Solar Fire does not apply any adjustments to account for the sex of the individual whose prenatal charts are being cast. However, Jayne does suggest applying small adjustments to the position of the Moon or Sun in relation to the chart’s angles, depending on which of these two is used in the Luminary/Angle calculation of the chart in question.

 

“Lunar charts taking place at moonrise or moonset have the Moon about half a degree below the Ascendant or about half a degree above the Ascendant for women, whereas for men the Moons are slightly cadent instead of slightly angular, i.e. are about half a degree on the other side of the horizon. Of course this is before rectification. In lunar charts with the Moon on the MC or IC there is no known law as to which side of the meridian they must fall. In solar charts for men, occurring at noon or sunrise, the Sun is slightly angular, i.e. is in the 10th or 1st houses, but is slightly cadent for women. If a solar chart occurs at midnight or sunset for men the Sun is slightly cadent, but for women is somewhat angular. Specifically in female midnight charts (such as A and I) the Sun is 3 degrees inside the fourth house. It is not known how the law of sex works in the charts of homosexuals.”

 

For example, when casting a Jayne Mercury prenatal chart, the luminary/angle calculation is “noon”, meaning that the Sun is on the Midheaven. Therefore this is a solar chart, so the time of the chart should be adjusted slightly to cause the Sun to move into the 10th house for a man, or into the 9th house for a woman. Adjusting the time by about 2 minutes will effect a change of about half a degree in the Midheaven. This can be done most easily by viewing the chart and then using Solar Fire’s Rectify button which allows the chart time and angles to be easily changed.

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