Solar Apex in SF?

[Jim Eshelman]

I thought I remembered, in the past, seeing the Solar Apex as an optional point in Solar Fire. Am I remembering wrong? Does anyone know where it is?

Under "User Defined Points," it's easy to find the Galactic Center. I thought the SA was in one of those points libraries also, but I can't find it. Am I just remembering wrong?

Thanks.

[Jim Eshelman]

I confirmed it isn't there, but if anyone wants to add it, here's how...

Go to Chart Options | Files | Fixed Stars. Pick an existing list, or create a new list called (say) Solar Apex. Edit it.

Add a new item with the name Solar Apex, RA 18h 03m 50.2s, Dec +30°00'17", and set equator at 1950. (I think the epoch 1950 is correct. It's been hard to confirm, though the above coordinates are given in many places. They may be epoch 2000, but it seems they are not. If anybody knows otherwise, please let me know.)

Once it's created, you can add it to Chart Options | Display User-Defined Points. Pick an existing file or create a new one (I made a "GC & SA" file to contain Galactic Center & Solar Apex). Edit it. At right, pick Fixed Star, then click Select File to pull up the star list you saved it in, then add it to the left.

There are variations of how you can include this, but this gives the basics.

For these coordinates, the longitude is 7°21' Sagittarius.

[Jim Eshelman]

For those interested, people with Sun or Moon within 1° of conjunct or opposite this position include

Mary Queen of Scots
Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Gen. Wesley Clark
Meryl Streep
Osama bin Ladin
Pres. Calvin Coolidge

Of people that I know personally, there are obvious common traits which, however, might just be common to Spoke luminaries. They seem flighty to others and difficult to pin down, and yet strikingly creative - real characters that tend to dominate their circle circles as outliers. I have no idea if these are traits attributable to the Solar Apex, but I mention them as observable in people I personally know. (The perception of flightiness would not be common to the highly successful public figures above, although there is great adaptability and ingenuity - again, perhaps simply Spoke traits.)