Equinox & Solstice charts

[Jim Eshelman]

I've said many times over many decades that, in principle, I regard equinox and solstice charts as valid mundane techniques, though I don't seem them performing as reliably as Sidereal ingresses. Equinox and solstice maps are "Tropical ingresses" of Sun, but they aren't necessarily linked to a zodiac. They're distinct astronomical phenomena on their own.

I thought I should have something online to which I can direct people as an example of the level to which these do (and don't) perform.

Tropical theorists have held varying opinions on which of these charts are important for events. Some hold that there is a master "ingress" of the years, others hold that the quarters are equal. All of them, though, admit that the quarters are valid for their particular quarter. Therefore, that's what I'll study here: the immediate quarter. For comparison, remember that Sidereal quarter charts are effective ("more descriptive of the event than not") about 89% of the time.

[Jim Eshelman]

Huaynaputina
Winter Solstice (+1)
Mercury on IC 1°28'
Sun more widely angular
-- Sun-Mercury 1°32'
Moon-Neptune op. 0°04'
Moon-Jupiter op. 3°40' in mundo

Krakatoa
Winter Solstice
(Dormant.)
Moon-Jupiter op. 2°43' in mundo

Laki
Vernal Equinox (+2)
Saturn on WP 1°54'
Venus & Pluto widely foreground
Moon-Pluto sq. 0°42'
Moon-Saturn sq. 1°02' in mundo
Moon-Neptune sq. 2°24' in mundo

Mt. Vesuvius
Summer Solstice (+2)
Mars sq. Asc 1°22'
Moon-Sun sq. 0°08'

Mt. Pelee
Vernal Equinox
(Dormant.)
Moon-Mercury op. 3°46'

Mt. St. Helens
Vernal Equinox
(Dormant.)

Mt. Tambora
Vernal Equinox {+1}
Venus on Dsc 0°24'
Mars sq. Asc 1°47'
-- Venus-Mars sq. 2°50'
Moon-Saturn op. 0°38' in mundo

Mt. Vesuvius 1906
Vernal Equinox
(Dormant.)

Nevado del Ruiz
Autumnal Equinox (+2)
Uranus on Dc 1°23'
Moon sq. Asc 1°41'
-- Moon-Uranus sq. 2°58'

Volcan de Fuego
Vernal Equinox
(Dormant.)

[Jim Eshelman]

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