SPRING SEASON SOLARMAP

The Sun is now positioned at the Equator at the beginning of the spring season. The next three months will have the Sun climbing to the Tropic of Cancer, rest for a few days, and then embark on its descent once more. At the moment of the Sun reaching the equator in the northly route, a chart is created to plot the planet locations. The position of the Sun and the rest of the planets over the USA are used to back up the forecast much of the weather for the season. The intensity of where the planet lines lay is rather remarkable when the actual weather fulfills the promise of this seasonal map.

From the chart (see the chart graphic), the same planets found in the chart wheel are cast onto a map of the USA. The planets represent temperature, moisture and wind indication. The chart is good only for the 3-month season giving the overview of what to expect during the season. With this chart and with the weekly lunar phase charts as well, much of the weather is predictable.

Detailing the map, please begin at the left and the first two planets over the upper west coast and the state of Washington are Venus and Uranus. Together these two planets will bring chilly to downright cold temps to the region in the early part of spring producing snow and an icy mix.

Over the mountains and into the southwest, after the initial few weeks of precipitation, dry conditions with much warmer weather will begin to feed in. Mars and Jupiter usually produce rather warm temps with increasing intensity as the season wears on. Follow the red Mars line and you will see that this part of the country will warm up quickly this spring.

The Moon line (purple) falls over New Mexico where rainfall may bring trouble to the normally dry area. Southern Texas is not looking good folks. Flooding rains plus abnormally hot temperatures will impact the area. The upper plains states can count on very fine weather, a decent growing season, but the usual tornado alerts will be sounding as well. Harder hit by more deadly wind storms are the lower plains states when you see the Mercury line (purple) prominent from Chicago to New Orleans.

The Saturn line (brown) streams from Florida, all the way up to New England. The planet Saturn, know as the grim reaper, can bring difficult weather to an area. All in all he will produce flooding rains along the east coast.

Injecting a bit of mundane observation regarding the planet Saturn, I can say that home building and sales may take a plunge, foreign investments are limited for some reason and the USA economy takes a hit on the negative side. There is a need to conserve, to fix what is broken and to be on the alert for terrorist activity on both coasts.

Carolyn Egan, Astrometeorologist ©,February 8, 2004