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ABSCISSION (of
light) Occurs when, before an aspect between two
significators can perfect, one of the significators
aspects a slower planet, or a faster planet aspects one
of the significators. The 'light' of the applying
significator is 'cut off' by the third planet.
ABSOLUTE
LONGITUDE: The degrees of the ecliptic where a planet
might be placed according to its sign placement. A
Planet at 15 degrees Aries is at 15 degrees Absolute
Longitude whereas one at 15 degrees Libra is at 195
degrees Absolute Longitude (Libra being placed at 180
degrees)
ABU-MASHAR JA'FAR IBN-MUHAMMED: Arab
Astrologer (805 - 886) also called Albumazar. Said to
have formulated the concept of cycles based on the
geometric symbolism of the Hermeticists. i.e. historical
events subject to cycles of 360 and 120 solar years.
ACCIDENTAL DIGNITY: When a planet is so
placed in the chart that by its house position or
relationship with other planets is strengthened.
ADUAR
CYCLE: 360 Solar years ascribed to
Albumazar.
AFFLICTION: An outdated term, which
considered certain aspect or positions to be bad.
Contemporary astrology teaches there are no such things
as just good or bad aspects but the term is still used
in Horary Astrology.
AGES :
(e.g. of Aquarius) Time taken for the Vernal Point to
move backwards through one sidereal constellation -
approx 2,150 years.
AIR: One
of the four elements, associated with mental processes,
exchange and communication. The Air sign Triplicity:
Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius.
ALGOL:
Also called Caput Algol, a malefic fixed star,
representing the Gorgon whose hair was composed of
snakes. Symbolically implies losing one's head. At 26
degrees 10' Taurus in 2000.
AKUAR
CYCLE: 120 solar years ascribed to Albumazar.
ALCABITIUS : House division based on a
quadrant system.
ALTITUDE:
The measurement of a planet in degrees and minutes from
the horizon up towards the zenith. It is the planet's
angular distance from the horizon measured
vertically.
ANARETA
(anaretic degree) Gk.anairetes = destroyer. A malefic or
planet in an unfavourable aspect to the
HYLEG.
ANGLES:
Points at which great circles intersect the ecliptic.
Astrologically we call them Ascendant and its opposite
point the Descendant and the Midheaven or Median Coeli
and its opposite point the I.C. or Immum Coeli.
ANGULAR
HOUSES: Houses 1, 4, 7, and 10.
ANOMOLISTIC PERIOD: The orbit of a planet
measured from one perihelion to the next , or in the
case of the Moon, from one perigee to the next. Orbit,
almost the same as a sidereal period.
ANTIPATHY: An inharmonious relationship of
planets either because of their different natures, by
aspect, or by rulership or opposition. For example,
Mars, which rules Aries, is antipathetic to Venus, ruler
of Libra.
ANTISCION: Points at which planets are equal
in distance from the 1st degrees of the tropical signs
Cancer and Capricorn and their opposite relationship.
Reflections of the planets positions in relation to the
axis of the solstitial points. Correspondences are -
Gemini=Cancer | Taurus = Leo | Aries = Virgo | Pisces =
Libra | Aquarius = Scorpio | Capricorn = Sagittarius.
The degree of the planet and its Antiscion always total
30 degrees.
ANTIVERTEX: Intersection of the Prime
Vertical with the ecliptic in the east.
APHELION
(apo - away Helios - Sun): The point in a planet's orbit
when it is furthest from the Sun.
APOGEE
(apo - away Gaia - Earth): The point in the Moon's orbit
that is most distant from the Earth also used when a
planet is most distant from the earth
APPARENT
HORIZON: a plane tangent to earth from a specific
location - what we actually see as horizon dividing
earth and sky and depending on elevation of the location
above seas level.
APPARENT
MOTION: Motion observed from a geocentric position.
Motion relative to the earth as if the earth were
stationary.
APPARENT
SOLAR TIME: Measured by the Sun 's apparent motion
around the earth. "Sundial Time" or the observable
rising of the Sun one day and again the next
day.
APPARENT
SOLAR TIME: Time, as it appears in general usage of a
24-hour revolution.
APPLICATION: The movement of a planet toward
another planet, cusp, or sensitive point, as an aspect
forms between them.
APPLYING
(Aspect): Refers to the relationship of two planets when
the faster moving planet in an aspect is in an earlier
degree than the slower planet and approaching
exactitude.
APSE
CYCLE: a nine-year cycle of the Moon's orbit used
chiefly for Weather forecasting.
APSE or
APSIDES LINE: A line connecting the two points of the
Moon's Perigee and Apogee, the longest axis of the
Ellipse of the Moon's orbit. A Progression of this line
causes the Moon's orbit to turn on itself once every
3232.5 days, about 9 years. This produces the Apse
Cycle.
AQUARIUS:
Sign of the Zodiac through which the Sun transits from
about 21 January to 20 February each year. The symbol of
the Water Carrier.
AQUINAS,
SAINT THOMAS (1220's - 74) : Catholic theologian who
reconciled the Christian doctrine of freewill with
astrological practise. Author of Summa
Theologia
ARABIC
PARTS: So called Arabic parts are derived by adding and
subtracting particular planetary, zodiacal positions and
cuspal points in absolute longitude to synthesise a part
of Lot that has symbolic meaning.
ARC: Any
part of the circumference of a circle in which the
distance is measured from one point to another or,
astrologically the distance travelled along the ECLIPTIC
by a body over a given period of time.
ARCTURAN
: House system based on 12 equal segments starting with
the East Point.
ARIES :
Sign of the zodiac through which the sun transits from
around 21st March to 20th April each year. The symbol of
the Ram. The sun's ingress is symbolic of the first day
of Spring in the northern hemisphere but in reality the
Vernal point is in the constellation of Pisces due to
precession of the equinoxes.
