Combust Planets: Within the Mild of the Solar

Combustion is outlined by a planet’s relationship to the Solar, and is a part of a planet’s synodic or photo voltaic part cycle. It defines a definite a part of a planet’s cycle, the place a planet is near the Solar and invisible. The origins of combustion take us again to early Greek and Babylonian star lore, which was tailored to be used with the planets by Hellenistic astrologers.

When a planet is combust the Solar, the ability of the Solar dominates the sunshine and vitality of the planet. This results in the planet expressing and manifesting in another way than it in any other case would if it weren’t close to the Solar. Themes of sunshine and darkness, of being hidden or being seen have been essential to historical astrologers, and the theories regarding combustion stream forth from this.

Working with combustion includes figuring out when a planet strikes by way of a part of invisibility, and adjusting the which means of a planet to replicate this. A conjunction with the Solar is completely different to and distinct from a conjunction between any two different planets, angles or factors within the chart as throughout this conjunction a planet turns into quickly invisible.

Because the Solar is the principle supply of knowledge, a planet near the Solar has particular and uncommon entry to knowledge and perception. This generally is a perform or providing of a planet combust. Accessing this knowledge or perception received’t take away from any of the everyday challenges you would possibly expertise of a planet combust, however it might present that along with that, you even have entry to consciousness, knowledge, perspective, perception and understanding that may be shared to assist or information others.

Obscure and Hidden: Combust Qualities

Since a combust planet is hidden, subjects and themes linked to that planet may be obscured.

This would possibly imply you expertise a kind of blindness regarding this planet or its subjects, like you may’t see them clearly, otherwise you get stunned by occasions or experiences you didn’t know you have been lacking. It’d imply a number of the subjects related to a planet combust in your chart are areas of life the place you expertise some lack or dissatisfaction, or that describe subjects and areas of life the place you aren’t seen or accepted as you might be.

Since combustion focuses on a planet’s interval of invisibility, it’s a consideration that solely applies to the unique planets, these that may usually be seen with the bare eye. This contains Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, Mercury and the Moon. Combustion doesn’t apply to the newer or fashionable planets, Uranus, Neptune or Pluto, or to sensitives factors in a chart just like the angles or node.

Every planet meets the Solar, and strikes into and out of combustion, on an everyday cycle. For Venus, Jupiter and Saturn that’s normally yearly. For Mars, it’s as soon as each two years. Mercury meets the Solar a number of occasions a 12 months. The Moon meets the Solar each 4 weeks.

Three Methods with the Solar: Combust, Cazimi and Beneath the Beams

I consider a planet conjunct the Solar in 3 ways, relying on simply how near the Solar a planet is. Combustion is one in all these three states. The opposite two are cazimi and below the Solar’s beams. Every of those states – combustion, cazimi and below the Solar’s beams – are outlined by a planet being near however at a unique particular distance from the Solar. Every time period defines a barely completely different relationship to the Solar.

Cazimi
A planet is cazimi when it’s most tightly conjunct the Solar. There are two technical definitions of cazimi. The tightest definition is when a planet is inside 17 minutes of the Solar and comes from the Medieval astrologers. The second definition, from the Hellenistic interval, defines a planet cazimi when it’s as much as one diploma both facet of the Solar.

A planet cazimi the Solar is elevated and amplified. It is a beneficial situation for a planet. Something represented by a planet cazimi has the potential to manifest to the good thing about the person. When cazimi, a planet is alleged to be shielded from any of the blinded or obscuring results of combustion.

A planet cazimi is within the coronary heart of the Solar, as if the Solar offers its favour to the planet and holds it near its coronary heart. This is sort of a planet having particular entry to royal coffers and sources to assist it on its mission.

Being cazimi centres and strengthens the themes of the planet, and may imply these themes and subjects change into dominant within the chart and life. It’s widespread for the person to a get pleasure from particular talent, expertise or favour primarily based on subjects and duties regarding a planet combust.

Oprah Winfrey has Venus Cazimi the Solar, in Aquarius in her third home. She additionally has a Libra MC, in the entire signal eleventh home. One easy interpretation of that is that profession, as dominated by Venus, is an space of potential success, elevation and satisfaction for the person.

