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Conversion
of Declinations to Zodiacal Longitude
All declinations from 23° 27' South to 23° 27' North
can be converted to the zodiacal degrees from 0° of
Aries to 29° 59'59" of Pisces. By converting out-of-bounds
placements to their co-declinations, they can be converted
as well.
Except for any body found at 23° 27', either North
or South, each body has two longitudinal equivalents.
(At 23° 27' the longitudinal equivalent is either 0°
of Capricorn if in South declination, or 0° of Cancer
if in North declination.) The reason for this is that,
until the maximum declination on the Ecliptic is reached,
the body is ascending in declination. When leaving the
maximum declination, the body is descending towards
zero, and then it begins its ascent towards the other
maximum. Mercury at 18° S 30'equates to 22° Scorpio
53'and to 7° Aquarius 07', the first while it ascends
in South declination and the second while it descends
in South declination. Anyone familiar with either solstice
points or antiscia will recognize the association. Both
of these locations by declination in the chart would
be activated, as well as the position at which the ephemeris
may have indicated Mercury might be at zodiacal longitude
of 25° Scorpio 42'as given in the ephemeris. Yet, the
bottom line is that if Mercury has a declination of
18° S 30', then it equates to whatever zodiacal longitude
the Sun would have if the Sun were at 18°S 30'. Since
the Sun at 18°S 30' ascends through 22° Scorpio 53'
and descends through 7° Aquarius 07', both are associated
with Venus in this example. Both places are equal to
the declinational location of the Sun, and all three
¾ 25° Scorpio 42' (ephemeris position), 22° Scorpio
53', and 7° Aquarius 07' (both as equivalents from its
declination)-will be activated by transit or progression
as if Mercury were actually in each of these locations
in the chart. (We can also add 4° Aquarius 18' to these
three, because it is the 25° Scorpio 42'solstice point
of the ephemeris location of Mercury in this example.)
There is a table available to assist one in the conversion
of declination to longitude and vise versa. One is found
in Kt Boehrer's text. John Halloran sells a computer
software program that provides
the conversions of declination to zodiacal longitudes.
Without the table, one need but look to an ephemeris
for the longitude of the Sun for an approximate placement
when the Sun is at the same declination as the planet
with which you are concerned, both ascending and descending.
(Eleanor M. Cormak, Astrological Birth Control, Today's
Astrologer, (the AFA Bulletin), Vol. 60, No. 3, March
27, 1998, pp 97 - 99 where solstice points are discussed)
Planetary Cycles
For those individuals who are interested in mundane
matters, The Church of Light teaches members about this
interesting technique. For those of us in the Southern
Hemisphere we should erect a chart for a planet each
time that the planet crosses from 0° North to 0° South
declination as it travels around the zodiac. The chart
erected for this point in time is indicative of the
activities of this particular planet until such time
as it again crosses from North to South at a later date;
interpretation of the chart is limited to those energies
with which that particular planet is associated. (C.C.
Zain, Mundane Astrology, Vol. 13 of a 22 volume set,
Los Angeles, CA. Brotherhood of Light, 1935. A chapter
is devoted to each of the planets except Pluto. The
Sun and Moon cycles are each explained as well. This
text is available from The Church of Light in paperback
reprint.)
Individuals who may be focused upon Southern Hemisphere
matters, would erect the chart when the planet crosses
into South declination. For Australian activities one
would erect the chart for Canberra, its capitol. The
present Mars cycle for the Southern Hemisphere began
on November 8, 2000 at 11:23:10 PM GMT and will be effective
until October 19, 2002 at 2:00:25 PM GMT. The next Mars
cycle begins on Sept. 29, 2004 at 1:26:50 PM GMT. (Calculations
done on Solar Fire 4.08).
For matters involving the United States, one would
erect the chart for Washington, D.C. For Canadian affairs,
one would erect the chart for Ottawa.
For charts set up in the Northern Hemisphere, the previous
Mars Cycle began on February 13, 2000 at 2:04 PM GMT,
while the present Mars cycle began on January 19, 2002
at 11:11:17 PM GMT, and will be in effect until the
next transit of Mars over the 0° South demarcation line
to 00 North on December 17th of 2003 at 7:17:45 PM GMT.
The Progressed Moon
The progressed Moon was referred to above under Out-Of-Bounds.
Research has revealed a 28-year cycle related to the
financial earnings of an individual with the key times
in the cycle tied to the years at which the Moon crosses
the 0° Aries - Libra declinational axis when going from
either South to North or visa versa.
At 0° of declination by progression the native will,
most likely, experience some general change of attitude;
when the progressed Moon is near its maximum North or
South declination, the native usually has a change in
their financial fortune. Details of this cycle would
cover several pages, so space does not allow for its
treatment here. Several articles have been written about
"The Earning Cycle".
