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Time Twins: An Astrologer’s Viewpoint

It does seem that there is a strong case to support the idea that astrology has a lot to say in explanation of why this happens, and yet a rigorous scientific analysis backed up with statistical evidence has not been carried out.

Author: James Burgess

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A number of people have been brought together on-line by the organisation called Time Twin, whose purpose is to study the phenomenon that people born at the same time very often share some exceptional similarities in their life circumstances and characteristics. Here is one way to look at this, an astrologer’s view.

It’s central to the ideas of astrology that a person’s nature and circumstances are seen in some way to reflect the planetary positions at the moment of their birth. Typically astrologers are not concerned about why this is true, they just notice that it is true and study in extraordinary detail the precise ways in which this phenomenon expresses itself.

In order to study the birth moment a map is drawn up for the positions of planets at the time of the baby’s first breath, and this map—the horoscope —is creatively understood according to principles that have been handed down for 5000 years from the Babylonians, then re-examined and reinterpreted in this modern era.

There are 3 main factors to look for when considering a horoscope:

The placement of planets in Zodiac signs (e.g. “Moon in Cancer”)

The mutual angle that is measured between 2 plants, called the aspect (e.g. “Sun square Pluto”)

The placement of planets in Houses (e.g. “Mercury in the 7th”)

Whereas the first two of these are not overly dependent upon the precise moment of birth—signs and aspects—the third is. So 2 people born 24 hours apart will share most horoscope factors except house positions, which would only be identical in exceptional circumstances. We can therefore assume that our time twins share signs and aspects with us—but not house placements. The crucial thing to do with Houses is the Ascendant, or the first house ‘cusp’, which is considered of major importance in determining personality, and so it can be easily seen that however similar the twins are, there will almost always be the key factor of the Ascendant and Houses to make a difference.

Having put a few constraints in place, now let’s consider some possible explanations for the startling and often bizarre ‘co-incidences’ that are being observed, and we can do this more easily with an actual example.

Two middle-aged men, one is English whom we’ll call Bill and the other a Russian called Igor. They share all the planetary signs, including the Taurus Moon, although Bill’s Ascendant in Capricorn differs from Igor’s in Taurus—so all the House positions are different. Let’s begin by listing the coincidences:

They are or were both…

• businessmen in manufacturing
• healers with their own unique method
• with knee injuries
• with similar back injuries
• obsessively punctual
• built like trolls
• married to virgo women who share a birthday (though not time twins)
• musical
• engaged in strong sport (Bill rugby, Igor kick boxing)
• creatively artistic (Bill with music composition and Igor political cartoons)
• seriously investigated by government (Bill Inland Revenue and Fraud Squad, Igor KGB)

An astrologer could explain all of this because of their shared:

Taurus Sun conjunct Mars, square Pluto
Taurus Moon trine Virgo Saturn
Capricorn Chiron square Aries Jupiter
Aries Mercury sextile Gemini Venus

As a matter of further interest, another man was found having the same birth time: Time Triplets! Although in this case Joe’s Moon is in Gemini, he is also (like both) a rugby player who has also been in trouble with a government (in his case in Africa), and like Bill, has written a book, is a part-time teacher in a developing country, is dedicated to fight against injustice and towards raising awareness of environmental issues. We may notice that a couple of these things were more easily achieved outside Russia, and so more likely to be shared by the two westerners rather than with the Muscovite. There are other similarities, though less noteworthy. All in all these 3 men have truly extraordinary similarities, though their lives are being lived out very differently in England, USA and Russia.

If we were to convince anyone that astrology is the main factor that explains these phenomena, we would need to study the timing of things more closely. This is because above all, astrology is a study of time cycles.

A ‘transit’ is the temporary passage of a planet today over a planet mapped at birth in the horoscope, and is thought to indicate the timing of certain psychological changes or events. Any significant transit will hit both of the twins’ charts at the same time, so we should expect similar events to unfold simultaneously in each case. This is especially true if Saturn is involved, and probably when Jupiter returns at age 12, 24, 36, and 48 etc…although it will also be observable with the slower planets too.

Go to www.time-twins.com for a very interesting look at some real life examples of people with identical or similar horoscopes, and where you can find whether you have your own time twin somewhere on the planet!

About Author

James Burgess is the editor of the quarterly on-line holistic journal Cornucopia and also the originator of the 7 Words System - an Intuitive Communication Model with universal application in business and personal development. His background is in corporate management and personal growth work - including authentic communication and counselling.
http://www.jamesburgess.com
www.7words.co.uk
http://www.cornucopia7.co.uk

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