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	* Equinoctial point - (Astrology): Definition
		Sampat Bindu (sk); the points of intersection of the celestial equator and the ecliptic.
		When that degree has moved 15° it is 1h S.T. This gradual shift of the Equinoctial points along the ecliptic is a westward movement at the rate of fifty seconds per year, and in the course of 25,800 years, the Earth completes one precessional cycle.
		Precession (of the Equinoxes)Due to the pole of the equator revolving around the pole of the ecliptic, the equinoctial point moves backward with relation to the constellations at the rate of approximately 50" per year.
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	Definition of Equinoctial from dictionary.net
		Equinoctial line (Astron.), the celestial equator; -- so called because when the sun is on it, the nights and days are of equal length in all parts of the world.
		Equinoctial points (Astron.), the two points where the celestial and ecliptic intersect each other; the one being in the first point of Aries, the other in the first point of Libra.
		Equinoctial time (Astron.) reckoned in any year from the instant when the mean sun is at the mean vernal equinoctial point.
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	Tropical Astrology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The word tropic comes from the Greek for "turning point," and originally meant the point at which the sun at sunrise and sunset appears to turn, and to move north along the horizon after the winter solstice or south after the summer solstice.
		For tropical astrologers therefore it is irrelevant that the solsticial points (tropics) have drifted from one constellation to another over the millennia, due to the precession of the equinoxes.
		Siderial astrologers also point out the absurdity of applying northern hemisphere seasons to the whole planet when there are now large populations within the southerm hemisphere who experience seasons six months apart from those in the north.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tropical_Astrology (587 words)

	Equinox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		More technically, the equinox happens when the Sun is at one of two opposite points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator and ecliptic intersect.
		The equinoxes are now the points where the equator intersects the ecliptic and the solstices the points on the ecliptic farthest away from the equator.
		One of the effects of equinoctial periods is their temporary disruptive effect on communications satellites.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Equinox (3419 words)

	The Sphere of Sacrobosco
		The arc of the colure which is intercepted between the point of the summer solstice and the equinoctial point is called the "sun's greatest declination" and is, according to Ptolemy, 23 degrees and 51 minutes, according to Almeon, 23 degrees and 33 minutes.
		Similarly, the first point of Capricorn is called the "point of the winter solstice," and the arc of the colure intercepted between that point and the equinoctial is called the "sun's greatest declination" and is equal to the former.
		I mean the halves which are taken from the two equinoctial points, because the half of the zodiac which extends from the beginning of Aries to the end of Virgo rises with the half of the equinoctial corresponding to it.
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	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The orbit of the Earth is elliptical; the extreme points, called apsides, are the perihelion, where the Earth is closest to the Sun (January 2 in 2000), and the aphelion, where the Earth is farthest from the Sun (July 2 in 2000).
		Because of gravitational disturbances by the other planets, the shape and orientation of the orbit are not fixed, and the apsides slowly move with respect to a fixed frame of reference.
		The draconitic year, eclipse year or ecliptic year is the time for the Sun (as seen from the Earth) to complete one revolution with respect to the same lunar node (a point where the Moon's orbit intersects the ecliptic).
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	Poleshifts (1)
		The two equinoctial points are the points (or nodes) where the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.
		The summer solstice occurs at the point in the earth's orbit where its north pole is tilted directly towards the sun, and the winter solstice occurs at that point where it is tilted directly away from the sun.
		The vernal equinoctial point is the point on the celestial equator which the sun crosses at the vernal equinox, and the corresponding point on the earth's equator is defined as the beginning of the sign Aries -- whatever the constellation in which this occurs.
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	Understanding Precession of the Equinox
		Equinoctial Slippage: Lunisolar precession theory would cause the seasons to shift were it not for a concurrent slippage of the equinoctial point around the Earth's orbit path (ecliptic).
		Precession of the Equinox is the observed phenomenon whereby the equinoctial point moves backward through the constellations of the Zodiac at the rate of approximately 50 arc seconds annually.
		At the furthermost point in their orbits (apoapsis), they may be much further apart, depending on the eccentricity of their elliptical orbits, perhaps by a factor of as much as 20 times the average distance, based on observed data of other binary star systems.
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	Astrology - Simplified Basic Concepts
		Western Tropical astrologers, on the other hand, use the Vernal Equinoctial Point as the first degree of Aries and this results in a Zodiac which continuously changes position with respect to the stars, due to what is known as the precession of the equinoxes.
		Since this point of difference is vital, it is necessary to understand the reasons for this difference and to explain what is meant by precession of the equinoxes.
		However, it is due to this motion that the Equinoctial Points change position in reference to fixed points in the cosmos at the rate of approximately 50.25 angular seconds per year.
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		=> celestial point -- (a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere))
		=> aphelion -- (apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun)
		=> perihelion -- (periapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet where it is nearest to the sun)
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	ASP: This Restless Globe
		Because the equinoxes precess, moving westward along the ecliptic opposite the apparent eastward progress of the Sun during the year, they advance to meet the Sun.
		The Sun returns to an equinoctial point in less time than it takes to return to a fixed star.
		This gives us two different astronomical measures for the year: the return of the Sun to the Spring equinoctial point (tropical year, about 365.2422 days), and its return to the longitude of a fixed star (sidereal year, about 365.2564 days).
	www.astrosociety.org /education/publications/tnl/45/globe3.html (588 words)

