Conjunction Activations Study
The exact transiting conjunction is the trigger, and its aspect to a natal body is what brings your own natal positions into it. A Conjunction Activations study returns the moments where both conditions hold at once.
The study generates an event each time a pair of transiting bodies is precisely conjunct while forming an aspect, within orb, to a natal body. Every event records both transiting bodies, the angle they make to the natal body, the natal body itself and the moment the conjunction perfects.
Create a Conjunction Activations Study
To add a Conjunction Activations study to the current workspace:
- Click Transit Studies → Conjunction Activations on the menu bar.
Alternatively, click the Aspect Studies drop-down button on the toolbar and select Conjunction Activations from its flyout.
The new study appears at the bottom of the Studies list and is selected automatically, so its settings open immediately. It takes its name from the study type.
What This Study Finds
Conjunction Activations is an activation study rather than a transiting one, and the distinction decides what counts as an event. The conjunction is formed by two transiting bodies in their own right, entirely in the sky, and it must be precise. What makes it an activation is that the conjoined pair is at the same time aspecting a natal body, within orb, and it is that contact which activates the natal body. In a transiting study such as Transiting Aspects, by contrast, the natal body is one end of the aspect itself.
The Aspects table on this study holds the angles to the natal body, not the angle between the two transiting bodies. That pair is always precisely conjunct, so no angle needs to be entered for it. The table carries angles alone and no orbs of its own, and the Transit Orb, on the Natal Data tab, sets how close the transiting conjunction must be to the aspect it makes to the natal body for the contact to register. See Orb Settings for how the orb fields behave.
The settings column lays the study out on two tab controls. The first carries an Ephemeris tab holding the shared ephemeris settings and date-range panels, and a Natal Data tab holding the natal record fields and the Transit Orb. The second carries an Inner & Outer Bodies tab holding the two transiting body lists, and an Aspects & Natal Bodies tab holding the Aspects table of angles to the natal body and the Natal Bodies list.
Events Table Columns
The events table shows the columns below. Several columns are hidden by default, as the table notes. Right-click any column header to show or hide a column, as described in Choose Events Table Columns. The headers of the coordinate columns follow the study's Reference Plane: they read Longitude and Latitude in the ecliptic plane, and Right Asc and Declination in the equatorial plane. The ecliptic-plane header text is listed here.
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Date Time | Date and time the conjunction perfects, in the application's long date-time format. Always the first column, and it cannot be moved. Visible by default. |
| Inner Body | Name of the transiting body drawn from the Inner Bodies list. Visible by default. |
| Inner Body Longitude | Primary coordinate in degrees. Hidden by default. |
| Inner Body Sign | Position as degrees, sign and minutes of the zodiac. Visible by default. |
| Inner Body Latitude | Secondary coordinate in degrees. Hidden by default. |
| Inner Body Distance | Radial distance in astronomical units (AU). Hidden by default. |
| Inner Body Speed | Speed in degrees per day. Hidden by default. |
| Outer Body | Name of the transiting body drawn from the Outer Bodies list. Visible by default. |
| Outer Body Longitude | Primary coordinate in degrees. Hidden by default. |
| Outer Body Sign | Position as degrees, sign and minutes of the zodiac. Visible by default. |
| Outer Body Latitude | Secondary coordinate in degrees. Hidden by default. |
| Outer Body Distance | Radial distance in astronomical units (AU). Hidden by default. |
| Outer Body Speed | Speed in degrees per day. Hidden by default. |
| Cycle Angle | The cycle angle that was matched to the natal body, in degrees. Hidden by default. |
| Phase | Aspect phase: New, Waxing, Full or Waning. Visible by default. |
| Separation | Angular separation between the transiting pair and the natal body, in degrees. Visible by default. |
| Natal Body | Name of the natal body being activated. Visible by default. |
| Natal Body Longitude | Primary coordinate in degrees. Hidden by default. |
| Natal Body Sign | Position as degrees, sign and minutes of the zodiac. Visible by default. |
| Natal Body Latitude | Secondary coordinate in degrees. Hidden by default. |
| Natal Body Distance | Radial distance in astronomical units (AU). Hidden by default. |
| Natal Body Speed | Speed in degrees per day. Hidden by default. |
| Event Interval | Elapsed time since the previous event in the list. Hidden by default. |