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[ Updated July 29 ]
Please forgive the fact that the text here repeats some, but parts of this were written at different times (literally diff decades) and have been wedged together on a daily/yearly basis. Also remember that my hands hurt (see image above) and I HATE TYPING, so watch for hypos. Please forgive the fact that the text here repeats some, but parts of this were written at different times.
See the chart below that shows when the moon makes its monthly close approach to the earth through 2010. On Jan 30 the perigee followed the full moon by 2 hours. The earth had been close to the sun on Jan 3, so that produced the high tides of the year, in the middle of the winter in the northern hemisphere. Feb 27th was the day of the 8.8 quake in Chile; one month after the tidal peak.
The next peak of the tides occurs around Aug 10 and Sept 8, when the perigee is 14 hours after the new moon, and 6 hours before it. Remember that 80% of hurricanes happen in Aug, Sept and Oct, and that they peak in number on about September 8th.
The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 came to shore on Sept 8th that year. You can see the 1900 data above, which indicates that chances are good for a hurricane near Aug 10th this year, AND that they are REAL GOOD for the week of Sept 8. 2010.
Looking at the planets for 2009 and 2010, we note that Jupiter conjoined Neptune in Sept 2009 and it will conjoin Uranus in Sept 2010. They are 30 degrees apart, and Jupiter moves abt 30 degrees a year. The earth passed between the sun and Jupiter in Aug, 2009, in Feb 2010 it was on the other side of the sun, so that the sun conjoined Jupiter, and in Sept 2010 the earth passes between the sun and Jupiter again, 30 degrees further on than in 2009.
In 2009, we saw the largest quake in the world, following the heliocentric conjunction of Jupiter and Neptune, as the moon conjoined the pair Sept 29th. That was an 8.1 quake. There had been a 7.0 quake on Sept 2 when the moon conjoined the pair before the conjunction.
The 8.8 quake in Chile happened the day before the sun conjoined the Jupiter at a full moon (seen from the earth). Jupiter was between Neptune and Uranus at that time. That is the largest quake in 2010, SO FAR. In September, the earth passes between the sun and Jupiter just after the equinox.
*** Actually, the earth passes between the sun and Jupiter the day that Jupiter conjoins Uranus heliocentrically. This also occurs on a full moon, Sept 23rd. Saturn is 7 degrees 'ahead' but on the opposite side, so the sun doesn't conjoin it until Oct 1. Down the page you can read about the fact that the 1872 Owens Valley CA quake happened in a year when Jupiter conjoined Uranus, and both of them opposed Saturn. You will also see that the 1900 and 1928 hurricanes occurred in years when Jupiter and Uranus were near each other.
While earthquakes do coincide with high tides, they are just as likely to occur in between tidal peaks. My intuition tells me to look for hurricanes on Aug 10 and Sept 8, and to look for quakes near Aug 24 and Sept 23. The moon conjoins Jupiter and Uranus again on July 30, just before their heliocentric conjunction. so I am holding my breath for that.
Hurricane Alex (CAT 2 hurricane) was the first tropical cyclone to form in the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season. Forming from a tropical wave on June 25, 2010, just before the lunar eclipse June 26. Tropical storm Bonnie formed July 22, before the next full moon.
read this page for a year
In case you are new to this site, I will point out that these pages deal with both short term and long term phenomena. I have kept up with what is happening astronomically and geo-politically on a daily basis for a long time, and attempt to point to long term trends in areas such as California earthquakes and Atlantic hurricanes. There is a lot of material here, and it could take some of you a year to read it all.
As it so happens, three cycles that I have followed for a number of years are 'coming together' to form a conglomerate of sorts. Those would be northern hemisphere winter storms, California quakes and Atlantic hurricanes.
This year the tides peaked the first time at the end of January, during the northern hemisphere's winter. The second peak will be September 8th, the time when Atlantic hurricanes peak statistically. The next peak after that will be in March 2011. You can see that the days get later each year. Eclipses, on the other hand, occur earlier each year. In either case, you can tell that the dates will repeat on a regular basis. In what follows, I connect winter storms and hurricanes to tidal cycles, and Caliquakes to eclipse cycles. As you can see, when the tides peak in January, they also peak in August and September, during the hurricane season in the northern hemisphere.
We have already seen a rough winter due to the fact that the tides peaked in the winter time in 2010; and we have seen a spike in California quake activity. Nearly EVERYONE is forecasting this hurricane season to be a bad one for the North Atlantic Basin. I expect a historic grade storm the week of Sept 8, when the tides peak, AND I expect another historic grade storm the week of March 19, 2011. That will be a tidal peak and a snow storm. More on that down the page in a section entitled, '19 march 2011'. Weather historians will recall the winter of 79-80 and the March blizzard of 1993. I expect something similar in March of 2011.
As you read, you will see that I am presenting a 'method' that can be easily learned and used, and that this is directed to serious students first. I have included enough graphs, tables, charts and links to software on this page, that any organized person should be able to put them to use immediately. I also include a plethora of historic examples.
The method involves watching the patterns of eclipse timings, the timing of tidal peaks, and the rhythms of planetary geometric configurations in general. The research method entails examining a data base of disaster events in an attempt to isolate repeating astronomical factors that correlate to those. When I make a forecast, it is always backed by pointing to astronomical circumstances and historical events.
At one point, I show 20th century eclipse charts and plot both North Atlantic Hurricanes and
California Earthquakes against those. All of this I tie into the fact that the sun has a direction that it travels through local space, just as the earth does. In December the earth is crossing the sun's path behind the sun, and in June it crosses the sun's path in front of the sun. NOT EXACTLY in front, but at an angle. In September the earth's direction is opposite to the sun's instantaneous velocity, while in March we are, in general, moving parallel to the sun's direction.
I recommend that quake and weather forecast models should be based on historical data that indicates a trend that repeats and is predictable, like eclipses and the tides; or sunspots, solar flares and CME's if you prefer. My point is that in order for a model to 'work', it needs to be connected to the past with historical examples. If you propose that there is a correlation between events A and B, the best way to back that claim up would be to show instances where A and B happened together (in time).
That is what I am trying to do here. That and keeping up with events that happen on the earth in relationship to astronomical happenings in general. Please see a section entitled 'Hindcasting' down the page. Hindcasting entails examining a historical data base looking for repeating patterns, like comparing the times of winter storms and hurricanes with peak tides. The following is a simultaneous look into the future and the past.
