II. Aspects: Quintiles and Septiles

Aspects are angles made by planets, with respect to the centre of the Earth. They are measured along the ecliptic (path of the Sun through the zodiac). For example, an 'opposition' aspect is 180 degrees while a 'square' aspect iis ninety degrees.

According to the late John Addey, two prime-number aspects often ignored by astrologers had an expecial connectiion with the idea of 'creativity'. Deriving from the numbers five and seven, they are the Quintile and Septile aspects. The quintile was invented (or discovered) by Kepler, while the septile has only been used in fairly modern times. The quintile (72 º) and bi-quintile (144 º) aspects are here shown, as together make up the 'fifth harmonic.'

John Addey also proposed how the orbs of these small or 'minor' aspects should be determined: they should have orbs of 12/nº where n is the 'harmonic number.' For quintiles the number is five, as gives an orb of ±2º.20'. Likewise the family of 'septiles' are here shown, with a 12/7 orb as comes to ±1 º 43'. One would expect just over two quintiles per chart, and likewise for the septiles.

EINSTEIN'S CHART

Einstein had one or two brilliant eureka moments in his life, and so it is of interest to look at his natal chart. It was especially strong in quintiles. We only see the exquisite symmetry of the Einstein chart, by showing its quintiles. That means setting up his chart with only quintiles and biquintiles; but, we've also included a strong opposition in his chart between Jupiter and Uranus, as gives the main axis of the Einstein chart. Quite large orbs have here been used for the quintile aspects.
One of Einstein's eureka-moments was around May 20th 1905 for his Special theory of relativity, while walking in the Swiss alps with his friend Besso, and then another was on 18 November 1915 concerning the Mercury-orbit.

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