Watch as the line through the
top of the circle labeled ‘MC’ moves back and forth like an inverted pendulum.
This is a series of charts to
show the varying amount of time it takes for different signs to rise. You can also follow the opening and closing
of the line of the midheaven (MC).
The zodiac marches in regular
time at the rate of 4 minutes/degree across the MC. When we look due south (or due north from the
southern hemisphere) we see the ecliptic move at a steady pace across the
sky. But when we look to the east or
west it is a different story. While
Aries takes less than 1 ½ hours to rise, Cancer and Scorpio take almost 2 ½ hours.
The series begins with Aries
rising and Capricorn on the midheaven. The
eastern sky opens quickly while Capricorn and Aquarius are crossing it (east is
on the left), but begins to close when Pisces comes across. The line representing the midheaven gradually
moves back to the middle until it is straight up again in Cancer and then moves
further and further east through Leo, Virgo, Libra and a few degrees of
Scorpio. In Scorpio we see the line
begin moving back to the middle. It
snaps straight up from Sagittarius to Capricorn and the cycle begins anew.
I will make another post with
a full explanation of how the chart maps our daily revolution from a specific
point on the globe.
On the chart for Sagittarius
rising don’t let the line pointing to the beginning of the 11th house (0degreesLibra04minutes)
confuse you. The MC is 11Virgo49.