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The Rhythm of Life Is a Powerful Beat back at the Ascendant and begins mov­ orb”) for about a year (roughly eight The Rhythm ing through the signs and houses again. months before and four months after (See Figure, below.) exactitude). of Life Is a The Phases An Example: Scilla Elworthy Regardless of our own particu­ Last year, I met a very inspir­ Powerful lar Ascendant sign, the 1st house rep­ ing woman who kindly agreed to an resents the Aries phase, the 2nd house interview. Scilla Elworthy has worked the Taurus phase, and so on, until the with world leaders on many globally Beat 12th/Pisces phase, which ends at age important projects, and has been nom­ 72. There is a lot more to this method, inated for the Nobel Peace Prize three Using the Huber and I refer you to the books listed below times for her role in developing effec­ for more information. For my purposes tive dialogue between nuclear weapons Life Clock here, I will discuss just two things that policy­makers.1 the Age Point can do. Firstly, it can Scilla is very self­aware and is there­ by Faye Cossar announce the start of a new phase by fore a perfect subject for illustrating how reaching a house cusp at ages 6, 12, this technique can be used. As I write rediction is very difficult, espe­ 18, etc. The entries into angular houses this, Scilla is approaching age 72, so she “Pcially about the future,” said at ages 18, 36, 54, and 72, in particular, has literally been around the clock! At physicist Niels Bohr. Astrologers would are major turning points. For instance, the time I interviewed her, the Age Point probably agree, yet we still attempt it the 1st­house/Aries phase (from birth was about to conjoin the Sun, having for our clients — not to mention our­ to the sixth birthday) is linked to devel­ just passed over her other 12th­house Predictive Techniques Predictive selves. And unless we know some his­ oping an identity, while the opposite planets. (See Chart, facing page.) tory of our client, forecasting is not only 7th­house/Libra phase (from ages 36 difficult, it is impossible. So, the trick is to 42) represents developing an authen­ The Twelfth Phase to have an efficient way of seeing how tic identity within a partnership and (Age 66 to 72) patterns in a horoscope have worked in society. This phase represents pre­birth, a up until now, and to ask the client ques­ Secondly, the AP can aspect a gestation time, a time to go inwards, tions about their past. planet. I investigate the ages at which reflect on life, and prepare for a it conjoins or opposes a planet (or, “rebirth” into the 1st­house/Aries phase. The Life Clock for a younger person, when it makes Any pre­birth issues (12th house), Swiss astrologer Bruno Huber a square). These are the aspects and as well as wounds from the opposite believed that there must be a clock in life experiences that clients recognize 6th­house phase (ages 30 to 36), might Huber Phasesmore clearly and quickly. The Age come to the surface to be healed. The the horoscope, one that tracked the Scilla, with Huber rhythmic, psychological development Point trigger to a planet is active (“in twelfth phase is a time to have a dream GHIJJKLMJNOPQRS ages (see email) of a person. 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When the AP reached Mer­ was 18, with the Age Point conjunct September 29, September 29, AP to Uranus cury in 1976, although she still had Pluto in the 4th house. When the AP 1977 2013 trouble thinking, there was one question reached the opposition point of her December 27, December 27, going round in her mind: “Who am I — Sun–Uranus conjunction in 1977–78, AP to the Sun 1978 2014 who am I really?” She started an inner she started working with UNESCO to dialogue with herself by way of ther­ track minority rights and began a cam­ * Software is available for determining apy with a Jungian analyst. It took her paign against female genital mutilation the exact dates an Age Point aspects a six years to recover from her illness, but (Sun–Uranus in Gemini: speaking out natal planet. during this period, she began the pro­ for change). Difficulties with her hus­ cess of finding her own voice. “The gift band arose at this point, as he was used Ceres Age Points was self­knowledge,” she told me. to being centre stage, and now Scilla In 1975, Scilla began organising Scilla had always been frightened was becoming more “authentic”: the the building and launch of the Market of people being sarcastic, which at times networking Scilla (Gemini) and rebel Theatre, South Africa’s first multiracial prevented her from speaking. With the (Uranus) who was speaking out (Gem­ theatre. Between 1970 and 1976, she AP over Mercury and through Gemini in ini) against unfairness and inequal­ was also chair of Kupugani, the South recent years, I suspected that she might ity (Uranus). This eventually led to the African nutrition education organisation. have finally found her unique voice. breakup of her marriage. Looking back, Some of Ceres’ themes are democracy, She said, “Yes! I am speaking in pub­ she recognizes this time as the beginning food, the green movement, the environ­ lic and not minding my manners any­ of her manifesting her true calling (Sun). ment, tough negotiation, and women’s more! I am often invited to be a keynote Recently, Scilla began a new ven­ rights. I asked Scilla if any of these were speaker and speak my truth.” ture that is very close to her heart, since also relevant in 2011. “Absolutely — all it encompasses her Gemini stellium. Huber Phases of them!” During that year,Scilla, she was with a HuberSun–Uranus Age Points Rising Women, Rising World — a circle keynoteGHIJJKLMJNOPQRS speaker and a directorages (see of pro email)­ Scilla’s father didn’t like children. of experienced women specialists who TKQKJLURKPQ grammesVWXL1L-2.1YLZRW for the World Peace Festival. She never really knew him and always support initiatives for a better global 6[60LK\LL]^GZL_4[00 She`KJKaRIbJaYLGHOQJKXc published a found him difficult. 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