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Progression is a chart is to take it forward into the present or future. As you progress through life so does your birth chart that is known as progression. There is more than one method of doing this. It is when these progressions, whether a planet or the Ascendant, change signs that the most marked events in one life usually occur. Planets in progressed charts do not move very fast from their natal position but as they do they make aspects to the natal planets and angles.
Progression can be used alongside the transits to give more detailed information of the trends due to occur, or what have occurred in some past event chart. A combination of the natal chart, progressions and transits, when blended together can be very informative. Of particular interest for a yearly forecast are the progressions used alongside the Solar Return. Progression can also be used in attempting to rectify a birth time, although this would only be useful if some idea of the time is already known, such as: afternoon, evening etc.
Some of the progression is discussed below:
- Solar Arc Progression: This technique of progression is also in common use. Only the position of the progressed Sun needs to be calculated. All the other planets and the angles are then progressed by the same amount as the sun has moved since the last progression chart.
- Converse Progression: By this converse progression method the day for a year is calculated backwards from the birth date. Although this sounds a peculiar thing to do, Converse Progressions are surprisingly effective.
- Aspect in Progression: The aspects are interpreted just the same as in a natal chart or indeed any other chart. Minor aspects are used in progressed charts as much as the major aspects. The aspects can be between the natal and progressed chart along with transits, and between themselves within the progressed chart.
