Planets

In this astronomy quiz we provide answers to questions that everyone should know the answer to but not everybody does! Some of the questions are: Some topics covered are: 1. Time taken by the planets to revolve around the Sun 2. Wobble of the Earth, precession of the equinoxes, and the astrological ages such as the Aquarian Age. 3. Rectangular coordinates 4. Essentials of a spherical coordinate system 5.Definition of a Great Circle 6. Advantages and disadvantages of using each of these Great Circles as the basis for a spherical coordinate system: ecliptic plane, celestial equator, horizon plane. 7. Astronomical definition of what 0-Aries, the Ascendant, and MC are and how they are very similar. A relationship of these points to the concept of dimension reduction. 8. What the ayanamsha is

Planets that have a declination outside of the range of 23S27 to 23N27 are referred to as being out of bounds. An explanation of how planets are interpreted that are close to being out of bounds, moderately out of bounds, and very far out of bounds.

Planets appear to move in a retrograde motion from the Earth's point of view. We demonstrate why the planets appear to move in a retrograde motion using a diagram and an animation of the motion of the planet. Also interesting is that the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune change from direct motion to retrograde motion at particular angular distances from the Sun, as follows: Jupiter: 120 degrees (1/3 of a circle) Saturn: 108 degrees: (3/10 of a circle) Uranus: 103 degrees (2/7 of a circle) Neptune: 102 degrees (2/7 of a circle) We look at information produced by the Sirius 2.0 software that confirms these observations. The Sirius astrology software is developed and copyrighted by Cosmic Patterns Software and the company website is http://www.AstroSoftware.com

The steps to interpret an astrology chart are explained. Several different methods are demonstrated. This video assumes that you are familiar with the glyphs of the planets and signs, are familiar with the basic meaning of each planet and zodiac sign and are familiar with the rulerships (signs of rulership, detriment, exaltation, and fall of the planets).

Guidelines and suggestions for conducting research in astrology. In this video I propose a revolution in astrology and this revolution appears to me to have already begun: instead of writing books and papers based on a few cases of famous people or clients we do a few simple things to see if our ideas really work. Although simple and not as convincing as more rigorous research methods like hypothesis tests, these simple procedures make it possible for us to really figure out how astrology works from questions as basic as "what is the astrological significance of Aries?" to more specific questions like "Do great athletes have Mars-Uranus aspects in their charts?"

In this astronomy quiz we ask questions that everyone should know the answer to but not everybody does! Some of the questions are: How many times a year does the sun rise exactly east and set directly west? What shape do you get if you draw an imaginary line between the planets in the sky? What is "special" or notable about the meridian plane? Can the Ascendant and MC be conjunct in an astrological natal chart? What causes planets and stars to rise, culminate, set, and ant-culminate? What is the length of time between the time a star rises and the next time it rises? Where is the 12th house in an astrological birth chart? What is the apparent path of the Sun called? When you look up in the sky does the Sun appear to be bigger than the Moon, the Moon bigger than the Sun or are both about the same size?