Hi Mark, I believe I forgot to check "notify", so I had no idea you had answered. I only found my original post by doing a search for my own name. :) You have my sympathy. I was looking at a chart for Reykjavik in Iceland recently and I had the same issue as you. Reykjav?k has a latitude o... Forum: Nativities & General Astrology Topic: Placidus versus Equal Replies: 67 Views: 51912 Sun Mar 16, 2008 4:35 am Jump to post
My understanding is that 0 degrees celestial latitude means that a point is on the plane of the ecliptic (the earth/moon barycentric orbital plane around the sun). Latitude values are degrees of deviation from that plane in the direction of the north or south celestial pole. I'm confused by your di... Forum: Traditional (& Ancient) Techniques Topic: Declination vs. Latitude in Trad'l Astrology Replies: 22 Views: 22630 Sun Mar 16, 2008 3:54 am Jump to post
I hope this topic is has not run its course, because I have a number of questions. I've always been relatively strong in math. That has been a great advantage for me in astrology. I can't locate a single star in the sky. I'm a moron in astronomy. This has been my downfall. Here is my first question:... Forum: Traditional (& Ancient) Techniques Topic: Declination vs. Latitude in Trad'l Astrology Replies: 22 Views: 22630 Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:52 am Jump to post
Re: Placidus versus Equal I learned astrology with the Equal house system and have always used it. Having done some research it would seem that the Placidus system is more widely used outside of the UK. I've recently done a chart for someone using one with Equal then cast another with Placidus and there were some slight dif... Forum: Nativities & General Astrology Topic: Placidus versus Equal Replies: 67 Views: 51912 Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:19 pm Jump to post