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posted September 10, 2010 02:37 PM         

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What is the difference between solar arcs and progressions?
And how do you then calculate solar arcs?

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posted September 10, 2010 02:40 PM         

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solar arcs are one kind of progression. you calculate the distance travelled by the sun per day, and progress ALL the planets equally by that amount...

or for longer term calculations you calculate how far the sun has progressed, a day equalling a year, and again progress all the planets by that amount...rather than each individual planet progressing by the same number of days as per ephemeris.

i hope that is right AND comprehensible!!

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posted September 10, 2010 02:42 PM         

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Ah ok... I thought that... Even the ascendant and nodes?

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posted September 10, 2010 02:44 PM         

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nodes i would say yes. i always progress the ascendant as per the MC's progression...not sure how others do it.

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posted September 10, 2010 02:45 PM         

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hey Quinnie

progression is 1 day = 1 year
solar arc is 1 degree = 1 year
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrological_progression

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posted September 10, 2010 02:48 PM         

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Quinnie,

of course you also progress the ASC and NOdes with Solar Arc.

They are really just two different kinds of progressions.

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posted September 10, 2010 02:48 PM         

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Ah ok... Thank you for clarifying that for me, Kat and Peri!

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posted September 10, 2010 02:52 PM         

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DD, many thanks... I had assumed the solar arc was just the term for progressed Sun or something but I get it now.

For one progressed chart for a thirty year old = another actual day in time...natal plus 30 days (for 30 years)

or solar arcs... everything in natal chart plus 30 degrees

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posted September 10, 2010 03:57 PM         

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now i am confused!

i thought the sun does not progress an exact degree per day so SA is the ACTUAL distance travelled by the sun applied to all the planets,

while regular progression is a day per year as each planet moves, at its own speed.

so SA equals ROUGHLY a degree per year for all planets, but not quite

and reg progressions = 30 days on the ephemeris for 30 years in the life (ie not all planets progressing at the same speed)..?

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posted September 10, 2010 04:06 PM         

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Kat... I'm confused now that you're confused

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