Dictionary term
Meridian Table
Direct answer
Meridian Table is a table organized around quantities at local or reference-meridian passage.
Meridian Table is a meridian-reference table used in historical astronomy, timekeeping, or navigation.
- Source
- The Great Almanac Dictionary
- Category
- Historical Almanacs & Instruments
- Also appears in
- Historical Almanacs & Instruments
- Aliases
- None listed
- Last updated
- 2026-07-16
Quick reference
- Use when
- Use Meridian Table by confirming which meridian, date convention, and upper or lower transit the table uses.
- Do not use it for
- Local meridian values cannot be transferred unchanged to another longitude.
- Reference category
- Historical Almanacs & Instruments
- Related terms
- Calendar Wheel, Canon of Eclipses, Transit Table, Precession Table
The story behind Meridian Table
Observatories and navigators tabulated meridian circumstances for time determination, position work, and instrument planning.
Meridian Table in spiritual tradition
Meridian Table rewards careful observation, explicit assumptions, and humility about the limits of every model or measurement.
The Great Almanac frames Meridian Table with educational restraint. Mystical or symbolic language may be meaningful, but it should not be exaggerated into certainty, panic, or permission to ignore ordinary responsibility.
Meridian Table in the Bible
This is a factual history-of-science, instrument, timekeeping, or navigation reference. It may support wonder and disciplined attention without becoming a claim of fate, worship, or private revelation.
Meridian Table in numerology
Meridian Table is not a numerology claim. Any numbers attached to it should retain their ordinary scientific, calendrical, navigational, or historical meaning unless a separate symbolic interpretation is clearly labeled.
Why Meridian Table matters
Meridian Table matters because meridian observations simplify several coordinate and time relationships and were central to observatory routines.
Example in a reading: A table may give a star's expected meridian passage time for scheduling a transit observation.
Interpretive caution: Local meridian values cannot be transferred unchanged to another longitude.
How Meridian Table is used in a reading
Use Meridian Table by confirming which meridian, date convention, and upper or lower transit the table uses.
Where interpretation stops
Meridian Table is presented as sourced astronomy, calendrical, Earth-science, cultural, or instrument-history reference. Definitions should distinguish measured phenomena from civil convention and historical interpretation, preserve location and time dependencies, and avoid turning factual sky data into a deterministic personal claim.
Sources and editorial method
Research references used for this entry include:
- U.S. Naval Observatory: Astronomical and Navigational Almanacs - Official descriptions of the Astronomical Almanac, Nautical Almanac, and their tabular data.
- U.S. Naval Observatory: Astronomical Applications Data Services - Authoritative services for positions, rise and set data, phases, seasons, eclipses, and astronomical dates.
The page starts with a direct definition, then separates use, example, caution, spiritual meaning, and historical context. For astrology, occult, demonology, curse, and spiritual warfare terms, the editorial rule is to explain the term without making fear-based, fatalistic, medical, legal, financial, or ritual-instruction claims.
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