Astrology and identical twins

I was lucky enough to do an astrology reading for identical twins. A great opportunity  to research the effects of a small difference in birth time on personality.

Identical twins share the same genetical make up and upbringing (when they grow up in the same home). Both nature and nurture are almost 100% similar. Only their times of birth at first will differ. For an astrologer this is very interesting: is it possible to draw conclusions on the character and the life course of identical twins based on differences in time of birth? After all, while the minutes tick away, houses, Ascendent and Midheaven will change as well as maybe the placements of stars in the houses.

In the case of predictive astrology a different time-path of transits and secondary progressions through the houses (as a result of the different time of birth), can also make a big difference in the lives of the twins.

Read below how just a 12-minute difference in time of birth had a significant impact on the personality and life path of two identical twin sisters.

Two twins. Not Gemini, but real identical twins, born 12 mins apart. Their stars are all in the same sign and position except their Moon (is in a different house). They shared the same upbringing and genetic makeup, but their personalities and approach to life happiness varied enormously.

Twin A (the 2nd born 12 minutes later) focused from an very early age on, on becoming a wealthy entrepreneur – and she succeeded. She derived her motivation came from the fact her family hade moved from a wealthy suburb to a very small, rural town where she was snubbed by her peers. She swore ‘revenge’ by becoming a rich and successful business woman. At school she was intent on setting herself apart from the others by wearing only expensive designer labels and to ease the pain of feeling left out.

Her sister Twin B (first born) after the move immediately adopted the dialect and tried hard to fit in. She succeeded in becoming quite popular with her classmates. Later in life she became ‘strange’ in the eyes of her family when she discovered breath work and its healing effects. Breath work became her passion and purpose in life.

So for twin A happiness and safety is about wealth and success. While her sister twin B needed popularity in early in life and later on spirituality and ‘air’ to feel safe and content. Let’s say: Gold (twin A) versus Air (twin B). Two completely different substances as a metaphor for their approaches to life. All stemming from a 12 minute difference in time of birth. How can we explain that?

We the differences life path of reflected in their house positions. These changed during the 12 minutes difference in time of birth.

For both twins, Chiron is on cusp of the third house: the ‘wound of words’ signifying the difficulties both had during their early school days and with each other as siblings (3rd house).