Venus asked:
What are his teachings about?
Charles Jayne main teachings can be found in two books:
1: Progressions and Directions
2: The Best of Charles Jayne
Much of the content of these two books are very technical in nature which I knew before I purchased em on Amazon. But I had seen from other astrologers in my 40 years of studying astrology they gave Jayne’s work good recommendations—so I purchased em to see what I could learn mainly by using my Natal Chart, and I am floored by what I am learning. I am convinced Jayne’s work slipped beneath the radar by most serious astrologers. His two books have mainly been out of print for years, but American Federation of Astrologers (AFA) secured the copyrights and brought his books back into publications around 2012, and modern astrology’s movement today is much different than it was in Jayne’s time, I could write an essay on this…
Here are the two main things I have learned so far with my study of Jayne’s two books.
1: Jayne worked extensively with another very technical astrologer---Johndro. They never met but did a-lot of correspondence together. Johndro is contributed with discovering the 3rd angle of a chart labeled the Vertex-Anti-Vertex axis. Jayne did much more research work with this axis and discovered by far the Vertex in a Natal Chart is very important not to overlook. So, I started looking at my Vertex deeper according to what Jayne said it having much to do with fated events we have no control over, and I discovered the way my Vertex is structured in my Natal explained everything to me as to WHY I went through the most malefic event in my life. In other words: I discovered with my Natal Vertex Jayne had discovered some profound truths about the Vertex with our Natal. Jayne was a research addict and most of his main work is buried away in research papers by what I can determine. But, understand, it depends much on how your Vertex is structured in your Natal. Every one’s Vertex may not be as highlighted as mine—every astrologer must judge for themselves by studying what Jayne had to say about the Vertex and then break down their own Natal Vertex and see how/what it has symbolized in their lives. My Vertex is in my 8H and believe me I have lived a life full of 8H symbolism!!! Your Vertex is in your 6H with Saturn & Pluto---so I am sure by Jayne’s Vertex writings you can relate in heavy malefic ways (Saturn-Pluto) with 6H symbolism.
2: Jayne and his research team who were intact for many years discovered 5 more types of directional arcs besides just the Solar Arc alone. These were: Vertex Arcs, Ascendant Arc, and 3 Declination Arcs for Solar Arc, Vertex Arcs & Ascendant Arcs. I have definitely proven with my Natal Chart the Vertex Arcs and Ascendant Arcs were in play with partile/near partile for the main malefic event in my life. As far as I know there are no software programs which handles Declination Arcs so I have not been able to research these arcs with my Natal or other Natals.
Let me offer an example (paraphrasing) for Jayne’s research work with the Vertex as it applies to my Natal Vertex:
Jayne said he discovered aspects to the Vertex when present in a-lot of cases determined your career by the symbolism of the planet(s) aspected to the Vertex. My Vertex (16,14 Gem) receives a partile 90 from my Neptune (16,01 Vir), and I was born next to a Drive-Inn Theater and started a career at 6 years of age in a career of selling movies to the public: We can easily see how my Natal Neptune hooked up with my Vertex by partile 90 aspect thrust me into a career of illusion/film/fantasy/imaginations. Venus, stop and think about your Natal 6H Vertex with Saturn & Pluto with 6H symbolism. Venus, I have seen enough of Jayne’s astrological proofs that if I started over 40 years ago studying astrology I would want to try and Master Jayne’s teachings. There is so much of his technical writings I don’t understand but I do know my Natal Chart much better with his Vertex teachings.
Planets which are strongly linked by aspect to the Vertex are therefore bound up with the fated part of life. Charles Jayne, “The Best of Charles Jayne”, pg 28.