Predicting the Weather in Astrology

  Spring

One of the most fascinating subjects is the weather. We spend much of our time tuning in the weather station to try to find out what to expect each day. We are also quite fascinated by weather extremes.

The Cardinal Ingress chart can be used to forecast the weather for a particular season when it is cast for the location you live in. Using this chart you can see trends for each particular season.

The Fire signs bring heat, the Water signs bring precipitation, the Airs signs bring wind and the Earth signs bring much activity in the agricultural areas.  Over time Astrologers have seen that the sign on the 4th house and any planets in that house account for ½ the weather; while the 1st house and any planets in the 1st house account for ¼ of the weather, the 7th house and 10th house signs and any planets in those houses account for another ⅛ of the weather and the last ⅛ is accounted for by the aspects from the rulers and planets in the angular houses.

Continuing with this series on how to predict the weather in Astrology I am continuing on with spring 2007. I ran a chart for my area March 20, 200; 08:09 PM EST. The time of the Spring Equinox.

The 4th house is ruled by Capricorn which is an earth sign. This accounts for ½ the weather this spring. Earth signs bring conditions that are best for agriculture to this area. The planet that rules Capricorn is Saturn and Saturn is in the 11th house in the sign of Leo a fire sign. This brings warmer weather extremes this spring with the possibility of drought. 

There are no planets in the 4th house to add any emphasis to this scenario.

Looking at all four angles of the chart the signs on the angles is 1 Air, 1 Earth, 1Fire and 1 Water sign. This indicates a spring that is balanced for ½ this period while the other ½ will be influenced by the extremes of Saturn.   

The 1st house or Ascendant has the sign of Libra which accounts for ¼ of the weather. This sign brings cool, breezy windy dry weather. There are no planets in this house to further influence the weather.  

The sign on the 7th house is the Fire sign of Aries and there are two planets in this house, the Moon and Venus. The 7th house, planets in the 7th and the 10th house account for the last ¼ of the weather. Aires can bring warm, dry and breezy weather, while Cancer on the 10th house can bring cool wet down-pours, hence they tend to cancel each other out making the weather more balanced. Venus in the 7th house brings moderation in precipitation

Putting this all together I would say that this area will experience a spring that is good for agriculture in this area in the beginning. It will be warmer, dryer and windier than usual, as time goes on, with a few extremes in temperature and precipitation. There is the possibility of a drought near the end of the time period.