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e need of a synthesizing principle In astrol- the elements and to the dynamics of mechanical
ogy occurred to «e several years ago when exanlning force. Search as I may, I can find no evidence
a published chart of Napoleon Bonaparte. The small whatever of inspirational objective In modern In-
circle of symbols with a few more scattered over tellectual or spiritual pursuits. Legions of
its area offered plenty of exercise in analysis, voices are raised to tell of their discoveries in
but ay understanding of the man became hazier and the labyrlnthlan trails of analytical research,
hazier as the analysis proceeded. It was as though yet seldom is one heard which, for lack of a syn-
the materials for a building were assembled in thetic or comprehensive pattern, adds anything but
piles all over the ground, but without the integrat- confusion to what was told the day before.
ing blueprint of the structure to be erected. What
As a goodly number have already discovered in
was the focusing agent that would unveil the per-
that connection, their work cannot be carried one
sonality into which that vast array of psycholog-
step beyond the speculative without our Time and
ical material had been synthesized? And what was
Space coordination of world evolution. Both
the void in his ego that hungered to be filled?
astronomy and astrology are doomed on their present
Then I recalled a remark attributed to Napoleon courses. Anthropology, geology, archeology, met-
while leaning on the rail of a ship one night. eorology, political and social sciences, economics,
Pointing to a star, he remarked to his companions, the fine arts, religion and general education al-
"There is my star". Again examining his chart I ready have entered the phase of fungus growth.
saw that Regulus was in conjunction with his Bun. Their plight is well described in the story of The
Tower of Babel. It is also explained In the kab-
My questions were answered. It was the fixed
bala of Arcane XVI of the Tarot, " The exhaustion of
stars that revealed the Intensities of life. In
the Intellect which attempts to penetrate the
perfect accord with the accepted definitions of
mysteries of God". The alternate Is the intutfcton,
the functions of the Sun, the nature of Leo, and
as Browne demonstrates in The Mystery of Space.
the magnitude of Regulus, the mighty driving powfer
Man must look to the heavens for the plan of his
of Napoleon was centered In his personal ambition.
salvation.
Further study of his chart yielded two import-
ant conclusions: (1) The zodiacal circle or frame The Vernal Equinox is nearing the northeastern
of the chart was the moulder of personality, with shore of South America and the constellation of
its intensities revealed by the house positions of Aquarius. Civilization still pursues the Golden
the great stars. (2) The planetary pattern within Fleece of the equinoctial Sun. The next great race
the chart frame was the shaping force of the con- after Mgypt is to rise on that ccntinent. Even now
duct of personality, its dominant energies - hence the destiny of the United States is negatively di-
Its character. And these were to be identified in rected to a precarious degree by what goes on south
the planets having the greatest fixed star amplifi- of it. Its superior position of influence has been
cation. undermined by its uninspired diplomacy, and is now
being dangerously challenged.
Astrological synthesis became an available and
efficient instrument. Discouragement with the dls- Its salvation is in the mastery of the import of
integrative results from its purely analytical equinoctial precession, the power of which will
tevimlque was replaced by confidence in the syn- integrate the Western World and synthesize its poli-
thetic properties discovered in the very realand cies to serve its great destiny: A race to surpass
ponderable substances of the heavens. in grandeur and power all that have gone before.
At A.D.O the interval of SlPO years of the Re- Right Ascenslor. of the Equinox. Since right ascension
is always measured frot the vcmal Eculnox of epoch
ligious Age of Aries ended and the Piscean Age be- year. It follows that this Equinox of 1330 was In
gan, Itself to end In 5160 A.D., when the Religious the terrestrial longitude holding right ascen-
sion aero, or beginning point, therefbre, subtract SO
Age of Aquarius will begin. It was the ending of
Aries and the beginning of Pisces that St. .John re- Equinox 1930 In longitude west of oreenwlch 2P SO
ferred to in the book of Revelations In the words,
ftt.3. find the celestial neruiian of geofrafihic longitude 3i:i0
"I am the Alpiia and the Onega, Che first and last". \ast. .Ykle; If such longitude ts east, it is added to the Green-
This event also confirned the new precesslonal inch Base line: if vest, it is subtracted, hence:
cycle of the Sun, entailing the child-birth con-
'ireenwlsh Rase Line Sf0 fO'
vulsions of a new race. lawltude west, subtract 2b_.50
Right Ascension of the Equinox d'-O 00
Having established the place of the Sun or Ver- Less FrecessKii of the Equinox since a. c 24 ro
nal Equinox at A.D.O, its geographical position was B.a. celestial meridian of longitude. 3EC ?0' west . . 336 10
next to be found.
lien reference to Right Ascension.coiumi In star table A-13 It
"For what purpose was the Great Pyranid built?" will be found that 336:10 corrtdponas to Pisces 3012'. This
point is five degrees due north of the state of Rio 'irande Do
a friend asked of me some years ago. "If you wont hone Frax 11, aiio Is mcvlng tovard and will reach the town of
think it too hunorous, I'd say it was built for ne", Camoclr. In a little less than four hundred years. Land again
I replied, "for I an the first person in recorded after a little over twenty three hundred years over the Atlantic
Ocean since passing Into Pisces.
history to sake any practical use of It". The hy-
pothesis back of the reply was that Cheops marked The Key to the Import of this phenomenon is in the forrula,
the terrestrial station of some star. Such a co- "civilisation fallows the equinox, with -ontlnents, races, and
nations rising and falling in Its path".
ordination would produce the key to unlock event-
ually all mysteries about world evolution in Time
and Space, past, present, and future.
