A keyword of Neptune is idealism, and Neptune reminds me of a word used in his campaign: ‘hope.’ Neptune here also stimulates his Mars, which is the planet of action. Mars rules Obama’s natal 9th (religion, higher learning) and 10th (career) houses. Barack Obama natal horoscope (inner wheel) and Solar Arc Directions (outer) for Feb 10th, 2007 – the day he announced his run for the presidency. Take a look at Solar Arc Directed (SAD) Neptune which is in square aspect (90° – green arrow) to his natal Mars. According to Wikipedia, this was the date Obama announced he was running for the presidency. Let’s take a look at two key life events for Barack Obama and see what Solar Arc Directions were involved.įirstly, February 10th, 2007. The planets involved, and the houses they rule in the natal horoscope will indicate what ‘kind’ of life event to expect. Significant aspects between SAD and natal planets/points will show when important events in the persons’s life are likely to occur. As it moves, at this approximate 1° per year of life, we look for aspects (particularly 0°, 90° and 180° ‘hard’ aspects, because these are more likely to correspond with actual events) between the SAD points and the natal horoscope. It’s only the SAD wheel or circle that moves, corresponding with the unfolding life. The inner natal horoscope stays where it is. Don’t worry about calculating the apparent daily motion – the software will calculate the exact daily motion for you. While I say ‘about,’ 1°, you actually move the outer wheel at a rate determined by the Sun’s apparent daily motion on the day of birth. As they move, we keep them in their same relative positions.
Remember with SAD, all the planets and points move equally. Then, for every year of life, the outer wheel is moved forward about 1 degree per year. Barack Obama’s natal horoscope (inner wheel) and Solar Arc Directions for the same date and time (outer). It’s fairly easy to display these kinds of charts using astrology software. To show how this might look, below is Barack Obama’s natal horoscope ( birth data from ), with the natal planets repeated in the outer circle. Imagine it this way… take a natal horoscope, and duplicate all its planetary positions on an outer circle or wheel. The mathematics of SAD is fairly simple, once you get your head around it. I like SAD – they seem to more clearly indicate life events than either transits or progressions.
In this article I’m just going to talk about Solar Arc Directions and how they work. There are other techniques, but these are the most commonly used. These are called transits, progressions and primary directions. There are other techniques astrologers use for looking at life events. It’s used for looking at key life events, and it usually uses a natal (time, place and date of birth) horoscope as a starting point. Solar Arc Directions (SAD) is the name of an astrological technique.
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