Raymond Andrews
2011-04-18 16:26:25 UTC
RIGHT ASCENSION MIDPOINTS
Both Magi Astrologers and Cosmobiologists use midpoints. They don't
just use the midpoints in ecliptic longitude. They also use the
midpoints in Declination which is equatorial latitude. There is
another coordinate that can be used,and it is Right Ascension which is
equatoral longitude. If both ecliptic longitude and declination
midpoints are relevant to Astrology, then why not Right Ascension
midpoints? Right Ascension and Declination are the coordinates that
astronomers use to plot the position of celestial objects. Therefore,
both Right Ascension and Declination can be used in Astrology.
There is an astrologer that uses both Ecliptic Longitude and Right
Ascension:
"3-Dimensional Chart Calculator
Now you can finally see your astrology chart undistorted by flat 2-D
displays. StarWise 3-D astrology lets you understand yourself and your
life much better than all other methods. One flat chart falsely shows
your true planet positions--just like flat maps do to our 3-D earth's
true shape. Our 3-D astrology accurately shows the true 3-D layout of
your planets in your chart (forecast, etc.) as they really are in our
actual 3-D universe--not squashed into some misleading, incorrect
shape.
The only way to see the true 3-D layout of your planets is to view
your chart (...etc.) from two key perspectives (ecliptic + right
ascension). As any scientist or engineer knows, this is the same
correct way 3-D objects are always shown--using two or more views like
top/front/side. The only better way would be a holographic display--
yet to be invented.
You may have seen your chart (forecast...) from the standard single
viewpoint--ecliptic. Now this new and exciting second viewpoint--right
ascension--finally reveals all of who you really are. Both viewpoints
are correct, just like front/top/side views of any 3-D object. The
combined meaning of both views of your chart (forecast, etc.) reveals
all of you, total reality versus just half the picture.
3-D astrology looks at your life with both eyes open, not half-blind
like the "one-eye closed" (ecliptic) approach currently in use
everywhere else. 3-D astrology offers you the best insight and
knowledge possible about yourself and life. You can use this new, more
accurate information to make better decisions and thus grow more
successful and happy."
http://www.starwise.com/FreeChartsPlus.html
Philip Sedgwick points out the inconsistency and mixing apples and
oranges when it comes to the use of Declinations with Ecliptic
Longitude and that Declinations should be used with Right Ascension:
"Another flaw in astrological thinking quickly emerges. Astrologers
often use declination when defining the north/south range of an object
relative to its longitudinal or zodiacal position. This is like mixing
apples and oranges, since the reference planes are not the same.
Longitude, more commonly the degree of the zodiac - measured from the
Vernal Equinox eastward relative to the ecliptic - goes hand in hand
with latitude, which bears the same circle of reference. Latitude
refers to north/south range in degrees from the ecliptic to the object
as measured along the circle of celestial latitude through which it
passes.
Right Ascension, the position of an object in either degrees or hours,
measures from the Vernal Equinox in the easterly direction, referenced
to the celestial equator. Declination defines the range of a body in
degrees north or south from the celestial equator as measured along
the hour circle through which it passes.
Using declination with longitude combines reference planes offset from
one another by an average angle of 23 degrees and 27 minutes."
Clairvision Astrology notes the following:
"Right ascension charts what they mean
How does the meaning of a right ascension chart differ from a normal
chart?
To answer this question, some say that the celestial equator is a more
'earthy' reference than the ecliptic. This makes sense, for the
celestial equator is the projection of the earth's equator on the
celestial sphere, while the ecliptic is the path of the Sun.
Consequently, they regard the right ascension chart as an indication
of how a person manifests the potentialities of their
'normal' (longitude-based) chart into their life. From this
perspective, the 'normal' chart shows potentialities; the right
ascension chart shows how these potentialities are likely to manifest
in real life. Hence the motto: right ascension chart manifestation
chart.
For instance, if an aspect or a cluster of planets is really critical
in a person's chart, you may want to look at their right ascension
chart to see if the aspect is also present, and if it is any
different.
