applying, approaching, separating, departing (directions?)

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juan:

whoa. applying and separating *plus* approaching and departing. i've

just started becoming familiar with apply/sep though i've been

recommended their use for some time. i'd never even heard of

approaching and departing until you mentioned it. doing some research

i find the terms waxing and waning* seem to be similar to the

difference between applying and approaching as you define them. in

other words, applying/waxing is a faster body moving into aspect with

a slower body (having an earlier degree). and approaching/waning is a

faster body moving out of aspect with the slower body (having a later

degree). however, i thought the latter description is what a

separating aspect was so now i'm a little befuddled. and by the time

we throw departing aspects in, i'm def. at a lost. perhaps

separating=slower body moving into exact aspect with a faster body &

departing=slower body moving away from exact aspect with a faster

body? but then that just seems like another way to describe the same

relationships that applying and approaching describe.

 

i can tell i'm floating way off-base here...please illuminate. :-P

 

*michael meyer's 'a handbook for the humanistic astrologer'

 

-paola