Combustion
A planet combust is outdoors the cazimi zone, and inside 8 levels of the Solar. There’s some debate as as to if combustion needs to be a bit extra or rather less than 8 levels, however as a suggestion, 8 levels is helpful.

A planet combust shouldn’t be in a position to fulfill and care for his or her ordinary duties or subjects within the chart and these areas of life might endure from an absence of consideration, clear pondering or from being neglected. Having a combust planet isn’t a barrier to success, however it might enable you determine any ache factors you may need to navigate.

Themes of blindness present up regarding a planet combust, and when you’ve got a combust planet you would possibly miss or not see what seems apparent to others round these subjects and areas of your life.

A combust planet would possibly describe a blind spot or a shortcoming you be taught to handle by way of your life. You would possibly expertise the subjects of any planet you have got combust as being ineffective or irregular, or as areas of life that require additional consideration and energy to maintain regular and operational. Partaking with a combust planet would require nuance and subtlety, in addition to growing profound self consciousness.

A combust planet operates below a kind of cloak of invisibility. Whereas this will imply there could also be issues with not being seen or not seeing, it additionally supplies for the power to behave in secret, or to function in a means that’s hidden from view. When you have been sporting a blind fold, you would possibly discover it laborious to stroll round an unknown room. But it surely is likely to be simpler to do one thing artful along with your palms beneath the cloak.

Since combustion is outlined by a planet’s nearness to the Solar, combustion will apply even when the Solar and the planet are in numerous indicators. So long as the planet and the Solar are inside the 1 – 8 diploma vary, the affect of combustion will likely be in play.

Think about a shopper has the Solar at 27 Most cancers and Mars at 3 Leo. Regardless that these planets are in numerous indicators, the affect of combustion will apply, because the planets are solely six levels aside. It should affect the subjects of the home Mars is positioned in, in addition to the 2 homes dominated by Mars, that’s, the 2 homes which have the indicators of Aries and Scorpio on the cusp.

Beneath the Solar’s Beams

A planet that’s outdoors the combustion zone however nonetheless inside approx. 15 levels of the Solar is below the beams. The precise diploma distance a planet must be from the Solar to be seen or change into seen once more varies primarily based on the brightness of the planet, atmospheric situations and geographic location so the 15 diploma marker is a information reasonably than a precise measurement.

A planet below the beams is much less harmed in comparison with a planet combust however stays invisible and fewer efficient. A planet below the beams remains to be in a state of restriction and lowered perform/effectiveness, but it surely’s not fairly so limiting or restrictive as if the planet have been combust.

Purification and Ritual

As a planet turns into invisible and strikes into and thru these three states it joins with the Solar and undergoes a kind of purification course of, like a ritual burning or cleaning. Historical Egyptians thought-about this a kind of demise, turning into invisible, after which a rebirth, when seen once more. This course of can result in a dismantling of subjects and expression of the planet for a time frame, earlier than a re-mergence that brings forth new potential.

In case you are born with a planet in one in all these three states, it’s deep into its purification course of, like a devotee taking outing of standard life to attend temple or endure a ritual rebirth. Whereas the consequences of combustion or being below the beams may be difficult, the hyperlinks to this mystical purifying and rebirth sequence can spotlight religious issues or subjects as usually being of curiosity.

Getting Technical: Motion

It’s acceptable to contemplate whether or not a planet is transferring nearer to the Solar, and into combustion, or whether or not a planet is transferring away from the Solar and out of combustion. These are barely extra technical concerns which can be helpful for extra superior readers to contemplate. When you’re new to the thought of combustion, studying the idea and determining how one can weave combustion into your chart interpretation would be the essential place to begin.

Combustion in a beginning chart

Not each chart can have a planet combust. Some charts can have a couple of planet combust, like musician Pink who has Mercury, Saturn and Venus combust the Solar in Virgo. When working with a combust planet, it’s essential to determine the precise subjects and themes which might be tied to the planet, so you may accurately describe and interpret the methods through which the combust planet would possibly affect the chart and life.