PR IfiC I PLES OF APPLI C AT ION
It follows logically that there are as many as- To illustra'e: Suppose it is said "the New lork
pects of time as there are of space, space-con- Stock Exchange opens daily at. T;00 r.M.". Incred-
tents. or form. An interval of time holds the ulity follows such a statement until the place-co-
world In suspension for eons and ages beyond our ordinate is aikied, "1 ondem Tiire". Tlius we see that
power of comprehension, ever lessening intervals oi Time; has no meaning apart fro« Mace, that place or
it hold the space-contents of oceans and continents form does not exist except during an interval of
for a few thousand years, a nation or government a Time, and that diurnal Lime is ul no significance
few centuries, man a few decades, a honey bee a few beyond determining the minute aspects or phases of
days, a butterfly a few hours. cositic vibration which endow the solar day with its
fleeting properties. The point is corroborated La
While accepting intellectually the actuality oi the fact that clocks tell nothing of the rotation
a spherical world, humanity nevertheless still con- of the seasons, of the noon's phases, or even the
ducts life in a four-cornered world of two dimen- day of the week. Man's provision for the seasons
sions, the vision dimensions of elevation and tine domonst.rates his self .suf ficiency to be better than
remaining pore abstractions, or at most the fortu- ephemeral conditions ticked oft by his mantel
nate endowments of a few. (ibvlously the largest in- clock. About five hundred and fifty rounds of it
terval of time with which the common level of con- were required to produce him. And certainly no
sciousness is capable of dealing is the common year, single round could be expected to explain the form
or one orbital revolution of tho Farth. And that that was so long in coming forth.
is flatteripg since it is the universal attitude of
our best minds that no one knows what tomorrow will
bring forth. At any rate, man knows the iour sea- PYBAHID TIMS
sons and is cognizant of one revolution of the fun.
The year is therefore the unit of human existence, The practical import of our dectrine oi the
the destiny or fate of which is recapitulated in properties of time is that no moment, ever contains
potential in each diurnal revolution of the Earth. the same properties at any two places on Farth.
The vibratory pattern of the Form-Interval for the And Pyramid Time is the coordinate with which may
day of birth will therefore recapitulate the sider- be mapped the pattern according to the foregoing
eal ingredients combining during gestation into the of a given Fora-lntervni of creation in the place
TOUR STARS AMD DE8TIHT'
of its precise seasonal (tine and place) effects. ius. Then by diurnal rotation the Earth carries
Therefore Its cycle Is the 24 hours of the appar- Washington's meridian to the Sun and noon two hours
ent tl»e of the Earth's orbital circuit. after passing its celestial station, hence diurnal
noon Is 2 P.M. Pyramid Time for that degree-day of
For example, a lunation August Qth must occur
the Sun at Washington.
at aldnlght Washington, since it falls at noon on
the aeridlan of Singapore. likewise the current Conversely, with the Earth in Gemini and the Sun
series of conjunctions between .Jupiter ami Saturn In Sagittarius, diurnal rotation carries Washing-
occur in longitudes 2 to 5 degrees east and no- ton's meridian under the Sun two hours bt/ore com-
where else on Earth, although their effects are ing to Its celestial statlcn, hence diurnal noon is
diffused by Inter-zodiacal aspects or couplings. 10 A.M. Pyramid Time, or two hours "ante-meridian".
Until the tables In the general text are avail- lifOitCI BOtAfASTS
4, August 15, IffS. S:5S ?.H.
able, the geographic longitudes of celestial phen- Fyramid Birth ti**
onena can be found In this aanner. On October 1, ijaccio, Corsica, S.HO g.,H:5i I.
1940, there Is a total solar eclipse In longitude Chart for Birthplace
A, Libra 8:10; its longitude D not being required.
Where will the eclipse occur geographically'
Rlgltt Ascension Libra fl: to, star Table A-7 if2 30'
Subtract Greenwich Rase Line.
Ttw Greenwich ease Line ts always subtracted from the I
right ascension of the celestial point. When the re-
ramoer is less char, iho0 it is east imgjtiwe; wnen
more, the overplus is suttractea frtm iho0 - its re- ■s war
malnaer being layticuae west
icllpse In geographic longitude east if 3° 40-
This is about 12° east or ToKyo ar.d a tew minutes east or \
uyaney Australia. K falls in close curijuu-'tlc i wlt.n stars num-
ber 4ti£5 and iOSR, both of the 3rc rimfaillude.
Tau 0 27:54 11:29 522 4Arl 5.73 26:05 16:27 x 5:39 Tau 0:16 3:37
1 28:51 11:50
2 29:49 12:10 545) 5Arl 4.83 27:26 18:46 x 7:30 2:21 5:48
546) 4.75 27:26 18:48 x 7:30 2:21 5:48
635 64Cotu8 5.74 31:55 8:06 - 4:49 2:26 5:53
563 8AP1 5.16 28:23 17:20 X 5:41 2:40 6:06
649 65Cetus 4.54 32:20 8:25 - 4:40 2:56 6:25
3 30:46 12:31
4 31:44 12:51
5 32:42 13:12 648 19Ari 5.99 32:19 14:49 x 1:46 5:14 8:48
6 33:40 13:32 631 15Arl 5.92 31:41 19:02 x 6:12 6:12 9:60
702 K4Ari 5.53 35:16 10:09 - 3:55 6;17 9:55
718 73Cetua 4.34 36:06 8:01 - 6:19 6:20 9:58
7 34:38 13:51
35:37 14:11 669 22Ari 5.69 33 *.33 19:26 x 5:56 8:0}. U546
(x) north (-) aouth
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RIGHT ASCENSION 0° TO 61:R9
St#r Table A-2
Oem 0 57:48 20:10 1218 32Tau 5,76 58:10 22:12 x 1:58 Gem 0:46 6:05
1238 5.96 59:11 17:55 - 2:31 0:47 6:06
1221 33Tau 5.98 58:14 22:53 x 2:38 0:59 6:20
1 58:51 20:22 1279 5.94 60:56 14:54 - 5:52 1:50 7:14
2 59;53 20:35 1256 3 TTau 4.50 60:08 21:49 x 1:11 2:25 7:52
1262 39Tau 5.96 60:18 21:44 x 1:05 2:40 8:09
1252 36Tau 5.67 60:03 23:50 x 3:13 2:48 8:16
3 60:56 20:46 1283 43Tau 5.67 61:16 19:21 - 1:28 3:01 8:30
4 61:59 20:57 1268 4lTau 5.27 60:35 27;20 x 6:38 4:00 9:33
(i) north (-) south
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proper to attribute tne ir.fluence of Leo to the Sun on Its tran-
EXPLANATORY, Chart STC-7 sit of that canstellatlon. cessl«ran-
arm.
