Station Hotspots
The Station Hotspots study finds stations that fall on the zodiac degrees you consider significant.
Creating a Station Hotspots Study
To create a Station Hotspots study:
- Click Mundane Studies → Stations → Station Hotspots on the menu bar.
The new study is added to the Studies list and opens with your workspace's default settings, ready to configure. You can also create it from the study-group dropdown button on the main toolbar.
Events Captured
This study records an event each time a transiting body stations retrograde or direct while conjunct a critical degree, or hotspot. The conjunction to the hotspot is measured against the transit orb, so the stationing body must fall within that orb of a listed hotspot degree for the event to fire. The hotspot degrees come from the study's Hotspot Degrees table.
An Event Type selector determines which stations the study captures: retrograde stations only, direct stations only, or both.
Events Table Columns
The events table can display the following columns for this study. Many are hidden by default; to show or hide any column, right-click a column header (see Event Column Visibility). Column headers that name longitude or latitude are relabeled to right ascension and declination when the study's Reference System uses an equatorial reference plane.
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Date Time | Date and time of the station event. |
| Event Type | Station type (retrograde or direct). |
| Body | Name of the stationing body. |
| Body Longitude | Ecliptic longitude of the body (relabeled "Body Right Asc" in equatorial mode). |
| Body Sign | Zodiac sign of the body. |
| Body Latitude | Ecliptic latitude of the body (relabeled "Body Declination" in equatorial mode). |
| Body Distance | Distance of the body. |
| Body Speed | Longitudinal speed of the body (near zero at station). |
| Hotspot Longitude | Longitude of the conjuncted hotspot / critical degree (relabeled "Hotspot Right Asc" in equatorial mode). |
| Hotspot Sign | Zodiac sign of the hotspot. |
| Separation | Angular separation (orb) between the station point and the hotspot. |
| Event Interval | Time interval since the previous event. |