I have posted a 2010 Preview that includes a description of the astronomical circumstances beginning at the solstice in December 2009. Instead of having a lot of images of charts, I just have links to those. Instead of converting the .bmp's to .jpg's and reducing their size, I am leaving them larger .bmp's.
Here is a list of some of my astronomy related videos. My Utube handle is dcsymbols in case you want to do a search there.
You can probably tell that you will get more out of reading this if you have some way to illustrate for yourself, what I am talking about here. Although I include charts, images and videos, I strongly recommend that serious students download Astrolog, a free program that allows you to view the planets heliocentrically and geocentrically. Be sure to go to Info/Default Chart Info (Alt + D) to set your long and lat. The images here were generated with Astrolog. It has an animation function too. If you hit the x and m keys you get a black and white screen.
Quepaso? - What has been happening recently. Actually, since Dec.
bigbytes - My Homepage (email : bigbytes at dcsymbols dot com)
When I went to college, I first studied math and physics as an apprentice rocket scientist, until I discovered a used 'Introduction to Philosophy' book the summer that I spent so much time at the A.R.E. in Virginia Beach. That summer I worked outside at a pre-stressed concrete plant manufacturing four 75 foot long sections at a time. We made 'double T's', which are used as ceilings/floors in apartment buildings.
When I went back to school I switched to social science classes and graduated with a degree in Philosophy. I studied Philosophy, Sociology and Psychology at the graduate level before entering the building trades. I frame and maintain buildings and am a rod and instrument person for surveying crews. The first real job I ever had was as a lineman for a survey crew my freshman year at school. (A lineman cuts a line-of-sight through brush or trees so that the instrument people can complete a 'straight shot'.)
You will please notice that there are no ads here, and I don't have my name spread all over the page with a picture of myself. Some ppl are annoyed that I am not promoting a personality, just presenting my ideas and contrasting approaches to forecasting. Here are three of my favorite earthquake forecasters -
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Please check out weatherbill who is calling for twin disasters on August 10th and September 3rd, 2010. Bill says he is getting signs from God. Bill and his supporters point to other people having visions of the same thing as PROOF that he is correct. Hopefully he won't just keep sliding his dates back like some people do when his dates go by without anything happening. Bill is calling for a tsunami on Aug 10 and a west coast earthquake on Sept 3 that will coincide with the beginning of World War Three.
Bill has sent me a message that reads, "but what will you make of this when it does come to pass? It will indeed prove Jesus Christ is Lord, as anyone with good logic can see, a mere mortalliek you and I cannot predict the future this accurately, unless given th einformation from above!" The suggestion is that if this prediction comes true, it will PROVE that "Jesus Christ is Lord" because mortals like us cannot predict the future unless the information is "given from above". He suggests that 'anyone with good logic can see' this. Good logic?
I point out that Bill keeps asking EVERYONE what they will do WHEN this comes to pass, yet he never answers MY question about what HE will do when it DOESN'T come to pass? Logic or no logic. A Bill clone, who repeats everything he says, has written me to say "If this doesn't happen, I will be relieved, but only temporarily, for Cali will eventually be hit with the earthquake". Eventually? That person makes Bill's prediction perpetual, and indefinitely into the future. That IS NOT what Bill is saying. He says Aug 10 and Sept 3.
When I point out that repeating everything that a false prophet says, makes you a false prophet too, that person writes, "YEAH, I COULD SEE WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE A POINT IF I REALLY MEANT TO PRACTICE DECEIT AND WILLFULLY SPREAD LIES JUST TO SCARE PEOPLE, BUT I AM NOT AND I AM SHARING WITH WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE THE TRUTH". So, if you really believe what a false prophet says, but it doesn't come to pass, then you are free from guilt? That is twisted.
He continues, "Already have been extremely careful about promoting weatherbill, i have investigated his website like a detective-since August of 2009, for the past Eleven Months, and i believe with my mind and heart, that his testimony is true, not merely by his words, but by the OTHERS GETTING SAME MESSAGE, link on his website". Oh, others are getting the same message, eh? Note that he has investigated this 'like a detective-since August of 2009'. Now if that doesn't convince you, nothing will.
I ask that you wait until you are almost 60 y/o, and that you count up how many predictions like Bill's that you have seen come and go, unfulfilled. Pay special attention to how the forecasters act when their days pass, and how they attempt to account for their failures. Also pay special attention to the mental calisthenics that followers do in order to let their heroes (and themselves) off the hook, so to speak.
Please note that I have asked Bill more than once about his 'track record', that is, how many times he has received correct messages from God in the past? He has never attempted to answer that. When it comes to quake predictions, I always ask that question first. With forecasters who present a supposed method, I always ask how their technique accounts for the latest big quakes.
California Earthquakes
* The Big Question is whether the April 4th, M 7.2 event in Baja California is the largest event for this series? I am suggesting that it is NOT The Last in the series; whether it will turn out to be the largest, I don't know. What I do know is that indications are good for a big quake around the time of the September equinox.
[Concerning the 5.4 California quake on July 7th: Please note that the quake today happened two weeks after the June solstice, while the 7.2 Baja quake on April 4 was two weeks after the March equinox. Note also the the M 6.5 quake January 10th off the coast of N. California happened prior to the solar eclipse Jan 15th, while this quake has preceeded the eclipse of July 11th. The Jan 10th quake was two weeks after the December solstice. The quakes that kicked off this series happened on Sept 19 (after the new moon) and October 2 (before the next new moon) a little less than two weeks after the September equinox.]
For many years I have written about Caliquakes happening when there are Pisces solar eclipses and when Jupiter conjoins Neptune. (See the section "On the Timing of California Earthquakes" down the page.) We have passed the eclipses and Jupiter conjoined Neptune in 2009. In Dec 2008, I posted a video calling for a California quake for the new moon on Sept 18th. The M 5.1 Sept 19th Calexico quake was the largest in the state at that time, that year.
That quake was followed by a 5.2 quake before the next full moon, then a 5.8 before the eclipse in Dec, the 6.5 off the coast of Eureka the day before the sun conjoined Venus, then the 7.2 quake when Mercury and Venus conjoined. That is, we have now seen a 6.5 quake in the north and a 7.2 quake in the south. If you look at California quake history, you will not see more than that much activity in one year. That is, it is unlikely that a quake larger than 7.2 will follow those others; based on Pisces eclipses and Jup/Nept conjunctions. [That is the optimistic outlook.]