When the Sun Is spoten of as enterlnK Aries farch HOtl, thence That Is also the principle applicable to the Sur.-Equinox as It wore
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proceeding frtm aim to sign in due aodlacal order, it la gener- moves westward In Its ovn orbit Chrowh a constellatlcn In ZICO
ally and correctly understood chat It Is not the sur out the years. This defines the religious ages of Aries, Pisces. Aquarius, the 'iiro
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Earth that Is moving. This la true because It la the !:arth In and so en. as also Is Indicated In the marginal data on the posi- heaviworlcusi-
moving through the opposite alien that causes the Sun c t appear tions of the Sun through the ages.
at the point to which It has been assigned. iiut what la not so tO «
well understood is the celestial motion Lint produces the event. Next In questlcn Is the mode of motion by which t e Earth cir- orbli
cumscribes her orbit annually, tilnce the opinion here advanced ■. vv.'vi
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In a sentence, the explanation Is In the fact that the Karth's Is new. the following evidence.-; are offered Ir. support of It. f geogi it. it I
orbital motion Is ever westward. Obviously this causes the ap~
parent eastward travel of the Sun of which we cwinaily steak. "he chart demonstrates, In orsonanci. with astrcnonlcal opln
Sun moves to our vision Just as a house appears to a fast trav- loi, that the celestial equatoi Isxhanglnc its plane constantly it Pin- ,
eler to be moving equally as rapidly in tlie opposite direction. Ince A.L'.O the swing amaihts to ICKSO' at the equinox IVO as de of 1 tiy. J
New tbserve the extreme left side of the chart and It will bo seen plcted in the chart arid detailed In Table C. in 12560 vears. era the sp uc-
that the Earth enters Aquarius 30° August nth. At the same time heirl-cycle of the equinox, this will amount to about A? , or twice tlon, ora
the Sur enters Leo CP, thence appearing to proceed directly through the obliquity of the ecliptic. The circle fhefpty Oescrlhed Is ccma Inosli 0 is
vice
the sign by the converse or east-to-west motion of the Karth, Incidentally the source of the utterly paradoxical notion.that the ottnat
precession of the equinoxes (a purely equatorial phenomenal) is a ensloi Is a
The natural question Is that of how and why Leo thereby be- polar movement.
comes predominant over Aquarius in terrestrial affairs even' live 1
though the Earth Is In the latter constellatltn. The answer
could be expanded tar beyond the limits of this space, hence It owever the argument serves us well In demonstrating that If lumlm, it if
the pole describes such a circle In some twenty six thousand
Rise suffice to say chat It Is the greatest demonstratlcn pos-
sible to hman understanding of the principle of polarlsatlon- years. It must likewise do so every year. The slight though con- thatAnJc sand con-
the condition that establishes the axis of action and reaction, stant dally change In the Diane of the equator admits of no other ceasla other
interpretation. Induced by this moticn, polar Incllnatlcn at the
cause and effect, ccnservatlon of energy, and 00 forth. The ■.'ernal Equinox Is east- reversed et the Autumnal. At the Suoier the w«t the
Earth polarises the Sun In Leo with the resulting effect of Leo solstice the Earth Is south, with inclination north, both posi- re asm prer
Deconlng tne positive and Aquarius the negative polo of the cycle
of oscillating energies thus established. It Is thercfcre quite tions celng reversed at the winter Solstice when the Earth Is stand '10s'- h is
north with IncllnaUon south.
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in- as bear!nc oi tMe F.artL's orbital notion, this so-called "Fre- U Is a mathematical certainty (1) that the Earth Is 3.17"
cesslon oF tbe Fole", (most likely taken for ^ranted Frcri Irs later evrry year In reaching the equinoctial point, and which has
aarjal clroilt as just explained), would be InpossIMe If there accumula ,ed to Ih 39m SOs In 1930 years, according to N'ewccmb's
were any substance In tie theory r.bar. the Earth "floats" around flcures. (2) That precession In right ascension and decllnatlai
Its orbit. The imputation of "rioat* Is entirely dissonant with nf the stars can arise from nothing else than the Sun's travel
tbe most nidlmenrary concept of celestial dynamics. Crder Is alonr the esuptlc. (3! That the phenomena of perihelion and
heaven's first law. uncer which any such thlnF as a floatinr aphelion can nor. otherwise be explained than by a faster moving
world would be quickly destroyed as ? derelict, Tothlrot is left body erasing the line of travel of a slo«r body, ahead of It at
to us but to accept the postulate that the Earth rolls around her the former point and behind It at the latter. The Earth moves
crblt with cne revolutlan of he- nwtnetlc sphere. This sphere Is from perl to aphelion In !«! and a quarter days, but three days
Si.i conceived to b? defined by the orbit of the "oon, In the perl-
thery of which Is Imbedded a faithful counterpart of the '/.odlac', more are required rcr the return trip. And during this time the
Sun bar, moved nearly five million miles, based on the Earth's
I georraphtcally coordinated according; to the map. orbital speed of is miles a se.cnnd.
