98 SIMPLIFIED SCIENTIFIC ASTROLOGY
Ascension rise quickly in the South and relatively few are born under them. Thus the people of the opposite hemispheres are also opposite in their inner natures, and show different characteristics.
Right Ascension and Oblique Ascension are not used in the system of Astrology generally in vogue, except in the calculation of the houses, with which the average student has no concern. Longtitude is measured on the ecliptic or Sun’s path from the first point of Aries, but Right Ascension is measured on the equinoctial or celestial equator.
Aspects:
The distance apart of planets, which determines their influence for good or ill.
The Square is 90 degrees and the Opposition is 180 degrees. These are called evil aspects.
The Sextile is 60 degrees and the Trine is 120 degrees. They are called good aspects,
The Conjunction occurs when two planets are in the same degree of the Zodiac, and the Parallel is the position of two planets in the same degree of declination, regardless of whether they are both North or South of the Equator, or whether one is in North and the other in South declination.
These aspects are variable. If between benefics (the Sun, Venus and Jupiter), they are good, or if the planets of variable nature (the Moon and Mercury), are aspected by conjunction or parallel