	* Equinoctial - (Astrology): Definition
		This gradual shift of the Equinoctial points along the ecliptic is a westward movement at the rate of fifty seconds per year, and in the course of 25,800 years, the Earth completes one precessional cycle.
		An equinoctial Sunrise marker, of which many still exist in Britain, will each year deliver the sunrise from a slight but noticeably different position on the horizon.
		This oscillation of rising and setting points on the horizon increases the further north we go, such that north of 66.
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	EQUINOCTIAL - Definition
		Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line.
		Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial line or equator; in or near that line; as, equinoctial heat; an equinoctial sun.
		Pertaining to the time when the sun enters the equinoctial points; as, an equinoctial gale or storm, that is, one happening at or near the time of the equinox, in any part of the world.
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	Llewellyn Encyclopedia: Precession of the Equinoxes
		A slow shift in the positions of the Earth’s axis relative to the sun and the fixed stars, precession is the source of a great deal of myth, speculation, and esoteric theory.
		In ages when the movements of the stars were used to track the seasons and predict times for successful hunting and gathering, or for planting and harvesting crops, changes caused by precession would have become apparent within a relatively small number of generations.
		Christian symbolism has routinely been interpreted in precessional terms; Pisces, which took over the spring equinoctial point around the time of the birth of Jesus, and Virgo, which took over the autumn point at the same time, are reflected in the fish—symbol of the earliest Christians and the Virgin Mary.
	www.llewellynencyclopedia.com /article/4694 (713 words)

	Aquarian Age Star maps 2000
		However, it is the precession of the spring equinoctial point that alone determines the zodiacal name of a great age, so when referring to the great ages, the term "precession of the equinox" is more commonly used.
		The vernal equinoctial point will be in the constellation of Pisces on the spring equinox of the year 2000.
		The vernal equinoctial point has entered or will enter the constellation Aquarius sometime in the next 600 years depending on what star map you use and where it draws the boundary line between Pisces and Aquarius.
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	FanFiction.Net : Dictionary & Thesaurus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Equator of the sun or of a planet (Astron.), the great circle whose plane passes through through the center of the body, and is perpendicular to its axis of revolution.
		From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : Equinoctial *\E`quinoc"tial\**, a.
		[1913 Webster] Equinoctial colure (Astron.), the meridian passing through the equinoctial points.
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	W. B. Yeats and "A Vision": Astrological Great Year
		The figures of Taurus and Aries face in opposite directions, so as equinoctial point shifted from the Pleiades, in the shoulder of the Bull, it moved towards towards the tail of Aries and gradually towards its head.
		Gradually, however, they drifted apart again, so that the equinoctial point has now moved through Pisces to the border with Aquarius; however it is still called the First Point of Aries, by astronomers as well as astrologers, and taken as the start of the Equinoctial or Tropical Zodiac.
		The historical equinoctial point, with particular reference to the Temple of Amon-Ra; from E.
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	Simplified Scientific Astrology, by Max Heindel, HTML Page 3 of 4
		These two points are invested by the same degrees of the Zodiac, at any given time regardless of whether the birthplace is near the pole or the equator.
		These signs are, as said, measured from the vernal equinox, a fluctuating point, and are not to be confused with the twelve constellations of fixed stars which bear the same names, nor with the twelve houses of the horoscope which are divisions of the earth.
		When the Sun is at the highest point of its declination in the psychic watery sign Cancer, designated by the ancient Egyptian priests the sphere of the souls awaiting rebirth, it is at the Throne of the Father, the Fountain of Life.
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	W. B. Yeats and "A Vision": Astronomy
		This point is not arbitrary, representing one of two points where the ecliptic, the Sun’s apparent path or the plane of the Earth’s path round the Sun, crosses the Earth’s equator.
		The Draconic cycle is linked with the paths of the Moon and Sun, and the two points where the Moon’s path crosses the apparent path of the Sun, the ecliptic, which are called the Moon’s Nodes (the Moon’s orbit is tilted at an average of 5° with respect to the ecliptic).
		The point where the Moon goes from south of the ecliptic to north of the ecliptic is called the Ascending or North Node and the opposite point the Descending or South Node, these are traditionally the Dragon’s Head and the Dragon’s Tail, respectively, and from this Dragon comes the adjective ‘draconic’.
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	Astrology Encyclopedia - New Age Village
		It is probably that midway between the Equinoctial points are the Earth's Nodes, where the plane of its orbit intersects that of the Sun, at an inclination of approx.
		The distance between a significator and the point where it forms an aspect with a promittor, measured in degrees and minutes of the Equator; distance from the place of a planet to the body of same, or to a point where an aspect will be formed thereto.
		A point of the horizon and a circle extending to it from the zenith; or an arc of the horizon measured clockwise between the south-point of the horizon and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object.
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	CalendarHome.com - Equinox - Calendar Encyclopedia
		The two intersections between ecliptic and celestial equator are the equinoctial points.
		The time at which the Sun passes through each equinoctial point can be calculated precisely and the equinox actually occurs at a particular moment.
		Scientist Hipparchus used the equinoctial point to divide the day into twenty-four equinoctial hours (the length required for the Earth to perform one full rotation).
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /Equinox.htm (940 words)