March 1872 Owens Valley Quake
Looking at the history of earthquakes in California, we only find two big quakes that were not associated with Jup/Nept conjunctions or with Pisces solar eclipses. One of those was the 1872 Owens Valley quake and the other was the 1994 Northridge quake. In 1994, Uranus was in conjunction with Neptune (geocentrically) at the time of the quake, and the sun conjoined Venus. This year the 6.5 quake off the coast of Eureka in January happened the day before the sun/Venus conjunction and the Haiti quake happened the day after it.
*** Earlier in the year, I had written that if California got through the March equinox period without a large quake, that would increase the probability of a big one happening at the equinox in the fall or the June solstice. Now that we have seen a 7.2 quake on April 4 (following the equinox closely), I will say that the likelihood has decreased for another large quake. The wild card is the fact that Jupiter conjoins Uranus and opposes Saturn this year, just like in 1872 for the 8.5 Owens Valley quake. You can see the chart for that below.
The down side of the situation is that in 1872 there was an 8.5 quake there with no Pisces eclipses and Jupiter did not conjoin Neptune; the tides did not peak at the time of the quake, which followed the March equinox closely. What did happen then is that, just like this year, Jupiter conjoined Uranus opposite to Saturn. The only difference is that in 1872, Saturn was in Capricorn, and will be in Libra this year. In 1994, Uranus and Neptune conjoined near the same location in Capricorn.
At the top of the chart you can see that Mercury, Mars and Neptune were close to one another, as seen from the earth that is; and that they were square to Sat, Uran, and Jup. The moon was opposite to that group of planets, and it is just after the equinox. Down the page you can see the planets for the September equinox in 2010. We see that the sun is crossing the line as well as the moon.
In the image above, Jupiter and Uranus appear to be several degrees apart, when in reality they were in heliocentric conjunction then. That means that from the sun's point of view, Jupiter was passing Uranus. The day of the conjunction was March 16th. The moon had not reached the pair then. The quake 'waited' until after the moon was full, and until the moon opposed the grouping of Mars, Mercury and Neptune.
In 2009, the largest quake in the world happened when the moon conjoined Jupiter and Neptune following their heliocentric conjunction in September. In 2010, the moon will be conjoining Jupiter as it conjoins Uranus on Sept 23 heliocentrically, after the equinox. The earth passes between the sun and those two at a full moon, as they all conjoin (moon, Jup, Uran). If there were to be a quake that would top the 7.2 quake in April, that looks like a good time for it.
You should remember that the 8.8 Chile quake happened at a full moon as the sun conjoined Jupiter, when it was half-way in between Neptune and Uranus.
*** Do It Yourself Atlantic Hurricane Forecast - Gemini Eclipses and Jupiter/Uranus conjunctions. Tides peak Sept 8, 2010. Jupiter will conjoin Uranus again Sept 23rd, near the equinox and following the tidal peak.
The hurricane season is six months long, from June to Dec 1. Below we see the new and full moons for 2010. Including May 27th, there are 13 new and full moons during that period. The full moon on June 26th will be an eclipse as will the new moon on July 11th. Then below that we see the list of times when the moon is closest to the earth each month in 2010.
*** Following the June 26th eclipse, Mercury conjoined the sun on June 28th. At that time there were two hurricanes in the eastern Pacific basin, and a tropical depression in the Atlantic basin. One of the eastern Pacific storms developed into a CAT 5 storm, while the one in the Atlantic basin developed inot CAT 2 Hurricane Alex, the first Atlantic Hurricane of 2010, and the first June hurricane since the active season of 1995.
On July 22 Tropical Storm Bonnie has formed. The moon will be full July 25/6.
*** The chart below shows that the perigee will be 14 hours after the new moon in August and 6 hours before the one in September. Remember that 80% of Atlantic Hurricanes occur in three months, August, Sept and Oct. I'm putting my money on a hurricane the week of Sept 8th.
Weather Underground is reporting that "Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) in the Atlantic's Main Development Region for hurricanes had their warmest March on record, according to an analysis of historical SST data from the UK Hadley Center. The high March SST anomaly does not bode well for the coming hurricane season. The three past seasons with record warm March SST anomalies all had abnormally high numbers of intense hurricanes. Past hurricane seasons that had high March SST anomalies include 1969 (1.06°C anomaly), 2005 (0.93°C anomaly), and 1958 (0.93°C anomaly)".
They are suggesting that this and a weakening of the El Nino and an increasing La Nina in the Pacific, will result in an active hurricane season for the North Atlantic Basin.
*** AccuWeather.com's forecast is calling for a much more active 2010 Atlantic Hurricane season with above-normal threats on the U.S. coastline!! Since the tides peak on Sept 8th, I recommend that the hurricane season will ramp up two weeks before that, and that there will be storms until late in the season.
1900 Data
In the image above you can see that in 1900 the perigee was 13 hours after the full moon in Sept and 7 hours before it in October. The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 is to date the deadliest natural disaster ever to strike the United States. The hurricane made landfall on the city of Galveston, Texas, on September 8, 1900. It had estimated winds of 135 miles per hour (217 km/h) at landfall.
*** Serious students of astrometeorology would do well to compare the times of Atlantic hurricanes and the times when Jupiter conjoined Uranus, like 1900 and 2010. I suggest that the days to watch during hurricane season in 2010 are Aug 10, Aug 24, Sept 8, Sept 23, Oct 7, Oct 23, and Nov 6.
In a 1980 National Geographic article about the 20th Century's Worst Atlantic Hurricanes (to that time), they named 16 storms; that averages one every five years. When you look at the solar eclipses for the years that those hurricanes occurred, you see all but one (1957) had solar eclipses between late May and the September equinox. That is Gemini, Cancer, Leo and Virgo solar eclipses. Looking closer you see that 7 of the 16 happened in years with Gemini solar eclipses; that is late May into June.
These are eclipses that happen during the early part of the hurricane season, and are worse when the eclipses are early. Eclipses occur earlier every year, so we see Virgo eclipses, then Leo, then Cancer, then Gemini. We can say that the chance of a large hurricane increases when the eclipses happen in these months, and that it really increases near Gemini solar eclipses.