The mechanics of this operatltn may oe cnnslanred as a Kearnr, (4) Tliat these points are proper indices of the Sur.'s line of
fc-1 of 1 to S"", each dlumal revolutlcr eastwardly operatlnf, to move travel h shown >y their proximity to the solstices In their dates
rs the sphere sllRhtiy less than one deiree in the opposite direc- of January 3rd and July 3rd. While the Earth Is stationary In
Ice tion. or westward, thereby producing the seasonal chanres of the deciratlop. at these periods, the Sun's continued motion carries
is tonncn year. Speculatively, this nay endow the Earth with a lum- It to the point where It is closest to (In perihelion) or farth-
nt inosity of a half-million miles In diameter (reckoned In terms of est frcn aphelion) the Earth when the Earth cuts the Sun's line
ia the orbit of the *oon). Since brightness is the prime mass dim- of travel about twelve days after the solstices. At 1930 the
ension we nave cf the stars. It may well he true that the effec- winter solstice was In Sagittarius ? , with the perihelion point
tive mass dlmenslcn of the Earth may be eoually as exeat as Its a trifle over 19 . "he sunner solstice and the aphelion point
luminosity. were In Ihe same degrees of "•cmlnl.
And finally we must dispose of the question of solar motion (?) Ard finally, the prime finding coordinates of astrorc*ny are
that causes the westward motion of the equinoxes, called "pre- tlit faciors of right ascension and decllnatlai. sased as these are
cession". Several nathencUcal rertalnttes ctmri-n sc positively cn the Gin's ecliptic position, their precess1 dial increments must
the westward travel of the Gun in Its own orklt that one has j" r.ocesslty arise from the motion of their reference point.
re as enable grounds to question whether astrnnornxs really under- "he Pyramid Clock Inside hack ccwer. when viewed facing north,
stand the rInures with which they work. gives a more realistic idea of this plan of celestial dynamics.
-*OUR STARS AND BESTINT-
Star TabJe A-S
107:20
108:59
110:03
108:31!
109:491 *t
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109:27
111:16
111:22
22:06 112:32
112:32
110:42
21:58 4.22 112:54
5.64 111:57
21:49 112:24
21:39 115:16
114:58
115:03
113:52
21:29 114:32 iS
21:19 115:31
117:19
21:08
20:57 117:54
3124 2Can 119:10
31491XGem?Can 119:49
20:46 3095 118:15
3128 119:11
120:07 i20:35 5134 119:23
3191 121:34
3176 120:o5
121:09 20:22 316 !8Can 120:17
3262 IBCan 123:58
122:12 20:10
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Lib 0 180:00 ;00 1
1 180:55 :24 i
2 181:50 ;48 4695 16V lr 5.10 184:12 x 3:52 x 5:42 Lib 2:06 5:15.
3 182:45 1:12 4681 ;l3Vlr 5.92 183:47 - 0:14 x 1:25 3:31 6;38i
4689 !l5Vlr 4.00 184:05 - 0:07 x 1:40 3:45 6:521
4 183:40 1:36
5 184:35 1:59
6 185:30 2:23
7 186:26 2:47
8 187;21 3:10 48251 29V lr 3.65 189:32 - 0;54 x 3:14 8:59 12:00
4826 3.88 189:32 - 0:54 x 3:14 8:59 12:00
9 188:16 3:34 4799 25V ir 5.90 188:18 - 5:1? - 1:42 9:44 12:45
10 189:11 3:58 4781 21V lr 5.41 167:33 - 8:54 - 5:38 10:39 13:40
11 190:07 4:21 4813 26Vir 4,78 188:55 - 7:2? - 3:55 11:15 14:15
12 191:02 4:45
13 191:58 5:08
14 192:53 5:31 4921 44V lr 5.87 194:01 - 3tl€ x 2:44 14:04 17:04
(x) north (-) aoutb
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~RIOHT A8CEKSI0N I56:B1 TO 230:36—
Star Table A-6
Sag 0 237;49 20:10 6954 49Lib?Sco 5.53 239:07 -16:14 x 4; 11 Sag 0:23 5:40
590^ 5.36 237:27 -23:41 - 3:36 0:27 5:45
5906 5.44 237:26 -24:14 - 4:09 0:33 5:52
5934 5.87 233:24 -20:41 - 0:24 0:39 5:58
5904 2Sco 4,66 257:21 -25:02 - 4:58 0:40 5:59
5912 3J3co 5.93 257:34 -24:67 - 4:50 0:51 6:10
1 238:52 20:22 5917 4Sco 5.61 237:49 -25:58 - 5:48 1:17 6:39
5955 TSco 2.54 239:03 -22:2C - 1:56 1:36 7;00
5942 5.41 238:34 -24:32 - 4:13 1:37 7:01
5944 6Sco 3.00 238:39 -25: 5C - 5:30 1:59 7:24
2 239:54 20:35 5984) 8Sco 2.90 240:21 -19:32 x 1:08 2:13 7:39
5985) 5.06 240:21 -19:32 x 1;08 2:13 7:39
5993 9Sco 4.13 240:41 -20:24 x 0:20 2:42 8:10
5997 lOSco 4.58 240:49 -20:36 X 0;09 2} 52 8:21
5969 5.10 239:47 -25:35 - 5:02 2:55 8:24
3 240:57 80:46 5988 5,94 240:29 -23:20 - 2:38 3:06 8:35
6027 143c o 4.29 241:59 -19:12 x 1;44 3:40 9:12
6003 5.79 241:08 -23:25 - 2:37 3:42 9:14
