Astronomy for Astrologers
- The horizon system is oriented or tilted toward about
8° Virgo. This point is called the Nonagesimal, a point
on the ecliptic +/- 90° from the ascendant/descendant
axis and near the zenith. - The Prime Vertical (East-West plane) intersects the
ecliptic to form the vertex and anti-vertex. This would be
about 23-degrees of the sign Cancer. - The North Pole (NP) is shown, which is the same on
both the geographic globe and on the Celestial Sphere.
The Tropical Zodiac or Ecliptic
The term 'ecliptic' is the astronomical word for what
astrologers call the plane of the zodiac. Although, as
astrologers, we all use the zodiac or ecliptic in our work,
let us review just what, in fact, it is.
The Ecliptic, or zodiac, is the plane of the Earth's orbit,
and, like a vast sheet of glass, it can be considered to
extend infinitely in all directions. In other words, the