The annual Jupiter Sun conjunction takes place at 12.00 UTC/GMT time on February 28, 2010. You can trace your local time in reference to this. Bracing together for few moments these two planets are in Aquarius constellation at the time the event occurs. They have company of planets and stars; the location of their meeting is auspicious too. In this blog I write about the Jupiter Sun Conjunction February 2010 in terms of astronomy, stars and related cosmics in order to help you improving your life.

Astronomy

1. The conjunction takes place where Aquarius hugs the jug. In Greek mythology Aquarius is Ganymede whose job is to pour divine nectar called ambrosia to the Gods out of the jug he carries.

2. The Sun enters Aquarius constellation on February 16 and meets up with Jupiter having located itself at Right Ascension (Celestial Longitude) of 22 hours, 45 minutes and 20 seconds and at the Declination (Celestial Latitude) of South 7 degree, 53 minutes and 58 seconds. After the meeting the Sun is expected to leave Aquarius on March 11, for its pleasure spot of Pisces constellation

3. The planet Jupiter enters Aquarius constellation on January 6 and meets up with the Sun having located itself at Right Ascension (Celestial Longitude) of 22 hours, 46 minutes and 38 seconds and at the Declination (Celestial Latitude) of South 8 degree, 46 minutes and 40 seconds. After the meeting Jupiter will be hanging around in Aquarius till May 4, whence it moves to its home turf of Pisces constellation.

4. Both these planets have company from the planetary kingdom; Venus to the East and Mercury to the west both located at Aquarius constellation at that time

5. Both these planets have company of great stars as well. These stars are: Hydor to the East; Ancha to the West; Situla on the North; finally Sigma Aquarius towards South-east.

Stars

1. Hydor

Astronomically known as Lambda Aquari, Hydor is a variable star located at the bend of the steam of water or ambrosia, whichever pouring out of the Jar, the water carrier Aquarius holds. The Latin name Hydor means “water”. It is also known as “Ekkhysis” from Greek meaning “outpouring”. Belonging to the class of M 2 III, it is a red giant giving bright red hue. It is 390 light years away and has visual magnitude of 3.73. Rotating away from the Earth one mile per second it is a slow moving star sitting on the elliptical path. This star is surrounded by about 100 tiny stars. In Hindu mythology, the star Hydor symbolizes the God Varuna, who has several roles to play: the god of ocean and water; the deity of the Moon; the guardian of Western direction; the god who can revive the dead; Varuna is also classified as Ashura and Deva in Hindu mythology. The surrounding stars are 100 Adityas, celestial bodies born out of Goddess Adithi known for their skills as physicians

2. Ancha

Astronomically known as Theta Aquari, Ancha is located on the right rib of the water carrier. The name Ancha is derived from Latin to mean haunch and takes affinity to old French “hanche”. Belonging to the spectral class of G8 III, it is a yellow giant giving fantastic yellow light. It is 191 light years away and has visual magnitude of 4.17. Rotating away from the Earth nine miles per second it is on the ecliptical path. Often it is occulted (overshadowed) by the Moon and rarely by other planets. It is cooler than our Sun with about 5000 Kelvin surface heat

3. Situla

Astronomically known as Kappa Aquari, Situla is located on the top of the conical water jug. The name Situla is derived from classical Latin to mean water jug, urn or a bucket. The Arabic word “Al-Satl” seems to be more appropriate. Belonging to the spectral class of K2 III, it is a giant and cool star giving crimson hue. It is 234 light years away and has visual magnitude of 5.04. Rotating towards the Earth about five miles per second it is a binary star. Situla A is fairly hot with 4,550 Kelvin surface temperature and an orange k type giant whereas Situla B is fairly red and faint with a visual magnitude of 8.8. The combined effect leaves a crimson red colour emanating from the two stars

4. Sigma Aquarius

Astronomically it is Sigma Aquari and goes without a proper name. It is a binary white sub giant with the spectral class of A0 IVs. Its companion star is also white hence the brightness and whiteness of Sigma Aquarius makes it a notable star in the heaven. Located 265 light years away Sigma Aquarius is rotating towards the Earth Just about 7 mile per second.

All four stars can be easily traced in the following picture: Hydor is shown as “y” typed on reverse; Ancha is shown to the right close to Rho (p); Situla is sown up as “k” on top; Sigma Aquarius is shown on the bottom of the four stars square.

