Astronomy. My first Year Notes
written by Kirstie Calderon Lewis
My own notes of Astronomy First Year lesson 1 - 9. All notes from the lessons and my own work on Astronomy. Important information for quizzes and essays can be find within the notes.
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Lesson Four
Chapter 4
• Magic in the universe comes from the stars.
• The magic in our solar system comes from the Sun.
• The Moon, the planets, and their moons all absorbed some magic from the Sun as they were being formed about 4.5 billion years ago.
• An active volcano lets it escape much more quickly, but only Jupiter’s innermost moon Io still has active volcanoes.
• A bit of the magic originally given to the planets and moons by the Sun may reach the Earth, but there’s so little of it compared to the magic these bodies reflect from the Sun that it can be safely ignored when considering their effects.
• Astronomical bodies modify the magic they reflect, giving it certain special properties.
• The magic reflected by the planets also affects events on Earth.
• Astronomical Magical Effect Quotient describes the amount of magical effect a non-light producing astronomical body has on another planet. Unless the other affected planet or body is specified, you may assume in this class that we are dealing with Earth.
• The Moon and each of the planets have a different type of magical and divinatory effect on the Earth.
• The A.M.E. of the Moon or a planet tells us the amount of magical and divinatory effect of that type that will reach Earth. Once we know how much of each type of magic we are receiving, we will be in a better position to decide which of our activities will be helped by the magic coming at us from the heavens and which will be hindered, and that is why we should care about the A.M.E.
• Distance from the Sun - how far the body in question is from the Sun.
• Angular size – how big the astronomical object appears from Earth.
• Albedo – how much light and magic the astronomical object reflects from its surface relative to the amount of light that falls upon it. In most cases, optical albedo and magical albedo are similar, but there are exceptions.
• Phase – how much of the object is lit in the sky and not blocked from the Earth by another body.
• Interference – how the magic from one astronomical object interacts with the magic from other astronomical objects
• Astronomical objects that have a high A.M.E. Quotient, such as the Moon, have a large magical effect on the Earth.
• Objects like planets in star systems in other far away galaxies have low A.M.E. Quotients, so we rarely feel their effects here on Earth.
• The study of the planets is instrumental to understanding what is happening around you and what is to come.
• Divinatory meanings, which many beings use to guide their future.
• Mercury. It is the planet of sudden creative influence, problem solving, and inspiration.
• Venus, the importance of feelings. Any emotions, from anger to love. Attempts to centre your thoughts inwardly are also emphasized.
• Mars is a harbinger of danger, blood and battle. Foretells battle. Planet’s appearance indicates upcoming strong wills and stubbornness. This may mean longer-lasting spells or that two opposing factions might refuse to compromise during negotiation of a treaty.
• Jupiter implies unstoppable forces. E.g. a stream eroding a riverbank. Being living and dying as per their cycle of life. Very bold and loud way like foreign invading armies or rampaging plagues.
• Saturn, careful consideration. Inspires empathy, perspective and slow, thoughtful consideration.
• Uranus, opposite meaning to Saturn. Importance of induvial thoughts. What is best for you? Indicates a change or transitions
• Neptune, indicator of sacrifice.
• Pluto. Orbits the Sun and impacts us with its particular flavour of magic. Pluto’s minimal divinatory importance is related to cycles. This can be life cycles or the repetition of the past.
• The planets’ messages for us of the future are much subtler than that and require careful interpretation and consideration.
• When two or more planets (or other heavenly bodies) are arranged in the sky together, their effects are combined.
• This can be in the form of conjunctions, syzygies -- alignments of the planets -- or simply when both planets are nearer to Earth in their orbits.
• Mars and Jupiter are aligned, potentially inciting or continuing a bloody war between two great powers, or when both Uranus and Neptune are having effects on Earth, which might cause a change in an established cycle.
• The concept of the A.M.E. Quotient was first proposed and developed by Dr. Ayesha S. Mansour.
• The original name for the A.M.E. Quotient was the “Astromeff Quotient”
• All the effects that the magic reflected by the full Moon has on Earth.
• The planets too had a similar magical influence.
• Careful observations of the correlation between the apparent brightness of the various planets as seen from Earth and happenings here.
• By reading accounts of violence in both Muggle and magical newspapers, she discovered that, whereas the greatest amount of violence didn’t always coincide with the maximum value of Mars’s apparent brightness, the amount of violence tended to be greater the brighter Mars appeared to be.
