The Major Seventh: Lack

lack, absence, incompletion, restlessness Ratio: 15:8

This wide dyad is stretched almost to the Octave -- almost. It certainly wants something in the middle -- but what? There’s an unease in this dyad; it’s dissonant, but at the same time not really in a hurry to go anywhere.

Empty and unfinished, the Major Seventh is about what’s missing. In a casting, it refers to some kind of lack. Any number of things can fill it -- the good news being that we have a choice; the bad, that we have to make up our mind. Under the influence of this dyad, we may find ourselves facing ennui or restlessness.