In 2010, there is a solar eclipse on July 11th; in the middle of the eclipse window for Atlantic hurricanes. Note that this does not mean that a hurricane will occur near the eclipse, just that this is a likely year for one. Note also that due to eclipses, the years following this year approach the Gemini eclipses, and also point to bad storms. I suggest that which of those years have bad storms depend on 1) whether it is an El Nino year, and 2) when the tides peak that year.
I refer you to the work of James Elsner and Thomas Jagger of Florida State University, who after examining the past 100 year hurricane records of the United States and Caribbean conclude that their intensity may be linked to 10 to 12 year solar magnetic activity cycles - the sunspot cycle. They suggest that "Establishing a link between sunspots and hurricane intensity can provide a valuable tool for predicting storms".
Notice that specifically say 'intensity may be linked', so we are not just talking about the number of hurricanes. Weather forecasters are using this hypothesis to point to an increased possibility of bad hurricanes for 2010. I recommend that as a forecaster we are concerned mainly with 'the bad ones'; and it seems that it would be easy enough to test the reliability of this thesis by examining a hurricane data base, like the article about which names 16 storms from 1900 to 1980.
Comparing hurricane dates with sunspots we see that the 1900 Galveston storm happened the year before a minimum, but the 1928 Lake Okechobee storm happened at a sunspot max. The 1954 hurricane coincided with a minimum, but the 1957 storm with a max. Hurricane Hugo happened in 1989, a solar max year. David and Fredrick happened in 1979, a solar max year. Camille happened in 1969 following a solar max in 1968. Other than those that I have listed, you could not say that years with solar minima coincided with many of the 16 storm listed in the Nat. Geographics article.
If you want a long range hurricane pointer, just look at Gemini solar eclipses. Remember that we are worried about the bad ones mainly. From the list of 16 storms that Nat. Geographics chose, seven were in years with Gemini eclipses; 1900, 1909, 1919, 1928, 1938, 1955, and 1965. The connection was weak in 1946 and 1974, the two other times with Gemini eclipses.
Following 1980, there were Gemini solar eclipses in 1983 and 1984. Both of these turned out to be El Nino years, but the Atlantic still produce Huricane Alicia that was the most expensive Texas storm at that time, in 83. There was a Gemini eclipse in 1993 following Hurricane Andrew in 1992. There was a Gemini eclipse in 2002 before Hurricane Isabel in 2003. There is a Gemini solar eclipse in June 2012.
*** The average date for the first named storm in the North Atlantic basin is June 10. There is a solar eclipse on July 11, 2010. 80% of Atlantic hurricanes happen in August, Sept and Oct. They peak statistically between Sept 6 and 10. This year the tides peak on Sept 8th the next time. The 1900 Galveston Hurricane came to shore on Sept 8, at a peak high tide that year. I expect an earthquake to precede the tidal peak, and to occur about Aug 24th. Then I expect a historical grade storm in the Atlantic the week of September 8th.
24 Aug 2010
Speaking of Aug 24 - I will direct you to my video about tides and quakes and note that the Haiti quake in January (and several other large quakes) happened abt two weeks before the peak. 24 Aug is the full moon before the 8 Sept tidal peak. The Haiti quake also occurred as the sun conjoined Venus and the Chile quake as it conjoined Jupiter.
Jupiter moves from Neptune to Uranus this year. Below we see that Jup has reached Uranus in Aug. In that image you can see Saturn directly opposite to Jupiter. You also see that the earth stands between the sun and Neptune that day. AND THAT Venus is conjoining Mars.
21 August 2010.
The sun opposes Neptune 21 Aug. The moon is full 24 Aug. The moon conjoins Jupiter and Uranus 27 Aug. This is the flips side of what we saw this winter. Then the sun conjoined Neptune at the new moon Feb 15th, conjoined Jupiter at the full moon Feb 28th, and Uranus at a new moon Mar 15th, then it opposed Saturn March 22nd.
As Jupiter conjoins Uranus, there will only be 3 stations in Aug and Sept. The sun opposes Neptune at the full moon Aug 24, it opposes Jup and Uran Sept 23 and it conjoins Saturn Oct 1th - as the tides are peaking in the hurricane season.
re: the 2005 atlantic hurricane season
Consider the 2005 hurricane season depicted below. 2005 was about a picture perfect fit to the template. Precursor, peak, spike and climax. 1,2,3 and 4. The next peak will be Sept 8th.
2005 Hurricane Season Hurricane Wilma was the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin.
Hurricane Wilma was the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin. Wilma was the twenty-second storm (including the subtropical storm discovered in reanalysis), thirteenth hurricane, sixth major hurricane, and fourth Category 5 hurricane of the record-breaking 2005 season.
Wilma made several landfalls, with the most destructive effects felt in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, Cuba, and the U.S. state of Florida. At least 63 deaths were reported, and damage is estimated at over $29.1 billion ($20.6 billion in the US; 2005 US dollars),[1] ranking Wilma among the top 5 costliest hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic and the fourth costliest storm in U.S. history.
Hurricane Rita was the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico. Rita caused $11.3 billion in damage on the U.S. Gulf Coast in September 2005.[1] Rita was the seventeenth named storm, tenth hurricane, fifth major hurricane, and third Category 5 hurricane of the historic 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.
Saturn's Connection to Earthquakes - That deals with Jupiter too. The Dec 1811 New Madrid, MO quake and the July 1976 China quake both occurred at new moons that conjoined Saturn; that is, the sun and moon both conjoined Saturn at those times. The fact that the same thing happened Sept 18, 2009 was what led me to forecast a California quake for that time.
During 2010, Jupiter is approaching a heliocentric conjunction with Uranus. Saturn has just passed being directly opposite to Uranus. This means that on one side of the system we see Saturn and on the other side Jupiter and Uranus. How these planets look to us on the earth, depends on where we are in our trip around the sun. At the September equinox the earth passes across the line between the sun and Jupiter and Uranus, as they conjoin. Saturn is 8 degrees ahead of the line then, so that the sun will conjoin it the following week.
Each month (this year) as the moon orbits the earth, it will oppose one of these as it conjoins the other. These times have been shown to be earthquake pointers. In addition to that, Mars will opposes Neptune (as seen from the earth) on June 3rd. The line between them is offset 30 degrees from the Sat/Jup/Uran line. You should keep an eye on when the moon crosses that line around that time.
