Sources:
Kowal, Charles T. Asteroids: Their Nature and Utilization.Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Ellis
Horwood Limited, 1988.
Room, Adrian. Dictionary of Astronomical Names.London: Routledge, 1988.
Schwartz, Jacob. Asteroid Name Encyclopedia.St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1995.SOUTHERNHEMISPHERE
The Southern Hemisphere is the half of Earth located below the equator. Because
most tables of houses are developed for the Northern Hemisphere, casting horoscopes
for the Southern Hemisphere involves an extra set of calculations. To construct a
southern chart with a northern table, an extra 12 hours must be added to the sidereal
time for which it is being cast (for the moment of birth in the case of a natal chart),
calculate the house cusps, and then the signs on the cusps exchanged for their oppo-
site signs (i.e., for the sign 180° away). Computer chart-casting programs do these
extra calculations automatically.
The reversal of seasons that occurs in the Southern Hemisphere has raised cer-
tain questions about how the standard tropical zodiac should be applied below the
equator. In particular, there is much seasonal symbolism associated with the signs:
Ever-youthful, pioneering Aries is the sign of spring; cold, restrictive Capricorn is the
sign of winter; and so forth. In southern latitudes, these associations become meaning-
less. Some astrologers have proposed shifting the zodiac 180° in the Southern Hemi-
sphere. Thus, someone born on November 2 in Buenos Aires, for example, would be a
Taurus rather than a Scorpio; someone born on September 2 in Capetown, South
Africa, would be a Pisces rather than a Virgo; and so forth. Despite the apparent logic
of this argument, few southern astrologers have found a 180° shift in the zodiac useful
in the practice of their craft. It thus does not appear that this proposal will be adopted
in the foreseeable future.Sources:
Brau, Jean-Louis, Helen Weaver, and Allan Edmands. Larousse Encyclopedia of Astrology.New
York: New American Library, 1980.
DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology.New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.SOUTHERNSIGNS
The southern signs are the zodiacal signs from Libra to Pisces.SPARTACUS
Spartacus, asteroid 2,579 (the 2,579th asteroid to be discovered, on August 14, 1977),
is approximately 8 kilometers in diameter and has an orbital period of 3.3 years. It is
named after the leader of a slave revolt in ancient Rome and represents the breaking
of bonds and revolt against oppressive authority. The sign and house position of Spar-
tacus in a natal chart indicates how this tendency manifests. If prominent in a chartSouthern Hemisphere
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