I thought it would be neat to go through the process of casting a chart. We are using tropical (western) astrology with the whole sign house system. To cast the chart, we will need the date, time, latitude, and longitude of the blog's birth. I published the first post that I didn't archive (Calculating SiderealContinue reading "Casting a birth chart for this blog"
The Great Conjunction
We won’t be talking about the events that may unfold during the coming air cycle here. There are plenty of real astrologers that can give you that information. Things in our solar system tend to be cyclical. When looking at the way the planets move, this is obvious. It is less obvious when looking atContinue reading "The Great Conjunction"
Sidereal vs Tropical Astrology
While engaging with (watching) the astrology community on social media, I sometimes see people arguing passionately about which astrology system works best. I haven’t been into it long enough to pick a side but I understand the technical differences between sidereal and tropical astrology well enough to, hopefully, help you to understand them too. ThereContinue reading "Sidereal vs Tropical Astrology"
Calculating the Julian date and J2000
The Julian date is a continuous count of the solar days and fraction of the day elapsed since the beginning of the Julian period (4713 BC) at noon. It is often used in time standard conversion because the Julian calendar is simple. J2000 is the current epoch and is the count of the Julian daysContinue reading "Calculating the Julian date and J2000"
Calculating Sidereal Time
Sidereal time is the angular distance between a terrestrial meridian and the vernal equinox. The sidereal time at a given location on earth is equal to the right ascension of a star when it appears to pass over the meridian at said location. Because both right ascension and sidereal time are based on the vernalContinue reading "Calculating Sidereal Time"
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