Forecasting the Weather in Astrology



Winter

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.

Looking at the chart for my area that I ran for the date December 22, 2007; 01:09:00 AM EST, there area some definite aspects that indicate what type of winter weather that that will be experienced in this location.

Looking at the 4th house the sign on the cusp is Capricorn, ruled by Saturn in Virgo. Saturn is retrograde (moving backward) indicating that it will be debilitated in some manner. This indicates that there will be extremes in weather patterns this year, just when you thought the cold was over it will return again with a vengeance. It will be colder than usual with severe and long weather systems.

There will be more periods of wet with severe storms this winter. Saturn is opposing Uranus indicating that there could be some sudden intense cold periods and severe storms this winter. There are no planets in the 4th house so there is no added influence from that house.

Libra is the sign on the 1st house which accounts for another ¼ of the weather this winter. Libra is an Air sign which brings windy conditions and since Venus is in the sign of Scorpio, which will bring more windy storms that are quite intense and powerful.

Aries is the sign on the 7th house and Mars is retrograde and opposing the Sun/Jupiter in the chart. Mars rules heat and in this case being retrograde indicates that it will be unable to warm things up much this winter. In the end temperatures may be much colder than previous winters.

All in all it seems that it may start off early this year with more intense cold than previously experienced. There may be some sudden, intense destructive storms with damaging winds and whiteout conditions. Be sure to take precautions when traveling.