In astrological readings, it is not rare to see people who are not
like their chart! For instance, one sees charts with beautiful
potentialities which are not translated into the reality of the
person's life. The right ascension chart may give clues as to why and
how, and also clues as to how to manifest what is in the chart.
predictions you are precisely trying to determine how influences will
manifest in real life."
http://astrology.clairvision.org/static/astrologymanual/Right_ascension_and_declination.html
Astrologer Dwight Ennis wrote an article about coordinates, and he
made the following remark at the end of the article:
"While we, as astrologers, use Celestial Longitude divided into the
Zodiac to define horizontal coordinates, astronomers generally use
Right Ascension. As with Celestial Latitude, measurement begins with
0° corresponding to the point of the Vernal Equinox. However, where
Celestial Latitude measures counter-clockwise, Right Ascension
measures clockwise from this point, with the measurement being
expressed either in degrees, minutes, and seconds of arc, or in hours,
minutes, and seconds of time. In any event, it is still a system which
used the Earth as its center of reference. Why that's logical and okay
for astronomical measurement, but irrational and not okay for
astrological measurement is beyond me!"
http://www.astrologyclub.org/articles/ecliptic/ecliptic.htm
Good point. The use of Right Ascension is logical and okay for both
astronomical and astrological measurement.
A visual of Right Ascension and Declination and other coordinates:
http://astrologysoftware.com/resources/vastrology/ecoord.asp?orig
http://www.astrologyclub.org/articles/ecliptic/ecliptic.htm
Youtube videos on Right Ascension and Declination
You can calculate your Right Ascension chart here: Please note that
it's a zodiac equivalent chart. For example my Moon is in 334'24 in
Right Ascension, and that is equivalent to 4'24 Pisces
http://www.true-node.com/eph1/
Then you can calculate your Right Ascension midpoints with the
following midpoint calculator
http://www.noendpress.com/pvachier/midpoints/index.php
There are some good midpoint interpretations here:
http://john-sandbach.blogspot.com/2010/11/midpoints-4.html
The following are my Right Ascension midpoint pictures that aren't
present in my Ecliptic Longitude chart.
I only looked at the direct midpoints (conjunction,opposition) within
1 1/2 degrees. I use 1 degree if they involve Pluto.
Sun conjunct Neptune/Pluto - '33
A person who is highly aware of and conscious of extremely subtle
energies, which can potentially have a debilitating effect on their
energy, or, when harnessed and directed, an uplifting, harmonizing and
vitalizing effect. A person who is intensely idealistic about their
goals.
Sun conjunct Venus/Uranus - 1'13
One feels it is important to relate to others in a free and open way.
One long-range objectives are based on one's own individual values,
which may be quite different from mainstream ones.
Moon conjunct Jupiter/Saturn - '42
To blow moral issues out of proportion that is, to feel strongly
like one should or should not do something, but to imbue the issue
with such emotional energy that needless guilt is the result. To feel
bad about not disciplining the self enough. One feels secure when
working steadily and persistently on a project.
Jupiter conjunct Mars/Ascendant - '16
Enthusiasm expressed with assertiveness. Confidence in one's ability
to get things done.
Node conjunct Uranus/Midheaven - '56
To connect with people who will appreciate and respect one's
individuality and independence. In this lifetime one is learning how
to be one's own authority.
Neptune conjunct Node/Ascendant - 1'11
The ability to see the subtleties of how one's identity has been
formed by one's past, as well as to perceive the hidden and/or
concealed energies that have formed one's sense of self. The
development of one's intuition tends to help one to see oneself in a
new, more expanded and more spiritual way.
Moon oppose Neptune/Midheaven - '27
The emotional need to have a career you can really feel dedicated to.
Your ability to intuit how to spiritually advance yourself comes and
goes, and you need to be sensitive to these cycles, so that you know
that even though you sometimes feel not so spiritually connected you
will experience a deeper connection soon. When you feel emotionally
down you may get into negative imaginings about your career.
Mars oppose Venus/Midheaven - '30
Taking the initiative to spread love and beauty in the world. One
asserts oneself based on a respect for the highest values. Working to
disseminate that which is of beauty and value to the world.
Mars oppose Mercury/Midheaven - 1'24
Mars: The desire to find out the ideas that are most right and true.
The desire to base one's actions of spiritual ideas. The tendency to
justify what one does by pointing out the rightness of one's ideas.
Midheaven oppose Moon/Ascendant - '05
One's career involves helping others to realize how their emotions and
subconscious form their identity, and how clearing out the emotional
body can release unneeded limitations surrounding one's self-concept.
A career having to do with relating to others on a feeling and/or
instinctual level.
Midheaven oppose Pluto/Node - '22
What you are needing to work toward in this lifetime is the making of
connections with life in general and other people specifically that
are intense and transformational and which serve to further your
evolution. The spiritual light pressures you to connect with it, which
creates stress until you give in to it and are then empowered by it.
I am curious about other people's Right Ascension midpoint pictures.
Please let me know how you feel about yours.
