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Hyleg is a Latin word meaning giver of life. Originally it was a  traditional term for a planet that is used to determine the length of a person¡¥s life. It has also been called the Apheta, the Prorogator  or giver of life. Various complex rules were employed to determine which planet in a natal chart was the heyleg. Many modern astrologers question the ethics of attempting to predict the length of a person's life and the practice has been largely dropped.

I tend to look at it as the planet that breathes life into the person, giving vitality. This is determined  by looking to see if either the Sun or Moon is in any of the following zones of the chart:

5 degrees above to 25 degrees below the Ascendant or Descendant       
5 degrees below the cusp of the 9th house to 25 degrees past the 11th house cusp

If neither Sun nor Moon lie in these zones then the ruler of the Ascendant is considered heyleg. In determining the vitality of the person care must be taken to consider all of the traditional dignities including term and face. Sun being heyleg and in its fall does not necessarily mean the person has a weak constitution. Times when Mars-Saturn transit the heyleg are times to use more caution in caring for one¡¦s self. One whose Moon is heyleg would benefit from practices that assist in balancing the emotional body and maintain peace of mind. One whose ascendant is heyleg would be wise in honoring the true nature of self at the soul level so the higher self can shine through the vehicle of the personality.

In my natal chart, neither Sun nor Moon are within these zones so I look to the ascendant for the heyleg. Leo rises which gives a strong constitution and is ruled by the Sun. So Sun is heyleg by default. It is placed in Virgo in the 2nd house. Sun in Virgo is considered Peregrine, foreign but just happens to be at the solstice point of the degree where the Sun is most exalted, 19 Aries. So my Sun receives accidental dignity and could be considered an invited foreigner into the earth plane. Sun receives nice aspects to the nodes and to Mars who is exalted. The trine and sextile to the nodes shows that the Moon is in agreement to handing power over to the Sun and may give special help as the Moon is exalted (an honored guest) in the 2nd. The mutable Virgo nature brings in the ability to be adaptable and frugal when necessary in an area that is usually fixed in nature. At nearly 52 I have no major health conditions other than a less than major injury sustained at work.

It is true that I am powered by the Sun. My energy is low when it is cloudy for more than a day. Even if I¡¦m indoors I am much more energized on sunny days whether it is hot or cold. I am my happiest when the weather is sunny and warm. I'm not sure why I was born into a climate that only has a 4 month growing season. I guess because this is where my family is I was to be born into. I also wilt when I don't feel valued.



PARS HEYLEG

Pars is Latin, meaning part or lot. Pars Heyleg is the lot of life. It shows something of the purpose of incarnation. It is calculated based on the degree of the New or Full Moon most closely preceding birth. Then calculate the distance the Moon has traveled up to the time of birth. In other words, subtract the position of the natal Moon from the pre birth New or Full Moon. Then add this amount to the ascendant. This is the Pars Heyleg. Said another way, the equation is written as:

Ascendant + Moon - Prebirth New or Full Moon=Pars Heyleg


Example: My pre birth New Moon was at 4Virgo35. Natal Moon is at 28Scorpio50 having traveled a distance of 84*25'. Adding this to the Ascendant at 17Leo13 puts the Pars Heyleg at 11Scorpio28 in my 4th house.

  137Leo13
+238Sco50
__________
 375      63
-154Vir  35
________
221        28 or 11Scorpio28

The house placement tells me my mission is involved with family karma or simply to have a home and family. The Scorpio placement tells me it will involve transformation and involve sharing or depending on another in some way. It could be remodeling an older or damaged home. It could involve building a home and family different than what I came from. It could also involve issues of power and control within the family structure and in the world at large. A very prominent aspect is sextile the lunar North node in the 5th and trine the South. Having children and doing the work I love is a key focus of my purpose in life, but also being valued by others for that.

By looking to the bodies in aspect more clues can be found. The Pars heyleg is sandwiched in between Black Moon Lilith or the oscillating apogee at 10* and Toro at 12*. This clearly fits the power and control theme of Scorpio with emphasis on women's position within the home and society and the effort to force them into submission by what ever means necessary. I’ve experienced this both within family and the work place. Panacea is in opposition at 13* in the 10th. This might indicate that the one bringing the money has the upper hand and the solution may be to seek power in the work world in order to gain independence and/or equal power. Karma is square from 12Leo conjunct Hera and Bacchus at 13Leo in the 12th house. Opposite, at 13Aquarius in the 6th, lies Arachne. Here we have issues of one's rights and fairness within relationships often connected to the family model, perhaps jealousy, excess and entrapment.

While I could go on to show many other aspects I'll only mention a couple others. The part of divorce is quindecile in the 9th along with Hollar and Nemesis in the 10th. Here we have what I refer to as the Lamed configuration seeking balance on a most compulsive level with Pars Heyleg as the focal point. The asteroids and divorce point show it may involve injury of some sort leading to separation which proved to be true, both in marriage and in the workplace.

The part of male children is inconjunct in Aries, also in the 9th, along with Hephaistos (an injured metalworker who is a messenger between the gods and man) and Eurydike (dependence) in Gemini, 10th, forming a yod with Pars Heyleg as the point. One thing this brings to mind is my reporting the cover up (Scorpio) of defects on medical parts, one being a knee bracket used in prosthetics fitting the limp of Hephaistos quite well.

Here we have two powerful configurations both pointing to the Pars Heyleg. The Sabien symbol for 12Scorpio shows high ranking officials gathered at an important embassy ball. This implies rank or levels of importance with each contributing value to the whole, and if used wrongly, implies an attitude of superiority, perhaps demanding special, undeserved or unnecessary treatment and rewards or expecting to be given status without the effort or skills it requires.