In articles that you will read about the recent China quake, they will point you to the 12 May, 2008 M 7.9 quake in the same area. That day the moon conjoined Saturn and opposed Neptune, since those two lay across the sun from one another then. This year Saturn has moved from opposing Neptune to opposing Uranus, and Jupiter is about to overtake Uranus and oppose Saturn too.
That is, in 2008 Saturn and Neptune were opposite to one another, but in 2010 Saturn is opposite to Uranus, and Jupiter catches Uranus later in the year. As Jupiter will oppose Saturn in 2010, the moon's conjunctions with each of these occur opposite to one another across the same line.
*** The moon conjoined Saturn and opposed both Jupiter and Uranus April 25th and we saw an M 6.5 quake off the coast of Taiwan then. (Here is an animation of the planets for the year, beginning in Dec 2009, and focusing on the moon/Saturn conjunctions. The moon and Saturn will be on the left in the images.) Here are the days of the moon/Saturn conjunctions for the rest of the year:
(Sun) 4/25/2010 10:13am Moon (Vir) Con [Vir] Saturn
(Sat) 5/22/2010 3:08pm Moon (Vir) Con [Vir] Saturn
(Fri) 6/18/2010 8:57pm Moon (Vir) Con (Vir) Saturn
(Fri) 7/16/2010 5:42am Moon (Vir) Con (Vir) Saturn
(Thu) 8/12/2010 6:01pm Moon (Lib) Con (Lib) Saturn
(Thu) 9/ 9/2010 9:09am Moon (Lib) Con (Lib) Saturn
(Thu) 10/ 7/2010 1:18am Moon (Lib) Con (Lib) Saturn
(Wed) 11/ 3/2010 4:28pm Moon (Lib) Con (Lib) Saturn
(Wed) 12/ 1/2010 4:44am Moon (Lib) Con (Lib) Saturn
(Tue) 12/28/2010 1:35pm Moon (Lib) Con (Lib) Saturn
Below you can see the planets for May 9th, when the moon reaches the opposite side of the earth which is at the center of the image. The moon's conjunctions with Jupiter and Uranus will fall half way between the moon/Saturn conjunctions for several months.
May 9: the moon conjoins Jupiter and Uranus and opposes Saturn.
On May 9th, the moon reaches Jupiter and Uranus, which are opposite to Saturn. (Here is another animation of the planets for the year, beginning in Nov 2009, and focusing on the moon/Jupiter conjunctions and oppositions. You can follow Jupiter's move from Neptune to Uranus in the images.)
*** May 9: M 7.2 quake in Northern Indonesia.
*** May 10: 5 dead in tornado outbreak in Oklahoma.
(You will recall that the quake on April 25 was folowed by the killer tornadoes in Mississippi on the 26th. The moon conjoins Saturn and opposes Juipter and Uranus again on May 22. We can see what happens then. Note that tornadoes peak in number in May.)
On April 25th the moon conjoined Saturn and it will do so again on May 22nd. You can see that Jupiter and Saturn are directly opposite to one another then (as seen from the earth). Mars will be 6 degrees from being opposite to Neptune at that time. When the moon reaches Neptune on June 3, Mars will be directly opposite to them. The moon will reaches Jupiter and Uranus On June 6th.
May 22: the moon conjoins Saturn and opposes Jupiter and Uranus.
*** May 23: M 6.1 quake in Central Peru.
*** May 24: M 6.5 quake in Acre, Brazil.
*** May 25: M 6.3 quake in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
*** May 26: M 6.4 quake in the Ryukyu Islands.
*** May 27: M 7.2 and 6.4 Vanuatu. Full Moon.
As you can see, the sun has moved away from the line connecting Sat and Jup/Uran. It reaches Saturn the first week of October, just after Jupiter conjoins Uranus heliocentrically. Until then, new and full moons have to be considered separately from the planets.
The next significant astronomical events will be the sun squaring the line from Mars to Neptune and the one from Saturn to Jupiter and Uranus in June. Here I mean planetary events other than moon conjunctions and oppositions. The two eclipses follow the square shown below.
June 18, 2010.
The image above is a geocentric view of the planets for June 18, 2010 where Mars is opposite to Neptune and the sun is square to the line between Saturn and Uranus. This is just before the solstice. Jupiter is within a degree of Uranus (as seen from the earth). The moon conjoins Saturn within two degrees of being opposite those two. The sun is square (90 degrees) to those four. Two weeks before this, and two weeks after this, the moon will conjoin Jupiter and Uranus.
[Remember that this 'conjunction' of Jupiter and Uranus is due to the movement of the earth around the sun. Jupiter does not conjoin Uranus heliocentrically until Sept 23, at the equinox.]
*** June 12th: the new moon has produced an M 7.5 earthquake. There was an M 7.2 quake at the last full moon May 27th.
*** June 13th: There was an M 6.1 quake in Japan following the new moon. On May 26th, there was an M 6.5 quake in Japan before the full moon.
*** June 15th: An M 5.7 quake strikes SO CALIFORNIA as the moon conjoins Venus.
*** June 16th: An M 7.0 quake strikes near the nroth coast of Papua New Guinea.
*** June 17th: An M 6.0 quake strikes near the south of the Kermadec Islands.
June 26: the moon opposes Mercury and the sun.
There is a lunar eclipse not long after the solstice in June. The eclipse happens just before Mercury conjoins the sun (seen above). The next new moon July 11th is a total solar eclipse.
*** June 25: As the eclipse approaches we are seeing two hurricanes in the eastern Pacific basin, one of which is a CAT 5 now, as well as a tropical depression in Atlantic basin.
*** June 26: An M 6.7 quake in the Solomon Islands has coincided with the lunar eclipse.
*** June 29: Tropical Storm Alex develops into the first hurricane of 2010 and is the first June hurricane since the active 1995 season.
*** June 30: an M 6.3 quake south of the Fiji Islands, and an M 6.2 in Oaxaca, Mexico.
July 3: the moon conjoins Jup/Uran and opposes Sat,
Venus approaches its opposition to Neptune,
Mercury departs from the sun, and
Mars approaches Saturn.
*** July 2: an M 6.3 quake happened in Vanuatu.
*** July 4: an M 6.4 quake happened off the east coast of Honshu, Japan.
*** July 7: an M 5.4 quake happened in Southern California four days prior to a solar eclipse. The January 10th M 6.5 quake off the coast of N. California happened prior to the Jan 15th solar eclipse..