	Astrology-Books.com
		What has precessed is the equinoctial point, or the location along the equator which the Sun crosses on the spring equinox.
		This is the zodiac familiar to the English speaking world, which uses the equinoctial point as the Tropical Fiducial, subdividing the ecliptic into 30 degree segments or signs.
		Nevertheless, a holistic point of view seems to be the wisest, and the relativity of all systems of measurement precludes any attempt to devise a hierarchy to fit them all into.
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	Binary Research Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		An equinoctial year, tropical year and solar year are all reflective of a 360 degree motion of the Earth around the Sun (relative to the Sun).
		The ecliptic and celestial plane are fixed at the point of the equinox.
		The difference is that in the binary model the celestial equator and ecliptic are fixed at the point of equinox.
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		The gradual shifting of the vernal equinoctial point among the stars is due to a precessional wobble in the orientation of the tilt of the Earth's axis (not the tilt itself, by the way).
		In his History of the Zodiac van de Waerden points out that while the Babylonian astronomical tables were reliable and accurate, a point also stressed by Karl Schoch, their dates for the equinoxes and solstices were frequently in error by several days; because they deemed them of little significance.
		This precessional motion causes the vernal equinoctial point, which constitutes the first degree of the sign Aries, to move backwards along the ecliptic circle at the rate of one degree in approximately 72 years.
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	Age-of-Aquarius
		The beginning point of the signs of the zodiac on the spring equinox of the year 2000 AD coincide with a logical division of the sky into equal segments that can be used to define the Great Ages because of the alignment with the equinoctial point with the galactic equator.
		This motion of the equinoctial point along the ecliptic is measured by its position in relation to stars and constellations, not to the signs of the zodiac that are actually based on the position of the equinoctial point.
		The exact motion of the equinoctial point can't be determined by the star field behind the equinoctial point, because that point is not visible as it is blocked by the sun on the vernal equinox.
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	"Important Astrological Terminology" Astrology "Kavach Astrology": http://www.Jyotishremedies121.com/kavach.htm Astral ...
		It is believed that when the Sun touches its equinoctial point of zero degree of Aries, the earth moves westward with reference to a particular constellation.
		The zodiac seen or measured from the beginning of Aries from the westward moving equinoctial point is known as moving or tropical zodiac.
		Planetary longitude is the angular distance measured eastward on the ecliptic from the starting point of the fixed zodiac and it gives the apparent position of the planet in a particular sign at a given time.
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	The Pearson Current - A Resource for owners of Pearson Yachts
		They are known as the vernal equinoctial point and the autumnal equinoctial point, but are also called the "first point of Aries" and "first point of Libra" respectively from the constellations within which they lie.
		The Equinoctial, also called the celestial equator, is actually a great circle in the celestial sphere which has its plane perpendicular to the axis of the heavens.
		Every point of it is equidistant from the north and south celestial poles.
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	Define equinoctial point - Definition of equinoctial point from Free-Online-Dictionary.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		equinoctial adj 1: relating to the vicinity of the equator 2: relating to an equinox (when the lengths or night and day are equal) n : the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles [syn: celestial equator, equinoctial circle, equinoctial line] See also: [celestial equator] [equinoctial circle] [equinoctial line]
		Now we have the equinoctial point, which is the mid-point of the path between the high point of the sun...
		equinoctial point (NASA SP-7, 1965) One of the two points of intersection of the ecliptic and the...
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