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Charts to Use
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| Solar Ingress |
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Cast a chart for the Sun's ingress into each of the four cardinal
signs, i.e. 00 deg of Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn. This chart is set
using the coordinates of your location but using GMT rather than the time zone of your location, if that differs. This will give you the
seasonal influences for the year ahead. From this chart you are able to see
the temperature variations that will occur in this location.
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| Lunation charts |
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The four phases of the moon each month - new, first quarter, full, and last quarter.
These give the weekly trends. They cover the moisture picture for the week
that the chart is in effect.
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| Mercury ingress charts |
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Mercury ingress charts cover the air movement for the period of time that
Mercury is in a particular sign. The relevant period of time for these charts may vary.
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| Sunrise charts |
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The sunrise chart is set for your personal location and may be read in
conjunction with the other charts regarding conditions that they
show for a particular day.
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Interpreting the charts
The charts are interpreted using the 4th house as the main indicator
followed by the first house. 50% of the overall prevailing conditions are
described by the planets in the 4th house, their sign and the aspects they
make to other planets, followed by the sign on the cusp and its ruler. 25%
is from the 1st house - using the same formula. The remaining 25% is from
the rest of the chart and in particular any planet in a close
approaching aspect to the MC.
First, note the planets in the 4th and 1st Houses - make notes of all of the
effects of these planets. These notes will be your 'forecast' against which
you will compare and note the actual weather for a lunation period.
About half of the conditions of the forecast are described by the planets in
the 4th House, the sign they are in and the aspects to other planets and
sensitive points.
Include the sign on the 4th house cusp as the next influence.
About one quarter of the information comes from the planets in the 1st
house, the Sign they are in and the aspects they make.
The rising sign or ascendant is a secondary influence.
Look also at the planets which rule the 1st and 4th house and consider
their signs and aspects.
Pay close attention to planets which are conjunct angles. These are very
important and may override much of the sign descriptions. If these angular
planets make hard aspects they too need to be noted.
The 4th house shows 1/2 of the weather pattern. The 1st house shows 1/4 of
the weather pattern. 1/8 is found in the 10th and 7th houses.
(C.C. Zain)
The Planets
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- warm, dry, calm unless in violent combination. Primarily gives a more marked
effect when mutually aspecting planets also aspect the Sun in combination
with the Moon, in which case it gives extreme weather conditions. Sun/Venus
conjunction cloudy or rainy.
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Moon | |
- chilly, wettest of all planets. The lunar ingress into the cardinal
signs (especially Capricorn) has an intimate link to record rainfall,
especially via Jupiter's angularity. Venus and the Moon tend to be
positioned on or near the angles of the ingress chart in higher than normal
rainfall. The Moon's role is that of a trigger.
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Mercury | |
- wind, cool to cold, tends to dryness. Mercury governs the wind and
corresponds to high pressure of fair weather. Gentle breezes to
hurricane-force winds can be found under Mercury's domain. Mercury to the
conjunction of Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto before the storm event may
denote the type of wind force that may eventually work out into the
environment. Causes fall in air pressure. Mercury/Uranus sudden squalls or
violent gusts, Mercury/Saturn steady increase in wind strength more rain
when retrograde.
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Venus | |
- a warm, moist influence tending to lower the
barometer. Moderately warm temperatures and gentle showers are among Venus's
trademarks. In winter, it tends to augment snowfall or freezing rain.
Moisture, moderating influence, consistently wet. Venus/Mars combinations
often refer to storms.
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Mars | |
- acute heat, extreme if combined with other violent planets. Warm and
dry influence. Hot summers, droughts, and mild winters are a few of its
traits.
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Jupiter | |
- warm, pleasant breezes, under the right conditions can be a big
wind, tends to dryness. By itself, Jupiter is considered a fair weather
influence, bringing temperate conditions and an invigorating atmosphere.
Jupiter raises temperature.
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Saturn | |
- cold, wet, long lasting, extended gloom, stubborn and determined.
Typically produces cold and damp conditions that can be further aggravated
when other testimonies concur. Storms or low-pressure systems engendered
under Saturn are more prolonged and widespread. Fall in temperature
rainfall. Saturn aspecting Sun brings gloomy cold weather.
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Uranus | |
- cold, dry, record breaker, unexpected changes, reversals,
unstable, lightning, squalls. Cold, dry air masses resulting in winter
freezes and summer cold fronts are attributed to the power of Uranus. High
barometer and very high wind velocities can be found under its influence as
well. Sudden, windy, rainy, cold.
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Neptune | |
- cool, wet, fog, mist, erosion in an earth sign, peculiar, freakish
weather events, flooding. Neptune's power lies in its ability to lower the
barometer and provoke torrential downpours and flooding conditions. During
colder seasons, warming trends and thaws are typical of a Neptune influence. Dry and warm,
stormy.
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Pluto | |
- cool, violent, extremes, severe and intense depending on other chart
indications. Some believe Pluto's effect to be similar to that of Mars.
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The Signs
Aries | |
- warm, hot, dry - a moveable sign and can bring in some wind.
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Taurus | |
- cool, wet, a moderating influence and can be steady; farmer's rain.
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Gemini | |
- tends to cold, dry, fair; clouds moving, open sky, fluctuations in
temperature.
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Cancer | |
- cooling off to cold; wet, chance of rain with downpours; short-term
wet.
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Leo | |
- hot and dry; the most 'still' sign; in winter, melting snow.
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Virgo | |
- cold, dry; on the cool side with winds; blustery.
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Libra | |
- cool, lowers temperature rather than heats; airy breezes, favours dry;
pleasant.
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Scorpio | |
- extremes, really wet/dry or hot/cold, con/destructive; oppressive. This sign
intensifies the action of the rest of the chart. Never fails to bring an
extreme.
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Sagittarius | |
- warm, dry, clear and sunny; pleasant. Indian summer; January or
February thaw.
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Capricorn | |
- coldest, storms; low temperatures in winter; can add to heat in summer. Can be severe and long; periods of wet, especially on 1st or 4th.
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Aquarius | |
- cold, dry and crisp; lightning; very changeable; adds to potential for storms.
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Pisces | |
- cool, wet, mild; seasonable. Moderates indications; is second to Taurus in its moderate influences.
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The Aspects
The traditional astrological aspects - the conjunction, sextile, square,
trine, and opposition - and parallel of declination, are important keys in
determining weather patterns. The conjunction and parallel
can fall into either category, depending on the planets involved. Even Venus
and Jupiter can produce severe weather when harshly aspected, as is the case
when they are coupled with Neptune.
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can work either way and are considered the most powerful aspect
of all. In season, the Sun-Mercury conjunctions often coincide with the
formation of tropical storm systems and hurricanes.
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Squares and oppositions | |
can produce plenty of trouble or difficulty,
especially aspects between Mars, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The square and
opposition are considered to be storm breeders. Squares and oppositions
between Mars and Saturn or Mars and Uranus can engender some very energetic
storm systems.
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can offer a flow to the energies. The trine and sextile induce fair
weather.
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The descriptions of each planet must be blended keeping weather patterns in
mind. For example, Mars usually indicates hot weather. In conjunction with
Saturn (cold, wet, extended gloom) there is likely to be a meeting of two
weather fronts creating the potential for thunderstorms.
Whole seasons are affected when the slower-moving planets from Jupiter
outwards form major aspects.
© Kim Farnell. Published on skyscript: 21 December 2005.
Kim is available for written work, TV and radio. Visit her website at www.kimfarnell.co.uk or email info@esoteric-e.co.uk
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