July 11 will see a solar eclipse.
*** July 10: an M 6.3 quake happened in the Mariana Islands.
*** July 12: an M 6.2 quake happened in Chile.
The moon conjoins Saturn and opposes Jupiter and Uranus again on July 16th.
*** July 14: an M 6.5 quake happened in Chile as the moon conjoined Venus and oppsed Neptune.
*** July 18: an M 6.6 quake happened in the Alaskan Islands, an M 6.9 quake happened in New Guinea, an M 7.3 in Indonesia, and another M 6.0 quake happened in the Alaskan Islands.
*** July 20: an M 6.3 quake happened in New Guinea.
*** July 21: an M 6.1 quake happened in Indonesia.
*** July 22: an M 6.2 quake happened in Vanuatu.
*** July 23: M 7.3, 7.6 and 7.4 quakes happened in the Philippenes.
*** July 24: M 6.5 quake happened in the Philippenes.
*** July 25: M 6.0 quake happened in the Tonga.
The next full moon is July 25th (seen above). The moon opposes the sun, Mercury opposes Neptune, and Mars and Saturn oppose Jupiter and Uranus. On July 30, the moon conjoins Jupiter and Uranus (seen below), as Mars conjoins Saturn (opposite to Uranus).
*** July 29: M 6.6 quake happened in the Philippenes.
*** July 30: M 6.2 quake happened off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia.
July 30: the moon conjoins Jup/Uran and opposes Sat/Mars.
You can see in the chart above that in July, Mars conjoins Saturn, so when the moon conjoins Jupiter and Uranus it also opposes Mars and Saturn.
As the year progresses and Jupiter gets closer to its heliocentric conjunction with Uranus, we need to watch each time the moon crosses the line between them and Saturn, keeping in mind that some of those times look more ominous than others. August 12 is one of those times.
Aug 12: the moon conjoins Sat, Ven and Mars and opposes Jupiter and Uranus.
23 Sept 2010
I have chosen Sept 23 because of the position of the moon, and because Jupiter conjoins Uranus heliocentrically that day. The image above shows that the earth passes between the sun and the conjoining Uranus and Jupiter as the moon passes between the earth and those two and is full. The sun will conjoin Saturn on October 1st. Mars and Venus are near a conjunction too.
Jupiter conjoined Neptune heliocentrically on Sept 20th in 2009, and the largest quake in the world that year happened the next time the moon passed them in the sky, Sept 29. There were 8.1 and 7.5 quakes on the 29th and 30th. There was a 7.0 quake on Sept 2 when the moon passed the pair. There was a 6.9 quake before the moon conjoined them in October.
So this year, at the September equinox, Jupiter will conjoin Uranus. At the same time, the earth passes between the sun and these two, AND the moon is full. The sun does not conjoin Saturn until a week later, but at the equinox we have Saturn behind the sun, the earth between the sun and Jupiter/Uranus, and the moon between the earth and those two; a configuration that involves six celestial bodies.
The image above shows that the tides peak Jan 30 and Sept 8th in 2010. It is suggested that the front (or right) side of the sine curve is wet while the back (or left) side is drier. The front side for early 2010 was Feb, March April and May. The back side will include June, July and part of August. In other words, look for a dry June and July, and expect the return of the rain in mid-August. The next 'drier' period will be in January and Feb of 2011. In general, I expect four wet months, then three drier ones.
Danger from the Tides. I suggest that storms, as a general rule, happen when the tides peak, and that the nature of the storms depends on when the tides peak, meaning in what season.
1980 and the Tides - Tidal theory in practice. Mt St Helen's and my forecast for 1981.
I presume that you know that the southern hemisphere has its summer as the northern hemisphere has its winter. As the earth is closest to the sun the first week in January, that is winter in the north and summer in the south. Tidal peaks that happen near the first week of January are increased by the fact that the solar gravitational factor maximizes then. That is, the highest possible tides would theoretically occur at an eclipsing new moon that is close to the earth (lunar perigee) as the earth is close to the sun on Jan 3rd, a winter day in the north.
Take a look at this chart that I have made which shows the
days that the moon makes its closest passes by the earth. That is also when the tides peak. Notice that I have arranged the chart so that you see January peaks on the top row. Look closely and you will see that those days are 18 years and 11 days apart. That is - this cycle is 11 days longer than the sun cycle in 18 years. Looking at the
perigee calculator page, you will find that 23 Dec 1893, 4 Jan 1912, 15 Jan 1930 and 26 Jan 1948 were the closest perigees in that chart.
If you observe for a while you will see that big storm events follow the times when the tides peak, and that the nature of the storm is determined by the season that it occurs in. As I said, this year the tides peak first in the winter time, and the second time, dead in the heart of hurricane season. When the tides peak, we can expect four wet months followed by three 'drier' months, then four more wet months. As of the third week of April we are approaching the end of the third month after the peak.
Tidal expert Fergus Wood, after considering the times of past coastal tidal flooding events, asserted that the storms appear to resonate and get stronger at the second and third anomalistic month after the peaks. That means the second and third lunations. If the tide peaked on a full moon, that would be the second and third full moons after that (3 and 4 above). The last would be the 'climactic' event for the series.
Hopefully you know that the tides result from the earth moving through a 'tidal bulge' that follows the moon. If you don't understand that, please do an image search for 'tidal bulge'; I'll wait... As I say, that follows the moon, and the moon moves an average of 13 degrees across the sky (as seen from the earth) every 24 hours. The tides peak twice a day because of this.
Daily tides peak twice a month at new and full moons (called spring tides) when the sun, moon and earth lie in one plane. [When they are in one line there is an eclipse.] These peaks are larger when a new or full moon coincides with the moon's close approach to the earth (the moon's perigee). This happens every seven months, alternately at new and full moons, and produces the highest tides of the year. The tide peak in January 2010 was at a full moon, the one in September will be at a new moon, and the one in March 2011 will be at another full moon.
As you can figure out, THOSE tides peak when they occur when the earth is closest to the sun on January 3rd (the earth's perihelion). The highest tides happen in the winter time in the northern hemisphere. And, each year the tides peak a little later than the year before. I suggest that the year-to-year rhythm (long term) is analogous to the month-to-month rhythm in a given year. Precursor, peak, spike, climax.
