Right Ascension charts - 'manifestation charts'

Right Ascension chart is a chart similar to natal chart but it shows how natal chart potentials manifest in life, how they play themselves out.

How is it different from a natal chart?
The celestial equator is a more 'earthy' reference than the ecliptic. This makes sense, for the celestial equator is the projection of the earth's equator on the celestial sphere, while the ecliptic is the path of the Sun.

Consequently, they regard the right ascension chart as an indication of how a person manifests the potentialities of their 'normal' (longitude-based) chart into their life. From this perspective, the 'normal' chart shows potentialities; the right ascension chart shows how these potentialities are likely to manifest in real life. Hence the motto: right ascension chart – manifestation chart.

For instance, if an aspect or a cluster of planets is really critical in a person's chart, you may want to look at their right ascension chart to see if the aspect is also present, and if it is any different.

In astrological readings, it is not rare to see people who are not like their chart! For instance, one sees charts with beautiful potentialities which are not translated into the reality of the person's life. The right ascension chart may give clues as to why and how, and also clues as to how to manifest what is in the chart.

See detailed explanation here:
http://astrology.clairvision.org/static/astrologymanual/Right_ascension_and_decl ination.html

I don't think astrodienst has option to draw RA charts and if your program doesn't show show them either, use this one:
http://astrology.clairvision.org/astro/switchboard

After entering you birth data click on 'View', 'Drawing', choose either 'PNG' or 'SVG', then 'Configure', and 'Right Ascension Chart'.

My RA chart shows Plu-Sat square - so well known to me!!!

Namron

 

Right ascension is not based on the celestial equator - it's based on the Earth's equator. It's just a different set of coordinates. It's also used in astronomy and navigation (at least older navigation).

There are three basic kinds.

Horizon system: based on your position on the horizon. "Longitude" is called azimuth, and "latitude" is called altitude.

Equatorial system: based on the Earth's equator. Right ascension is the "longitude", and "latitude" is called declination.

Ecliptic system: this is what most astrology uses. It's based on the apparent path of the Sun.

Right ascension was primarily used from at least the early 9th century as a way to make predictions called "primary directions". This is an extremely difficult technique, and so far astrological software isn't calculating it correctly, so I and other traditional astrologers do it by hand.

The idea is to take a planetary body, Arabic Part, or house, and you can only direct certain ones, and measure it by right ascension. Then by using math, figure out how many degrees it takes for point A to reach an aspect or conjunction to point B. You translate that number of degrees into a date. Once you have a date, you can make a prediction.

This is actually a pretty big subject, and extraordinarily confusing.