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The 9th Harmonic: The Chart of the Soul Mate
by Cathy H. Burroughs
My fi rst exposure to the 9th harmonic chart was during simply as a deep ease, connection or familial feeling.
an astrology workshop in Baltimore, MD in 1981 led The 9
th
harmonic chart is a useful tool for validating,
by the pioneering Florida-based astrologer Delphine corroborating and providing more conceptual
Jay, author of Practical Harmonics (1983). Her fi ndings information to clarify that which is often more clearly
were inspired, in part, from the research of outstanding understood intuitively, or, on the energetic level.
British astrologer John M. Addey (1920-1982); his work
These meetings and realizations can happen under
on the harmonics was begun in 1955, and brought to
many unexpected conditions. I even heard once of a
light with the publication of Harmonics in Astrology
woman, while taking a taxi through Bombay, India,
(1976), now currently back in print.
caught a glimpse of an old beggar man whom she
“Fate means that my love for you shall be burnt into instantaneously recognized as her true mate.
the deepest grain of my spirit by the most wonderful
This 9
th
harmonic technique posits that there is an
encaustic process of despair, hope, intoxicating joy,
actual zodiacal depiction of the
patience, absence, desperation, and some day – if
psyche on the soul level or
God is good enough – this picture of a great love shall
even the very Soul, itself – the
receive a transparent varnish of happy possession to
essential self, unencumbered
bring out all its colours and keep them ever fresh.”1
with the fl otsam and jetsam of the
The 9th harmonic is the subjective personality, form, or karma.
transcendental chart, the A chart that is eternal, if you will,
higher vibrational frequency operative after death that off ers a
of Pluto that describes whatʼs purely astrological frame for both
behind everything we do. As describing and researching this.
astrologer Delphine Jay defi nes
In counseling, the 9
th
can be used
it, this chart is both the soul
as both an inner and outer bi-wheel
itself, “representing destined
with the natal to gain greater insight
unfoldment;” that which fulfi lls us
into how the day-to-day expression
and nourishes us, and at the same
interfaces with the soul path, and how the
time, it is the chart of the soul
individual might interact in the relationship arena and
mate or soul-level relationship.
whether these experiences are natural and easy or
The 9th harmonic refl ects our true non-self or destined challenging and evolutionary in nature
path, “through parallel symbology” A powerful and
How to Use and Interpret the 9th Harmonic Chart
under-utilized chart, rich with research possibilities,
the 9
th
harmonic or novile aspect connection, can be
The 9th harmonic is “the fruit of the tree.”[3].
found in intimate partnerships, but also between family
Additionally, astrologer Addey, father of harmonics,
members, or ourselves and a beloved pet, a teacher, a
said the 9th represents some particular life work
best friend, or even those you meet only in passing[2],
towards which you are heading, whether you know it
i.e. anywhere where you feel a deep soul level kinship,
or not.[4]
that may not always be found between the natal
An analogy might be that the 9
th
harmonic would be to
charts.
poetry, as your natal or that of your respective partnerʼs
Other applications might be found in the charts
would be to prose: the 9th: allegorical, transcendent,
between an individual and a location which they feel
energetic and spiritual, rather than mundane, practical,
to be their soul place, as a 9
th
level relocation chart. An
material, without the easy access to the day-to-day
earth-shattering event that may change the course of a
experiences of the natal. It may be for this reason, that
locationʼs respective destiny would be an example of a
a couple who have notable 9
th
harmonic linkages or
mundane application of the 9
th
.
contacts from 9
th
to natal, but more elusive or trying
aspects between their natals through classic synastry,
Soul Mates/Twin Souls
may feel bound on the soul level, but fi nd a practical
For the purpose of this article, the soul mate or relationship untenable. When you fi nd one exact hit
soul relationship may be described as one where or conjunction, or a number of them, these depict
we experience a sense of completion, a deep soul the actual areas of soul association in a chart that is
recognition or feel profoundly nourished on some moving 9 times faster than its natal counterpart.
level; we may simply experience a knowingness or
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