Aquarius Constellation

Courtesy: http://www.astrofilitrentini.it/mat/costell/aqr_e.html

Cosmics

1. It is all about a turn around; your lifestyle is changing for better; your psycho metrics are tuning up well; your source of happiness is topping up

2. Never ending stream of water or ambrosia is in itself a mark of blessing; in Eastern cultures water jugs are known to bring good luck; in Western cultures chalice filled with wine is a symbol of wealth

3. It is a defining moment; you have to put your goals and objectives as against the background of reality; prune the irrelevant and un-achievable and improve the ones that has the chance of success

4. A change of career, business, or engagement is in the offing; moving house is best done this year

5. The Chinese may be damned right: Red is the colour of fortune. Spread lot of red around you because red symbolizes action, swashbuckling, going forward. When you do that source of income naturally spruces up

6. What about education or further education? There cannot be a better time than this year when Jupiter and the Sun both were in Aquarius and later move to Pisces; time for fun and frolic; leisure and travel; affairs and nuptials

7. Bad time for criminals, gung-ho operators and their ilk; a dragnet is spread around them and most would be caught and punished

8. Chronic ailments show some mitigation. You get 101 doctors looking at these; Swine flu is flushed out; new medicines for terminal diseases spring up

9. For those who are born during February 16 to March 11; you have a better scope in improving your life in the coming months than you ever had for the last couple of decades.

Muthu Ashraff

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(Originally written on Blgspot on Friday January 16, 2009)

Bang! Bang ! Bang ! Bank. Straight to the Bank. We must thank 50 Cent for the number “Straight to the Bank “ this is what came to my mind when analysing the Jupiter – Sun Conjunction taking place on Saturday, January 24 this year. When Jupiter bangs upon the Sun ( not physically anyway ) it presages that only banks including the often maligned World Bank can salvage you and many others out there from this economic recession. This conjunction gives more weight to banks, financial ministries and presidencies of many countries across the globe in their goal of reversing the economic recession.

At 7.00 UTC/GMT time on January 24, the Jupiter- Sun Conjunction of January 2009 takes place with both good and bad news. Good news is….. You guessed it right, the economic recession is slowly winding-up. The bad news is everyone is conserving cash that the economic engine is out of gas. This is where the banks can come in, provided they have the tenacity to weather the crisis and governments have the willingness to lend these institutions capital and bailouts. In this blog I write about the Jupiter – Sun Conjunction January 2009 in terms of positional astronomy, stars, constellation and cosmic interpretation.

1. Positional Astronomy

1. The conjunction takes place in-between two stars Pi Capricorni and Rho Capricorni both in the Capricornus constellation. This constellation is historically depicted as a Sea –Goat. On the celestial sphere the conjunction takes place at Right Ascension (RA) 20.42 hours and on the Declination (DEC) at 19.44 degrees South. As a result, the planet Jupiter would be in total eclipse and thereafter could not be viewed from the earth till end of this month

2. Sun enters the Capricornus constellation on January 20, whereas Jupiter has already entered it on January 4. Sun would leave the constellation on February 14, while Jupiter continues its stay till early February 2010.

3. The previous Jupiter- Sun conjunction took place on December 23, 2007; the next is due end – February 2010

4. Simultaneously, the Moon, which is on 27.9 days, almost at the end of its lunation cycle, occults (over-shadows) the Star Nunki (Sigma Sagittari) in the Sagittarius constellation.

2. Stars

1. Pi Capricorni : this star is called “Oculus” ( Latin – Eye), located in the right eye of the sea-goat. A triple star system with close companions these star showers blue to white colour lamination. It is a bright giant, approximately 670 light years away, classified as B8III star with a visual magnitude of 5.0. It is located at RA 20.43 hours

2. Rho Capricorni : this star is east of the previous one by 0.03 hours, about 27 minutes apart. Called as “ Bos “ ( Latin – Bull) it is located on the right side of the face little away from the right eye. A binary star with a visual magnitude of 4.78 it is classified as F2IV, a yellowish- white sub-giant and approximately 98 light years away from the earth. This star is located at RA 20.46 hours

Both stars are considered to be a good pair. A sketch of the stars is shown below; see right just above the minus 20 latitude:

Courtesy : http://www.astrofilitrentini.it/mat/costell/cap_e.html

3. Capricornus Constellation

One of the ancient and mysterious constellations, Capricornus is celebrated as God in many cultures. In Greek mythology it is “Pan” the god of flocks, shepherds, hunting and rustic music. Often the god is presented with human legs and with goat’s horns. Pan is very lustful and at the same time has a helpful disposition. For all his misdemeanours, the gods are pleased with him as he forewarns dangers.

But the Babylonian had another version of the constellation. In Babylonia he is” EA” or “ ENKI” , the God who educates and rewards; god of intelligence and intuition. This god was depicted to have human upper part lower part of a Fish. In Hindu mythology, Lord Vishnu is said to have taken an incarnation called Matsaya ( Fish ) to save the Hindu sacred books of Vedas from deluge that threatened the entire humanity. EA often appears on earth pre-warning calamities and educating how to save from these. In one instance EA has taught people to make an ark during a deluge. This story is comparable with the Noah’s Ark in the Bible. For more than 15,000 years the Babylonians have been celebrating god EA donning goat’s skin. God Ea can be compared with God Osiris in Egyptian mythology – a do-gooder and educator. In early times, the December solstice was marked in the Capricornus constellation. Due to precession of earth , this is now in Sagittarius constellation. However, many systems such as astrology still use Capricornus as a sign for winter solstice.

