line completely circling Earth, and on which the energies of the two planets are
blended in the life of the individual. However, this “crossing” energy is far weaker
than that of the planet-angle lines.
Below is the natal A*C*G for Paramahansa Yogananda, among the first of
many East Indian sages to travel to the United States to transmit the highly sophisti-
cated religious knowledge of the subcontinent. Over his native India is found the
Moon ascendant (MO ASC) line, meaning that at his birth the Moon was actually
rising there. Since the Moon defines the student, the child, the listener, and the
“taker-in” of information, this connotes a sensitive individual, receptive, emotional,
and responsive to his surroundings.
locational astrology—2 fulls. Locational Astrology: Yogananda, Janu-
ary 5, 1893, 8:38 P.M. Time Zone —5:33
Near the Moon line is the Uranus imum coeli (UR IC) line. The IC is perhaps
the most personal and mysterious of the astrological angles, because it symbolizes what
one comes into the world equipped with: one’s family heritage, social class, ethnic
background (and the social status it bestows), religion, etc. Uranus, the planet of indi-
vidualism, at this angle suggests that Yogananda was to transform his natal social
standing by developing his spiritual individuality and, coupled with the Moon line,
indicates that this could be accomplished by attention to external forces and devo-
tion. He was to transcend his social identity by discipleship to his spiritual master; he
would find his true individuality by giving it up.
But the most meaningful manifestation of Yogananda’s potential was to occur
in Los Angeles, where he arrived in the 1930s, complete with flowing robes and long
hair—unheard of in that era. In Los Angeles, he has the Sun on the ascendant (SU
ASC), connoting the expression of life energy, opposite to the Moon’s absorption.
Moreover, the UR IC line from India to Los Angeles becomes the UR MH (midheav-
en) line, showing that the transcendence of Yogananda’s individual cultural and fami-
ly limitations is here transformed into the capacity to act out that role publicly for
others—to become an exemplar of the human potential to grow beyond one’s natal
limitations. This, coupled with the charismatic Sun line, ensured a large following for
Yogananda, who packed lecture halls in California, a state where such separation from
tradition and individual self-expression have always been encouraged.
This example, while briefly delineated, makes clear how important it is to look
at the whole map—not just small subsections of Earth. The reciprocal nature of the
Sun and Moon lines should be obvious, as well as the interesting inversion of the
Uranus line’s angles, accomplished by plotting Yogananda’s move half a world away.
Since an individual at best is going to exemplify only one or two planetary archetypes
in her or his life, knowing which parts of the world hold these lines can be vitally
important in recognizing and implementing the potential of the planets they identify.
Perhaps the most powerful argument in favor of A*C*G’s validity is that every
modern American president whose time of birth is known has initiated armed conflict
in a zone marked by Mars on his map, with the sole exception of Richard Nixon, who
took over a war begun by his predecessors. In addition to using A*C*G in this fashion
to forecast world events, some astrologers use national charts, which can be quiteAstroCartoGraphy
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