Enigma of a Sorcerer - Corona Borealis

Carlos Castaneda - Enigma of a Sorcerer: The Movie

STAR CHARTS

Calculate your "Power Time"

Carlos Castaneda believed certain constellations were of use to a Warrior. He was particularly interested in the Corona Borealis and suggested that a Warrior should map their birth time in relation to the zenith of this constellation.

The purpose of this mapping is to calculate the time difference between one's birth and the moment when the Corona Borealis would next be at its zenith (at the highest point in the sky.) That time difference is then used as a guide to imbue "Power" to one's actions.

For instance, if the time difference between your birth and the next zenith of the Corona Borealis was eight hours, then you'd wait precisely eight hours before making any important decisions in your life or taking an important course of action. At the end of the eighth hour, you'd make your decision, choose a course of action, and proceed without looking back or wondering "what if."

Castaneda never claimed this technique would assure that things "go our way," just that no matter what the result, a decision based in "Power" is always more favorable than one that is not. Even if things ultimately turn out "bad" he claimed we'd be better off none the less, since a decision without "Power" would likely turn out worse.

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To calculate your "Power Time":

Change the date to your birthday.
Change the time to your birth time.
Change the city to your birth city.
Locate the Corona Borealis constellation via the "search" field or click "catalog."
Advance the hours and minutes from your birth time until the Corona Borealis is at the highest point in the sky.
Subtract your birth time from the time when the Corona Borealis was at its highest point in the sky after you were born.

Congratulations! You've just calculated your "Power Time."

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AstroViewer can answer these questions and help you to find your way in the night sky quickly and easily.

AstroViewer allows you to:

- display a sky map for any time or position on Earth
- find out the names and other information about celestial bodies
- find celestial bodies
- find constellations
- create a printable version of the sky chart
- display a map of the solar system.

Easy to use. If you would like to find out how this works, have a look at the manual... or just try it out.

The sky map represents the entire visible celestial sphere. Zenith, i.e. the point directly overhead, is in the center of the map. The perimeter is the horizon. The point on the horizon right in front of you corresponds to the bottom of the display. So the lower half of the map represents the part of the sky you are facing. The direction of view can be changed by rotating the sky map.

Move the mouse pointer onto the celestial body. Its name will be shown. A mouse click brings up some more detailed information. In the case of fixed stars, the constellation the star belongs to is named as well.

Use the control field "Time". Click the buttons to change time in small or big increments or decrements. Or set the date using the calendar.
Choose to display Universal Time, UT (= Greenwich Mean Time, GMT) or the local time of the set location.

Use the control field "Location". Choose a location on the world map or from the list of cities.

Type the name of the celestial body into the text field "Search celestial object". The name may be completed already while you are spelling it. A flashing red crosshair indicates the position of the celestial body (if it is above the horizon seen from the current location at the set point of time). You can also choose from a large variety of celestial bodies in the catalog.

Introduce the English or Latin name of the constellation into the text field "Search celestial object". The name may be completed already while you are spelling it. Red flashing outlines indicate the position of the constellation in question (if it is above the horizon seen from the current location at the set point of time).
The catalog contains all constellations (English and Latin names).

On the left border of the sky map you find a zoom slider. The maximum zoom factor is ten-fold.

You find a rotation slider at the bottom of the sky map . Turn the direction you are looking to the bottom. Every view direction can be set.

Use the scroll slider on the right border of the sky map for this. It will get effective with zoom factors from 2.0 on.

A click on the tab at the upper border leads you to the solar system map. A top view onto the solar system is displayed. The controls of this map are similar to the ones of the sky map.

A click on the button "Print version" creates a sky map on white background in a new browser window. You can use the print function of your browser. The time and place information and the selected auxiliary lines will be taken from the screen version. A printable sky map in the PDF format is available as well.