Just a little bit of preface: You don’t have to learn everything right the first time/say the right stuff all the time, so don’t be too hard on yourself if you ever do that ok? 💕

Honestly (imo) a huge part of astrology is just an on-going process, so there’s a lot of editing involved regarding interpretations/opinions? People can have a lot of different opinions on astrology, it’s just how multi-faceted the (signs/placements) things we’re learning/studying are. That’s part of intaking the information. It’s also the style people interpret/express it outwards that’s different. You can learn things bit by bit and just make it easier on yourself to digest information. And you can make up your own interpretation (that’s meticulous, but forgiving) that way ok? 

Don’t feel like you’re struggling alone, or if you’re taking the hard path by yourself. You can always edit your answer and think about things more, I hope this helps you out a bit/feel a lil bit better about it! Let me know how you feel! Otherwise I’ll just preface it like this because Im nervous and just want to help skdjfns💕

So on to the topic, degrees do matter in astrology. To make matters a little simplier -- if you’re standing at the door you can’t be standing at the window 5 feet away. I don’t think our legs stretch that long, so where it lands is the exact point of where it is. 

If you want a general rule/thing just to make it easier for yourself (in regards to ‘cusps’ and all the confusing stuff), just pay more attention to the degrees/calculating things. You can apply it across the board to your other placements as well (not just the sun, which is where we usually hear the word ‘cusp’ used). 

With degrees, its about the progression of going through the signs, right? Like you can tell when someone is at the end of their Aries Moon by the degree it’s in, but it’s also the lessons the signs gives you/their energy/stages you are in corresponding to those signs. It’s the dialogue between your natal placement and the rulership directly. I had an answered ask about critical point/karmic point if you’re interested in it. It basically outlines the energy these points 29′-0′ goes to and why it has that plutonian effect on it (transformation between the planets/signs in placements). The answer ask applies more for people with 0′ degrees though, I’m going to kind of explain what the difference is between 29′-0′ later (before the end of this ask). 

So similarities between 29′-0′ first: When signs are at 29′ degrees it’s at the final stages of the sign, so the energy is geared towards wrapping things up, doing the final exam. It’s facing the final boss/challenges on the lesson that the sign brings, and learning to conquer it. 

But it’s also talking about new beginnings (karmic point/transformation) so it’s trying to beat that boss while moving into another sign at the same time. Your focus/direction is geared towards the next sign (Virgo) but the challenges you face/have to beat are from Leo in order to prove yourself ready for leveling up.  

Most people give rounding up 29′59 to 0′. There’s a lot of different names for this and most have varying opinion about what it’s called/if it’s actually good or bad. It’s kinda like people either really liking Scorpio/Pluto or really really despise them. Personal opinions and sometimes personal fears.

Most just honestly think it’s kind of layered/complex. Natives who find themselves at that crux point often find them ready/tilting towards the next sign already (29′), but those who are in the sign (0′) might find themselves drowned completely by the multi-faceted problems that the sign’s journey has to face, y know?

So people in this crux will either run away from it or embrace it. It’s a karmic point where you either feel more related to your past (0′) or your future (29′). They’ll find themselves relating strongly to either sign, particularly the core energy that’s usually described in the archetype (like, the typical zodiac/horoscope stuff). 

Watch out for nit-picking the parts they want to relate to and the part they don’t understand. Mostly because other native in the same sign are progressing through parts of that journey (in other degrees of progressions, like 14′-16′, 17′-25′ etc.) that reaches the less seen/unexplored part of the signs that’s not written as their archetype y know? Some difficulties can’t be explained to people who hasn’t been through the same journey (again, past-future). So that’s part of the reason why sometimes, people find themselves feeling different from other natives of the sign, and look for that core-energy to stabilize/give direction to them. (ASC, absent signs in people, intercepted signs, karmic points)

Archetype is like the unsaid part of the sign, a huge area that simplified zodiac/horoscope stuff doesn’t cover. Take Leo for example, there’s a lot of brandishing on the extroverted, leadership qualities of a Leo. But the unexplored part that astrology puts a focus to is the sentimentalism, kind of shy and romantic part of Leo as well. 

So to answer your question about ‘cusps’ in the Sun: Just for the sake of technicalities, there’s only one sun. You can always focus on the part of the journey where you’ll still have to slay the boss (which will resurrect many times) but you’ll also find Virgo manifesting somewhere else in your chart usually. 

It’s at the end/beginning of one sign which makes the energy kind of pointed into a focus (transitioning stage).  

Also another thing: karmic point or this 29′-0′ makes the native find themselves facing difficulties manifesting certain traits of the planet. Usually it’s because the energy/focus is shifted into driving towards that one sign that you are less aware/focused on your other-- or maybe vice versa. 

But maybe if you’re at 0′ something, it’s also because in side-real you may be the past sign (-23′) so generally there’s a lot of challenges to think and consider about being here (also in trad. astro there’s things about terms/bounds and if you’re interested, that’s also very fascinating to read about since 29′ tends to be the area where we’re restricted somewhat) 

So the lessons you’ve learnt/the challenges you faced are not often focused on bringing what resources/materials you’ve gained already into being used. There’s a disconnection there because your eyes are set on the future, that sometimes you forget to side-step the pothole when you easily can. Or you forgot how to use materials from the past and therefore the future cannot happen. It’s a frustrating position to be in. 

I hope this answers your question and help you somewhat! 💕 If you need further readings that might be easier to understand than my rambling, this astrologyuniverse article is really helpful! 

I hope this isn’t too harsh and I didn’t just? info-dump on you. Feel free to ask me anytime you want a second opinion, I’ll try to help as best as I can? I know the way I explain things can be really whacky so please feel free to ask me to clarify! I can also link u up to some resources if I don’t know stuff! 💕