Sidereal Forecasting Techniques. (long!)

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Hello, everyone.

 

Sidereal astrology shines brightest through its forecasting techniques. The

best known of these include:

 

1) The Sidereal Solar Return -- This chart is cast for the time the Sun

returns to the longitude, relative to the fixed stars, where it was when an

individual was born. Use the location where the individual will be residing

during the year. Planets which are closer to angles than to cadent or

succeedent house cusps and planets making aspects to angles will determine

what will be " themes " or " issues " for the coming year.

 

I was recently asked about a man who will be undergoing surgery next month on

May 1. His Natal Sun is at 02*01' Sidereal Leo. His most recent Sidereal

Solar Return was on 8/20/1999 at 12:50AM EDT. Using his current residence

(81W12, 28N22), as his location, we cast a chart for that time and see that

the following Solar Return planets are in the foreground: Sun, Moon, Mercury,

Venus, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Pluto, the Nodes, Chiron, and Black Moon

Lillith. (Foreground, for those of you who are new, is the area that

surrounds the angles, halfway between the angular cusp and the cadent or

succeedent house cusps.)

 

Particularly close to the angles are Uranus Rx, less than three degrees away

from the Midheaven, and a three-way Moon/Pluto/Black Moon Lillith

conjunction, all in Sidereal Scorpio, in the Seventh House, within six

degrees of the Descendant, Chiron being less than five degrees below the

Descendant. These planets show that Patricia's husband will be facing some

severe, life-changing upheavals during the August 1999-August 2000 period.

" Restricions " will also be an important theme this year, as Saturn, which is

in his 12th House at 22* Sidereal Aries, squares Uranus and the Midheaven..

(Note: The Tropical Solar Return, without correcting for precession, taking

place at 11:42AM EDT on 08/19/1999, puts only Mercury and Neptune in the

foreground, which paints a totally different picture.)

 

Mars, at 27*01' Sidereal Libra, is also in the Sixth House, about seven

degrees away from Chiron, forming a square to the almost partile Sun-Venus

conjuction at 2* Leo. This may not look very ominous at first, until one

realizes that Mars will eventually square the natal sun, in an " attack " on

our patient-to-be. The only question is what form will it take, and how

severe will it be, since Mars rules a gamut of mishaps, and all with varying

severity. Mars is also in a not-too-shabby opposition to Saturn, which is in

his 12th House at 22* Sidereal Aries, giving Saturn a boost in its

restrictive tendencies.

 

Since this man will have his surgery on May 1, I decided to look at a) the

Sidereal Lunar Return preceding the surgery date, which will shed light on

the month to come, and b) the most recent Ennead, cast for the moment the Sun

makes a ninth harmonic aspect to the Natal Sun (ie, one evenly divisible by

40*), which will show some additional details.

 

2) The Ennead for the period covering the surgery day will occur on April 16,

2000, at 6:01:11AM EST. This man will experience a Sun Trine Sun transit

(240*, or 6x40*). The Ennead Sun conjuncts the Ascendant, which may bring

some optimism, but conjuncting Mars and Saturn (almost partile) will trine

the Midheaven (also almost partile). Optimism may be short-lived, but this

man's " sense of self " or ego and how he feels will certainly be an issue.

This will also be the day of a Mars Return, as the Ennead Mars is only three

minutes away from Natal Mars.

 

3) The Sidereal Lunar Return will be on April 18, 2000, at 12:07:45 PM EST.

The Sun now squares the Ascendant and conjuncts the Midheaven, supporting the

ego-issues of the Ennead. Sun opposite Natal Jupiter may offer a glimmer of

hope, but with Neptune near the descendant, anxieties will be there.

 

As for the day itself, there are two charts we can look at. First, and very

easy to calculate, is the Solar Quotidian. You can calculate a Solar

Quotidian by determining the number of days between the Solar Return date and

the date in question, and adding 3min56sec of sidereal time for each day.

The second is the Progressed Sidereal Solar Return, which requires a more

complex calculation, but its added accuracy is worth it.

 

4) Solar Quotidian: For this man, 255 days will pass between his most recent

Sidereal Solar Return and his surgery date. Multiplying 255 by 3min56sec, we

find we have to add 6hrs43min to his Solar Return's sidereal time, which was

21hrs18min17sec, totalling 38hrs01min:17sec. Subtracting 24hrs to correct

this, we get 14hrs01min17sec. The corresponding standard time is 11:48PM.

This chart paints a rosy picture until we compare it to the natal chart,

using the SQ cusps. SQ Mars is squaring the natal Sun-Pluto midpoint, and

the natal Pluto is in near partile sextile to the SQ midheaven. This is

definite cause for concern.

 

5) In order to calculate a Progressed Sidereal Solar Return (don't be put

off -- after a little practice, it's easier than it sounds ;-)), one must

calculate both the current and following Sidereal Solar Returns. Subtract

the first year's SSR sidereal time from that of the next year, and add 24

hours. For our native, it works like this:

 

2000 SSR Sidereal Time: 03:35:47

1999 SSR Sidereal Time: 21:18:17

 

We'll have to add 24 hrs to the 2000 SSR sidereal time:

 

27:35:47 - 21:18:17 = 06:17:30.

 

To find the Yearly Constant for this man, add 24 hrs to this difference,

resulting in 30:17:30; convert this time to a decimal, and divide it by

24.00093. (see Neil F. Michelsen's _The American Sidereal Ephemeris_ and John

Filbey's _Solar and Lunar Returns_ for the reasons why this is done). The

Yearly Constant for this man this year is 1.2621039.

 

Next, using a either sidereal ephemeris or a tropical ephemeris and tropical

house tables, find the Transiting Sun's Right Ascension at 12 Noon on the day

in question (this is the same as the local sidereal time at the longitude

where the Sun is on the local meridian). Subtract the current SSR's Sun's

Right Ascension from the Transiting Sun's Right Ascension (add 24 hrs if the

result is negative), and multiply the difference by the Yearly Constant.

 

Add the result to the current SSR's sidereal time. This will be the sidereal

time at the location for the day in question. Convert to local time, and

cast the PSSR chart.

 

On May 1, 2000, the local standard time for the PSSR for this man for this

day will be 7:07:12AM. Mars, Uranus, and Pluto will be in the foreground,

near the Ascendant, Midheaven, and Descendant respectively.

 

I don't want to be to " doom & gloom " , but I don't want to discourage someone

from getting necessary surgery, either. But it's going to be a rough day for

this guy, surgery or not.

 

Later,

Kevin/Baraka