Primary Directions – The Cycle of the Year

Primary Directions – The Cycle of the Year

A book by Charles Obert, 2018 edition. Review and analysis.

Started 5th September 2025

PD = Primary Directions

AC = AstroConnexions app. iPad/iPhone/ Mac

SR = Solar Return

Terms = bounds

Obert uses Morinus a MS Windows astrology app throughout his book. This article will show how AC can be used to get the same results as Morinus. Obert claims that Morinus can be used on a Mac. I haven’t been able to get it working on a silicon (M1) Mac.

Obert uses four techniques:

1. Profections
2. Directing through the Bounds
3. Solar Returns
4. Transits

All available in AC. To follow along Morinus is not required.

The page numbers refer to the hard copy of the book, not the PDF, which I don’t have.

First a look at Jimi Hendrix’s natal chart, page 50. Let’s get the chart from AC’s Provided Charts and ensure that it has the same ascendant as Obert’s chart. I get an ascendant of 24° 30´. The chart in the book shows an ascendant of 24° 40´. Let’s get the geographical location in sync – that should fix the difference, hopefully. Copy the provided Hendrix chart to Your Charts so that it can be edited. Swipe left over the chart details in the Provided Charts table and tap Copy.

Unfortunately Obert doesn’t state the lat and long of the chart anywhere. I need the same lat and long to get the same Asc. And PD’s are very sensitive to geographical differences. A quick look at Astrodatabank on the web reveals the same ascendant as his Hendix chart in his book. So I use the lat and long from Astrodatabank in AC which gives me the same Asc and the same chart. Long-press over lat and long in the Edit Chart view to change the lat and long.

Natal Chart

Page 50

Profections

Page 24

Directing through the Bounds/Terms – Primary Directions

Page 50, 51

Z (Capricornus) Venus D —> Asc 29.080430 1962.12.26

Terms to the Asc

Showing the settings and results.

Z Sextile Mars D —> Asc 23.275900 1966.03

Mars directed to sextile Asc

 

To be updated and continued…… held up by impact of iPadOS 26.