Recently I received a copy of Amir Bey’s new publication entitled Blendings: The compatibility and parallels between Composit and Davison Relationship Chart, Introducing the Part of Union. For those unfamiliar with Amir, he is a New York City artist, astrologer, sculptor, and occultist who is known for his Equinox Celebration Tarot, a 36-card deck based on sculpture and strongly influenced by the 36 decans of astrology. Amir has been a practitioner of the occult arts since 1968 when he was first introduced to Crowley’s Thoth Tarot, and he has been a practicing astrologer since the early 1970s. Although I have never met him in person, Amir and I have corresponded over the years about various charts and astrological issues. He discusses his background and interest in astrology and tarot in an interview with Nadiya Shat at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXXVoZeDZaI.
One of Amir’s particular interests is the astrology of human relationships, which also pervades his Equinox Celebration Tarot deck. He has worked extensively with synastry and composite charts, including the zodiacal mid-point and the geographical Davison charts, testing these techniques in his astrogocial practice with large numbers of clients. In his new book, Amir introduces a modern Lot or Part, which he calls the Part of Union/Disunion. He connects this Lot to the tarot card called “The Pact” in his Equinox Celebration Tarot deck.
Drawing on Uranian astrology, Amir views the MC (Medium Coeli or Midheaven) as representing the conscious “I,” the self, the ego, and one’s conscious aims or goals. The North Lunar Node in synastry reveals the purpose behind unions and how partners help each other reach their destiny. The Sun in a birth chart is a symbol of core identity, life force, and conscious will. Because all three astological factors play a key role in human relationships, Amir combines them into a single Lot or Part, which is intimately related to unions and disunions:
The Part of Union/Disunion = MC + North True Lunar Node – Sun.
In other words, he is projecting the arc from the Sun to the North True Lunar Node from the Midheaven, regardless of the sect of the chart. I was unfamiliar with Amir’s Lot of Union/Disunion prior to reading his book and have not had much time to experiment with it. Calculating this Lot in my own chart, I was pleasantly surprised to find that my Lot of Union lies in partile conjunction with my wife’s natal Sun!