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The Astrology of Space 1 The Astrology of Space The Astrology Of Space By Michael Erlewine 2 The Astrology of Space An ebook from Startypes.com 315 Marion Avenue Big Rapids, Michigan 49307 Fist published 2006 © 2006 Michael Erlewine/StarTypes.com ISBN 978-0-9794970-8-7 All rights reserved. No part of the publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Graphics designed by Michael Erlewine Some graphic elements © 2007JupiterImages Corp. Some Photos Courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech 3 The Astrology of Space This book is dedicated to Charles A. Jayne And also to: Dr. Theodor Landscheidt John D. Kraus 4 The Astrology of Space Chapter 1: Introduction ............................................. 14 Astrophysics for Astrologers .................................. 16 Astrophysics for Astrologers .................................. 21 Interpreting Deep Space Points ............................. 24 Part II: The Radio Sky ............................................ 33 The Earth's Aura .................................................... 37 The Kinds of Celestial Light ................................... 38 The Types of Light ................................................. 40 Radio Frequencies ................................................. 42 Higher Frequencies ................................................ 43 Part III: Astrophysical Directions ............................ 48 The Sacred Zodiac ................................................. 54 Chapter 2: The Solar System ................................... 56 Solar System ......................................................... 56 The Planets of Our Solar System........................... 58 The Sun ................................................................. 59 The Sun Data ......................................................... 60 The Moon ............................................................... 61 Mother Moon .......................................................... 62 Mercury .................................................................. 64 Venus ..................................................................... 65 Earth ...................................................................... 66 Mars ....................................................................... 67 Jupiter .................................................................... 68 Saturn .................................................................... 69 Uranus ................................................................... 70 Neptune ................................................................. 71 Pluto ....................................................................... 72 Invariable Plane of the Solar System ..................... 73 Invariable Plane ..................................................... 74 The Asteroids ......................................................... 75 The Trojan Asteroids .............................................. 77 Ceres ..................................................................... 79 Pallas ..................................................................... 80 5 The Astrology of Space Juno ....................................................................... 81 Vesta ...................................................................... 82 Chapter 3: Beyond the Solar System ...................... 83 The Solar Wind ...................................................... 83 Meteors .................................................................. 86 Meteors Table ........................................................ 88 Famous Meteorite Craters ..................................... 89 Comets .................................................................. 90 The Head of the Comet .......................................... 91 Spectacular Comets ............................................... 92 Table of Comets..................................................... 94 Chapter 4: Local Star System .................................. 96 The Nearest Stars .................................................. 96 Near Stars Table .................................................... 97 The Local System (Gould's Belt) ............................ 98 The Plane of the Local System ............................ 101 Via Combusta -- The Southern Stream ................ 103 Chapter 5: The Milky Way Galaxy .......................... 105 Our Local Spiral Arm Region ............................... 105 Our Galaxy ........................................................... 107 The Galactic Sphere ............................................ 109 The Galactic disk ................................................. 110 The Location of Our Sun ...................................... 111 Chapter Six: The Galaxy ......................................... 112 Spiral Arms .......................................................... 112 Differential Rotation ............................................. 114 How Differential Rotation Works .......................... 115 Interstellar Dust .................................................... 117 Windows to the Galaxy ........................................ 118 Dark Nebulae ....................................................... 119 Dark Clouds and Interstellar Dust ........................ 119 Dark Nebulae Table ............................................. 120 6 The Astrology of Space Solar Apex ........................................................... 121 Star Streaming ..................................................... 123 Type of Solar Motion Table .................................. 124 The Galactic Center (GC) .................................... 125 The Galactic Nucleus ........................................... 127 Chapter 7: Star Lives .............................................. 130 The Birthplace of Stars ........................................ 132 A Star is Born ....................................................... 133 Protostars ............................................................ 134 Stellar Equilibrium ................................................ 135 The Stellar Prime of Life ...................................... 136 A Red Giant ......................................................... 137 A Supernova ........................................................ 139 The End of Life for Stars ...................................... 140 A Neutron Star ..................................................... 142 The Black Hole..................................................... 143 Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram .............................. 145 Using Stars with your Natal Chart ........................ 147 Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram II ........................... 150 The Time Table for Our Sun in Years .................. 150 Chapter 8: The Kinds of Stars ................................ 151 Double Stars ........................................................ 151 Double Stars: Equal Doubles ............................... 152 Double Stars: Unequal Doubles ........................... 153 Double Stars: Multiple Stars ................................ 154 Double Stars: Triple Stars .................................... 155 Rapid Binary ........................................................ 156 Physical Doubles or Binaries ............................... 157 Visual Binaries ..................................................... 158 Spectroscopic Binary Stars .................................. 159 Spectroscopic Binaries ........................................ 159 Binary System ...................................................... 161 Eclipsing Binaries ................................................. 162 Variable Stars ...................................................... 163 7 The Astrology of Space Pulsating Variables .............................................. 163 Explosive Variables .............................................. 164 Variable Star Naming ........................................... 164 The Two Types of Intrinsic Variables: .................. 165 Extrinsic Variables ............................................... 165 Intrinsic Variables ................................................. 165 Periodic Variables ................................................ 165 The Cepheid Variables ........................................ 166 The RR Lyrae Stars ............................................. 167 W. Virginis and RV Tauri Stars ............................ 167 Long-Period Variables ......................................... 168 Semi-Regular Variables ....................................... 169 Irregular Variables ................................................ 170 Flare Stars ........................................................... 171 Flare Star Table ................................................... 171 Magnetic Stars ..................................................... 172 Magnetic Stars Table ........................................... 172 Novae: Exploding Stars ....................................... 173 Dwarf Novae, Novae, and Recurrent Novae ........ 174 Dwarf Novae ........................................................ 175 Recurrent Novae .................................................. 175 Novae .................................................................. 175 Table of Novae..................................................... 176 Supernovae ........................................................