(The late Al H. Morrison emphasized the
28-day declinational cycle of the Moon and its implications
in one's progressed chart; he referred to this as The
Earning Cycle. Karen Christino and Tashi Powers have
each elaborated upon this theme more recently. See Karen
Christino, The Progressed Moon in Declination, in the
NCGR Geocosmic Magazine, Spring, 1998, pp 15-23.)
Midpoints
When the astrologer becomes more acquainted with the
use of declinations, exploration of the whole area of
midpoints is in order. Ebertin's Combination of Stellar
Influences (Reinhold Ebertin, The Combination of
Stellar Influences, Aalen, Germany: Ebertin - Verlag,
1940, 1960.) is a handy tool for interpretive purposes,
because he merges the meanings of three planets together.
The easiest midpoint to find is when one has a contra-parallel
while a third planet is located at, or very near, 0°
N/S declination. This 0° body is at the midpoint of
any or all contra-parallels in the chart, and thus the
0° planet accumulates even more power at this power
point than its 0° placement alone would imply.
Some examples of other possible midpoints would be:
- two bodies, one at 20° North and the other at 10°
South, thus generating a midpoint at 5° North (15°
from each of the two);
- two bodies, one at 20° South and the other at 8°
South, thus generating a midpoint at 14° South (the
position at 14 degrees South would be 6° from each
of the others); and
- when each o-o-b planet (or asteroid) has an o-o-b
declination (in ephemeris) and an inbound co-declinational
location; thus it provides a dual opportunity for
it to be involved with midpoints. Each has equal merit.
Check them out.
Asteroids and Fixed Stars
If you wish to research these and other stellar bodies
or galactic points, several of which are often found
beyond the Ecliptic in their declination, there are
formulae provided below that can aid your exploration
of bodies above 46° 54' and 70° 21' in either South
or North declination. If you find a declination for
any body, you can locate a zodiacal placement by longitude
for it, either from the declination (when no greater
than 23:27 degrees South or North) or for its co-declination
when above 23:27 degrees as explained above.
Formula
This involves in part the concept of a mirror image.
The maximum limit of the Ecliptic is 23° S or N 27'.
A body beyond that 23° 27' limit and no greater than
46° 54', it will have a co-declination somewhere between
23° 27' and 0° in the same South or North declination.
If the body has a declination beyond 46° 54' and no
greater than 70° 21', it will have a co-declination
between 0° and 23° 27' but in the opposite declination
(a change from S to N, or from N to S). With a body
right at 70° 21' the co-declination will equate to 23°
27' of the opposite declination.
Example: 70° S 21' equates to 23° N 27' or 70° N 21'
equates to 23° S 27'. As we venture out further, beyond
70° 21' we move inward toward 0° 00'. Thus the location
of the fixed star Canopus in the southern sky is14°
59' Cancer & 75° S 49' in 2001, and the 75° South 49'
equates to co-declination of 17° North 59'. Therefore,
75 S 49 - 70:21 = 5:28; take 5:28 from 23 N 27 = 17
N 59. (Notice the switch from S to N declination). When
a declination reaches beyond 70° 21'it does not go out-of-bounds
again but turns back towards 0° 00'. Once an o-o-b body,
probably a fixed star, ventures inbound, to determine
its co-declination, it stays inbound by turning it towards
00:00 again. Few asteroids, if any, go above 70 degrees
South or North, but a few fixed stars do.
Latitude
Latitude is the sister to declination. However, very
little research has been done in this area. Kt Boehrer
acknowledges that planets can be outside the Ecliptic
by latitude as well as out-of-bounds by declination.
A body that is outside by latitude can still be equated
directly to zodiacal longitude, whereas, the body that
is o-o-b by declination must be converted to a co-declination
to do so. When a planet is out to the side by latitude,
the qualities of the planet are strengthened but not
as much as when that planet is out-of -bounds by declination.
Saturn can be beyond (to the side of) the Ecliptic by
latitude but not by declination. These are still 'uncharted
waters', and research is needed here too.
A very Unusual Occurrance
At the time of the New Moon that preceded the Presidential
Inauguration in January of 1997 we had a complex array
of aspects. The New Moon occurred on January 9, 1997
at 4:26 A.M.GMT. Mars and Saturn were in opposition
and contra-parallel to one another. Although neither
was technically o-o-b by latitude, they were both beyond
the Solar Path a short distance by latitude with Mars
in a southern longitudinal sign at 1° Libra 44' while
in North declination. The reverse was true for Saturn
which was in a northern longitudinal sign at 1° Aries
46' while in South declination. It could happen only
due to their close proximity to the Aries - Libra axis.
Also, both were closely conjoining the Lunar Nodes.
This writer assumes this complicated configuration continued
to thrive during the last four years of Clinton's hectic
presidency.
Copyright 2000. Edward
L. Dearborn - All rights reserved by the author.
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