Did you know that the astrological position of the planets at a given age can be used to foretell big changes in one’s life? According to astrological thought, major shifts in your destiny can be predicted based on the degrees to which the planets are positioned relating to that specific age. Some individuals claim to have experienced life-changing events during these periods, while others remain skeptically curious. However, using degrees to decipher the lives of others at these ages is overshadowed by one undeniable truth: all the pivotal moments in your entire existence will have unfolded before you even reach the age of 30. T zodiac chart, spans 360 degrees, yet only 30 degrees allocated to each of the 12 signs. According to this theory, all significant life events are expected to occur before one reaches the age of 30.

Solar Degree: A Defining Moment in Your Life

One of the most significant indicators of the age of a big life event in the horoscope is the Sun’s degree. In the book The 7 Secrets of Synchronicity: Your Guide to Finding Meaning in Signs Big and Small, the author gives an example of this:

If your Sun is positioned at, say, 25 degrees of your sign, you might meet your spouse at age twenty-five or your first child may be born. A Sun at 8 degrees could mean your parents divorced when you were eight years old, or you were admitted to a gifted program in third grade that influenced the rest of your education. In Reya’s birth chart, the Sun is at 24 degrees and 58 minutes of Aquarius (two minutes short of 25 degrees). When Trish first looked at her chart, she asked Reya what life sculpting event happened to her between the ages of twenty-five and twenty-six. Just twelve days before her twenty-sixth birthday, Reya “was hit by a train and was unconscious for four days. That event took me out of a very destructive lifestyle into my first foray with alternative medicine,” she wrote. “Could that be it?” You bet. …If you were born on October 14, 1950, for example, your Sun would be in 20 degrees of Libra. This means there may have been a defining moment in your life when you were around twenty years old. Give it six months or so on either side. If you’re not yet at that age that corresponds with the degree of your natal Sun, keep in mind that some defining event may happen when you reach that age.

In The Art of Predictive Astrology, there is another idea:

Many times the degrees will indicate exact time frames. It can be very literal and accurate. For example, natally I have Pluto in the seventh house at 24 degrees Cancer square Uranus. Guess how long I was married the first time? Twenty-four-years. Degrees can indicate age, too, but more commonly, they indicate time. I have a client for whom the degrees indicated age. Twenty-two degrees of Aries is on her seventh house cusp, and that was her age when she got married the first time. When she turned fifty, she married for a second time. This is something I make a note of. I have also seen this type of thing present with divorce. 

Other Degree Meanings

According to Carol Rushman, individuals who have the 7th degree in the zodiac signs of Virgo or Pisces may exhibit tendencies that lean towards promiscuity. Rushman goes on to elaborate that when a planet aligns with this specific degree within the signs of Virgo or Pisces, it can trigger a proclivity for clandestine love affairs.For reasons yet unknown, it appears to awaken a hidden aspect within the individual, prompting them to pursue relationships or affairs that are discreet and often kept secret from the public eye.

The author also identifies critical degrees as potential triggers for crises in an individual’s life. The degrees she pinpoints vary across the different modalities of the zodiac signs. In the cardinal signs, these crucial degrees are situated at 0, 13, and 26. Within the fixed signs, they are positioned at 8-9 and 21-22, and in the mutable signs, they are located at 4 and 17.

Moreover, Rushman emphasizes that degrees 0 and 29, regardless of the modality of the zodiac sign, carry an amplified intensity. These degrees seem to magnify the circumstances surrounding crucial areas of an individual’s life, potentially leading to significant shifts, challenges, or revelations.

When I’m doing a chart and I see planets at 27, 28, and 29 degrees, I make a note because this person has the potential to achieve something special. I have had many clients who have planets at these degrees who are very rich. I have a lot of millionaire clients who have enormous real estate holding, with their Sun at 29 Cancer. One year I had two students in one of my classes who both had their Sun at 29 Cancer (family) who were blessed with inherited wealth. One had a family farm, and the land was developed into a commercial project that catapulted her into the millionaire category. The other student inherited family real estate and the family business. I have another client who is a multimillionaire with Saturn at 29 Capricorn (Capricorn needs to build and rules construction). He started a small construction company that grew to be a large internal business. I have seen 29 Taurus and Scorpio also indicate bankruptcy. These two signs can either go to extreme wealth or financial disaster.

Weak or Powerful Degrees?

Pat Geisler delves into the deeper implications of a planet positioned at the 29th degree in her book “Plain Vanilla Astrologer.” The astrologer examines the potential challenges and influences linked to this pivotal degree, offering insights into various aspects of an individual’s life. According to Geisler’s exploration, the 29th degree holds a distinct significance due to its position as the final degree within a zodiac sign. This makes it a point of transition, representing the completion of a cycle and the imminent shift into a new phase.

However, instead of emphasizing new beginnings, the focus on the waning impact of this degree, suggesting that it can bring about certain challenges. One of the primary areas of concern is the potential for health issues when a planet is situated at the 29th degree.

The 29th degree may point to challenges or fluctuations in financial matters, requiring individuals to handle economic uncertainties with prudence and resourcefulness. Mental stability is another facet that Geisler connects with the 29th degree. Its positioning could suggest periods of mental turbulence or uncertainty, urging individuals to develop coping strategies and seek stability.

Trust your own judgment when looking at your chart or someone else’s. Degree theories come from an astrologer’s research, so it’s a good idea to do your own studies to check if they make sense to you. Geisler’s ideas might not match what you see, so it’s important to verify things yourself. The interpretations might focus on critical areas like money, health, and mental well-being, which are generally important in anyone’s life.