ARMILLARY
SPHERE: Instrument used by ancient astronomers composed
of rings to represent the Celestial Equator, The
Tropics, the Ecliptic, Horizon and Meridian.
ASCENDANT, Rising Sign, First House: The
cusp, the beginning degree, based on the time of day and
place of birth of the subject, of the first house, and
the first house itself. The intersection of the Horizon
and the Ecliptic.
ASCENDING
NODE: where the Moon crosses the Ecliptic from South to
North.
ASCENSION: LONG AND SHORT: Because of the
oblique angle of the Ecliptic to the equator, certain
signs at mid latitudes take longer to rise above the
horizon that others. In the Southern Hemisphere, the
signs Cancer to Sagittarius are called signs of SHORT
Ascension and the signs Capricorn to Gemini are called
signs of LONG Ascension. The reverse signs apply in the
Northern Hemisphere.
ASPECT:
Refers to the geometric or Angular relationship between
planets in the Ecliptic.
ASPECTARIAN: Section in the Ephemeris listing
major planetary aspects over a period.
ASTEROIDS: Thousands of small celestial
bodies mostly orbiting between Mars and Jupiter. The
largest is Ceres. Theory of origins is that they may
have been composed from a disintegrated planet, which
once orbited between Mars and Jupiter. They fit BODES
LAW of Planetary distance.
ASTROCARTOGRPAHY: A computerised system
whereby the natal planetary data is superimposed onto a
map of the world. Developed by Jim Lewis. See also
Locational astrology.
ASTROECONOMICS: The use of astrology, its
cycles and periods in business and finance.
ASTROLABE: An ancient instrument for
observing the positions of heavenly bodies and
determining their elevation above the horizon.
ASTROLOGER: Trained practitioner of the art
and science of Astrology.
ASTROLOGY: Study of the relationships between
people and events on earth, and the cycles, position,
aspects, and motion of the Sun, Moon and eight planets
along the ecliptic.
ASTROMETEOROLOGY: The study of astrological
phenomena is relation to weather and forecasts based on
that study.
ASTRONOMY: The scientific study of space and
its bodies from a physical point of view, i.e.
distances, temperature, brightness, speed etc. using
telescopes, radio waves, microwaves etc. Astronomy
provides the visual data but does not interpret it
symbolically.
AUTUMNAL
EQUINOX. The measurement of 180 degrees of right
ascension on the celestial equator or of celestial
longitude on the ecliptic measured from the Vernal
equinox (determined as 0 Aries, therefore the autumnal
equinox is determined as 0 Libra. However, due to
precession the synetic autumnal point is now in Virgo.
In the southern hemisphere this marks the Vernal
Equinox, thus contradicting any ideas based on a
seasonal zodiac.
AVERAGE
DAILY MOTION: The average motion of a planet during a
24-hour period. Travelling slower than average is
considered a debility in traditional
astrology.
AYANAMSA
: The difference is celestial longitude between the
sidereal sign and its corresponding tropical sign. An
exact value of 24 degrees was computed in 1950 by
astrologers Fagan and Bradley. Because of precession the
value of the ayanamsa increases by 1.4 degrees per 100
years.
AZIMUTH:
A measurement of a planet's angular distance from the
Horizon in Degrees and Minutes Westward from where the
Meridian intersects the south point of the Horizon to a
vertical containing the planet, or, an angle made by the
vertical of the planet to the Meridian. Astronomy uses
this measurement as Zenith distance.
BARBAULT Andre ( Oct 1 1921, 5 pm
Champignelles, France) : Leading astrological researcher
in the 1940's. Reputed to have invested the first
computerised charts. Groundbreaking research in the
synodic cycles of planetary pairs, his work is highly
regarded in Europe. Authored 30 books.
BARREN
SIGNS: Gemini, Leo, and Virgo.
BEHOLDING: Signs that connect by major
(Ptolemaic) aspects. Or signs in Antiscion or
Contrantiscion.
BENEFICS:
Venus and Jupiter and the Moon in Ptolemaic astrology.
Trines and sextiles also viewed as benefic aspects.
BEROSUS:
(330 BC) Babylonian priest whose teaching of astrology
on the Greek island of Cos is thought to have introduced
Chaldean astrology to the Western world.
BESIEGED:
When a significator lies between two malefics (Lilly) or
when the last and next aspects it has or will make are
to Malefics (Modern) Traditionally a besieged planet is
between Mars and Saturn, and in the same sign as them.
BESTIAL
SIGNS: Aries, Taurus, Leo, Sagittarius, and Capricorn.
BICORPOREAL SIGNS: Gemini, Virgo,
Sagittarius, and Pisces
BIQUINTILE: Aspect of 144 degrees based on
the 5th harmonic. Said to indicate talent.
BIRTHSTONES: In Hermetic theory certain
precious and semiprecious stones used as amulets connect
with the Sun sign of individuals. Correspondences vary
considerably from a variety of sources. sources may be
the
BODES
LAW: Noticed by Astronomer Bode that the relative
distances from the Sun can be calculated, beginning with
Mercury as numeric 0, calling Venus 3 then doubling for
each planet, i.e. 6, 12 etc. Add 4 then divide by 10
gives an Astronomical unit that relates to
distance.
BONATI
GUIDO: (C1300): Italian court Astrologer. His aphorisms
are still widely used in Horary and Electional
astrology.
BRADLEY
DONALD : Pioneer of the Sidereal school of astrology,
who developed the concept of a sidereal zodiac based on
the 12 constellations intersected by the plane of the
Ecliptic, as distinct from the Tropical zodiac whichi s
based on the seasons and composed of signs which have
the same name as the constellations. Developed ( with
Fagan) the concept of the Ayanamsa.
