Hello, my beautiful friend!

Welcome back to this 3-part series all about timing your life using simple astrological techniques! If you missed Part 1: Transits, you can review that information in my blog post about it here before moving onto today’s topic…and if you want to skip ahead to Part 3: Progressed Lunar Cycle, you can do so here. I highly recommend exploring all 3 techniques I’m going to share with you so that you can more easily find clear themes entering into your life – as one of my astrology teachers used to say, “If you see it once, it may be true. If you see it twice, it’s probably true. If you see it three times, it’s definitely happening!” As a result, I comb through multiple techniques when prepping for client readings – I want to quintuple confirm what I see happening in the Cosmos before I tell a client anything!

Today, I want to share with you one of my favorite timing techniques:

Secondary Progressions!

Both this blog and the third in this 3-part series will focus on secondary progressions, but we’ll hone in on different aspects – this one will show you how to calculate what season of life you’re currently in and the next will show you what phase of your life/lunar cycle you’re currently in. This one zooms in a bit, and the next zooms out.

Okay, back to secondary progressions!

So, what are secondary progressions, you ask?

Secondary progressions are a symbolic timing technique that shows us how we evolve throughout our lifetime. As I said in Part 1: Transits, our birth charts only appear static, but they really aren’t at all. In fact, using a technique like secondary progressions, we see how every single planet in our birth charts symbolically moves over time so that we get to experience every zodiac sign’s energy at some point and in some way. Someone may not have any planets in Scorpio, for example, but when they enter a “Scorpio” phase using secondary progressions, they will absolutely come to learn what that energy is all about. In my eyes, this helps us cultivate empathy. By experiencing every sign in the zodiac, we’ll start to understand what it’s like to “be a Sagittarius” or “be a Virgo”, even if we aren’t one ourselves.

So, let’s break down secondary progressions.

I keep mentioning that secondary progressions is symbolic. I say this because this specific timing technique relies on the rule of ONE DAY = ONE YEAR. If the Moon moved into Aries when you were 17 days old and it stayed there for 2.5 days (as the Moon does), then, you’ll be in a 2.5 year Aries phase from the ages of 17-19.5. See this whole one day = one year concept? Here’s another example: if Mercury stationed retrograde (aka starting “moving backwards”) when you were 83 days old, then your “secondary progressed Mercury” will station retrograde when you’re 83 years old.

While we can look at every single planet in the chart, the most important progressed planet to study is THE MOON. This is because the Moon is the fastest moving “planet” and directly influences what phase/season we’re in at any point in time. Just as the Moon in our birth chart symbolizes what motivates us and what fulfills us, our secondary progressed Moon literally changes what we want, what we need, and what we crave for a 2.5 year period…and I’m telling you, this technique is weirdly spot on.

Let me give you an example:

When I graduated college, my secondary progressed Moon (or just “progressed Moon” for short) was in the sign of Sagittarius. During this time, freedom, exploration, fun, learning, and teaching were the name of the game – in true Sagittarius fashion. I worked various part-time jobs as to maintain my freedom: teaching at yoga studios, working the front desk at a yoga studio, doing part-time corporate health and wellness coaching and part-time solo/entrepreneurial health and wellness coaching, building out and teaching my own online holistic wellness course, taking numerous classes and certifications, and enjoying lots of international travel to places like Africa and Asia. That time simply could not have gotten any more Sagittarius, and I loved it! I enjoyed every moment of my free-spirited 2.5 year phase…and then, I hit a wall…or more specifically, I entered into a Capricorn phase and for the first time in my life, I started craving stability, security, a more traditional job/lifestyle, a 401k even!!! YOU GUYS! This was so unlike me. Growing up with a dad working all hours in the Silicon Valley, I swore off “working for the man” and doing anything corporate…but the second, Capricorn entered my life, I dreaded my freedom. My open-ended, free-flowing life started making me anxious. All I wanted was something STABLE, NORMAL, CONVENTIONAL. It was all very confusing for me, especially because at the time, I didn’t know about this technique. Now that I do, it alllll makes sense. Then, after my Capricorn phase (during which I literally worked at a big tech company), I entered into a new wave of energy that encouraged me to start a podcast, quit my job, put my things in storage, and fly to another country with a one-way plane ticket, a backpack, and no further plans. Goodbye, Capricorn! Hello, Aquarius!

You know what’s weird about this example I just shared? I actually have two clients and a good friend who’ve experienced these exact same changes when they entered these phases (seeking a stable job when entering a Capricorn phase and then quitting it when entering an Aquarius phase!). THAT MEANS FOUR PEOPLE JUST IN MY CIRCLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS EXACT THING AT THESE SPECIFIC PROGRESSED TIMES! I am telling you – these seasons of life are REAL!!!

Curious to look at your secondary progressions with me?? Curious what season of life you’re being called into right now? Want to see what season is coming up for you so you can better plan?

Alrighty, my friends. That’s enough for now. Ready to dive into the third technique in this 3-part series? Check it out here. Also, please feel free to comment on this blog or ​DM me on Instagram​ if you have any questions about these techniques! I’m more than happy to help.

Until next time, my dear friends,

Devon Rochelle ✨

Your Cosmic Life Coach