Hotspot Transits Study

The Hotspot Transits Study generates an event whenever a transiting body crosses a fixed longitudinal degree on the zodiac defined as a critical degree (hotspot). Use the study to monitor when planets activate user-defined sensitive points such as midpoints, fixed star longitudes, or arbitrary degrees of interest.

Create a Hotspot Transits Study

To add a new Hotspot Transits Study to the active workspace:

1. Click Mundane Studies on the menu bar.
2. Click Critical Degree Transits, then click Hotspot Transits in the submenu.

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You can also create a Hotspot Transits Study from the toolbar by clicking the Ingress Studies drop-down button and selecting Hotspot Transits.

Events Captured

A Hotspot Transits event occurs when a transiting body's ecliptic longitude (or right ascension, depending on Reference Plane) crosses a degree listed in the Hotspot Degrees table. Sign ingresses can also be generated using this study by populating the table with multiples of 30°, but the Sign Ingresses Study is purpose-built for that case.

Events Table Columns

The events table for a Hotspot Transits Study contains the following columns:

Column	Description
Date Time	Date and time of the hotspot transit event.
Body	Name of the body crossing the hotspot.
Body Longitude	Ecliptic longitude of the body at the transit.
Body Sign	Zodiac sign (with degrees) of the body.
Body Latitude	Ecliptic latitude of the body.
Body Distance	Distance of the body from the coordinate origin.
Body Speed	Daily motion of the body.
Hotspot Longitude	Ecliptic longitude of the hotspot being transited.
Hotspot Sign	Zodiac sign (with degrees) of the hotspot.
Event Interval	Time interval since the previous hotspot transit event.