GRAPH OBSERVATIONS for SPRING 2005

Studying the declination positions along with the horoscope chart and the solarmap results adds interesting details to the forecast The declination lines have their own graceful dance through the heavens. When the planets align at the crossing of the lines, there is more weather to talk about. On the Winter 2004-5 graph there was a tangle of lines in January that brought about many winter weather events. The spring declination graph is quiet in comparison. When the planet lines cross there is a weather event that is beyond the average weather in a location; lets check it out. At the beginning of the spring season, the Sun is always found at the equator, ready to head north for the warming up of the northern hemisphere. Trace the Sun's line (blue) on the graph from zero degrees up through 23.5 degrees on June 21, 2005, the first official day of summer. Early in April there will be atmospheric turbulence as Mercury (purple) crosses with the Sun and Venus (green) producing rain and wind. See the national highlights for the location of this event. Mid-April Mars (red) is rising to cross the Neptune and Pluto lines (blue and black) for more intense moisture and thunderstorm activity. Around the 20th of May, Mars will cross the Uranus line and the expected weather scenes will be chaotic with severe thunderstorm activity due to above average heat and temperature drops. The lineup at the end of May through the first part of June will bring a severe wind event and late in the first week of June a several rainfall.

The locations for these events may be found in the local or national highlights. When preparing the weather, this declination information is combined with the charted lunar phases and other forecasting tools are used as well.

A MOON PERIGEE PERIOD occurs when the Moon is closest to earth each month. If the Moon is new or full at the same time as a Moon perigee, and if the Moon is at a high declination degree, it all results in stormy weather, stronger winds and tidal extremes because of the stronger gravitational pull the Moon has on the earth. These roughly 3-day periods are called 'SuperMoons'. If the local chart indications are for stormy weather, a perigee period adds strength and intensity to the forecast. Abnormally high and low tides usually occur during this period all over the globe and weather anomalies are in the news. There are no supermoons for spring. Perigee periods for spring occur Apr 4, Apr 29, and May 26.

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