BRAHE
TYCHO ( April 13 1546 Kundstorp Denmark ): Danish
Astrologer and Astronomer to whom Johannes Kepler was
apprenticed. Considered the greatest astronomer since
Hipparchus, his observations were exceptionally precise
before telescopes. Said to have first proposed the
concept of Aspects.
BYZANTIUM: The influence of Byzantium
Astrology as practised in the 4th Century separated the
priestly role of astrologers from the fortune tellers
and magicians. Islam and Oriental astrology were married
to Chaldean and Ptolemaic astrology to produce a more
spiritual or philosophic school of thought.
CADENT: The 3rd, 6th, 9th and 12th Houses
of a chart are known as the Cadent Houses. "Falling
away" from the angles.
CAMPANUS
JOHANNES (C 1296) Identity uncertain, thought to be
Giovanni Campanella, Italian mathematician. The houses
division system is named after him.
CAMPANUS
HOUSES: A quadrant system where the prime vertical is
divided into 12 equal sections beginning at the East
Point.
CANCER:
The sign of the zodiac where the Sun transits between
approximately 21st June and 20th July each year. Its
symbol is the Crab.
CAPRICORN: The sign of the zodiac where the
Sun transits during approximately 22nd December and 21st
January each year. Is symbol is the Seagoat.
CAPUT
ALGOL: See Algol. A malefic fixed star
CAPUT
DRACONIS: Dragons Head - North Node of the
Moon
CARDINAL:
Signs of the Zodiac - Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn
corresponding to the Cardinal Points of a compass: Aries
- East, Cancer - North, Libra - West, and Capricorn -
South.
CAUDA
DRACONIS: Dragon's Tail - South Node of the
Moon
CAZIMI:
When a significator in Horary Astrology is within 17
minutes of arc of the Sun.
CELESTIAL
BODY: Any object, planet, satellite, Moon, Comet,
Asteroid.
CELESTIAL
EQUATOR: A GREAT CIRCLE passing through Earth's Equator,
projected into space. It forms a perpendicular to the
earth's axis. Celestial Equator is defined as 00
Latitude.
CELESTIAL
LATITUDE and LONGITUDE: a projection of the Earth's
Latitude and Longitude into space.
CELESTIAL
MERIDIAN: A great circle passing through the north and
south points of the plane of the Horizon. The EARTH'S
MERIDIAN is the equivalent of zero LONGITUDE, projected
into space.
CELESTIAL
POLES: A projection of the TERRESTRIAL POLES into
space.
CELESTIAL
SPHERE: The night sky looks like an upside down bowl set
on the horizon, but as it turns around during the night
it is easy to think of it as a giant sphere with the
stars lying on the inside surface. The apparent canopy
of the stars, which is a projection of the earth sphere
into space. The co-ordinates of the Earth grid can be
"projected" to give Celestial measurements.
CHALDEAN
ASTROLOGY: Astrology attributed to the Chaldean priests,
based on the finding of cuneiform tablets dated C670 BC
which reported astrological information in the court of
King Ashurbanipal. The location of Chaldea is subject to
speculation.
CHALDEAN
ORDER: Traditional hierarchy of the planets - Saturn
Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon.
CHART:
Diagram showing the position of heavenly bodies at a
given time and location.
CHIRON:
Asteroidal body discovered in 1977 by Charles Kowal.
Sidereal period 50.68 years.
CIRCUMPOLAR : To circle around the pole.
Circumpolar stars or constellations trace daily circles
around the celestial pole, without setting below the
horizon. They move in a counterclockwise direction.
COLLECTION OF LIGHT: When a slower planet
receives aspects from two faster planets, which are not
themselves in aspect. In Horary astrology the slow
planet collects light from the faster planets and
implies the matter can be perfected through a third
person or intermediary. Traditionally, the fast planets
must 'receive' the slow planet in their Ptolemaic
dignities. i.e. the slow planet must be in an area of
the zodiac where the fast planets have dignity.
COMBUST:
When a planetary significator in horary astrology is
within 17 minutes (cazimi) and 8 degrees 30 of the Sun.
COMETS:
Bodies orbiting the Sun most of which have luminous tail
visible when near the sun. The tail always points away
from the Sun. Some orbit in an Ellipse, and return at
regular intervals, others orbit Parabolic which is an
undefined ellipse.
COMMANDING SIGNS: Aries, Taurus, Gemini,
Cancer, Leo, Virgo - considered more powerful than the
other six signs. (Northern Hemisphere). By
extrapolation, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn,
Aquarius, Pisces (Southern hemisphere).
COMMON
SIGNS: Old word for Mutable signs. Gemini, Virgo,
Sagittarius and Pisces.
COMPOSITE
CHART: A combination of two or more charts often used in
relationships studies, based on either the midpoints
between planets in individual charts or on the midpoints
in time date and location ( Davidson).
CONCEPTION CHART: Hypothetical chart based on
the individual's conception. Ptolemy describes the
trutine of Hermes as a formula and Sepharial and
E.H.Bailey also proposed formulae. Stil open to
conjecture and hypothesis.
CONFIGURATION: Pattern in the
chart.
CONJUNCTION: Union of planets or planets and
other bodies or points within a determined orb.
CONSIDERATION BEFORE JUDGMENT: A condition in
horary astrology that cautions against reading the
chart. Some traditional considerations before judgment
are if Less than 3 degrees or more than 27 degrees are
rising. If the Moon is in Via Combusta or in a late
degree, or Void of Course. Also if Saturn is retrograde
in 1st house and the astrologer's judgment may be faulty
if Saturn is in the 7th house.
CONSTELLATION: Groups of stars with a
recognisable pattern and an ancient mythological
correspondence.