4 242:00 20;57 5001 5.64 240:58 -26:03 - 5:17 4:05 9:38
5 243:00 21:08 6026 13Sco 4.70 242:00 -27:40 - 6;43 5:18 10:58
6029 123 co 5.70 241:59 -28:09 - 7:12 5:23 11:03
6 244:07 21:19 6081 19Sco 4.76 244:06 -25;56 - 2:37 6:28 12:13
6104 40ph 4.59 245:00 -19:48 x 1:39 6:34 12:19
6070 ■ 4,87 243:29 -28:28 - 7;10 6;43 12:29
6084 20Sco 3.08 244:13 -25:21, - 4:01 6:50 12:37
7 245:10 21:29 6118 70ph 4.85 245:45 -18:14 x 3:21 7:00 12:47
6140 5.75 246:28 -14:20 x 7;21 7:03 12:50
6112) 50ph 5.22 245:21 -23:13 - 1:42 7:28 13:17
6113) 5.92 245:21 -23:13 - 1:42 7:28 13:17
6147 80 ph 4,40 246:47 -16:24 x 5:20 7:41 13:31
8 246:14 21:39 6153 90ph 4.57 247:00 -21:15 x 0:31 8:37 14:32
6141 22Soo 4.87 246:29 -24:54 - 3:13 6:46 14:41
6154 Antaras; 1.22 246:17 -26:13 - 4:34 8:48 14:43
9 247:18 21:49
10 248:22 21:58 6196 5.04 249:23 -17:35 x 4; 33 10:20 16:21
6165 233 co 2,91 247:53 -28:01 - 6:07 10:31 16:33
6202 5,60 249:27 -19:44 x 2:22 10:42 16:45
11 249:26 22:06
12 250:30 22:14 6218 5,96 250:09 -28:19 - 6:08 12:31 18:41
13 261:34 22:22 6269 5. 91 252:19 -20:15 x 2:12 13:26 19:40
14 252:39 22:29 6291 240ph 5.60 253;09 -22:59 - 0:27 14:31 20:50
(x) north (-) south
18
■BIGHT ASCENSION 230:36 TO 277:38
Star Table A-10
Cap 0 270:00 23:27 6742 IVSag Var Note 270:08 -29:35 6:08 Cap 0:07 7:08
6746 lOSag 3.07 270:20 -30:26 •*> 6:59 0:17 7:18
6766 4,66 270:55 -28:28 5;01 0:48 7:49
6769 5.74 270:56 -17:10 X 6:17 0:53 7:54
1 271:05 23:27 6801 ISag 5.13 271:52 -23:43 - 0:17 1:45 8:45
2 272:11 23:26 6812 13Sag 4.01 272:24 -21:05 X 2:21 2:13 9:17
6Q16 l4Sag 5,73 272:31 -21:44 X 1:42 2:20 9:24
6822 153ag 5.42 272:46 -20:46 X 2:39 2:35 9:39
3 273:16 23:25 6842 4.19 273:26 -27:05 3:40 3:04 10:09
6838 5.98 273:17 -17:24 X 6:01 3:09 10:14
6859 193ag 2.84 274:07 -29:52 - 6:29 3:35 10:40
4 274:22 23:23 6863 VSag Note 274:19 -18:54 X 4:29 4:05 11:12
6888 IBSag 5.66 275:08 -30:49 «• 7:28 4:28 11:35
6896 21Sag 4.96 275:18 -20:36 X 2:45 4:58 12:06
5 275:27 23:21 6907 5.86 275:50 -29:53 - 6:32 5:06 12:14
6913 22Sag 2.94 275:55 -25:29 - 2:08 5:20 12:28
6 276:32 23:19 6933 5.76 276:31 -13;48 X 4:31 6:10 13:18
6944 5.17 276:50 -18:28 X 4:50 6:30 13:38
6961 24Sag 5.71 277:25 -24:06 - 0:49 6:45 13:53
7 277:38 25:16 6988 5.80 278:26 -21:29 X 1:35 7:50 14:59
6990 5.76 278:34 -23;35 - 0:22 7:50 14:59
(Not6)6742 vftr.4.3/5.1. 6863 var. 5.4/6.2 „ , 7"^ ~
6S1S Magnitude merely given aa l>bright''~6616 var 4«4/5»0.
19
YOUR STARS AND DESTINE
Star Table A-11
Aqu 0 302:11 20:10 7748 5.96 303:29 -22:07 - 2 !l3 Aqu 0:45 7;28
1 303:13 19:57 7715 2Cap S.88 302:08 -12:56 x 7 .15 1:31 8:12
7761 TCap 5.46 305:51 -19:26 x 0 .23 1:42 8:22
(x) north (-) south
20
BIGHT ASCENSION 277:38 TO 335:M~
Star Table A-12
Fia 0 332:05 11:29 8496 5.55 333:16 -13:2C - 2:18 Pis 0:20 5:14
1 333:03 11:07 '8534 50Aqu 5.92 335:11 -I4;2C - 3:43 1:48 6:35
2 334:00 10:46 8499 43Aqu 4.32 333:17 - 8:17 x 2:45 2:18 7:03
3 334:57 10:24 8512 4€Aqu 5.36 334:08 - 8:19 x 2:24 3;04 7:46
8504 44Aqu 6.80 333:22 - 5:53 x 5:07 3:17 7:58
4 335:54 10:03 8573 57 Aqu 4.89 336:44 -11:11 - 1:28 4:18 8:54
(x) north (-) south
21
Star Table A-13
Ari. 0 360:00
••
The hour angle of the first degree of the ccr- Equation of Tiae (E.o.T.) is the Interval of the
stellations on the aeridlan of any place on earth. clock before or after the Sun. It ranges from 16b
Add or subtract 4b of local tloe per degree of '20s before on Noveaber 1st to 14b 23s after on Feb-
longitude East or West of Standard Tine. When less ruary 11th. Plus (x) aeans the clock is slow,
than 12 hours it is A.M., when more, subtract 12 hence add to sidereal tiae (clock) to obtain appar-
hours, the reaainder being P.M. tiae. ent tiae (Sun). Minus (-) aeans the clock is fast
For dates within the intervals of the months and the correction aust be subtracted from it to
given, equate the tiae change as shown in the exam- obtain Sun tiae. The hour angles of the table are
ples, or civil tiae for date wanted aay be appro*- clock tiae.
laated at 4b per day for such interval. However a For daily corrections see table of Equation of
difference of as auch as 2° aay result that way. Tiae in the general text, the exaapled equations of
this factor being adequate for present purposes.
