Solunars by Aldebaran Sidereal Academy

• Introspective, reflective. Create their own paths: not impressed with other people’s plans for them, conventional thinking, or others’ conclusions (must confirm these for themselves). Therefore, may seem rebellious, disobedient, or revolutionary (though rarely antisocial).
• Precocious: Usually starts early on an independent life course.
• May serve as a pivot to a new (creative, political, or cultural) direction, the avant-garde of their time or community. Often pivotal in their families and groups, a hub (focus of activity or authority) around whom others gather. More often originators than responders. (Great schools of thought and cultural movements with enduring impact tend to arise from Hubs.)
• Unusually good psychological health (high frustration tolerance) unless forced into conditions contrary to their natures. (Then they become contrary!) Thrives best under the least regimentation (e.g., statistically uncommon for physicians and military leaders, while common for racecar drivers and actors). When under intense pressure or distress (crisis), needs to be (and can be) led like a child.
• Greatest capacity for self-honesty. Instinctively understands the rightness and relevance of things. (Their judgement is more dispassionate.)
• In relationships as in most things, values depth (seeks deep connection). Mindful of essence more than substance (looks past people’s actions to see identity).
• Characteristic massiveness or density in their writings or compositions.

• Thoughtful, reflective thinkers with diverse interests. Minds easily drawn in many directions, to one new interest after another. Often well informed on many subjects.
• Superior thinkers and talkers. Strong on expression, usually has important things to say. (As academics, writers, ambassadors, and generators of ideas, Spokes often are stunning.)
• But they rarely inaugurate action. They may be the most important voices of their time, but rarely drive movement or doing.
• As idea people, often have significant impact; however, schools or centers of thought do not form around them without a Hub luminary. (The spokes of the wheel may spin by too fast to be seen.)
• Serve better in support functions (service) than leadership. Better as employees than employers (leads from the middle).
• “Important voices” may extend to include singers: Spokes often are among the most singular, important music voices of their time.
• Even the psychologically healthy can seem obsessive, more absorbed in their inquiries than in other people, and needing increasing solitude for balance (they introvert when injured). These traits escalate in the more neurotic with more data-intensive forms (e.g., obsessive-compulsive, paranoid, or autism spectrum conditions) and self-medication.

• Keeps the wheels turning: Sets events, projects, processes, or people in motion. Supports, implements, and often shapes the status quo (the objective operative state of things).
• Motivates, empowers, dispatches, or drives others more than being active agents themselves (but keeps a strong hand on the helm).
• Therefore, natural managers and executives (busy-ness is business).
• Finance-minded. Instinctively feels an identity of money with motion (energy). May try to accumulate or manipulate it or shape the financial landscape. (Even Rim criminals tend to be finance criminals.) Politics is one form of shaping economic and control agendas.
• Prefers conditions where motion, change, and outcome are readily visible (surface, outermost, what is in front of them).
• Yet often least flexible in their point of view (obstinate, headstrong).
• Understands “identity” to mean behavior (whether others’ identity or their own). Therefore, usually has little ability for deep, reflective self-understanding (though the exceptions are stunning).
• Loyal in their commitments to partners, friends, and others.
• Judges success of a relationship from seeing their partner in motion, and by their own ability to have an impact or make a difference. (However, often satisfied with relationships of convenience.)

Bradley AA 4/74 wrote:...people who are born with the Sun and Moon in cardinal constellations... tend to have the most rawly exposed nervous systems... so they are surer targets for Moon-phase influences than most other people. (Statistics show that such "cardinal types" have penchants for getting into trouble, not only with the law and the people around them but with themselves as well.)

dadsnook wrote:How does this "wheel" metaphor of Rims, Hubs and Spokes help us with better understanding cardinal, fixed and mutable attributes of "signs?" Dave

Bogdan574 wrote:What about Double Spokes?

Veronica wrote: Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:06 pm What do the + - characters denote for the Sun and moon?

By Jove wrote: Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:05 pm One thing I noticed is more general among Rims. They tend to be faster, more aggressive, and flashier in their behavior and work. Probably I know this best among chess grandmasters and their playing styles.

Rim grandmasters, especially Libras Alekhine and Tal, were very brilliant and aggressive players. Their games involved big sacrifices and convoluted positions that utterly dominate their opponents. Capricorn Spassky also exerted this power over Aquarius Fischer during the early rounds of their world championship match.

Hub grandmasters are the opposite. Each one I know (Taurus Steinitz and Karpov, Scorpios Capablanca and Carlsen, Aquarius Fischer) focus more on positional subtleties. They're comparatively "boring", but their calm endurance of even the most treacherous positions is incredible. Opponents tend to peter out and make small mistakes that Hub grandmasters chip through; this especially applies to Scorpio Carlsen.