Station Activations
A Station Activations study finds the moments when a transiting body stations retrograde or direct while activating a natal body.
Creating a Station Activations Study
To create a Station Activations study:
- Click Transit Studies → Station Activations on the menu bar.
The new study opens with your workspace's default settings, ready to configure.
Events Captured
A body stations when it appears to pause and reverse direction, either turning retrograde or turning direct. This study reports each time a transiting body stations while conjunct, within the transit orb, a natal body. That conjunction activates the natal body.
An Event Type selector controls which stations the study captures. You can capture all station activations, or restrict the results to retrograde activations only or direct activations only.
Each event records the stationing transiting body and the activated natal body, along with each body's position, motion, and the angular separation between them.
Events Table Columns
The events table lists the following columns for a Station Activations study. Many are hidden by default; you can show or hide any column by right-clicking a column header (see Event Column Visibility). Longitude and latitude columns show ecliptic values, or right ascension and declination when the study uses an equatorial reference plane.
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Date Time | Local date/time of the station-activation event. |
| Event Type | Station subtype (retrograde or direct). |
| Transiting Body | The transiting body that stations. |
| Transiting Body Longitude | Transiting body ecliptic longitude (or right ascension). |
| Transiting Body Sign | Zodiac sign of the transiting body. |
| Transiting Body Latitude | Transiting body latitude (or declination). |
| Transiting Body Distance | Transiting body distance. |
| Transiting Body Speed | Transiting body longitudinal speed. |
| Separation | Angular separation from the conjuncted natal body. |
| Natal Body | Activated natal body. |
| Natal Body Longitude | Natal body ecliptic longitude (or right ascension). |
| Natal Body Sign | Zodiac sign of the natal body. |
| Natal Body Latitude | Natal body latitude (or declination). |
| Natal Body Distance | Natal body distance. |
| Natal Body Speed | Natal body longitudinal speed. |
| Event Interval | Interval (days) since the previous event. |