rOPICS IN Ast, -ciAL ee opt “OGy MIDPOINTS @ Identify & Integrate Midpoints Into Horoscope Synthesis DON McBROOM Llewellyn Publications Woodbury, MinnesoraContents List of Figures... ix Acknowledgments... xi Foreword by Noel Ijl.. «siti Preface .. xvii Introduction... 1 CHAPTER ONE—MIDPOINT IDENTIFICATION AND ORGANIZATION « Midpoint Definitions and Terminology... 3 Identification of Midpoint Pictures... 4 ‘The 90° Midpoint Sort... 6 Orbs... 8 The 90° Midpoint ‘Tice... 11 CHAPTER TWO—MIDPOINT INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS... 15 Utilization of Keywords in Midpoine Analysis... 15 ‘The Importance of Polarities .. . 17 Interpreting Midpoints . .. 18 Examples of Polatities in Midpoint Analysis . .. 19 CHAPTER THREE—SIGNIFICANT MIDPOINTS . . . 25 Beginning with che Focal Point. . . 25 The Sun/Moon Midpoine . .. 47 The Ascendant/Midheaven Midpoint . .. 60 Midpoint Pictures and Unaspected Planets .. 67 ABit More on Orbs... 83 “The Closest Midpoint Picture... 85 The Aries Point... 101 Charts with No Focal Point in the Ari Point Region... 121vin) ConTENTS Special AP Midpoint Pictures... 122 The Closest Aries Point Midpoint Picture... 123 CHAPTER FOUR—INTEGRATION AND SYNTHESIS . . . 131 Midpoint Analysis Example. .. 131 Midpoint Analysis with an Unknown Birth Time... 147 CHAPTER FIVE—ADVANCED MIDPOINT TECHNIQUES . . . 159 ‘Transits, Progressions, and Solar Arcs to Midpoints . . . 159 Special Aspect Structures and Their Midpoint Pictures... 162 Appendix I: 90° Midpoint Sort and 90° Midpoint Tree Comparison... 181 Appendix Il: Focal Point and Midpoint Keywords ... 183 Appendis Ill: Natal Midpoint Analysis Interpretation Guidelines... 187 Appendix: IV: Symbolic Manifestations of Unaspected Planets... 199 Appendis: Vs Midpoint Worksheet... 201 Appendise VI: Midpoine Worksheet for Unknown Birth Times... 203 Bibliography... 205 Index... 207