CmateUation Date I.o.T Apr 15 Hay 16 Jut 14 Jul 16 Aug 17 Sap 19 Oet 20 Sot 17 Deo 16 Jan 14 Fab 14 Ber 17
jb. a b a b a b a b a b a b n b a b n h ■ b ■ b m b m
tries 0° Apr 10 - 0:07 12:00 10:00 7:84 5:61 5:56 2:06 0:15 22:16 20:05 17:64 15:51 IS: 56
Teurue 0® *•1 16 - 9:45 15:56 12:00 10:00 7:64 5:51 8:56 2:06 0:15 22:15 20:05 17:84 15:61
Oemlnl 0® Jun 14 - 0:08 15:61 18:66 12:00 10:00 7:54 5:51 8:66 2:06 0:18 22:16 20:05 17:54
Cancer 0® Jul IS x 5:50 17:54 15:61 15:86 12:00 10:00 7:54 5:51 5:66 2:06 0:15 22:15 20:05
tee 0® Aug IV x 5:55 20:05 17:54 15:81 15:56 12:00 10:00 7:54 5:51 5:56 2:06 0:15 22:15
Virgo 0® Sap 19 • 6:25 22:16 20:05 17:84 15:61 13:55 12:00 10:00 7:54 8:81 5:56 2:06 0:18
Libre 0® Oot 20 -16:04 0:15 22:15 20:06 17:54 16:61 15:56 12:00 10:00 7:54 5:51 3:66 2:06
Scorpio 0® 0 Kov IV -15t04 2:06 0:16 22:15 20:06 17:54 15:61 15:66 12:00 10:00 7:84 8:51 8:86
BegittertueO Dae 15 - 5:02 3:66 2:06 0:15 22:15 20:06 17: S4 16:51 15:66 12:00 10:00 7:64 5:51
Capri com 0® Jan 14 x 8:55 5:61 5:56 2:06 0:15 22; 15 20:05 17:54 15:51 15:56 12:00 10:00 7:54
tquarlue 0® Fab 14 *14:21 7:64 5:51 5:56 2:06 0:15 22:16 20:05 17:64 15:51 15:66 12:00 10:00
Meeea 0® Kar 17 x 8:38 10:00 7:64 5:51 3:66 2:06 0:16 22:15 20:06 17:54 15:81 13:86 12:00
tx.l. To find tit constellation ielrer. on the neriiian of FoiBlhaut and Beguius also culnlnate on the upper and
tashington at toon of Inauguration Day, January ZOih. lower meridians, respectively, between 2 and 2:30 Ftl.
Previews date will) hour angle nearest.Nom, Kx.3, tou find the fixed quadrants tor angles) ruling the ciCpj
Jatuary Wtti, Capricorn o0 la OQ« of taskingion, the notional Capitol. The formula of the calcula-
Mja after to January SO, 6. Correct ion 6/31st of at ticn Aas been explained previously.
The proportlatal part of the 2 hour interval
between Can. 14 and Feb. 14 for Caprisem - . . (-! 2®i oreenwicn Base Line, plus circle 396° so'
Correction for true local tine, 2° west at 4b: = , . (-) (*) Longitude of Mashlngtcn, subtract since It is west . .71
Equation of Time, e-siat of BnSKte plus SufSs. (atfMs Rlgnt Ascension Meridian Washington. Longitude a . . SIP so
Is the change in E.o.T, fron Cap. to A(ju.) . . (x) IftLtlJ!? precession from A.D.O to 1930 _84__50
H<wr angle of Capricorn 0° on meridian January SO ... . U 3R Right Ascension Meridian Washington, Longitude F . . 894 00
NOW, laiOOd (-1 llhSf*! = sae ;+) Am to 5 = s'bo1
passing the meridian during the 2a« Interval, in- Upon referring this to the Hlght Ascension column of star
dicating Capricorn S0^' ® the meridian at Now. table B-n we find the constant meridian of washingcoo to be
Capricorn ZsPiZ'. Thence to cables of ascendants for this mer-
tx.l. it vhat tins Inauguration Day art tUebaran and In tares idian degree In the latitude of Washington, 3e:SS north, Taurus
en the eastern and western horizons, respectivety' (tables of ft 11 Is found to ascend with Aldebaran dose by.
ascendants are now necessary and which are to be found in the
general text or in any tables of houses). First refer to star The entire proceedings of the day are therefore under the
table B-3 and take out Longitude B for Aldebaran, vie, Taurus ruling constellaticns of the fonn of government that was adopted
U^S', also finding Antares in the same degree of Scorpio. Then In me. The change of Inauguration Day from March 4th to Jan-
frcn tables of ascendants take the sidereal time when this de- uary 20th is prophetic of the harvest It Is soon to yield.
gree of Taurus ascends. It Is I9h SSm, with Capricorn UtOsa'
culminating on the meridian, hence:
Hour angle of Aldebaran (Taurus 14043') ascending. . 19h 69w
Sidereal Time for Capricorn o0 on the meridian .... (-) IB 83
No corrections are required In this sort of prqblew
because sidereal time is used merely to determine
the Interval between two culminations, local time
affects the factors mutually, and in which equation
of time is also reflected, therefore-
Aldebs-an ascends, with Capricorn 27034' culminating, P.M. I 36
23
Table C ADDENDA, cont'd
DISPUCEHEWT OF CELESTIAL EQUATOR equator at the right ascensioial point of such star.
By FTecaaelcc In Beclii^atlan frcn AD 0 to 1930
Proper action in precession and declination of
^Mkf.a **% OM u« lib AM C»> Ma the stars, also dislnution in the obliquity of the
IQtK • IOICK • CtM - TsSS ( XOt 9f t l»W ecliptic at .4685s annually, have been disregarded.
lotn UiOfl itU 9tl« 7i« 19)83 iBtm 3:15 7t« This course was believed to be Justified by t h e-
20] «S LOtOl li>1 Ai air* 7;« 10)88 WtM 5j«7 7?«
10«« Atfti iir? 3i4i 34 I0t8fl StM 7t& doubtfdl validity of these rates of change for acre
10}30 9th* it a fttoa I0t« 8>M It 17 S:M 8t03 than a century back. For the saae reason celes-
lot SI St 48 it** SiM St u IQtSl *i9% It 09 SiSS »tU
»t» Or 44 At 64 I w 4:16 4:06 10T» 8:44 tM ♦:04 •:1S tial latitude was interpolated as the difference
JOtSA 98 ft 41 »« Bi 84 I0t3f ft 88 tM 4;4:83 IS 618*
10.34 ft•(34 »t» tS4 4»88 •iSS lOtS# ft 84 B»3 StSS
isa* 8t3f
between the declination of a star and that of its
10(84 9i*1 Sit! tM <iW • i3« 10)M ft 87 *;4a &j44 ecliptic point.