CONTRAIETY OF PLANETS: When a slow planet is
being aspected by two fast planets, and the first faster
planet applies in direct motion and the second applies
to the first faster planet in retrograde motion and
perfects before the first planet perfects its aspect to
the slow planet. Thus the second faster planet
interferes with the aspect.
CONTRANTISCION: A point at the same distance
from but on the opposite side of the equinoctial axis, 0
degrees Aries - 0 degrees Libra. Reflections across the
horizontal axis of the natural zodiac.
CONTRA-PARALLEL (in Declination.) When two
bodies are in the same Celestial Latitude but one is
North and one South of the Celestial Equator.
COORDINATE SYSTEMS : A method using Great
circles to provide a means to specify a unique location
on the celestial sphere, such as Horizon (altitude and
azimuth) Celestial Equator (right ascension and
declination) Ecliptic (celestial latitude and celestial
longitude)
COPERNICUS NICLAUS ( Feb 19 1473 Torun
Poland) : Astronomer who established the theory that the
earth revolves on its own axis and orbits the Sun, thus
confirming a heliocentric system. The heliocentric
system was anticipated by the Greeks but largly ignored
until the publication of Copernicus's book " The
Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres".
CO-SIGNIFICATORS: Co-rulers. The planet
ruling the sign on the cusp of a house is the primary
significator. The Moon is co-significator of a querent
in Horary astrology. Some matters in horary astrology
have specific significators, for example Mercury rules
documents.
COSMOBIOLOGY: A school of astrology founded
by Reinhold Ebertin ( Feb 16 1901) concerned with the
correlations between the cosmos and organic life and
further developed by Alfred Witte founder of the Uranian
system of astrology. The system employs the use of
midpoints and solar arc directions.
CRESCENT
MOON: the Moon when it is 45 degrees ahead of the Sun in
its cycle.
CRITICAL
DAYS: Days when the Moon makes 45 degrees transiting
aspects to its original position in a Decumbiture chart.
. Crisis points for the illness or event.
CRITICAL
DEGREES: Certain positions in the Zodiac are considered
critical -mostly based on the Lunar Mansions. Sometimes
referring to 0 degrees and 29 degrees of zodiac signs.
Lunar Mansion degrees are: 0 degrees, 12 degrees 51',
and 25 degrees 43' of Cardinal signs; 8 degrees 34' and
21 degrees 26' of Fixed signs; and 4 degrees 17' and 17
degrees 09' of Mutable signs.
CULMINATION: The point, at which the ECLIPTIC
and the MERIDIAN intersect, called the MIDHEAVEN or
MEDIAN COELI and the arrival of a planet at that point.
CUSP: The
boundary between one house and the next or between one
sign and the next.
DAY AND NIGHT TRIPLICITIES: (see
Triplicity) According to Lilly the triplicities are as
follows: Fire signs: Day ruler Sun, Night ruler Jupiter.
Earth signs: Day Venus, Night Moon. Air signs: Day
Saturn, Night Mercury. Water signs: Day Mars, Night
Mars
DAY
HOUSE: The sign a planet rules by day. Each planet rules
a masculine (yang) sign by day. (Traditional astrology
often refers to house meaning sign)
DAY
RULERS: Sun, Sunday; Moon, Monday; Mars, Tuesday;
Mercury, Wednesday; Jupiter, Thursday; Venus, Friday;
Saturn, Saturday.
DEBILITY:
A weak or afflicted planet. Detriment or Fall are
Essential Debilities.
DECANATE:
Signs divided into three 10-degree divisions. In
contemporary astrology the first decan of a sign is
governed by its natural ruler. The second and third
decans are governed by the rulers of the signs in the
same element. Traditional rulership differs slightly,
where each sign has three 10 degrees faces ruled by the
seven classical planets in Chaldean order, starting with
Mars ruling the first Face of Aries.
DECLINATION: The angular distance measured in
degrees north and south of the CELESTIAL EQUATOR defined
as 00. The Sun reaches maximum declination of
23degrees27 ' at the summer and winter SOLSTICES and 00
or no declination at the EQUINOXES when it passes from
south to north and back again - i.e. crosses the
equator.
DECREASING IN LIGHT: When the Moon is waning.
DECUMBITURE: Chart erected for the moment
when an ill person takes to his bed
DEGREE: A
measurement of 1/360th of a circle.
DERIVED
HOUSES: Counting the houses by placing the house ruling
a Horary question on the Ascendant (1st house) and the
other houses then numbered in order. Also called Turning
the Chart.
DESCENDANT: Degree and sign opposite the
Ascendant. The 7th house. One of the angles in a
chart.
DETRIMENT: Weak position for a planet in the
opposite sign to that which it 'rules'.
DEXTER
ASPECT: Aspect formed by a faster moving planet to a
slower one when it is behind it in the zodiac. It
appears to be to the right of the slower planet.
DIGNITY:
Generally when a planet is in a sign it rules. There are
other forms of ESSENTIAL and ACCIDENTAL Dignity.
DIRECT:
The apparent forward motion of a planet, through the
Zodiac.
DIRECTING
(the chart) - The forecasting of future positions of the
planets and aspects they will make to those in the Natal
Chart.
DIRECTIONS: Compass directions with the
Ascendant - East; the Descendant - West; IC - North and
MC - South. Intermediate houses correspond to the
intermediate compass direction.
DISPOSITOR: Same as ruler of the sign. Said
to 'dispose' or dominate the planet in the sign.
DIURNAL
ARC: Measurement in degrees of a planet from rising to
setting also called Daily Arc.
DIURNAL
MOTION: The daily motion by which the stars appear to
revolve around the north pole roughly once every 24
hours. The Sun, Moon, planets, and stars all move
westward across the sky each day (that is, from east to
west). They repeat this general westward motion about a
day later. All rise roughly in the east, ascend in the
eastern sky until they reach their maximum height (when
they "transit the meridian"), then descend in the
western sky until they set roughly in the
West.
