Part of Death

One of the sensitive points in the chart. For daytime births it is calculated by adding the positions of the Ascendant and Mars and subtracting that of Saturn. For nighttime births Saturn is added to the Ascendant and the position of Mars is subtracted from the total. More information on the methods of calculation can be found under the heading "sensitive point".

The part of death shows the point in the horoscope at which deep processes of transformation take place which are often accompanied by intense feelings of anxiety. Because of the taboo nature of death in Western civilisation the point of death plays virtually no practical role in modern astrology.