Astronomically, this constellation is very significant. It braces the Tropic of Capricorn , an imaginary line on 23 degrees and 30 minutes South of Equator. Furthermore, the planet Neptune was discovered in 1846 traversing within the Capricornus constellation.

4. Cosmic Interpretation

The following are highlights of the cosmic interpretations, though does not form an exhaustive list :

1. Whenever the Sun traverses through Capricornus, it mixes cold with warmth. The cold wintry air which has less humidity is heated with cosmics to make people from falling sick. Chronic ailments such as rheumatism would generally be relieved. More minerals such as potassium and magnesium are stored in the sun-light that is showered all over the earth. Sun goes on to patch-up things; make peace between warring enemies; brings end to sufferings; harmony would be restored. Before it leaves the constellation Sun makes things happen around you

2. As the conjunction takes place in a very auspicious location of the “ pair” , that is two stars that are considered so, economic and political leadership would be very much balanced. The good indication was how the Gas Row between Russia and Ukraine was resolved recently.

3. This conjunction taking place in the first week of Obama Presidency itself is remarkable. Barack Obama has a full plate of problems both domestic and international, which he and he alone can handle. In doing so, he would combine political and economic acumen and resourcefulness. He will complete the Herculean tasks of Un-doing of actions by despots, Establishing peace, Stabilizing the world economic system & Investing in prosperity and growth( Read details in my blog post “ Mars- Sun conjunction in December 2008” ).

4. Barack Obama’s priority would be two-fold; one is to reverse the Economic Recession. The burden of stabilizing the world economy will be shared by USA, European Community, Japan and China as I mentioned in my blog post “ Forecast 2009 ”. The Jupiter – Sun Conjunction reinforces this point. My prediction of bloodletting continuing in the Middle –east, Afghanistan, Kashmir and Palestine and peace prevailing in countries bordering East and South China Sea and the Caucasus is also lent credence. ( Read details in my blog post “ Forecast 2009 ”). Knotty issues such as Cuba and Venezuela would be gradually eased

5. Good time for politicians, commanders –in chief of countries but bad for commanders-in chief of armed forces. Church and business leaders gain respect while trigger –happy men would be perished.

6. Diplomacy is in the fore-front; we see a United Nations where consensus reigns rather than cold war brinkmanship

7. Services such as education, shipping would grow; entertainment industry would be driven by music and videos rather than big budget films. Manufacturing industries that cater to the civilian needs would rise; arms and ammos would, however , plummet. Technology takes the back-seat; computers and software dwindle. Gas, oil and other cartels would see trouble; all these reinforcing my comments made in 2009 Forecast

8. Health wise it is bad for people suffering from chronic ailments and those connected with liver and head; ailments in the heart and hands abate; the ones affecting legs would be stagnant. Those who are obese run big risk

9. Serious incidents in the oceans are forecast; while Somali piracy goes down major accidents would occur; climate would also prove to be nasty

10. The danger of an asteroid hitting the Earth is a possibility. The Asteroid Belt between Mars & Jupiter needs more study than it receives now

11. Those who are born under stars of Sagittarius, Capricornus and Pisces constellations would do very well. Spotlight is turned on the following stars in these constellations:

· Sagittarius : Ascella ( zeta) Nunki (sigma) Kaus borealis ( lambda) tau & phi

· Capricornus: Algedi(alpha) Dabih(beta) Nashira( gamma) Deneb Algedi ( delta) , sigma, pi, rho & upsilon

· Pisces : Gamma, Beta ( Fom-Al- Samakah ) , theta, iota, lambda kappa & 19 piscium

12. Those who have 6 & 3 in their number combinations would excel

13. This is time for expansion and not contraction; lot of energy cascading; intelligence combined with money should see an end to financial downswing. But as stated in “ 2009 Forecast “ expenditure overall would be curtailed. That begs the question who and what can be done to reverse this trend.

14. Now we go back to the beginning of this blog post. Yes it is the Bank; Barack Obama has to convene a meeting of big industrialized nations and the representatives of the big banks and chalk out a plan immediately. Recession that kept everyone to bow his head would be over. As the first quarter ends on 31^st March, there would be a sigh of relief throughout the world. My best wishes to the leaders of nations across the globe for making peace and prosperity a reality.

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Muthu Ashraff

Cosmic Adviser