Vernal Point - Point on the ecliptic marking the position of the Sun at the moment of the Vernal Equinox, when the Sun is directly overhead at midday along the Tropic of Cancer.
Vernal Point. Zero degrees Aries, the point that marks the Vernal Equinox. Vertex. An imaginary angle of the horoscope that shows where you are subject to the control of others and where you are subject to the whims and wishes of others.
References to the vernal point in the 15th degree of Aries are preserved in the writings of Achilles and Eudoxus.
The Tropical Zodiac defines the Vernal Point as the first degree of Aries, but the Sidereal Zodiac allows it to precess. SignificatorIn Natal Astrology, the planet which rules the Ascendant.
Ages : (e.g. of Aquarius) Time taken for the Vernal Point to move backwards through one sidereal constellation - approx 2,150 years. Air Signs: Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius.
1974 brought the progressed Moon to the vernal point (0 degrees Aries) and several harmonious angles. Ali avenged his loss to Frazier and defeated George Foreman for his second throning as champion.
We only use the mathematics based on the Vernal Point of (approximately) 5° Pisces 26' as fiducial instead of zero degrees of Aries. One of the fiduciary points is based on the Fagan/Bradley position for the Sidereal Vernal Point.
Local Sidereal Time The time of birth at the birthplace, converted to sidereal (star) time. It is the hour angle of the vernal point (0° Aries). This is the figure from which the house cusps of the chart are derived. ...
Tropical Zodiac and Sidereal Zodiac Tropical Zodiac (Seasonal Zodiac) begins with the Vernal Point, and the Spring Equinox, when the Sun is directly overhead at the Tropic of Cancer.
See also: Vernal, Degrees, Degree, Astrologer, Zodiac
 
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