For the Sun, Geisler suggests that the 29th degree could be linked to a propensity to remain unmarried or to face particular challenges within marital relationships, encouraging a deeper understanding of personal identity and relationship dynamics. The Moon’s association with the 29th degree brings attention to potential struggles with effective parenting, emotional growth, and even fertility and childbirth. These challenges may prompt individuals to address emotional and nurturing aspects of their lives with heightened awareness. Venus’s connection to the 29th degree draws focus to potential diminishing interest in matters of sensuality and music. This could lead individuals to explore avenues for revitalizing their connection to pleasure and artistic expression.

What I think it means is that such people have major shifts that happen in their lifetimes in the areas ruled by those planets in those last degrees. I think the 29th degree always points to an element of difficulty. The 29th degree is a degree of being “worn out” or sometimes shows a planet there lacking in ability to manifest smoothly. It can show difficulties in functioning in the normal way. There can be dramatic climbs to the top and sudden falls. It’s as if the 29th degree is the straw of the old and the individual looks forward to the new sign and planets which often express something new from the oncoming sign far more openly than the previous one. Let’s start with the Sun. In a man’s chart it is his identity, his career and his health. The 29th degree shows at some point there will be a major decision which will alter his career path. It will not be merely a new job but a whole new direction and an actual change of career. It may also imply poor decision making. Or poor timing. It’s a good idea to think of the beginning of the sign as the strongest area of it – or the place where its qualities manifest the most purely. Any planet at the 29th degree in my opinion acts weakly in terms of the sign’s qualities and presents the chart with a fuzzy image of that area of life or the people it represents. Example: Women with Suns in 29 degrees plus minutes often marry men who mean well but who are – in some way – somewhat ineffectual. They may have trouble keeping a good job, or their parenting skills are non existent, or they are born followers, or too passive, or have emotional problems or something. Maybe they just can’t manage money and screw up the budget until you take it away from them, but they lack something noticeably. I mentioned that women with the Sun in the 29th degree may have passive or ineffectual husbands. I used those terms as examples of possible problems – not the only ones. I would not have wanted the man Rose Kennedy married no matter how rich and powerful he was – he was apparently not a very nice man and made her life miserable, according to stories written about him. Her Sun was in 29 degrees…There are a surprising number of famous people with 29 degree Suns. Actress Goldie Hawn’s “husband” isn’t legit. She and Kurt Russel have yet to formalize a life situation of many years that leaves all their grown children technically bastards. And yes, I know – it’s fashionable nowadays to have children out of wedlock, but who doesn’t love who enough in these deals?” By Pat Geisler, The Vanilla Astrologer

Richard Idemon has interesting insights about the Moon positioned at the critical 29th degree.

I find in my experience, that Moon in 29th degree is not an easy placement. Of all planets, the Moon in that shaky 29th degree says to me that on some level an early life experience, something connected with the nurturing, with feeding, with the basic security system, is awry. Remember we said that the 29th degree has a rather Neptunian cast to it anyway. There’s a shakiness. I suspect something of damage potentially in the 29th degree, not necessarily irreparable, but when it is the Moon, and especially the Moon from the 4th house, I’m wondering if it indicates something inherited from the past. I don’t want to get into issues of Karma or destiny because I think that’s a little presumptuous to assume. But, whatever it may be, this 29th degree Moon as ruler of the 4th house does indicate something inherited from the past.

Astrology Degrees

C.E.O Carter’s An Encyclopedia of Psychological Astrology is based on some degree work. Carter lists degrees for those associated with astrology as being around 27 Leo-Aquarius.

11 degrees Virgo-Pisces are also important.

Liz Greene, one of the most popular psychology astrologers, has the Sun in Virgo at 11 degrees.

Carol Rushman says that 24 degrees of Cancer is regarded as an astrologer’s degree.

Cardinal Signs:

5-degree planets in Aries-Libra may show cruelty and homicidal tendency.

If you are going to get murdered (you’re awake now!) charts generally show afflictions in one or more of the cardinals, about 17 degrees of the cardinals, and the end of the fixed signs (less common).

7 degrees Capricorn gives great speaking ability.

Immoral souls (like most of us) have 8 degrees Aries-Libra.

8 degrees Cancer-Capricorn is for paralysis.

11 degrees Cancer for Alcoholism.

15 degrees cardinals are the suicides.

22 degrees Libra for artistic ability.

24 degrees of the cardinals for music ability.

Fixed Signs:

Planets at the beginning of Aquarius for obesity.

6 degrees Scorpio for a love of the sea.

9 degrees fixed signs for alcoholism.

16 degrees Taurus for homicidal tendency.

20-25 degrees of the fixed signs for homicidal tendencies.

25 degrees of the fixed for alcoholism or suicide.

Mutable Signs:

6-degrees Gemini-Sagittarius for morbid fears.

9 degrees mutable for homicidal tendency.

22 mutable for insanity (The Moon in my natal chart is on a crazy degree! Maybe I veered off course at 22 and landed in Crazytown, or perhaps I’m committed to being a nut for the next 22 years. Who can say for sure? Don’t you just love what astrology unveils about your personality?)

26 degrees mutable for suicide.

Charles Carter also says this about the degrees in the natal chart:

No attempt is given for reasons for the connection between these areas and certain effects, nor can you always understand why the same area should produce apparently quite unrelated results. Our knowledge of the influences is still empirical and is only in the earliest stage from even that point of view. Future research may explain the basis of these facts.