Raymond
Both Magi Astrologers and Cosmobiologists use midpoints. They don't
just use the midpoints in ecliptic longitude. They also use the
midpoints in Declination which is equatorial latitude. There is
another coordinate that can be used,and it is Right Ascension which is
equatoral longitude. If both ecliptic longitude and declination
midpoints are relevant to Astrology, then why not Right Ascension
midpoints? Right Ascension and Declination are the coordinates that
astronomers use to plot the position of celestial objects. Therefore,
both Right Ascension and Declination can be used in Astrology.
There is an astrologer that uses both Ecliptic Longitude and Right
Ascension:
"3-Dimensional Chart Calculator
Now you can finally see your astrology chart undistorted by flat 2-D
displays. StarWise 3-D astrology lets you understand yourself and your
life much better than all other methods. One flat chart falsely shows
your true planet positions--just like flat maps do to our 3-D earth's
true shape. Our 3-D astrology accurately shows the true 3-D layout of
your planets in your chart (forecast, etc.) as they really are in our
actual 3-D universe--not squashed into some misleading, incorrect
shape.
The only way to see the true 3-D layout of your planets is to view
your chart (...etc.) from two key perspectives (ecliptic + right
ascension). As any scientist or engineer knows, this is the same
correct way 3-D objects are always shown--using two or more views like
top/front/side. The only better way would be a holographic display--
yet to be invented.
You may have seen your chart (forecast...) from the standard single
viewpoint--ecliptic. Now this new and exciting second viewpoint--right
ascension--finally reveals all of who you really are. Both viewpoints
are correct, just like front/top/side views of any 3-D object. The
combined meaning of both views of your chart (forecast, etc.) reveals
all of you, total reality versus just half the picture.
3-D astrology looks at your life with both eyes open, not half-blind
like the "one-eye closed" (ecliptic) approach currently in use
everywhere else. 3-D astrology offers you the best insight and
knowledge possible about yourself and life. You can use this new, more
accurate information to make better decisions and thus grow more
successful and happy."
http://www.starwise.com/FreeChartsPlus.html
Philip Sedgwick points out the inconsistency and mixing apples and
oranges when it comes to the use of Declinations with Ecliptic
Longitude and that Declinations should be used with Right Ascension:
"Another flaw in astrological thinking quickly emerges. Astrologers
often use declination when defining the north/south range of an object
relative to its longitudinal or zodiacal position. This is like mixing
apples and oranges, since the reference planes are not the same.
Longitude, more commonly the degree of the zodiac - measured from the
Vernal Equinox eastward relative to the ecliptic - goes hand in hand
with latitude, which bears the same circle of reference. Latitude
refers to north/south range in degrees from the ecliptic to the object
as measured along the circle of celestial latitude through which it
passes.
Right Ascension, the position of an object in either degrees or hours,
measures from the Vernal Equinox in the easterly direction, referenced
to the celestial equator. Declination defines the range of a body in
degrees north or south from the celestial equator as measured along
the hour circle through which it passes.
Using declination with longitude combines reference planes offset from
one another by an average angle of 23 degrees and 27 minutes."
Clairvision Astrology notes the following:
"Right ascension charts what they mean
How does the meaning of a right ascension chart differ from a normal
chart?
To answer this question, some say that the celestial equator is a more
'earthy' reference than the ecliptic. This makes sense, for the
celestial equator is the projection of the earth's equator on the
celestial sphere, while the ecliptic is the path of the Sun.
Consequently, they regard the right ascension chart as an indication
of how a person manifests the potentialities of their
'normal' (longitude-based) chart into their life. From this
perspective, the 'normal' chart shows potentialities; the right
ascension chart shows how these potentialities are likely to manifest
in real life. Hence the motto: right ascension chart manifestation
chart.
For instance, if an aspect or a cluster of planets is really critical
in a person's chart, you may want to look at their right ascension
chart to see if the aspect is also present, and if it is any
different.
In astrological readings, it is not rare to see people who are not
like their chart! For instance, one sees charts with beautiful
potentialities which are not translated into the reality of the
person's life. The right ascension chart may give clues as to why and
how, and also clues as to how to manifest what is in the chart.
