The Astrology of Space - Matrix Software

The Astrology of Space
The Earth’s Tilt
The Earth moves in the plane of the ecliptic around
the Sun center. The diagram shows the Earth at the
moment of the summer and winter solstices, and the
two equinoxes. You will notice that the Earth does not
sit-up-straight in its own orbit. The polar axis (the line
of the North and South Poles) is forever tilted away
from the plane of the Earth's orbit. This "tilt" or angle
is the whole of the difference between the ecliptic
(zodiac) system of coordinates and the equatorial
system. If the Earth were not tilted, the two systems
would be identical. As it is, there is a difference
between longitudes measured along the ecliptic and
those longitudes measured along the equator in right
ascension. This is why.
The diagram on this (and adjacent) pages should help
you to see the difference between these two systems.
Be sure you can understand the following statements:
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