DIURNAL
PLANETS: Saturn, Jupiter, Sun.
DOMICILE:
The position of a planet in the zodiac by sign and
house.
DRAGON'S
HEAD: Refers to the Moon's north node. The north node is
the point at which the Moon crosses the equator moving
from south to north.
DRAGON'S
TAIL: Moon's south node, exactly opposite the north
node.
EARTH: One of the four elements.
Represents physical, down-to-earth qualities. Triplicity
of Earth signs: Taurus, Virgo, and
Capricorn.
EAST
POINT: The point on the Celestial Equator rising on the
Eastern Horizon at birth. The intersection of the
Eastern Horizon, Prime Vertical, and Celestial Equator.
ECLIPSE:
The Total or partial blocking of light of one heavenly
body by another.. Solar Eclipse occurs when the Moon is
between Sun and Earth. Lunar Eclipse occurs when the
Earth is between Sun and Moon, thus blocking light. A
Solar Eclipse can only take place when there is a
conjunction of Sun and Moon at new moon, and when they
are parallel in declination and within 9 degrees of the
Moon's Nodes. A Lunar Eclipse can only take place when
the Sun and Moon are in opposition, at full moon,
contra-parallel and within 9 degrees of the Moon's
Nodes.The Total or partial blocking of light of one
heavenly body by another is called an Occulation.
ECLIPSE (
LUNAR) occurs when the Earth is between Sun and Moon,
thus blocking light.
ECLIPSE
( SOLAR) occurs when the Moon is between Sun and
Earth.
ECLIPTIC:
The apparent path of the Sun against the background of
the fixed stars. The plane of the Ecliptic is tilted in
reference to the celestial equator at 23° 27'. Where the
Celestial Equator and the Ecliptic intersect are the
Equinoxes.
EGRESS:
Astrologically the point at which a body leaves a sign.
Astronomically the point at which a body leaves a
constellation.
ELECTION:
Chart cast to find the proper time for initiating a
given action or event.
ELEMENT:
In Astrology refers to the division of signs into Fire,
Earth, Air, and Water, corresponding to the Earth's
elements in nature.
ELEVATED:
Planet placed in an elevated position in the chart, near
the Midheaven or upper meridian, the 10th
House.
EMPLACEMENT: Generally used to identify the
position of a planet in the chart, however, Lilly used
"emplacement" to tell a querent "to what part of the
world…he might best apply himself to live in" (CA, p.
137).
EPHEMERIS: Tables of planetary positions for
any place on earth at given times.
EQUATOR:
Position of latitude zero midway between the
poles.
EQUINOX:
The point where the Celestial Equator and the Ecliptic
intersect marks a point in space dividing the Celestial
Sphere into North and South. When the Sun reaches this
point in Declination, day and night are of almost equal
length. This occurs twice a year as the Sun's apparent
motion changes from north to south and south to north.
ESSENTIAL
DIGNITY: When a planet gains in strength cording to its
sign and degree placement in the chart.
EXALTATION: When a planet is in certain signs
it shows greater strength. These are traditional and may
be related to the heliacal rising and setting of certain
planets at a particular time in history.
FACE: Decanates - each sign divided into
10-degree division and assigned a ruler.
FALL:
When a planet is in certain signs, it is weak. A planet
in its Fall is in the opposite sign of its
Exaltation.
FEMININE,
Negative signs: Refers to the qualities of receptivity
and reaction, introversion. The negative signs are the
water and earth group - Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio,
Capricorn and Pisces.
FERAL
SIGNS: According to Lilly "Ferall signs are Leo and the
last part of Sagittarius."
FIRE: One
of the four elements. It represents an overt,
enthusiastic, and active nature. The Triplicity of Fire
signs: Aries, Leo and Sagittarius.
FIXED
STARS; Stars are different bodies than planets as they
are self-luminous not depending on the Sun for light.
They are outside the Solar system and the great distance
from Earth makes them appear not to move. Because of
precession the "fixed stars" appear to move forward in
the tropical zodiac at about 50.23 seconds of arc per
year, eight minutes per 10 years, or one degree every 72
years.
FIXED:
One of the three qualities. The signs Taurus, Leo,
Scorpio, and Aquarius.
FORTUNES:
Benefic planets, especially Venus and Jupiter. Also the
Sun and Moon when free of affliction. The Moon's North
Node and Pars Fortuna are fortunate points. Spica and
Regulus are benefic fixed stars.
FRUITFUL
SIGNS: The water signs, Cancer, Scorpio,
Pisces.
FRUSTRATION: When a fast planet is applying
to a conjunction with a slower planet and another planet
is also applying to the conjunction first, it frustrates
the conjunction of the planet. Abscission and
Frustration are synonymous.
GALACTIC CENTRE : The point in our Galaxy
around which the Solar System revolves in a 225 million
year period known as a cosmic year. Currently (2001)
around 26 degrees Sagittarius.
GALAXY: a
large group of stars clustered in a system and held
together by gravitational force. The Solar system is in
the Milky Way Galaxy containing up to 100,000 million
stars.
GEOCENTRIC HORIZON is a Great Circle, defined
by an imaginary plane passing through earth's core,
which is parallel to the Apparent
horizon.
GEOCENTRIC: (Gaia - earth Kentron - centre)
Using Earth as the CENTRAL point of reference or
perception.
GRAND
CROSS: A pattern formed by the planets when in Aspect.
The Grand Cross happens when two planets are in
opposition and two other planets in opposition cross
them at 90-degree angles. Usually will occur within the
same quality; Cardinal, Fixed or Mutable.
GRAND
TRINE: The position of two planets 120 degrees apart is
called a Trine. When there are three planets, each 120
degrees apart, a Grand Trine is formed. Usually occur in
the same Element.
