Aquarian Sun takes command over a Pisces-rising boy, it is a shock to his family, his friends and himself;
while the transition from a Gemini-rising boy to one with the Sun in Libra is so imperceptible as hardly to
occasion comment.
The Solar chart is in reality only an assumption that to the native of each Sun Sign the independent absorption
of life-giving energy begins with its first sunrise. The cycle of sensitivities which daily passes over the horizon
is a vital experience, but the cycle is the same cycle whether one begins with the Sun, or with an annually-
advanced ascendant. That you eventually count your laps on the daily and annual course by the Sun instead of
the Ascendant, makes less difference than at first appears - otherwise a removal to another time zone would
create a far greater condition of pandemonium, and entail a tar greater degree of readjustment than seems
proven by experience. The Solar House cusps have added significance in the fact that each cusp represents an
aspect to the Sun, in a series that is unalterable and unvarying
Secondary progressions can even be applied to the Solar chart, and despite the lack of enthusiasm with which
some astrologers contemplate the Solar chart, it is doubtful if a tenth-of-one-percent of them compute primary
directions. To what extent the Table of Houses is fallacious, which system of cusp division is the more nearly
correct, whether to employ the Latitude of birth or of domicile, and doubt concerning the authenticity of the
birth moment, are only a few of the embarrassing questions obviated by its use. The Arabian astrologers
discovered the importance of the solar houses, as demonstrated in their system of Arabian Points (q.v.).
As Astrology evolves out of the realm of prestidigitation, wherein it seeks only to impress by the predicting of
specific events, into that of a psychological diagnosis of predispositions, wherein it defineates reactions to
cosmic stimuli in terms of traits, trends and tendencies, the Solar chart wig become increasingly acceptable as a
true cycle of adult experience, and a reliable index to the character development of the matured individuality.
Solar Cycle, or Cycle of the Sun. A 28-year period applicable to the Julian calendar, in which the first day of
the year is restored to the same day of the week. Since the days of the week are 7, and the number of years in
an intercalary period are 4, their product (4 x 7 = 28) must include all possible combinations. At the end of
each cycle, the Dominical letters return again in the same order on the same days of the month. v. Calendar.
Solar Day The time clasping between two consecutive passages of the Sun over a fixed point on the Earth. It is
in excess of one complete revolution, by 1° of longitude or 4 minutes of time. v. Day.
Solar Equilibrium. A term used by recent astrologers with reference to the Solar Figure: one cast for sunrise
on a given day, but with houses of uniformly thirty degrees each.
Solar Revolution. A horoscopical figure erected for the moment in any year when the Sun has reached the
exact Longitude it occupies in the Radix. From this figure and from aspects of Radical planets to significators -
Sun, Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven degrees - in the Solar Revolution map predictions are made cov- ering
the ensuing year. For example, the Solar Revolution Moon conjunct radical Mars, indicates a year ominous of
accidents - especially on the days on which the Sun or Moon conjoins Mars. Also it can be judged within itself,
in which case, current Solar transits should be observed.