Cicero - Self Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition_Part 01

260 SELF-INITIATION INTO THE GoWEN DAWN 'fRADmoN
Buffalo, NY
Longitude = 79 0 West
79 0 x4 =316 0
Divided by 60
= 5h 16m (in time)
Athens, Greece
Longitude = 24 0 East
24 0 x 4 =96 0
Divided by 60
= 1h 36m (in time)
The next step is to add or subtract the longitude equivalent in time
to / from the Sidereal Tune at Greenwich for the time of birth. For East we add, for
West we subtract.
For our four examples:
ST at Greenwich =
13h37m43s
West-subtract
-5h 16m
=8h21m43s
LOCAL SID. TIME
AT BIRTH
ST at Greenwich =
25h39m43s
West-subtract
-5h 16m
= 20h23m43s
LOCAL SID. TIME
AT BIRTH
ST at Greenwich =
6h36m33s
East-add
+ 1h36m
= 8h12m 33s
LOCAL SID. TIME
AT BIRTH
ST at Greenwich =
18h 38m 33s
East-add
+ 1h36m
=20h 14m33s
LOCAL SID. TIME
AT BIRTH
The Local Sidereal Time at birth andat the place of birth, is a crucial factor for
determining theAscendant and the Midheaven. Itis now a simple matter of referring
to the Tables of Houses (listed in The American Book of Tables) which tabulate the
Ascendant and Midheaven for various latitudes. Our four examples would show:
ABc =27° a
MC = 3° cfl
ABc = 28° C)
MC = 4° :::::::::
ABc = 27° a
MC = 1° cfl
ABc =21° a
MC = 2° :::::::::
3. Drawing up theNatal chart. On a blankZodiacal chart, like the one shown
which is marked off into degrees, draw in the Horizon lineusing a straight edge
and pencil. This will intersect the circle on the left and right (Zodiacal East and
West). If the Ascending Sign is 27 0 , count 27 0 down from the cusp of the Ascendant
or Rising Sign. Then count 27 0 up from the cusp of the Sign opposite the
Ascendant. Draw the Horizon line connecting these two points on the chart. Draw
in the symbol, degree and minute of the Ascendant Sign.
Mark off the degree of the Ascendant in each section of the chart, counterclockwise
around the chart, and join each marked point to its opposite on the
other side of the circle. Number these twelve (30 0 ) divisions counter-clockwise,
with the first house situated immediately below the Ascendant.
Draw the symbols of the twelve Signs in the outer circle, in counter-clockwise
order, beginning from the Ascendant Sign. (For example if the Ascendant
Sign is 27 0 Libra, the next divisions reading counter-clockwise below Libra would
be Scorpio, Sagittarius, etc.)
Place the Midheaven in the appropriate Sign, marking it with the letters
MC, along with the degree and minute. The letters IC should be drawn at the
opposite point on the Chart.