CHAPTER II

TO ERECT A FIGURE OF THE HEAVENS

Take the Sidereal time at noon on the day of birth, and add to it the hours and minutes after noon at which you were born, or if before noon, subtract from it the interval between the birth and noon. This will give the approximate Right Ascension of the Midheaven at birth. Thus, suppose a person to be born on May 1, 1890, at 3h. 30m. p.m. in London--

The Sidereal time, noon, May 1, 1890, is 2h. 36m. 28s. To which add time p.m. 3 30 0 Acceleration at 10″ per hour 0 0 34 --------------- Right Ascension of Midheaven at Birth 6h. 7m. 2s.

With this Right Ascension of the Midheaven you then refer to Tables of Houses for London (see