I’m going to pick up where I believe we left off. 4,000 or more years ago, on the Vernal (spring) Equinox, Sol was in the tropical sign of Aries, making Aries the first house and in the constellation of Aries.
Precession: the slow wobble of the Earth about its axis.
Due to precession, the Sun enters the Vernal Equinox, in the sign of Aries - but in the constellation of Pisces.
Sign: divisions of space along the circle called the Ecliptic.
Ecliptic: the path through the heavens that all the planets appear to follow.
360° in a circle, 12 signs each occupying a segment of exactly 30°. (30 * 12 = 360).
Aries is the name given to the first 30° sector of space that begins the Vernal Equinox. Thus, signs are calculated from what astrologers call the Aries ingress.
Aries ingress: the point at which the Sun reaches 0° Aries. Now that point is located in the constellation Pisces.
We will concentrate on tropical astrology.
Horoscope: a word meaning “hour pointer”. It is also a map of the heavens erected to determine the potential and characteristics of a person born at a specific date, time, latitude and longitude. Also called Nativity a Natal chart, or a Radical chart.
The planets Earth, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, North node, South node.
The signs: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces.
Horoscope revisited: a Horoscope is a circle split into 12 wedges, where the East is the horizontal left house is the Ascendant.
An Ascendant is the first house, also known as a Rising Sign.
A Descendant is the 7th or West house, and is the horizontal right house.
A Descendant and Ascendant mark the horizontal portion of the chart, where is the horizon marks the first and seventh houses the ascendant and ascendant.
The Meridian on the other hand, is the Midhouse and Nadir, two houses marked by the vertical line.
Elements: are referred to in astrology as grouping by temperament, or a term called triplicity.
Fire signs are Aries, Leo, Sagittarius.
Earth signs are Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn.
Air signs are Gemini, Libra, Aquarius.
Water signs are Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces.
Qualities, or Quadriplicities, are grouping by qualities in common and distant modes of operating in life.
The Quadriplicities are the Cardinal signs: Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn.
The Kerubic, or fixed signs, are Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius.
The Mutable, or Common signs, are the closing of each season while planning for the next season. Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces.
Rulerships: each sign has a harmonious planetary ruler: to Aries Mars, to Taurus Venus, to Gemini Mercury, to Cancer Moon, to Leo the Sun, to Virgo Mercury, to Libra Venus, the Scorpio Pluto or Mars, Sagittarius Jupiter, Capricorn Saturn, Aquarius Jupiter or Uranus, to Pisces Neptune.
Houses - houses can be classified into three groups of four houses - Angular which contain the first, fourth, 7th, 10th houses. Succeedent second, fifth, 8, 11th. Cadent third, fourth, 9th, 12th.
That is all for today.