ASTROMETEOROLOGY an Introduction

In many instances relating to weather phenomena the timing of a particular event is dogged by uncertainty of the occurence, for instance how often do we hear remarks such as "...heavy rain this morning on the way to work...", "...did you get some snow yesterday..." or "...some gale last night...", but to an astrometeorologist the timing of such events is a major factor in understanding the cosmic connections.
So the question arises how does one go about timing these meteorological events?.

Does one erect a chart for the first drop of rain, the first snowflake to fall, the first thunderclap or lightning strike, and what about gales, how does one determine the timing for these important weather events, well of course all these are almost impossible to time precisely, so we have to make best with what we have with other astrological techniques and methods to come to terms with this insoluble problem.

Therefore we must look to certain specific planetary starting points, or cycle charts, before the weather event itself to see the connections to weather prediction. The ingress chart is probably the most important when it comes to mundane matters, which of course includes the prediction of weather, and of course there are other very important cyclical charts such as the planetary synods i.e., Saturn/Neptune 36 years, but here we are talking of cycles that in effect are to long to be of any use astrometerologically, though saying that, in my study of Severe Winters in the UK (see chapter ) there is found a strong correlation to these longer cycles, but more on that later. Here we are trying to find methods for much shorter durations which correlate with our ever changing climate.

What is an ingress chart?, well basically an ingress chart ("the act of entering") is when a planet moves exactly into the first degree (00°00'00") of a particular zodiacal sign, and that chart is then calculated for a particular location one happens to choose. If one were to do an astrometeorological forecast for London then the ingress chart is coordinated and set for London.

To further support these ingress charts the important work done by Garth Allen (ref:1) has shown that the lunar ingress into the cardinal signs (especially Capricorn) has an intimate link to record rainfall, especially via Jupiters angularity, but also Venus and the Moon tend to be positioned on or near the angles of the ingress chart in higher than normal rainfall, all this in the sidereal, the Fagan-Allen ayanamsha. Therefore all my work, ingresses etc, incorporates the usage of the fagan sidereal zodiac.
These lunar ingresses indicate only the trend of the monthly weather in regards to rainfall, they don't actually pinpoint the vagaries of daily weather, this situation is still on research, as the warning of adverse weather for a certain locality through astrometeorology is still in its infancy, and a lot more time and research is surely needed.

The other ingresses, particularily the solar ingress, and especially those involving the cardinal signs i.e., Solstice-Cancer and Capricorn and the Equinox- Aries and Libra, are quite well known amongst astrologers, however there is some contention as to which Solar cardinal ingress is the most powerful factor or driving force for the year ahead, I personally prefer to use the Capricorn ingress throughout my work, perhaps hinting at the Aries ingress now and then, but overall I use the Capricorn ingress. Why do I use it?, just for the plain reason that its point is similiar to, or symbolises, a New Moon phase or that in which a new cycle is about to open out.

Can the solar ingress, or more precisely the capsolar (Capricorn) ingress, be progressed in any way?, well I think so, of course transits are common knowledge and serve their purpose which we shall see further on, but I have another method that's rarely used and that is the Quotidian progressional system, briefly this method moves the angles approximately 1 degree per day from the main Capricorn ingress chart. This method I have used extensively throughout my work and many examples will be given in the various articles.

I refered above to the transits as having a "purpose" in astrometeorology, this works in combination with the Sunrise chart. The sunrise chart (Sun -0- the Ascendant) erected for any locality has been used for a very long time in Vedic astrometeorology in determining the days weather, so I decided to test it out with agreeable results, though not solely on its own as one chart does not and cannot reveil the particular weather event, it has to be a combination of charts, and in our case the sunrise (transits including the angles) and solar/lunar ingress must be looked at. Again, as in the quotidian progressions, examples will be shown as we go along. I would just like to add here, that the angles (included the important AS/MC midpoint) in all these charts and their contacts to significant planets play a major part in forecasting.

(Ref:1 Garth Allen 7/68 A.A. Crashing the Atmospheric Science Barrier, Part 1)

Introduction & Cyril Fagan's Sidereal Ayanamsa Coordinates

Since I prefer to use the Sidereal coordinates, I think it only fair to briefly explain some points that you may find puzzling.
I frequently refer to the Ingress charts as being cansolar, capsolar or caplunar etc, this in effect is exactly the same as saying, the Sun or Moon has moved into Capricorn (capsolar - caplunar) or the Sun has moved into Cancer (cansolar), this is just a neat way of expression. But the big difference is that the sidereal date will have changed by several weeks (at least in this century), and this of course changes everything.

For example:
Tropical Moon Ingress into Capricorn = 29th Dec 1997
Sidereal Moon Ingress into Capricorn = 27th Jan 1998 (caplunar)

Tropical Sun Ingress into Aquarius = 20th Jan 1998
Sidereal Sun Ingress into Aquarius = 13th Feb 1998 (aquasolar)

If you use the tropical zodiac and want to convert to the Sidereal then subtract the figures below to arrive at the Sidereal degrees. Most astrological programs have the option to use Fagan's sidereal.

Year
1900=23*20' 38.3'' (Pisces)

1910=23*29' 00.8''

1920=23*37' 23.4''

1930=23*45' 46.1''

1940=23*54' 08.7''

1950=24*02' 31.4''

1960=24*10' 54.0''

1970=24*19' 16.7''

1980=24*27' 39.5''

1990=24*36' 02.2''

2000=24*44' 24.1''

For a much deeper understanding of Fagan's Sidereal zodiac refer to his book "Primer of Sidereal Astrology" pub. AFA.