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What does Midpoint mean?

What does Midpoint mean?

The midpoint is not a mysterious addition, but a look at the most sensitive confluence position between the two planets to observe what themes will emerge after the two sets of functions are mixed.

The most important thing about the midpoint is not another point, but where the two functions really merge.

When many people hear midpoint for the first time, they think it is just another technical term. In fact, its real value is this: when two planets are important at the same time in the chart, the midpoint can tell you where their most sensitive intersection is. In other words, the midpoint is not to create a new theme, but to help you see the real focus after the two sets of functions are mixed.

It's like the intersection of two lines, rather than a third line appearing out of nowhere.

Midpoints are best used to deepen an existing main line rather than replace it

The most important principle when using the midpoint maturely is that it should not take the front row position in the natal chart. If the main line of the whole chart is already very clear, the midpoint can help you read that main line more carefully and specifically; if the main line of the life has not been read clearly, the midpoint will only make you more confused. The midpoint is a magnifying glass, not the starting point.

People who know how to use midpoints usually already know which line they are filling.

The really useful midpoint is not reading everyone, but reading only high-weighted combinations

Not all midpoints are worthy of inclusion in the text. The really practical ones are usually the midpoints related to the sun, moon, ascendant, ascendant planet, Venus, Mars, Saturn and other high-power points, especially when they are triggered by other planets. Read in this way, the midpoint will become evidence enhancement rather than data accumulation.

Once technology loses its sense of weight, it immediately becomes noise.

When writing midpoints, the key is to translate into functional language, not terminological language

If you only stop at "what does such-and-such midpoint represent", it is almost difficult to actually use the midpoint. A more mature way to read it is to see it directly: this explains how the two functions will be mixed in you, in which scene it will be most obvious, and what real-life feelings it will bring. Only then will the midpoint move from high-level terms to understandable structural tools.

After understanding the midpoint, what is left should not just be a noun, but a clearer self-understanding.

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