• While the planets did seem to have some sort of influence, it was much less consistent than that of the Moon. She gave two reasons to explain this phenomenon: none of the planets have an A.M.E. that’s even one-thousandth as great as that of the full Moon, and unlike the effects of the full Moon, the effects of the planets could be increased or decreased or even reversed by local influences.
• The magic in our solar system comes from the Sun.
• The Moon, the planets, and their moons all absorbed some magic from the Sun as they were being formed about 4.5 billion years ago.
• An active volcano lets it escape much more quickly, but only Jupiter’s innermost moon Io still has active volcanoes.
• A bit of the magic originally given to the planets and moons by the Sun may reach the Earth, but there’s so little of it compared to the magic these bodies reflect from the Sun that it can be safely ignored when considering their effects.
• Astronomical bodies modify the magic they reflect, giving it certain special properties.
• The magic reflected by the planets also affects events on Earth.
• Astronomical Magical Effect Quotient describes the amount of magical effect a non-light producing astronomical body has on another planet. Unless the other affected planet or body is specified, you may assume in this class that we are dealing with Earth.
• The Moon and each of the planets have a different type of magical and divinatory effect on the Earth.
• The A.M.E. of the Moon or a planet tells us the amount of magical and divinatory effect of that type that will reach Earth. Once we know how much of each type of magic we are receiving, we will be in a better position to decide which of our activities will be helped by the magic coming at us from the heavens and which will be hindered, and that is why we should care about the A.M.E.
• Distance from the Sun - how far the body in question is from the Sun.
• Angular size – how big the astronomical object appears from Earth.
• Albedo – how much light and magic the astronomical object reflects from its surface relative to the amount of light that falls upon it. In most cases, optical albedo and magical albedo are similar, but there are exceptions.
• Phase – how much of the object is lit in the sky and not blocked from the Earth by another body.
• Interference – how the magic from one astronomical object interacts with the magic from other astronomical objects
• Astronomical objects that have a high A.M.E. Quotient, such as the Moon, have a large magical effect on the Earth.
• Objects like planets in star systems in other far away galaxies have low A.M.E. Quotients, so we rarely feel their effects here on Earth.
• The study of the planets is instrumental to understanding what is happening around you and what is to come.
• Divinatory meanings, which many beings use to guide their future.
• Mercury. It is the planet of sudden creative influence, problem solving, and inspiration.
• Venus, the importance of feelings. Any emotions, from anger to love. Attempts to centre your thoughts inwardly are also emphasized.
• Mars is a harbinger of danger, blood and battle. Foretells battle. Planet’s appearance indicates upcoming strong wills and stubbornness. This may mean longer-lasting spells or that two opposing factions might refuse to compromise during negotiation of a treaty.
• Jupiter implies unstoppable forces. E.g. a stream eroding a riverbank. Being living and dying as per their cycle of life. Very bold and loud way like foreign invading armies or rampaging plagues.
• Saturn, careful consideration. Inspires empathy, perspective and slow, thoughtful consideration.
• Uranus, opposite meaning to Saturn. Importance of induvial thoughts. What is best for you? Indicates a change or transitions
• Neptune, indicator of sacrifice.
• Pluto. Orbits the Sun and impacts us with its particular flavour of magic. Pluto’s minimal divinatory importance is related to cycles. This can be life cycles or the repetition of the past.
• The planets’ messages for us of the future are much subtler than that and require careful interpretation and consideration.
• When two or more planets (or other heavenly bodies) are arranged in the sky together, their effects are combined.
• This can be in the form of conjunctions, syzygies -- alignments of the planets -- or simply when both planets are nearer to Earth in their orbits.
• Mars and Jupiter are aligned, potentially inciting or continuing a bloody war between two great powers, or when both Uranus and Neptune are having effects on Earth, which might cause a change in an established cycle.
• The concept of the A.M.E. Quotient was first proposed and developed by Dr. Ayesha S. Mansour.
• The original name for the A.M.E. Quotient was the “Astromeff Quotient”
• All the effects that the magic reflected by the full Moon has on Earth.
• The planets too had a similar magical influence.
• Careful observations of the correlation between the apparent brightness of the various planets as seen from Earth and happenings here.
• By reading accounts of violence in both Muggle and magical newspapers, she discovered that, whereas the greatest amount of violence didn’t always coincide with the maximum value of Mars’s apparent brightness, the amount of violence tended to be greater the brighter Mars appeared to be.
• While the planets did seem to have some sort of influence, it was much less consistent than that of the Moon. She gave two reasons to explain this phenomenon: none of the planets have an A.M.E. that’s even one-thousandth as great as that of the full Moon, and unlike the effects of the full Moon, the effects of the planets could be increased or decreased or even reversed by local influences.