Whereas there are some widespread subjects to every planet, like love, relationships and self price for Venus, or confidence and assertiveness with Mars, there can even be particular subjects connected to every planet primarily based on the homes on which their indicators are positioned in any given chart.

To ensure you accumulate all of the subjects which may be influenced by a combust planet, examine the homes which have the next indicators on the cusp for every planet within the desk under.

Planets, Matters and Homes

It’s widespread to see a number of the normal subjects and ideas of a planet strongly emphasised within the lifetime of a person with a combust planet, as if the tone and qualities of the planet infuse the Solar and change into an essential a part of their id. These subjects and themes might change into a part of the central ideas for the person, round which a lot else of their life and focus is centred.

The subjects of the homes dominated by a planet combust are sometimes the place a number of the largest challenges, limitations or blocks may be discovered. Do make sure that to examine the particular home the place you have got every of those indicators, in your individual chart or the chart of the individual you’re working with, and keep away from defaulting to the generic Aries rising chart format.

A Shopper Instance of Combustion in Actual Life

A shopper has Mercury combust, simply two levels from the Solar. They’ve an Aquarius rising, with the Solar and Mercury in Taurus. The Solar is at 11 Taurus and Mercury is at 9 Taurus. On this chart, Mercury is accountable for the 5^th and the 8^th homes, the place Mercury’s indicators of Gemini and Virgo reside. Mercury is positioned within the 4^th home, alongside the Solar.

As Mercury is combust, this shopper would possibly wrestle to obviously specific themselves, or be heard by others. They might must assessment or repeat themselves, to be sure that what another person heard is what they mentioned. They might really feel their voice isn’t heard in household settings, (as Mercury and the Solar are within the fourth home of residence and household), or that with household, another person has a louder or dominating presence, compared to which they could really feel not seen or neglected, as if who they’re shouldn’t be absolutely appreciated or understood by their household.

As well as, they could expertise some challenges to do with hidden data, blocks or laborious to unravel issues with fifth home subjects, like youngsters, fertility, creativity and having enjoyable or relating to eighth home issues like cash, taxes, debt, their accomplice’s funds, their very own psychological state and extra.

This shopper struggled for years to conceive and later in life was in a position to lastly give beginning to a a lot longed for little one. As well as, they’ve handled stressors regarding their accomplice’s earnings and tax scenario, which has brought about stress and challenges for them as a pair.

Presents of a Combust Planet

I like to consider a planet combust working in a liminal place, like within the internal workings of your thoughts and psyche, or within the locations the place energetic consciousness and instinct reside. A planet combust is probably not useful for managing and organising sensible, actual world issues that depend on time, construction and readability– these constructs of an organised, practical, structured world. However they could be uniquely helpful within the realms of psychology, the psychic and emotional fields in addition to in inventive areas.

There are quite a few examples of profitable people with a combust planet. They excel in a spread of fields that depend on a powerful sense of the intangible and a willingness to work in ways in which draw on consciousness of the unseen and the sensed, the place issues aren’t sure however the place prospects and sensation maintain worth. Planets which might be combust might maintain particular presents at serving to or encouraging you to dive inside, to discover and get to know the internal workings of your self or others.

As you navigate life with a combust planet, you might be taught to seek out your means by way of the darkish, and will develop a powerful instinctive sense. This would possibly imply you’re extra snug in locations of darkness, or in states of uncertainty, than your friends, associates, household or shoppers is likely to be.

When you’ve got a planet combust you might profit from cultivating reference to your individual emotional state, or from studying extra about human behaviour and emotions. On this means, a planet combust can present abilities, presents or skills with feelings and emotions, with instinct and with inventive inspiration, like tapping into the typically obscure however nonetheless potent messages from the muses.

One other shopper has the Solar conjunct Mercury in Virgo within the sixth home. Mercury is at 19 Virgo and the Solar is at 21 Virgo.