GREAT
CIRCLE: Any circle, the plane of which passes through
the centre of the earth, the imaginary core, projecting
into space to intersect the ecliptic. Those most used in
Astrology are the Horizon, the Equator and the Ecliptic.
A LESSER CIRCLE does not pass through the centre of the
earth but can be at any point. Lesser Circles define the
TROPICS.
GREENWICH
MEAN TIME: A standard of time measurement commencing at
the Greenwich Meridian which is 0 degrees of longitude.
HAYZ: Accidental Dignity involves a
Masculine diurnal planet, Sun, Jupiter, Saturn above the
horizon in a day chart (as the Sun would be) or a
Feminine nocturnal planet (Moon, Venus Mars) below the
horizon in a nocturnal chart.
HELIACAL
RISING : First visibility. At its heliacal rising, the
planet appears momentarily on the eastern horizon just
ahead of the Sun; i.e., it rises in the morning sky
"with the Sun" (= "heliacal"), just before sunrise, at
which time it lapses into invisibility
again.
HINDRANCE: Any condition that impedes the
functioning of a significator.
HELIOCENTRIC: Refers to the Sun as the
centre. A separate branch of astrological study.
HEMISPHERE EMPHASIS: All planets in the chart
east, west, south or north.
HORARY
ASTROLOGY: Horoscope cast for a question.
HORIZON:
A plane specific to a given location on Earth, which
divides the visible hemisphere from the invisible
hemisphere. The Apparent Horizon is a plane tangent to
earth from a specific location - what we actually see as
horizon dividing earth and sky and depending on
elevation of the location above seas level. The is a
Great Circle, defined by an imaginary plane passing
through earth's Geocentric Horizon core, which is
parallel to the Apparent horizon. The Rational Horizon
is the Geocentric Horizon projected into
space.
HOROSCOPE, Chart, Nativity, Natal chart or
Map: A plotting of the geocentric positions of the
planetary bodies in relation to earth, as they move
through the ecliptic in their annual journey around the
sun. Calculated in relation to the place and time of a
birth.
HOUSE
RANKING: Lilly ranked the houses from most benefic to
most malefic as follows: 1, 10, 7, 4, 11, 5, 9, 3, 2, 8,
6, 12.
HOUSE:
One of the twelve divisions of the celestial equator.
Similar to the division of the ecliptic or zodiac into
signs. Houses symbolically represent 12 sectors of life
situations and/or relationships. Also called Lunes.
HOUSES,
FORTUNATE AND UNFORTUNATE: Lilly and Dariot regarded
houses 8, 6, and 12 as unfortunate.
HUMAN
SIGNS: Gemini, Virgo, Aquarius, and the first half of
Sagittarius.
HYLEG:
The significator of longevity in a horoscope.
IMPEDIMENT: When a planet or some event
intervenes to deny perfection or anything that
interferes with a significator. See Affliction.
Hindrance.
IMUM
COELI (IC): The point on the Ecliptic opposite the
Midheaven. Where the Ecliptic intersects the meridian
below the horizon. Different to but sometimes confused
with the nadir, which is the point opposite the zenith.
INCONJUNCT: Signs that do not BEHOLD each
other. Those in semi sextile (30 degrees) or quincunx
(150 degrees) apart are inconjunct and not related by
Antiscion or Contrantiscion. Sometimes this term is used
for the quincunx aspect. Inconjunct signs are also
called dissociate signs.
INCREASING IN LIGHT: When the Moon is waxing,
i.e. separating from a conjunction and moving toward
opposition with the Sun and appears to increase in light
when viewed from the Earth. Once the Moon passes its
opposition to the Sun, it appears to decrease in light.
This is waning.
INFERIOR
PLANETS: Mercury and Venus whose orbits are within that
of the Earth.
INFORTUNES: Malefics, traditionally Mars and
Saturn. The Moon's South Node is an unfortunate point.
Several malefic fixed stars. .
INGRESS:
astrologically, the entry of any of the planetary bodies
or luminaries into a sign of the zodiac. Astronomically,
the entry of the planetary bodies into a different
constellation.
INTERCEPTED: When a sign lies wholly within a
single house and does not occupy the cusp at either end
of the house. A planet is intercepted when it lies in an
intercepted sign.
JAYNE CHARLES : Noted American Astrologer.
Emphasised the use of parallels and declinations in
astrology. The discovery of the Vertex is attributed to
him as well as to L.E.Johndro.
JOHNDRO
L. Edward : ( Jan 30 1882 12.53 am 80W22 44N57) American
Astrologer said to have co-discovered the Vertex. Best
known for his seminal work in Locational astrology.
JONES
MARC EDMUND (Oct 1 1888 8.37 am St Louis) : American
Astrologer, scholar and and author. A Protestant
Minister his work is very influential. Founder of the
Sabian Assembly Jones is responsible for the
classification of aspect patterns which are used
extensively in contemporary astrology.
JOY:
Houses where planets traditionally most 'enjoyed'
occupying. Venus rejoices in the 5th house, Saturn
rejoices in the 12th. The Moon has joy in the 3rd, the
Sun in the 9th, Mercury in the 1st, Mars in the 6th, and
Jupiter in the 11th.
JUNO:
Asteroid.
JUPITER:
Planetary ruler of the sign Sagittarius, and traditional
ruler of the sign Pisces. Largest planet in the solar
system with a sidereal period of 11.86 tropical years.
KABBALAH : Philosophical system based on
the mystical interpretation of scriptures as practised
by Jewish rabbis and some medieval
Christians.
KEPLER
JOHANN ( Jan 6 1571 Weil Germany) Astronomer who
discovered the laws of planetary motion governing the
eliptical orbits aroun the Sun. Was apprecitice to Tycho
Brahe and inspired bt the concept of Psythagorean Music
of the Spheres. Was th first ot formulate a theory of
aspects and the implications of Harmonics.
