, of course, the midpoint between the Sun and the Moon. It works with any two positions, but has more impact when planets involved are in aspect.

It’s a very sensitive, almost hyperactive place in the chart. When planets or lights are involved, anything hitting that point will activate the development of both planets, and be strongly felt. What role does it play?”Ī midpoint is the place of ultimate tension between any two astrological factors. “I’ve heard that the soli-lunar midpoint is important in synastry.

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