lOitS • >88 ftK 114 4:48 Si 44 10t90 ftff
10 >34 8il4 4t«l 0:61 10:99 106 4;5i StDl longitude B is the conversion of A with the
10:90 •tOf 4101 E :0C 6:01 8:06 10:98 6; 01 SiSS
10)40 • t04 4)60 tiA S«U •;« 10)40 119 6;U •j05 standard conversion tables used In converting
10)40 St6? 4IM IM 6:80 SjOS 10:40 10)40 5:90 8)08
10)40 St 61 4160 tVi 6186 ft 14 8:3» 8)14 planets fros their epheoerls to their constellation
10)99 6)44 6:97 fiau iOj« 8:44 8t80 positions. These tables have been condensed In
10)36 8)94 fi44 10:98 »t34
f(89 IOiM 8:85 the acconpanylng Table D.
10:98 8)90 4)01 li« 9t94 9:30 8) JO 9m
10)96 6)93 It 11 6t0S( 9)36110:04 St 20 8:94
10)99 St IS 1x81 6tl» fit 40t 10x95 SilS litti 6:12 8t40
Using the table literally, as is. It appears
10:93 8)08 9,30 1)31 6)21 9;44 10)53 9:08 1)57] 6:21 9j4S that stars with appreciable latitude respond In
10,31 •tOO 4:89 9:61 10)31 9tOa 1,48 4:99 9)61
10:90 7:61 sioo sioe «tS7 9:94 10)90 7t61 1:48 4:97 8.M longitude B to the 47° rotation of the plane of
10:88 7:44 4:44 9:38 10)88 7:44 8;06 6:44 8;0d
10:86 7,96 4)48 8tl( 6:33 10)03 10)66 7)36 gj It 4:66 10:03 the celestial equator In an orbit of Influence
10:83 7)84 6)39 tttt 7x09 10:07 lot 63 2:98 10tO7 up to one degree radius. Aldebaran Is now 46'
10)80 7)19 6)89 8:31 7)20 20) 10 10:80 7)19 2; 37 7; 10 10:10
10)16 7lll 6:18 6:41 7:20, 10:19 10,19 till 8)19 8)44 7:30 10)17 20:13 east of its point at A.D.O, the Pleiades S3',
10:19 7,09 SiO« 8)97 7)89.10:17 19)19 7:03 S1061 2:37
10:08 St 99 1:5S 3! 08 7,32 10*80 10)09 • to3 2:38 3;06[ 7:32; 10:20 Antares 48*. Stars with little latitude, such
Table D as Regulus, 73 Aquarius, 38 Aquarius, and Spica,
SIMPLE (^WVEBSION OF BIO© (LCN3.A) ItfTO CCSGimXTXCKJ (LCNG.8) are not subject to such rotation of their centers
For OppoelU Signs tie Sane Degrees Apply of force.
Srlaa taunu OaMui C>oc«r *irgo Since therefore the conversion of both stars
6 14M«.8 6 Uaf.9 LOOf.B A Lmg *9 and planets aaount slaply to converting their
9 ru. »iu o 4rt» 9:61 X4«. 9)14 Caa* 8,85 Lao 4(64 ecliptic point, the use of the star tables as
4)1] 4:83 4:61 8:02 7x48 12 5:50 explained and exaapled Is accurate enough for all
9:05 9x84 7;M 6,04 8r4C 4:48 practical purposes.
8tQ1 6)« 8i« 19:06 9:37 3 7)42
7«« 7x9s 6:33 11:07 10? 34 4 4:57
8t« 9tU lOtJC 12)08 11:31 9 9x39 If it Is desired to use Table D for erecting
8)03 9,67 11:43 13,01 19)98 4 10)30 coaplete charts, the factor of right ascension
10)01 10(41 13:41 14:04 13:28 7 11:29
li;« 11,48 13:3)1 IftxOf Urtt 5 16)21 can be taken froa the star tables In this way:
16,01 18,41 14x64 18:16 19:19 • 13x18
19)01 19)51 lOtOC 17)18 18; 16 19 14)14 For exaaple, if the Sun or any planet Is in 16
14x68 17,04 18x10 17:U 19:10 degrees of Gealnl, longitude A, It converts into
w>oe
UtOC 18, oi 12 19) M IB; 06 1116 j 18x08 longitude B Taurus 22:43. If now the right as-
18)0C 17) od 16, U 19 20:10 19?04 19 j 17,08
17) OC 19,08 20,14 91)10 90)00 U 17,39 cension of the Sun in longitude B is wanted, re-
i»t a 19) U 21i2dl9 22x08 90,99 19 j 18:96
19) 00 60x19 83)09 81:68 19)81 fer to Star Table A-2 and equate the difference
80:01 tlilf 89(87 84)08 88:46 1417 60x46 in right ascension between Taurus 22 and 23. This
81)01 68,63 64:31 23:08 85; 49 18 21(46
86,03 89)67 66)34 68)07 94.41 19 22x42 will figure the right ascension of £3:43 Taurus
83)05 64)38 68(38 87106 99:38 80 23:96 to be 50:17.
84)09 89x38 67x90 98tO« 29:59 91 94,56
89; 09 88,41 60:46 27;«8 22 29)39
86)01 67x49 89,46 Caa. 89(08 ,01 28:24 23 9i;SQ To find the neridlan degree of any locality: If
87)01 28x49 i. ,47 ,99' 89) " 24 97)27 east of Greenwich, add its longitude to the baseline
88)06 69,94 1x90 1)94 ,18 93 92) 29
89,15 u t69 2:39 9x96 1:19 98 92x22 of if west, its longitude is subtracted. The
jU4. ,11 8x09 3:66 9x66 8, 97 Ht, tlfi result will be its R.A.M.C. In Longitude A for 1930.