KITE: An
aspect pattern involving two planets in opposition, with
one of them trine two other planets, which are both
trine each other and the second polarity planet, then
sextile those planets.
KOCH
HOUSES: A system of house division developed by Dr.
Walter Koch and based on dividing the quarters of the
chart formed by the Ascendant and Midheaven axes into
three equal time segments.
KOWAL
CHARLES : Discoverer of Chiron.
LATITUDE (CELESTIAL): A measure of angular
distance above or below the Ecliptic. Extension of
earth's latitudes.
LIGHTS:
Sun and Moon are referred as the Lights.
LOCAL
TIME: The time at a location within a time zone. Noon
local time occurs when the Sun crosses the meridian of
that location.
LOCAL
SPACE: A method of Astrology using Altitude and Azimuth
as measures to define geographical relationship with the
planets.
LONG
ASCENSION: Signs Cancer through Sagittarius takes longer
to rise during the months of June through
November.
LONGITUDE
(CELESTIAL): A measure of angular distance along the 360
degrees of the Ecliptic starting at the first point of
Aries.
LORD: The
planetary ruler of a sign or a house.
LUMINARIES (Lights): The Sun and the
Moon.
LUNAR
MANSION: One of 28 divisions of the zodiac circle used
to determine the Moon's position by Mansion on any day
of the 28-day lunar month.
LUNAR
NODES : The two points at which the Moon's path
intersects the ecliptic are called the ascending and
descending nodes. They are analogous with the March and
September equinox points where the ecliptic similarly
intersects the celestial equator).
LUNATION:
A conjunction of the Sun and Moon is called a lunation.
This occurs every 29.3 days.
LUNE: A
portion of the celestial sphere. Each of the 12 sections
of the sphere we call Houses is a LUNE.
MAJOR ASPECT: The conjunction - 0 degrees
(technically speaking, the conjunction is not an angular
aspect between planets, but it is most often referred to
as an aspect), sextile - 60 degrees, square - 90
degrees, trine - 120 degrees, and opposition - 180
degrees.
MALEFICS:
Mars and Saturn in Traditional Astrology. The Moon's
South Node and some fixed stars.
MASCULINE, Positive, extrovert signs: Signs
in the fire and air element group. These are Aries,
Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius and Aquarius. Image at
right: An eighteenth century manuscript depicting the
constellation of the Masculine or Positive sign:
Aquarius.
MATUTINE
- A planet that rises just before the sun in the
mornings.
MEAN
MOTION: The average daily motion of the planets taken
over the course of a number of years.
MEAN
SOLAR TIME: The MEAN is the AVERAGE of the Sun's
apparent passage since the Sun does not move uniformly
through the Zodiac.
MERIDIAN:
A GREAT CIRCLE, specific to a location on earth,
perpendicular to the Horizon, intersecting it at its
north and south points and passing through the Nadir and
Zenith. The Sun is on the meridian at apparent
Noon.
METEOR or
METEORITE: Millions scattered through the Solar system.
These are known as Shooting Stars and are masses of
debris. Shower meteors come in swarms such as the
LEONIDS each year in November, with a 33-year massive
swarm. Sporadic meteors appear from any direction at any
time. Usually consumed by Earth's atmosphere, one that
lands on earth is called a Meteorite.
MIDHEAVEN: The point at which the Meridian
and the Ecliptic intersect at any given time, due South
of the location for which a horoscope chart is cast.
Also, where the Sun is at Noon local mean time. The
point of culmination of the Sun. The highest point on
the Ecliptic where it intersects the meridian. Sometimes
confused with the Zenith.
MIXED
RECEPTION: when Receptions are mixed for example, a
planet in the term of another and the second planet in
the exaltation of the other.
MOIETY:
Half the traditional orb of a planet. The orb of a
planet is the diameter of an imaginary sphere of light
surrounding the planet. The moiety is the radius of that
sphere. The sum of the moieties of two planets gives the
maximum orb of an aspect between two planets. Modern
astrology assigns orbs for convenience; traditional
moieties were specific.
MOON:
Satellite of the Earth. Called a planet for convenience
it represents the reflective side of human nature.
MOVABLE
SIGNS: The Cardinal signs. Aries, Cancer, Libra,
Capricorn.
MUNDANE
Astrology: The study of human affairs through the
horoscopes of political leaders, historical events, or
celestial phenomena.
MUTABLE:
Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces. These signs are
characterised by their mental and adaptable quality.
MUTE
SIGNS: Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces.
MUTUAL
APPLICATION: When a planet travelling direct is applying
to one that is retrograde.
MUTUAL
RECEPTION: Refers to two planets, each in a sign ruled
by the other, with a subsequent strengthening of both
planets. In Horary astrology there can be reception by
sign, exaltation, triplicity, term, or face. See also
Mixed Receptions.
NADIR AND ZENITH: The Poles of the Horizon
which indicates its extremities according to cardinal
points of the compass, South to North, East to West.
(Nadir is directly below the observer, Zenith overhead.)
A line drawn between Zenith and Nadir would be in the
direction of the gravitational pull, like hanging a
pendulum or plumb line.
NADIR:
The point opposite the Zenith directly below the
observer through the centre of the Earth, not to be
confused with the Immum Coeli.
NATAL
ASTROLOGY: The charting and interpretation of a personal
horoscope made for the exact time and place of a
person's birth. Also called Geneathlical
Astrology
NATIVE:
The person for whom a horoscope is
charted.
NATIVITY:
The birth of an individual or even for which a chart is
erected.
NATUS:
Birth chart.
NIGHT
HOUSE: The sign a planet rules by night.
