et. A good reference source for determining both perigees and eclipses is Neil F.
Michelsen’s Tables of Planetary Phenomena.
Another, nonastrological factor that acts as a predictor is the odd behavior of
animals prior to an earthquake. Berkland observes that the number of missing animals
reported in newspapers, for instance, shoots up just before an earthquake, as if they
were somehow responding to a change in Earth’s magnetic field. In the March 1992
issue of his newsletter, Berkland refers to a passage in Helmut Tributsch’s When the
Snakes Awake,“based on a popular brochure printed in China in 1973,” that describes
the behavior of animals before an earthquake: “Cattle, sheep, mules and horses do not
enter corrals. Pigs do not eat, and dogs bark madly. Ducks do not enter water and stay
on shore. Chickens fly up into trees and scream loudly. Rats move their homes and
flee. Hibernating snakes leave their burrows early and may freeze. Big cats pick up lit-
tle ones and run. Frightened pigeons continuously fly and do not return to nests. Rab-
bits raise their ears, jump aimlessly and bump things. Fish are frightened and jump
above water surface. Bees move their hives, making noise.”
Sources:
Michelsen, Neil F. Tables of Planetary Phenomena.San Diego: Astro Computing Services Publi-
cations, 1990.
Nolle, Richard. “The Supermoon Alignment.” In The Astrology of the Macrocosm.Edited by
Joan McEvers. Saint Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1990.
Rosenberg, Diana K. “Stalking the Wild Earthquake.” In The Astrology of the Macrocosm.Edited
by Joan McEvers. Saint Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1990.
Syzygy: An Earthquake Newsletter.March 1992.
EASTPOINT
The east point is sometimes used as an alternate expression to refer to the ascen-
dant—the point where the eastern horizon intersects the ecliptic for any given astro-
logical chart.
EBERTIN, REINHOLD
Reinhold Ebertin, born February 16, 1901, in Görlitz, Saxony, was an eminent Ger-
man astrologer who developed cosmobiology, which has proven popular with many
astrologers, especially in Europe. He became interested in astrology in 1916 and by
1923 had taken up a career as a professional astrologer. He was initially a student of
Alfred Witte’s Uranian astrology but came to reject the elements of hypothetical
planets and house interpretations. Ebertin also simplified Witte’s midpoint combina-
tions. The resulting system was a streamlined version of Witte’s.
Ebertin initiated the periodical Mensch in Allin 1928. It was suppressed by the
Nazis but resumed after the war with the new title Kosmobiologie.Ebertin wrote more
than 60 books. Many of his books have not been translated into other languages,
although several have been translated into English. Ebertin died March 14, 1988.
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