In Phase

When composing chart search conditions, "In Phase" allows you to select...

•A First Planet, Point or Cusp – any of Solar Fire’s standard chart points, or any of the 12 house cusps

•A First Point Modifier – a modifier to apply to the selected point or cusp, such as the ruler of that point, the degree almuten of that point, the antiscia of that point, the contra-antiscia of that point.

•A Phase – any individual phase division of 2, 4 or 8 in zodiacal longitude.

•A Second Planet, Point or Cusp

•A Second Point Modifier

Also, for Chart Searches only, whether the second point's placement relates to...

•The same chart - i.e. the phase occurs between the two points in the charts being searched (the selected radix chart is not used)

•The radix chart - i.e. the phase occurs between the first point in the charts being searched and the second point in the selected radix chart

or... for Electional Searches only, whether the second point's placement relates to...

•The transiting chart - i.e. the phase occurs between the two transiting points (the selected radix chart is not used)

•The radix chart - i.e. the phase occurs between the transiting first point and the second point in the selected radix chart

Examples: Moon in Phase 1 of 2 with Sun; The Traditional Ruler of the 5th House Cusp in Phase 3 of 4 with the Ascendant.

Note: The phase is determined by the angle of the first point in relation to the second point i.e. by how far the first point LEADS the second point in the zodiac. Therefore Moon in Phase 1 of 2 with the Sun means that the Moon leads the sun by between 0 and 180 degrees.

Note: With the Moon as the first point, and Sun as the second point, these phases are typically given the following names...

•Phase 1 of 2 – Waxing Moon

•Phase 2 of 2 – Waning Moon

•Phase 1 of 4 – New Moon

•Phase 2 of 4 – First Quarter Moon

•Phase 3 of 4 – Full Moon

•Phase 4 of 4 – Third Quarter Moon

•Phase 1 of 8 – New Moon

•Phase 2 of 8 – Crescent Moon

•Phase 3 of 8 – First Quarter Moon

•Phase 4 of 8 – Gibbous Moon

•Phase 5 of 8 – Full Moon

•Phase 6 of 8 – Disseminating Moon

•Phase 7 of 8 – Last Quarter Moon

•Phase 8 of 8 – Balsamic Moon