From these indications, you may also deduct that the right ascension
charts of solar returns may be quite interesting, since when doingpredictions you are precisely trying to determine how influences will
manifest in real life."
http://astrology.clairvision.org/static/astrologymanual/Right_ascension_and_declination.html
Astrologer Dwight Ennis wrote an article about coordinates, and he
made the following remark at the end of the article:
"While we, as astrologers, use Celestial Longitude divided into the
Zodiac to define horizontal coordinates, astronomers generally use
Right Ascension. As with Celestial Latitude, measurement begins with
0° corresponding to the point of the Vernal Equinox. However, where
Celestial Latitude measures counter-clockwise, Right Ascension
measures clockwise from this point, with the measurement being
expressed either in degrees, minutes, and seconds of arc, or in hours,
minutes, and seconds of time. In any event, it is still a system which
used the Earth as its center of reference. Why that's logical and okay
for astronomical measurement, but irrational and not okay for
astrological measurement is beyond me!"
http://www.astrologyclub.org/articles/ecliptic/ecliptic.htm
Good point. The use of Right Ascension is logical and okay for both
astronomical and astrological measurement.
A visual of Right Ascension and Declination and other coordinates:
http://astrologysoftware.com/resources/vastrology/ecoord.asp?orig
http://www.astrologyclub.org/articles/ecliptic/ecliptic.htm
Youtube videos on Right Ascension and Declination
You can calculate your Right Ascension chart here: Please note that
it's a zodiac equivalent chart. For example my Moon is in 334'24 in
Right Ascension, and that is equivalent to 4'24 Pisces
http://www.true-node.com/eph1/
Then you can calculate your Right Ascension midpoints with the
following midpoint calculator
http://www.noendpress.com/pvachier/midpoints/index.php
There are some good midpoint interpretations here:
http://john-sandbach.blogspot.com/2010/11/midpoints-4.html
The following are my Right Ascension midpoint pictures that aren't
present in my Ecliptic Longitude chart.
I only looked at the direct midpoints (conjunction,opposition) within
1 1/2 degrees. I use 1 degree if they involve Pluto.
Sun conjunct Neptune/Pluto - '33
A person who is highly aware of and conscious of extremely subtle
energies, which can potentially have a debilitating effect on their
energy, or, when harnessed and directed, an uplifting, harmonizing and
vitalizing effect. A person who is intensely idealistic about their
goals.
Sun conjunct Venus/Uranus - 1'13
One feels it is important to relate to others in a free and open way.
One long-range objectives are based on one's own individual values,
which may be quite different from mainstream ones.
Moon conjunct Jupiter/Saturn - '42
To blow moral issues out of proportion that is, to feel strongly
like one should or should not do something, but to imbue the issue
with such emotional energy that needless guilt is the result. To feel
bad about not disciplining the self enough. One feels secure when
working steadily and persistently on a project.
Jupiter conjunct Mars/Ascendant - '16
Enthusiasm expressed with assertiveness. Confidence in one's ability
to get things done.
Node conjunct Uranus/Midheaven - '56
To connect with people who will appreciate and respect one's
individuality and independence. In this lifetime one is learning how
to be one's own authority.
Neptune conjunct Node/Ascendant - 1'11
The ability to see the subtleties of how one's identity has been
formed by one's past, as well as to perceive the hidden and/or
concealed energies that have formed one's sense of self. The
development of one's intuition tends to help one to see oneself in a
new, more expanded and more spiritual way.
Moon oppose Neptune/Midheaven - '27
The emotional need to have a career you can really feel dedicated to.
Your ability to intuit how to spiritually advance yourself comes and
goes, and you need to be sensitive to these cycles, so that you know
that even though you sometimes feel not so spiritually connected you
will experience a deeper connection soon. When you feel emotionally
down you may get into negative imaginings about your career.
Mars oppose Venus/Midheaven - '30
Taking the initiative to spread love and beauty in the world. One
asserts oneself based on a respect for the highest values. Working to
disseminate that which is of beauty and value to the world.
Mars oppose Mercury/Midheaven - 1'24
Mars: The desire to find out the ideas that are most right and true.
The desire to base one's actions of spiritual ideas. The tendency to
justify what one does by pointing out the rightness of one's ideas.
Midheaven oppose Moon/Ascendant - '05
One's career involves helping others to realize how their emotions and
subconscious form their identity, and how clearing out the emotional
body can release unneeded limitations surrounding one's self-concept.
A career having to do with relating to others on a feeling and/or
instinctual level.
Midheaven oppose Pluto/Node - '22
What you are needing to work toward in this lifetime is the making of
connections with life in general and other people specifically that
are intense and transformational and which serve to further your
evolution. The spiritual light pressures you to connect with it, which
creates stress until you give in to it and are then empowered by it.
I am curious about other people's Right Ascension midpoint pictures.
Please let me know how you feel about yours.
Raymond