The word “Antiscia” comes from the Latin antiscii and the Greek antiskioi meaning anti-opposite and Skia “shadow”. Translated as “shadows on the other side”. Antiscia is the mirror image of the planets reflected over the Cancer-Capricorn axis, the axis connecting the two solstice points together. Any antiscion point can be activated when occupied by another natal planet, by transit, direction, or progressed planet, this behaves much like a reflex action, often triggered when solutions to problems are seen. Often Antiscia connections can be found between charts where no other obvious planetary aspects can be seen either in declination or longitude. The Antiscia has the ability to bring issues surrounding that planet into clear focus.
