Locational Astrology
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Locational astrology is an umbrella term used to describe various types of astrology which analyzes the effects and correlations of planetary energies at specific locations on the Earth.
ASTROGEOGRAPHY/ASTROCARTOGRAPHY
Among the most popular are Astrogeography, developed by Don Neroman in Europe in the 1930s, and later elaborated on by Jim Lewis in the United States. Lewis called his maps "Astrocartography" maps, and they were widely publicized in the 1970s and 1980s. Astrogeography/Astrocartography maps are highly dependent on accurate birthtimes, with 10 minutes of inaccuracy causing incorrect indication of locational influences.
GEODETIC / FIXED LOCALITY ASTROLOGY
A second type of Locational Astrology is sometimes called Fixed Locality Astrology or Locality Astrology or Astrological Geodetics, and its primary early recognized proponents were Sepharial (Walter Gorn Old) in England, and A.M. Grimm in Germany. Both these systems assume that the Greenwich Meridian in metropolitan London has a 0° Aries fixed local MC, leaving the various regions of the globe to correspond with the 12 signs of the zodiac. There are subtle differences between the system of Sepharial and Grimm which are not noticeable in many classical astrology methods, but may be noticeable in precision methods such as those of Uranian astrology or Cosmobiology. The Sepharial system was later popularize by Canadian astrologer Chris McRae, and American astrologer Joyce Wehrman. The Canadian astrologer L Edward Johndro also worked with this method at various points throughout the 1930s and later years, and vacillated between the starting reference point at Greenwich and one near the greater pyramids of Egypt; there is controversy over which system he actually decided upon in later years.
OTHER LOCALITY ASTROLOGY METHODS
Still other Locality Astrology systems include Local Space astrology, popularized in the United States by Michael Erlewine.
REFERENCES
Brau, Jean-Louis: Larousse Encyclopedia of Astrology. McGraw Hill, New York, 1977.
Brummund, Ruth: Ortsmeridiane und Ortsaszendenten. Rudolph Verlag, Hamburg, 1979.
Johndro, L Edward: The Earth in the Heavens. Samuel Weiser, New York, 1929.
Lewis, Jim, and Irving, Kenneth and Sullivan, Erin: The Psychology of Astrocartography, Penguin, London, 1997.
McRae, Chris: The Geodetic World Map. American Federation of Astrologers, Tempe AZ USA, 1988.
Sepharial: Geodetic Equivalents. Foulsham, Slough England, 1925.
