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Primary Directions Astrology

The document provides a short tutorial on celestial fundamentals related to primary directions in astrology. It explains that at 11 am on a summer day in the Northern Hemisphere, the Sun's declination is 23.5°N and its semi-diurnal arc is 128° or 8 hours and 32 minutes, though it has only risen 77° or 3/5 of the arc. Jupiter's declination is 15°S and its semi-diurnal arc is 112°, though it has only risen 45° or 2/5 of the arc. For Jupiter to be in primary direction to the Sun, the celestial sphere needs to rotate another 1 hour and 28 minutes for Jupiter to travel 22° or 1/5 of its

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Primary Directions Astrology

The document provides a short tutorial on celestial fundamentals related to primary directions in astrology. It explains that at 11 am on a summer day in the Northern Hemisphere, the Sun's declination is 23.5°N and its semi-diurnal arc is 128° or 8 hours and 32 minutes, though it has only risen 77° or 3/5 of the arc. Jupiter's declination is 15°S and its semi-diurnal arc is 112°, though it has only risen 45° or 2/5 of the arc. For Jupiter to be in primary direction to the Sun, the celestial sphere needs to rotate another 1 hour and 28 minutes for Jupiter to travel 22° or 1/5 of its

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Primary Directions

Short tutorial of the celestial fundamentals



It is summer in North Hemisphere and it is 11 am. Sun's declination is 23.5N
The semi diurnal arc (rise to culmination ) of Sun is 128 or 8h32m
But the Sun has only risen 77 of this - or 3/5ths of the arc.
128
8h32m
J upiter rise Sun rise
77 3/5
ths
5h08m

J upiter
(natal)
Sun
(natal)
J upiter's declination is 15S, so its semi-
diurnal arc is 112.
But J upiter has only risen
45 - or 2/5ths of its arc.
45 2/5
ths
3h00m

So - for J upiter to be
Directed to the Sun
the celestial sphere
needs to rotate a further
1h28m so that J upiter
travels 1/5
th
- or 22
more of its own arc to
match the 3/5
ths
of the
natal Sun's arc.
J upiter is now
Directed
to natal Sun
both 3/5ths of their
diurnal arcs
SoJupiter was Primary Directed
to Sun 1h28m after birth, or at FY, at age 22.
112
7h28m
22 1/5th
1h28m
Because of their differences
in declination, J upiter needs
67and Sun needs 77 to trace
their 3/5ths portion of their
diurnal arcs for them to be
'conjunction' in Primary
Direction.
End

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