Coordinates Local Space

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Article ID:	210
Author:	Marilyn
Created:	7/21/2006
Modified:	7/21/2006
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The Local Space Chart

The great circle used in this type of chart is the plane of the local horizon at birth (and the RELOCATED horizon also, derived from an individual's relocated natal chart).

This great circle lies in the plane of the rational horizon which extends to infinity. Planets and points are then projected on this plane by certain operations of spherical trigonometry.

Longitudinal measurement along the horizon is called Azimuth and is measured technically from O to 36O degrees starting from the East Point of the compass. Astronomers, however, begin their measurement from the South Point of the compass. Its latitudinal component, measurement above and below (North and South, + and -) the plane of the horizon is called Altitude and is measured from O degrees (a point exactly on the plane of the horizon) to 9O degrees North and 9O degrees South.

The components of this coordinate system are:

a) The Zenith - the point directly above and perpendicular to the plane of the horizon.
b) The Nadir - the point directly below and perpendicular to the plane of the horizon. And to divide the circle into definable quadrants ...
c) The East, West, North and South points of the compass.
d) The Vertex then defines due West.
e) The Antivertex then defines due East.
f) The MC then disappears according to definition and simply becomes an artificial point synonymous with the South Point. However,
g) The Ascendant does not entirely disappear since one of its nodal components is the horizon itself! The Local Space Ascendant will appear as a definable point somewhere in the East depending upon its declination above or below the celestial equator. The Ascendant disappears (becomes undefined) at the arctic and antarctic circles.

The Local Space Chart is a marvel of invention. It lets you define the quality of the direction of space around you at birth or at other relocated terrestrial coordinates.

In theory, then, what we are saying here is that planetary energies and nodal points projected upon the plane of the horizon carve the space around you and define "vectors" whose influences are dictated by the nature of the planets and nodal points that occupy these vectors.