My point is that we see a climax following the January peaks, in March. The Dec 12 full moon was 4 hours from the perigee. In Jan 2009 it was 16 hours away. Jan 30, 2010 was the next peak. In 2011, the perigee happens the same hour as the full moon. My forecast is for storm peaks March 30 & April 28, 2010, and one on March 19, 2011.
In 1993, the tides peaked on March 8th, an hour from the full moon.
"The Storm of the Century, also known as the ’93 Superstorm, No-Name Hurricane, the White Hurricane, or the (Great) Blizzard of 1993, was a large cyclonic storm that occurred on March 12–March 13, 1993, on the East Coast of North America. It is unique for its intensity, massive size and wide-reaching effect. At its height the storm stretched from Canada to Central America, but its main impact was on the Eastern United States and Cuba. Areas as far south as central Alabama and Georgia received 6 to 8 inches (20 cm) of snow and areas such as Birmingham, Alabama, received up to 12 inches (30 cm) with isolated reports of 16 inches (41 cm). Even the Florida Panhandle reported up to 4 inches (10 cm), with hurricane-force wind gusts and record low barometric pressures. Between Louisiana and Cuba, hurricane-force winds produced high storm surges in the Gulf of Mexico, which along with scattered tornadoes killed dozens of people."
Astrometorology students can look at the three winters of 77, 78, and 79-80 and the tidal peaks then. I have already pointed out that Mt St Helen's erupted in 1980 following a tidal peak that happened March 16th that year. In the legendary snowfall of March 1980, Norfolk, VA was left with almost 42 inches of snow. A March 3, 2009 snow storm in Richmond, VA was described as the largest to hit the area since Jan. 3, 2002, when 7.7 inches fell on the City of Richmond. The storm was also the largest for March since 13 inches of snow fell from March 1-2, 1980, according to the National Weather Service.
OK, that's not all. You will notice that the tide peak on March 19th will be close to the equinox. If you look down the page, you will see that this year (2010) the sun conjoined Uranus at the new moon on March 15th, which produced four M 6+ quakes,a storm in New England and two tropical cyclones. Next year, the conjunction of the sun and Uranus will occur very near the tidal peak.
Since analogues form the basis of all long range forecasts, to be successful, it is essential that the forecaster be a historian of the phenomenon with which they deal. When presenting a forecast (unless one presents one's self as a psychic) we are actually testing an analogue or predictive model, based upon examination of historical data. The method consists of analyzing a data base, in order to try to uncover sequential and recurring patterns that can be used to predict the phenomenon in the future (if that be possible). The key lies in choosing the right data to examine.
This "pattern matching" technique is identical to what we call the "hindcasting" method of astro-meteorology, which entails examining the astronomical configurations that occur at the times of certain events or phenomenon, and projecting any pattern found into the future. [Note that in schizophrenics, this pattern matching function is cancerous, that is, it is
out of control. Thanks to S.O.D. for the link.]
Astro-meteorology and seismology
Astro-meteorology and seismology are studies of significance that depend on both objective and subjective techniques; utilizing empirical, largely analogue methods. Accepting that what happens on the Earth in regard to meteorological and seismic activity can be affected by the positions and motions of the sun, moon, and planets, astro-meteorologists attempt to extract moments of 'astronomical significance' from the flux of time, by identifying 'significant' astronomical configurations.
Please note that long-range forecasts generated by astro-meteorological research should not be seen as competing with those from people in other areas of concern, but rather an attempt to help extend the range of techniques and procedures at the forecaster's disposal; as well as helping to strengthen confidence in popular analogues, or to indicate where they might be unreliable or ineffective.
I would point out that disaster events are quantified in three main ways: 1) as to the magnitude of the event, 2) as to the number of deaths that result, and 3) as to the dollar value of the damage that results. Due to the nature of the events, you will get different looking data results if you search in any one of the three categories. This means that while you can have large quakes that produce a lot of death and damage, a smaller quake can also produce a lot of D&D if it strikes in a city with poorly built structures and no building codes.
On the flip side, you will need to take that into account when you evaluate the outcome of a forecast. Many times powerful storms form that never affect populated areas, and as likely as not, the storms that cause a lot of D&D aren't always the big ones.
* Jan 19 Cayman Islands Earthquake: Is This a Trend? - "It seems as though we’re experiencing an “earthquake season,” but according to the US Geological Survey, earthquakes are as likely to happen at any time of the day, month or year. And while earthquakes do sometimes occur in clusters, there’s no great meaning". Yeah, right.
When they say an earthquake season, what they are referring to is the two months surrounding the Haiti and Chile quakes earlier this year (2010). They are trying to make it appear as if the activity that we saw then was extra-ordinary some how. Take a look at this chart (from 1990) which shows the number of
M 7+ quakes per year from 1900 to 1989. That shows a maximum of 41 quakes in 1943 and a minimum of 6 in 1986. There were only 7 in 1989, the year of the San Jose quake in California that was the strongest since 1906 at that time.
Looking at
worldwide quake records, we see 16 quakes above 7.0 in 2009, but just 3 so far in 2010. In 1943 the average was over 3 a month!
On The Timing of California Earthquakes - Pisces Eclipses and Jupiter/Neptune conjunctions. Jupiter conjoined Neptune in September of 2009. The M 6.5 quake near Eureka, CA on Jan 9th was the largest in the state since June 2005. The M 7.2 quake on April 4 was the largest earthquake in that area since the 7.3 Landers earthquake of 1992.
Consider the fact that eclipses happen earlier every year, so that they occur in certain months in certain years on a predictable schedule. Pisces solar eclipses happen when the sun is in Pisces and is eclipsed by a new moon that is also in Pisces. These happen from Feb 21 to March 21. Since this occurs every 9+ years, there are eleven times a century that Pisces eclipses can happen. In the 20th century, there were only 10 times since there was no Pisces eclipse in 1960-1.
The reason that I am pointing to Pisces solar eclipses is that one of those occurred before the 18 April 1906 San Francisco quake. See
this eclipse chart with California quakes marked on it, and note the Pisces eclipses. Now have a look at this chart that shows
deaths and dollar amounts on damage from 1972. Note the quakes in 1906, 1933, 1952 and 1971 we all in years that had solar eclipses about Feb 24th.
