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& Mather, attributed to Mike Munkasey, Chester Kemp and Neil Michelson.
Due to the slightly different arrangement of the calculation of the
expressions, it may be less likely to blow up (then again, it may not).
Use the same formulae for MC and ASC.
RA of cusps 11 & 12 (iterate until sufficiently small):
RA = RAMC + (arccos (-sin (RA) * tan (E) * tan (L)) / F
where initially:
for 11: RA = RAMC + 30, F = 3
for 12: RA = RAMC + 60, F = 1.5
RA of cusps 2 & 3 (iterate until sufficiently small):
RA = RAMC + 180 - arccos (sin (RA) * tan (E) * tan (L)) / F
where initially:
for 2: RA = RAMC + 120, F = 1.5
for 3: RA = RAMC + 150, F = 3
Then the celestial longitude of a cusp is:
C = arcttan (sin (RA) / cos (E) * cos (RA))
L - geographical latitude
E - obliquity of ecliptic
RAMC - right ascension of MC
C - cusp in celestial longitude
steps 5 thru 8 again. Substitute the R's for the D's a third time and
repeat steps 5 thru 8. The answer for R on the third try is the cusp you
desire.
9. Compute the individual house cusps as follows:
C11 = R11 C5 = 180 + C11
C12 = R12 C6 = 180 + C12
C2 = R2 C8 = 180 + C2
C3 = R3 C9 = 180 + C3