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 Table of Contents Table of Contents ..................................................... 5 Chapter 1: Introduction .......................................... 15 Astrophysics for Astrologers .................................. 17 Astrophysics for Astrologers .................................. 22 Interpreting Deep Space Points ............................. 25 Part II: The Radio Sky ............................................ 34 The Earth's Aura .................................................... 38 The Kinds of Celestial Light ................................... 39 The Types of Light ................................................. 41 Radio Frequencies ................................................. 43 Higher Frequencies ................................................ 44 Part III: Astrophysical Directions ............................ 49 The Sacred Zodiac ................................................. 55 Chapter 2: The Solar System .................... 57 Solar System ......................................................... 57 The Planets of Our Solar System ........................... 59 The Sun ................................................................. 60 The Sun Data ......................................................... 61 The Moon ............................................................... 62 Mother Moon .......................................................... 63 Mercury .................................................................. 65 Venus ..................................................................... 66 Earth ...................................................................... 67 Mars ....................................................................... 68 Jupiter .................................................................... 69 Saturn .................................................................... 70 Uranus ................................................................... 71 Neptune ................................................................. 72 Pluto ....................................................................... 73 Invariable Plane of the Solar System ..................... 74 Invariable Plane ..................................................... 75 The Asteroids ......................................................... 76 5 The Astrology of Space The Trojan Asteroids .............................................. 78 Ceres ..................................................................... 80 Pallas ..................................................................... 81 Juno ....................................................................... 82 Vesta ...................................................................... 83 Chapter 3: Beyond the Solar System ....... 84 The Solar Wind ...................................................... 84 Meteors .................................................................. 87 Meteors Table ........................................................ 89 Famous Meteorite Craters ..................................... 90 Comets .................................................................. 91 The Head of the Comet .......................................... 92 Spectacular Comets ............................................... 93 Table of Comets..................................................... 95 Chapter 4: Local Star System ................... 97 The Nearest Stars .................................................. 97 Near Stars Table .................................................... 98 The Local System (Gould's Belt) ............................ 99 The Plane of the Local System ............................ 102 Via Combusta -- The Southern Stream ................ 104 Chapter 5: The Milky Way Galaxy ........... 106 Our Local Spiral Arm Region ............................... 106 Our Galaxy ........................................................... 108 The Galactic Sphere ............................................ 110 The Galactic disk ................................................. 111 The Location of Our Sun ...................................... 112 Chapter Four: The Galaxy ....................... 113 Spiral Arms .......................................................... 113 Differential Rotation ............................................. 115 How Differential Rotation Works .......................... 116 Interstellar Dust .................................................... 118 Windows to the Galaxy ........................................ 119 Dark Nebulae ....................................................... 120 Dark Clouds and Interstellar Dust ........................ 120 6 The Astrology of Space Dark Nebulae ....................................................... 121 Solar Apex ........................................................... 122 Star Streaming ..................................................... 124 Type of Solar Motion Table .................................. 125 The Galactic Center (GC) .................................... 126 The Galactic Nucleus ........................................... 128 Chapter 6: Star Lives ............................... 131 The Birthplace of Stars ........................................ 133 A Star is Born ....................................................... 134 Protostars ............................................................ 135 Stellar Equilibrium ................................................ 136 The Stellar Prime of Life ...................................... 137 A Red Giant ......................................................... 138 A Supernova ........................................................ 140 The End of Life for Stars ...................................... 141 A Neutron Star ..................................................... 143 The Black Hole..................................................... 144 Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram .............................. 146 Using Stars with your Natal Chart ........................ 148 Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram II ........................... 151 The Time Table for Our Sun in Years .................. 151 Chapter 7: The Kinds of Stars ................. 152 Double Stars ........................................................ 152 Double Stars: Equal Doubles ............................... 153 Double Stars: Unequal Doubles ........................... 154 Double Stars: Multiple Stars ................................ 155 Double Stars: Triple Stars .................................... 156 Rapid Binary ........................................................ 157 One star in very tight orbit around a larger star. ... 157 Physical Doubles or Binaries ............................... 158 Visual Binaries ..................................................... 159 Spectroscopic Binary Stars .................................. 160 Spectroscopic Binaries ........................................ 160 Binary System ...................................................... 162 Eclipsing Binaries ................................................. 163 7 The Astrology of Space Spectroscopic Binary Stars .................................. 163 Eclipsing Binaries ................................................. 163 Variable Stars ...................................................... 165 Pulsating Variables .............................................. 165 Explosive Variables .............................................. 166 Variable Star Naming ........................................... 166 The Two Types of Intrinsic Variables: .................. 167 Extrinsic Variables ............................................... 167 Intrinsic Variables ................................................. 167 Periodic Variables ................................................ 168 The Cepheid Variables ........................................ 168 The RR Lyrae Stars ............................................. 169 W. Virginis and RV Tauri Stars ............................ 169 Long-Period Variables ......................................... 170 Semi-Regular Variables ....................................... 171 Irregular Variables ................................................ 172 Flare Stars ........................................................... 173 Flare Star Table ................................................... 173 Magnetic Stars ..................................................... 174 Magnetic Stars Table ........................................... 174 Novae: Exploding Stars ....................................... 175 Dwarf Novae, Novae, and Recurrent Novae ........ 176 Dwarf Novae ........................................................ 177 Recurrent Novae .................................................. 177 Novae .................................................................