By looking to the opposite degree which is the midpoint of the two inconjuncts and quindecile we can find the balancing solution to the problem. At 12 Taurus we have a black slave girl of antebellum days who demands her rights from her mistress. Here we see one demanding her divinely inherited rights as one who is equal to the one she serves. If used negatively there might be demands for what is not earned or owed or refusal to acknowledge other's true worth.

As I write this Jupiter is passing over my Pars Heyleg while Mars is exactly sextile, Neptune is square, Saturn has moved beyond square but soon Mercury and Venus will join in to present some more obstacles. I am painfully and gratefully aware that my purpose in this life is reaching it's summit. All of the above has been true in my family and my life. I grew up in a family and completed a 28 year relationship fitting the theme being a woman's subservient role in which she is expected to be grateful for receiving nothing more than food for survival and a roof over her head no matter how hard she works. I remember when I told my husband I was going to get an outside job so that I would have some say in how the extra money was spent he told me I'd better get a night shift job because I was expected to have dinner prepared and take care of our children. I would have gotten a 2nd shift job and he could handle his own dinner. Apparently standing up for my rights within my family and marriage wasn't sufficient. This may be because I wasn't given opportunity and didn't know how to receive or demand what was due. I compromised and left the relationship. I had to get past the fear first, both of my dad and of my ex husband. I may be equal to them but I am not physically equal,  or should I say, equal but not the same.  

After my divorce I entered the work world first having a job that didn't allow me to leave my post for 4 hours even to use the restroom. Then I became a metal worker like Hephaistos and was expected to be the entertainment for the male workplace. I stood up for my rights and was fired. I attempted to find legal restitution but, again out of fear, I compromised and accepted lost back pay, carrying away scars that would hinder my ability to get comparable employment. I found a similar job but they took advantage of my vulnerability and paid me much less than my other job and what my co-workers were being paid. Then I was injured. I was refused my right to proper treatment or diagnosis, demoted to entry level position in status, three levels under what I was doing, then fired from my job through a legal loophole called the Family Medical Leave Act.

8/12/08

When I began this article two years ago, I was still in the middle of the legal confrontation of my employer.  I have no more fear of what any of them might do to me. I am standing firm in demanding my rights. I will no longer give 125% only to have nothing come back. If somehow, I loose the battle, it doesn't matter, I will have won the war. They know I was valuable to them and it is only their fear of having less that they treated me so. The most loving, fair thing I can do is stand firm in an Aquarian way as Scorpio and Taurus demand, in honoring my Leo divine right to my sustenance and integrity. But, why is it that I am seeing this part seemingly showing up in the 10th house, at least as much as in the 4th? I would have to say my 10th house mother shares much more in common with me here than my 4th house father.

How interesting if find myself ready to complete this article, exactly 2 years after it was begun. I had forgotten about it and only became aware when “Mystique” told me it was a dead link on my website. While we conversed on the calculation and “miscalculation” of this part I made an interesting discovery. Just as the part of fortune equation must be reversed for those born at night, so too, might the par heyleg need reversed.

Pars Spiritus Heyleg or Lot of Spiritual Life

Another strong possibility is that the reverse calculation might be read as the Spiritual lot of life or Pars Spiritus Heyleg. If so, the parts would be:

Asc+Moon-prebirth New/Full Moon=Lot of life by day, lot of spiritual life by night
Asc+prebirth New/Full Moon-Moon=Lot of life by night, lot of spiritual life by day

If I am right, all that I’ve said above about my life is related to my spiritual purpose for being here and this makes so much sense. My lot in life on the material plane would be 22Taurus58 high in the sky in my mother’s house, and my career sector or where I deal with my bosses. The spotlight is boldly placed on my mother, as her Sun is conjunct tightly. What is interesting about these two calculations is they are quite close to forming a quindecile, being 168*30’ apart, within a 4* orb. Since one progresses forward, and the other Rx, they would perfect the quindecile by progression in my first few months of life. The Moon would be progressed to 2Sag14 at 3.5 months. My brother was conceived at that time. My parents were together for that one night then made their separation official, fitting the nature of the quindecile that described their relationship and separation. I think the fact that this relationship affected my mother much more on the physical plane than it did my dad, bearing two children as a result, shows the validity of using the reversed calculation for a night time birth. That it affected my dad, more on the spiritual plane, learning there are always consequences that go along with the privilege of coming together with another and that it is best when sex is joined with love, making it a spiritual union also, supports using the original formula for the spiritual lot in life in a night time chart.

Since this part is quite new to me it will take some time to test and prove. I’d love to hear your thoughts and discoveries regarding the two. Email me at aquarianessence@yahoo.com

Update 8/2009

Well, I won the war but certainly not in the way I expected. Again, I was compensated for the wrong, enough to replace my windows and doors. Unfortunately, due to their lack of integrity, they had to close their doors a year later, as mine opened. But the greatest compensation is that I was given the opportunity to do the work I most love to do while still being able to tend to my most important duty, raising my children. It must be my services were no longer needed in the male work place because the door opened for me that I couldn't resist.  After pondering the validity of the worldly vs. spiritual lot of life I think they are quite valid and useful for understanding. You see, my physical lot tied me to my mother in a way that can't be denied. She too, left her employment after an accident. But, unfortunately, hers led to cancer diagnosed within 6 months, triggered by that accident and death a year later.  My accident led to serving in a way that gives me great satisfaction.