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Introduction:
Like most public swimming pools, there is a shallow
end and a deep one with varying depths in between. In
like manner, the astrologer can immerse one's self into
declinations according to one's inclinations. Each of
the following factors is progressively a bit more complex.
By examining the declinational placements of the planets
in your chart, you should find strengths you missed
by looking only to the zodiacal signs and houses. Add
these findings, to one's chart interpretation for they
are underlying assets worthy of consideration; especially
when one finds any out-of-bound planets.
The following items are explained in one of the best
written articles on the subject of declinations:
The Decl-S.I.G.
If you wish more information about declinations, I
would recommend you purchase Kt Boehrer's text, available
from A.F.A., and contact the Declination -Special Interest
Group. (Write to Martha E. Ramsey, P.O. Box 805,
Central City, CO 80429, USA for further information.
Decl.-S.I.G. membership does not require NCGR membership).
The Decl-S.I.G. (Declinations) has been publishing
The Other Dimension, devoted to declinations since 1996.
Leigh Westin has written two excellent and technically
oriented articles on declination. Both articles are
found in the Spring 1998 issue of the NCGR Geocosmic
Magazine. That issue of the Magazine was devoted to
'Declinations'. Please do take my challenge to you,
and take a good look into declinations if you have neglected
them until now!
Et Cetera
In addition to C.C. Zain, those who have studied the
writings the texts of Ivy Goldstein-Jacobson, as did
Kt Boehrer, have found a good source for the study of
declinations.
One should not overlook the breakthrough provided by
Mrs. Kt Boehrer who discovered of the role played by
out-of-bounds placements and the method she found to
bring them into the zodiacal longitude of the Ecliptic.
Mrs. Boehrer has found through extensive research that
the orb of influence of each parallel is a full degree
on either side of exactness at the 23° 27' limit of
the Ecliptic and no more than one degree orb when at
the 0° North and South declinational area surrounding
the early degrees of Aries and Libra and late Virgo
and Pisces.
Likewise, the maximum of 1 degree orb is appropriate
at the power points associated with 15° of each of the
fixed signs at 16° S 20' 30" or at 16 N 20' 30" of declination.
When within 04' of orb, it is the most potent.
Copyright 2000. Edward
L. Dearborn - All rights reserved by the author.
This article is reprinted with permission, and is a
modified version (for the Southern Hemisphere) of the
original that first appeared in Today's Astrologer (Vol.
63, No. 11) Lunation: November 15, 2001.
- Ed Dearborn was born in 1922, a year similar to
2001 in that Mars was o-o-b for several months,
which for him means his lifetime (by secondary progression).
- His versatility and his achievements reflect the
positive application of this planet in his chart.
- He became interested in astrology in 1939. The
Second World War saw him in the US Marine Corp.
until its end, at which time he picked up civilian
life again.
- He married, returned to University, and was a
secondary school counselor for 30 years, retiring
in 1985. Since 1986 he has been researching and
collecting data for an Astrological History of North
America (U.S. & English-speaking Canada).
- His efforts to establish a Special Interest Group
with NCGR - the Declination - SIG began in 1995,
and were approved in 1996. The Other Dimension quarterly
newsletter of Decl.-SIG has drawn over 80 members.
- In May, 1998, Ed was presented the Sisyphus Award
at UAC '98 in Atlanta, GA in recognition for his
work. Ed lives in Norwood, PA with his wife and
may be contacted at: 310 Trites Ave., Norwood, PA
19074-1631, USA. (No e-mail). Tel: (610) - 583-9156.
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