Note the quake deaths in 1915 and 1925 and see the Pisces eclipses in 1914 and 1924. In 1940, the solar eclipse was in April. Quakes with deaths occurred in 1812 and 1868, both years that saw Pisces eclipses. A look at this top 10 list from the 1970's adds 1857 to our list, and we find a Pisces solar eclipse on 1858. The 1811 and 1812 New Madrid quakes and the 1886 Charleston quakes coincided with Pisces eclipses.
Based on the above information, I forecasted for California earthquakes to get bigger around 1979. There was a 7.2 in 1980. I then forecasted the same for 1989, and 1998 and 9. This year the solar eclipse happens on July 11th, close to where it was in 1972, and we have seen a 5.8, a 6.5 a magnitude 7.2 Caliquake.
The two big California quake that were not near a Pisces eclipse were in 1872 and 1994. Uranus opposed Neptune in 1908 and conjoined it in 1993. The Northridge quake happened in Jan 1994, as the sun conjoined Venus. In 1872, Jupiter conjoined Uranus opposite to Saturn, just as we see happening later in 2010.
There was a Pisces eclipses in 1866, 7 and 8, before Jupiter conjoined Neptune; there was a big quake in 1868. Jupiter opposed Saturn in 1871 and conjoined Uranus in 1872; there was a big quake in 1872. This time there was a big quake in 2005 before the Pisces eclipses of 2007, and there was a 6.5 quake after Jupiter conjoined Neptune. Later in 2010 Jupiter conjoins Uranus and opposes Saturn in 2011.
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The 6.5 quake off the coast of Eureka, CA and the Haiti quake happened on either side of the sun's conjunction with Venus. Looking at an ephemeris for the planet's positions for the 17 Jan 1994 Northridge, CA quake, you can see that it happened as the sun conjoined Venus.
Jan 17 1994 Northridge Quake
In the image above Neptune, Mars and Uranus are at 21/2 Capricorn, and the sun and Venus are at 28 Cap.
On the sun's direction is space - Describing the motion of the sun. If we imagine the sun's orbit to be a Very Large wire loop, we know that the earth does not orbit the sun in the plane of that loop. The earth's orbital plane is tilted 60 degrees to that. We are 'beside' the sun in March, moving in the same approx direction. In June, we pass below and in front of the sun. In Sept, we are moving in the opposite direction parallel to the sun's instantaneous velocity. In Dec we are behind and above the sun, crossing its path again.
2012: Another Venus Transit - June 2012. The transit takes place very near to an eclipse the first week of June. Note that the quake and tsunami 26 Dec 2004 occurred following a Venus transit that year, close to Krakatoa, which erupted following a Venus transit.
If you have followed what has been presented so far, then you should be ready to look at May and June 2012. The image below is taken from an ephemeris, and I have highlighted the important factors then. We begin with the tidal peak at the full moon on May 6th. (The perigee and full moon occur within the same hour.)
On May 14th the sun conjoins Jupiter; there is a solar eclipse on the 20th; Mercury conjoins Jupiter on the 22nd, it conjoins the sun on the 28th, and conjoins Venus on June 2. Venus conjoins the sun on June 6th, and there is a lunar eclipse on the 4th.
At the lunar eclipse, the moon will be full and 'behind' the earth. At the Venus transit, Venus will between the earth and the sun. When Mercury conjoins the sun, it will be behind it. Mercury conjoins the sun, then conjoins Venus just before it conjoins the sun too.
If you have read every thing on this page, and are familiar with all the topics that were discussed, then you are ready for this section where I would like to tie the science back to its astrological base. I would also like to suggest that astrology provides the background for much of the symbolisms that you find in Masonry and the Bible.
In the early 20th century, after having surveyed Stonehenge and other stone temples and monuments, Norman Lockyer proposed that early people used what he called a May/November year, and that the emphasis on the solstices and equinoxes came later. If we begin our summer the first week in May, the June solstice turns out to be mid-summer.
The days in between May and November fall in February and August. In the northern hemisphere, the temperature reaches a statistical low on about Feb 6th, and a high on abt Aug 6th. November and May are median dates in this scheme. These dates in early Feb, May, Aug and Nov, half-way between the solstices and equinoxes, are collectively known as the cross-quarter days.
12/4=3 and 12/3=4. The zodiac signs are classified by Elements or by Modes. As there are 4 elements, we have four groups of 3 air signs, 3 fire signs, 3 earth signs, and 3 water signs. We conceptualize this as four triangles in a circle. The modes are characterized by three squares in a circle, those being the cardinal signs, the fixed signs, and the mutable signs.
The solstices and equinoxes happen on the cusp (beginning) of the cardinal signs, and the cross-quarter days happen in the middle of the next sign, 45+ days later - in fixed signs. Fixed signs follow cardinal signs, while mutable signs precede them.
Again, the cross-quarter days occur in the middle of the fixed signs which are Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius. If you look in Ezekiel and Revelations in the Bible you will see four creatures being described as a bull, lion, eagle and a man, which is the same fixed signs.
In Number Ch 2 we see the description of the Hebrew camp in the desert, and we read that the 12 tribes were divided into four groups of three, each group with its own standard. The image above is a Royal Arch illustration from Freemasonry depicting those standards.
The camp is described as having three on the north, three on the east, three south and west, just like the New Jerusalem in Rev 21. Below you can see that this astrology chart fits the description of three on each side and a sanctuary in the middle, like the Hebrew camp.
Look again at the Masonic Compasses and Square and notice that the square is half a square, and the compasses are the top of an equilateral triangle, both in a circle.
Another factor that comes into play is the fact that the earth orbits the sun in an elliptical pattern, which brings it close to the sun the first week in January, and farthest from the sun the first week in July. This line is from 13 Cancer to 13 Capricorn (cardinal signs). Also the sun has a direction of travel. As the earth orbits the sun, we pass in front of, beside and behind the sun in its path. Currently the sun is directed toward alpha Herculi, with a longitude of 15 Sagittarius, just about 30 degrees from the earth's major axis.
The sun is moving from Gemini toward Sag, which is depicted as a horse/man with a bow. Those are mutable signs, along with Pisces and Virgo. So the sun's way relates to mutable signs, the earth's major axis relates to cardinal signs, and the cross-quarter days fall in fixed signs.
If you go to the west side of the Capitol Building in Washington, DC, you can see that the sun sets along Pennsylvania and Maryland Avenues at the cross-quarter days, and that the solstices are not marked.
