Zodiac

An explanation of how to interpret a harmonic chart. Some of the things we learn in this tutorial vdeo are: Aspects are viewed in harmonic astrology as being fractions of a circle and how the numbers that make up the fraction determine the meaning of the aspect. How a harmonic chart shows patterns of aspects in a chart. A brief history of harmonic astrology and some of the key people who developed these ideas. How we can see the traits of a person in the patterns in the harmonic chart. We look at the birth chart of the early rock 'n roll musician Buddy Holly to demonstrate these ideas. We learn how the basic aspects like squares and trines in a harmonic chart are important and how to include them in your analysis and interpretation of the astrology chart.

In this book "The Pulse of Life" Dane Rudhyar suggested that signs are primarily 12 phases of a cycle. The personality characteristics and behaviors of a zodiac sign are expressions of being in a particular phase. This insight brings greater clarity to our understanding of zodiac signs.

The Astrological Ages are created by the movement of the Vernal Equinox and the Autumnal Equinox in retrograde motion through the fixed stars and constellations. We learn what the Vernal and Autumnal Equinoxes are and that the tropical zodiac is based on them. We also learn about the sidereal zodiac, which, like the tropical zodiac consists of 12 signs of 30 degrees each but is based on the fixed stars rather than the Vernal Equinox and the Tropical zodiac. The movement of the Vernal and Autumnal Equinoxes retrograde through the constellations is caused by the slow wobble of the Earth and is known as the precession of the equinoxes. The equinoxes (and therefore the tropical zodiac) move through the constellations at a rate of about 1 degree per 72 years, which is equal to about 2,160 years for 30 degrees, and almost 26,000 years for the entire circle of 360 degrees. The sidereal zodiac sign that the Vernal Equinox is in determines the Astrological Age. Because the exact position of the sidereal zodiac is not agreed upon, different authorities give different dates for the start of the astrological ages. According to most astrologers the Age of Pisces began roughly between about the year 1 and the year 400. The Age of Aquarius will occur some time within about 100 years from now to several hundred years from now according to most astrologers. We also consider some of the major historical themes for the past 2,000 years and how they appear to reflect the Pisces and Virgo themes that we expect from the concept of Astrological Ages. We discuss a few different possibilities for why there appears to be a correspondence between the Age of Pisces and major historical themes of the past 2,000 years. We also consider what likely themes for the Age of Aquarius are if the theory of Astrological Ages is valid.

How to determine when the Age of Pisces and Age of Aquarius begin. We use the Time Adjust feature of the Sirius 2.0 software to find out. We change the ayanamsha to see what the starting dates are using two different ayanamshas.

In the Rig Veda, which was written somewhere in the time range 1700 - 11 BC, there are descriptions of a "wheel of life" that clearly is metaphorical language for a division of the sky. These divisions sound like they are similar to zodiac signs. Also, Babylonian astrology was developed through a huge amount of effort. These traditions provided material that was used in the development of Hellenistic astrology.

In this astronomy quiz we provide answers to questions that everyone should know the answer to but not everybody does! Some of the topics are: Can the Sun be at the zenith? Does it depend on where you live? Measured along the horizon plane, how far from exactly East can the Sun rise? Does it depend on where you live? What the Zenith is and whether the Sun reaches the Zenith. What the Ascendant in an astrology chart is

Based on interviews and consultations with thousands of people and a research study using extreme case sampling, the consistent them found with people born with many planets in Aries is that they are self-reliant. Some of the other traits associated with Aries are not consistently found.

Although it is commonly believed that the Lahiri ayanamsha places Spica at exactly 0 degrees Libra, most astrology software does not place Spica precisely at 0 Libra in the sidereal zodiac. There is a good reason for this: the proper motion of Spica would cause the sidereal zodiac to be oriented precisely to Spica rather than to most stars and to the galactic center. This is also true for the Fagan-Bradley ayanamsha which is based on placing the fixed star Aldebaran at exactly 15 degrees Taurus and for any sidereal zodiac based on the placement of a fixed star. Just as with the Lahiri ayanamsha, most astrology software does not place Aldebaran precisely at the specific zodiac position that it supposedly is placed at. If we were to use an ayanamsha that is based precisely on the position of a fixed star. then the wobble of the Earth would be considered completed when returning back to wherever the fixed star had traveled rather than in relationship to the fixed stars in general. With the help of diagrams and a table of positions of Spica and Aldebaran at 4 points in time, these concepts are described clearly so that you can understand appreciate why the precise position of a fixed star is not usually used as the basis of the sidereal zodiac.

This lesson is a series of 4 tutorial videos on the history of astrology.