1:11 3ioe 4x97 4)60 5iO©j 28 1(18
8x11 4,16 8,36 5:48 9:39 8» 2)14 For longitude B, subtract precession 24*^50', or con-
9i62 9:14 8:4* 8)68 90 6(12
version aay be done direct with Table D.
ADDENDA Reseober also that R.A.M.C. oust be corrected in
precession for event-years before or after 1930. If
Table C Is the statistical basis of the pro- before, subtract 47.5" per year; if after; add the
jection of the celestial equator of A.D.O, pro- saae rate. The results are "precession&l oeridians*.
duced on chart STC-7. It also expresses the changes Study the exaaples on page 6 and practice in recon-
in the declination of the stars effected by the structing the oeridians of Roosevelt and Napoleon.
factor of "precession in declination* shown page
by page in official star catalogs. The occasional stars with the (?) and second
nane: The first are their naaes according to the
For exaaple, this factor in the field of Alde- llalts of the constellations fixed at the Equinox
haran froe Right Ascension 4h 38a to 2h 53b Is .12a of 1875, and their second naaes are their con-
to .dla respectively. The aean procession In de- stellation asslgnaents at the Equinox A.D.O and
clination between these points is therefore .18a placed as longitude B In the tables.
a year. The table shows this factor to be .l?6a
annually at the s&ae point. Except for what its The "general text" occasionally referred to
chaise in declination by proper action aay aaount is the work in process under the title "Atlas
to, change in declination of a star aerely re- and Manual of Geographic Astrology". A coaplete
flects the change in the plane of the celestial textbook with everything except the epbeaeris.
34
-Supplement, 'YOtIK STARS and DESTXNt, p. 25.
Through the centuries, the ephenerls positions present ascendent race of the Americas. Born at
of the planets in longitude A are substantially the A.D.O with the passing of the Equinox from the
sane for a given right ascension. In Ptolemy's shores of Europe, its 1940 years of life is com-
times 90° of right ascension was 0° Cancer, and so parable in the age of races to adolescence in the
it is shown in current ephenerldes. In his day mortal span.
the signs and constellations coincided, but pre-
cession of the equinoxes has separated then until « « « a
now 90° of right ascension is Gemini 7:01 in long- To convert the Bight Ascension of any listed
itude B of the constellations. star into Time for use with Table B, divide the
former by 15° to the hour. Likewise B.A. in Time
Therefore, fpr precise work, the same correc- may be converted Into degrees and minutes (Space)
tion applied to the RAMC of locality as ruled on by multiplication of 15° to the hour, and its ter-
preceding page must be applied to the Sun and plan- restrial station be found as exampled on page 4.
ets' positions in longitude A to get their true Also R.A. in Time and the declination of an un-
positions in longitude B of Ptolemy's time. This listed star, such as Slrlus, Procyon, or Vega nay
corrective is ?0 in America's chart, example B p.6, be scaled from the map and used with Table B. For
and which must be added to Sun's longitude A to example, Slrlus scales to 5h 41ib. Subtract Ih 39a
convert into its correct longitude B. Thus Sun in (Time equivalent of precession 34^50' since A.D.O) =
Cancer plus 37'for birth time, plus20pre- 5h 2a. This figure, amounting to 75o30', shows the
cesslon, equals Cancer 15:32 which, according to star to be in the longitudes of Gemini. Problem:
Table D, is equivalent to Gemini 22:41 longitude B. When is Slrlus on the upper meridian Aug. 17th?
The other planets and the Nodes are subject to the
same corrective procedures. Sidereal Time nom Aug. 17th (fro# Civil Tim# colum
"April 16", lesa 12 hrs for nocn) Ph oem
Without these corrections, stars in greater Equation of Time for that dace plus. 01
Apparent .Tine of the S*ai In 0° of leo B 09
degrqes of their constellations and which were in R.A. of Slrlus cn upper meridian 5 QC
Interval since passage of the Keridlan 3 W
effective conjunction in the event year, will be or ft: S3 A.M. iniversal Tine.
missed unless you are working directly in their
longitude B, properly corrected for precession. The rule here is that if the right ascension of
the star Is less than the apparent time of the Sun
* a « » at noon, the interval is A.M. If more than the ap-
Conjunctions of planets and stars in celes- parent tine of the Sun, the meridian passage of the
tial latitude can also be determined by simply com- star Is In P.M. time.
paring their declination, as given in the ephemeris, « » « «
with the stars in their Icngltude A, corrected as Correcting the four seasons for Washington at
above. March 9, 1695 Moon in Taurus (a) 29:58 with bottom first column, page 4.
north declination 24:57 is immediately seen to have
Just passed the exact conjunction the Pleiades. Midnight,
Auf.o. Earth s<*Jth in Capricorn, an north in Cancer
This method is Indispensable with cphemerldes which Sunrise,Ntw.n. ■ east in Aries. ■ west in Libra
omit celestial latitude. Nocn. Peh.S, • north In Cancer, ■ south Capricorn
Sunset, May fl, ■ west In Libra, • east in Aries
» # # *
The factor of celestial latitude may also be Proper impression of America's chart page 7:
ignored in searching for star conjunctions with the
Moon's Nodes and the angles of the chart, which nev-
er have latitude. The one exception is when search-
ing the ascendent in longitude B. Then the con-
Junctions must be sought in the allowed orbs of
celestial latitude. This is because the angles end
houses AIWATS are converted through Meridian B, with
great variances resulting in the ascending angle.
ivy2>, »r#aa^>
Pluto was outside the ecliptic belt prior to 1**
1906, hence had no conjunctions with the stars
herein, limited as they are to the ecliptic belt.
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