Fixed Star declinations
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 12:14 pm
A Tropical mundane astrologer turned me on to an interesting idea. I don't know if it has merit, but it is astronomically sound so I thought I'd mention it.
Declinations of "fixed" stars changes over time. They are substantially fixed in latitude and Sidereal longitude, but, but due to precession, shift in right ascension, declination, and (of course) Tropical longitude. The declination of a star (or other point) shows the longitude over which it directly passes every day. The idea is that geographic locations with the same (say, within 1°) latitude as a star's declination will feel that star more or less permanently, and that transits to that star will trigger events distinctive to that geographic latitude.
Here are a few current stellar declinations. If this theory is true, it gives an entirely new way to investigate possible meanings or validities of fixed stars (e.g., what has happened in U.S. history when something has transited Vega).
Washington, DC 38N54
Vega 38N48 20°35' Sagittarius
New York, NY 40N43
Algol 41N01 1°26' Taurus
Los Angeles, CA 34N03
None
Declinations of "fixed" stars changes over time. They are substantially fixed in latitude and Sidereal longitude, but, but due to precession, shift in right ascension, declination, and (of course) Tropical longitude. The declination of a star (or other point) shows the longitude over which it directly passes every day. The idea is that geographic locations with the same (say, within 1°) latitude as a star's declination will feel that star more or less permanently, and that transits to that star will trigger events distinctive to that geographic latitude.
Here are a few current stellar declinations. If this theory is true, it gives an entirely new way to investigate possible meanings or validities of fixed stars (e.g., what has happened in U.S. history when something has transited Vega).
Washington, DC 38N54
Vega 38N48 20°35' Sagittarius
New York, NY 40N43
Algol 41N01 1°26' Taurus
Los Angeles, CA 34N03
None