Mercury guidelines the third and sixth homes, and makes a good trine facet to the MC, which is in Capricorn. Whereas this shopper has handled their very own anxiousness and needed to discover ways to handle their busy thoughts, in addition they excelled of their chosen area, of psychology, serving to take care of and information others as to how one can handle their very own minds and psychological state.

Additional Issues of Combustion

One historical thought is {that a} planet in its personal signal is protected against combustion, as if the vitality of being in a single’s personal signal, exaltation or sure/time period reduces or removes the affect of combustion. I’m undecided I wholly agree with this.

Whereas I do suppose it’s higher for a planet to be in its personal signal and combust than in a wierd signal and combust, the planet will nonetheless be invisible.

It’s my expertise that lots of the results of combustion are nonetheless current in these situations, maybe with a greater potential for a helpful or productive use of the combust planet, as within the case of the shopper who’s a psychologist above. On this occasion, the planet might wrestle with the affect of combustion, but it surely does have the sources of rulership or exaltation available to attract on.

The Affect of the Ruling Planet on on a Planet that’s Combust

One other consideration is that in conventional types of astrology, the ruler of one thing impacts how a factor expresses, when it comes to how useful and supportive to the individual a placement is likely to be, or how a lot of a hindrance or distraction it is likely to be. Right here’s an instance that illustrates this.

Let’s evaluate the charts of Princess Diana and a shopper. Each have a Sagittarius rising, and Gemini on the descendant. Because of this Mercury would be the ruling planet of the seventh home in each charts and accountable for the subject of relationships.

Princess Diana has Mercury retrograde at 3 Most cancers within the 8^th home. The Solar is at 9 Most cancers, making Mercury combust. All of the issues of combustion, about not seeing occasions or circumstances clearly are in play, and relate to the subject of relationships and marriage.

Princess Diana has the Moon – the ruler of the Solar conjunct Mercury facet and combustion in Most cancers – in Aquarius conjunct the South Node. Being in Aquarius shouldn’t be the priority right here however the Moon’s proximity to the South Node is. It is a depleting, diminishing affect for the Moon, which is able to severely restrict the Moon’s capability to assist out or make up for any lack of readability indicated by Mercury being combust.

As her marriage to Prince Charles unravelled, Princess Diana famously talked about how there have been three individuals of their marriage, as she slowly come to see and realise what many round her already knew, that Prince Charles was in love with Camilla.

However, my shopper has the Solar and Mercury in Taurus, within the sixth home of their chart. The Solar is at 2 Taurus and Mercury is at 10 Taurus. Like Diana, the issues and concerns of combustion will have an effect on Mercury and can affect the subjects of relationships and marriage. Nonetheless, on this occasion, the Solar conjunct Mercury facet and combustion is dominated by Venus, who herself is in Taurus, at 23 levels.

Right here, the combust planet, Mercury, is dominated by a planet, on this case Venus, with extra to supply. The advantages Venus has obtainable from being in one in all her residence indicators, that of entry to sources, and her normal inclination to assist stabilise issues and assist accumulation, has extra of a useful affect, going some option to fortify and make up for a number of the shortcomings of Mercury combust.

This isn’t an ideal remediation, and doesn’t take away from the truth that Mercury is invisible and can nonetheless miss issues, but it surely does present the lacking of issues as indicated by combustion to be much less harmful or dangerous, or to have lesser results or penalties. This shopper had a protracted, 20 + 12 months marriage earlier than separating from their partner. Within the shopper’s case, their partner was consumed by their profession, leaving little time for his or her marriage or household life.

Being conscious of a few of these completely different {qualifications} round combustion might encourage you to maintain an open thoughts for the various methods through which a combust planet would possibly manifest, in addition to a number of the qualifying elements round what would possibly make a combustion might tough than anticipated, or much less dangerous than anticipated.

Going Inside, Transferring Ahead

Rather a lot has been written about combustion that may make you concern having a planet on this state. Be mindful there may be all the time area between the speculation on the web page and the lived expertise of a chart placement. I hope that by coming to know the particular challenges a combust planet may need, in addition to any specific perception it could provide, you’ll be capable to work with any combust planet holistically.

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This text initially appeared in Wellbeing Journal in 2023