Introduction Libra Suns

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Hello to Therese and group members!

I've just joined, though interested in Sidereal Astrology and the

general " lore of the stars " for many years. I was born at a new moon

near the beginning of sidereal Libra, Aldebaran rising/ Antares

setting. Comparative studies of ayanamshas is of special interest...

I've set up a spreadsheet for converting R.A./Decl of stars to

ecliptic coordinates. Of course I can't seem to reach any final

conclusions, but the exploration is interesting. Actual star positions

matched to the Nakshatras are problematic for most any ayanamsha,

assuming that the marker stars are correctly identified. A 28-fold

division seems somewhat better than the more common one of 27, for

what it's worth.

 

In a more practical sense, it's intriguing the follow the good efforts

to undo the mix-up and reassert the distinctive character of the true

sidereal delineations. I've been collecting date also on the

occurences of " grand conjunctions " (sun, moon, and visible planets in

a narrow stellium) and possible significance. They do recur in patters

analogous to the saros cycle found in eclipses. Bernadette Brady's

work with " parans " involving stars seems pretty interesting too.

 

Anyway, I've already enjoyed reading many of the earlier posts here...

not usually so talkative as this, but wanted to write a few words of

appreciation for the thoughtful discussions and articles referenced

here. I read one of Rupert Gleadow's books some years ago and was much

impressed with the quest for connection with the ancient archetypes of

the signs and planets, basically symbols of the Gods for me.

 

Julia

 

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> (2) Whoopi Goldberg is the big name under sidereal Libra Suns in the

> 10th house: Asc 26 Cap; Neptune 5.5, Mercury 15, Moon 19, Sun 17

> Libra.

>

> A reminder that I use the equal cusps as the centers of equal 30

> degree houses. Essentially this emphasizes aspects to the ascendant

> or another angular cusp. Planets near the 2nd cusp trine the 10th;

> Planets near cusp 12 trine the 4th, and so on.

>

> Therese

>

> ---End of Libran Sun Posts---

>

[Guest guest]

At 06:42 AM 5/1/06 -0000, Julia wrote:

>Hello to Therese and group members!

>I've just joined, though interested in Sidereal Astrology and the

>general " lore of the stars " for many years. I was born at a new moon

>near the beginning of sidereal Libra, Aldebaran rising/ Antares

>setting. Comparative studies of ayanamshas is of special interest...

>I've set up a spreadsheet for converting R.A./Decl of stars to

>ecliptic coordinates. Of course I can't seem to reach any final

>conclusions, but the exploration is interesting. Actual star positions

>matched to the Nakshatras are problematic for most any ayanamsha,

>assuming that the marker stars are correctly identified. A 28-fold

>division seems somewhat better than the more common one of 27, for

>what it's worth...

 

Hi Julia,

 

Welcome to the sidereal list! Your comments about the star/nakshatra

positions are interesting. I've made their alignment a special study for

some years, and have sky maps with the boundaries drawn for the mansions.

The whole problem of alignment of the marking stars is discussed at length

in Surya SIDHANATA, the conclusion being that the best match of the stars

listed in ancient texts is with the 27-fold Hindu division.

 

However, even in that division some of the stars miss their mansions and

fall in another mansion. On my website

http://users.snowcrest.net/sunrise/amansions.htm there's a table that

indicates which stars fall in which mansions. (The link is near the

bottom--Lunar Mansion Table: Tropical and Sidereal Boundaries.)

 

The problem is that the original nakshatras didn't have boundaries. They

were only one star or a group of stars--an asterism. When the zodiac was

divided into 27 or 28 groupings, some of the stars didn't land in the

correctly named mansion. So the mansions/nakshatras now are siimply

harmonics of the ecliptic. Exploring the symbolism of the nakshatras in

relation to the stars is a fascinating study! Some of the old Hindu

delineations do seem to hold.

 

>In a more practical sense, it's intriguing the follow the good efforts

>to undo the mix-up and reassert the distinctive character of the true

>sidereal delineations. I've been collecting date also on the

>occurences of " grand conjunctions " (sun, moon, and visible planets in

>a narrow stellium) and possible significance...

 

I've been doing the same thing--collecting material on stellium

conjunctions! Though that particular research is 'on the table' for the

time being in favor of other projects. Please let us know what you've

discovered--if you have time for some longer posts.

 

>Anyway, I've already enjoyed reading many of the earlier posts here...

>not usually so talkative as this, but wanted to write a few words of

>appreciation for the thoughtful discussions and articles referenced

>here. I read one of Rupert Gleadow's books some years ago and was much

>impressed with the quest for connection with the ancient archetypes of

>the signs and planets, basically symbols of the Gods for me.

 

Thanks for your appreciation, and I agree on Gleadow. I'm interested in

your birth data, Julia, if you'd be willing to post it here or send it to

me privately: eastwest When I went to the membership page I

noted that you live in Arizona. I'm wondering where in Arizona because my

best astrological friend lives there.

 

Thanks for joining us!

 

Therese