NOCTURNAL
(Night) PLANETS: Moon, Venus, and Mars.
NODAL
AXIS : An imaginary line joining the north and south
nodes.
NODAL
DEGREE: The same degree, regardless of sign position, as
the Moon's Mean Nodes. Significant in Hoary astrology,
signifying a fateful event.
NODES of
the MOON. The Moon does not orbit in the Ecliptic but is
inclined to it by a mean of 5 degrees 8 minutes. The two
points in the Moon's orbits where it cuts across the
plane of the Ecliptic are called Nodes. The Ascending
node is where the Moon crosses the Ecliptic from South
to North and the Descending node is called South Node
where the Moon crosses the Ecliptic from North to South.
A line joining these points is called Nodal Axis.
NONAGESIMAL: The highest point of the
Ecliptic above the Horizon, therefore exactly 90° from
both Asc. and Dsc. Not to be confused with the
Midheaven.
OBEYING SIGNS: Libra, Scorpio,
Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces (Northern
hemisphere). By extrapolation, Aries, Taurus, Gemini,
Cancer, Leo, Virgo Southern Hemisphere).
OCCIDENTAL OF THE SUN: When a planet rises or
sets after the Sun. In horary Astrology, the Moon,
Mercury, and Venus are accidentally dignified when
occidental.
OCCIDENTAL SIDE OF THE CHART: The western
half of a chart between the 4th cusp and the 10th cusp.
OCCULATION: Same as an Eclipse but is
generally applied to total not partial. Eclipses.
Planets can OCCULATE each other from a geocentric
view.
ORB: An
allowance from exactitude referring to aspects between
planets.
ORIENTAL
OF THE SUN: When a planet rises or sets before the Sun.
ORIENTAL
SIDE OF THE CHART: The eastern half of a chart between
the 10th cusp and the 4th cusp. is called the oriental
side of the chart.
PARALLEL of DECLINATION: When two bodies
are at the same Latitude North or South of the Celestial
equator. They do not need to be in the same Longitude
position. When two bodies are in the same Latitude but
one is North and one South of the Celestial equator they
are CONTRA-PARALLEL in
Declination.
PART OF
FORTUNE (PARS FORTUNA): A benefic point on the Ecliptic
measured by the same distance from the Eastern Horizon
as the Moon is from the Sun. The formula is: Ascendant +
Moon - Sun.
PARTILE
ASPECT: When two planets form an aspect and occupy the
same numerical degree of their respective signs. Exact.
PEREGRINE
PLANET: When a planet has no Essential Dignity in its
position in the zodiac. A planet in its debility with no
essential dignity is still peregrine. Some astrologers
use the term to signify an unaspected planet - this is
incorrect.
PERFECTION: When significators in Horary
Astrology provide an answer without being impeded by
other considerations. Also when an applying aspect
between two planets becomes exact, the aspect is said to
reach perfection.
PERIGEE:
(Peri - near Gaia -Earth) The point in orbit where the
Moon or a planet is nearest the Earth. Opposite if
Apogee.
PERIHELION (Peri - near, Helios - Sun). The
point in a planet's orbit where it is closest to the Sun
or the point that a planet reaches that position.
Opposite of Aphelion.
PLANET:
Referred in Astrology as any one of the 10 heavenly
bodies situated along the ecliptic. The Sun is a star,
and the Moon is the Earth's satellite but they too are
referred to as planets, for sake of ease of use. The ten
planets are in their natural order from the Sun: Sun,
Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
Neptune and Pluto
PLANETARY
HOURS: The period from Sunrise to Sunset is divided into
twelve equal parts called "hours." The first hour of the
day, starting at Sunrise, is ruled by the day ruler. The
remaining hours are assigned rulers in Chaldean order
(Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon)
PLATIC:
When an aspect between planets is in orb but not exact.
POLAR
ELEVATION: is the height of the pole of any given place
above the Horizon and is the equivalent of that place's
LATITUDE or Angular distance from the Equator.
PONDEROUS: A planet that is moving slowly.
PRECESSION of the EQUINOXES: The Vernal
Equinox or First point of Aries is an important
reference point in Astronomy and Astrology as it
indicates the start of a Seasonal Year, when the Sun is
at the intersection of Equator and Ecliptic. Due to
Precession, the constellation, which forms a background
to the Solar system, is changed from year to year by an
amount of approx. 52 seconds of arc. This is caused by
the Earth's tilt of 23°27' to the plane of the Ecliptic
and other perturbations in its rotation causing the
Earth to "wobble on it's axis". Astrologically, we still
refer to the Vernal Equinox as the Aries Ingress or
First Point of Aries as the moment when the cycle of the
Zodiac begins. At present, the Constellation of Pisces
is in the background and the Vernal Equinox point is
located in that constellation. Precession occurs
'backwards' through the signs, so the Vernal Equinox
will eventually be against the background of the
constellation Aquarius.
PRIME
VERTICAL: A GREAT CIRCLE that intersects the Horizon at
the East and West points. Perpendicular to the plane of
the meridian, it passes through the East Point, Zenith,
West Point, and Nadir of a particular location at right
angles to the Meridian.
PTOLEMAIC
ASPECT: Ptolemy distinguished four major aspects between
zodiac signs: sextile, square, trine, and opposition. He
referred to the conjunction as 'corporally conjoined'.
QUADRANT: One of four quarters of the
Celestial Sphere transposed to the horoscope as three
houses. It is defined by the intersection of the Axis
between Ascendant and Descendant and Midheaven and Immum
Coeli. Horoscope wheel is divided into four quarters by
the intersection of the horizon and meridian lines.
QUADRATE:
Another name for a square aspect.
QUADRUPLICITY: The set of four signs with the
same quality, either Cardinal, Fixed, or Mutable.
QUERENT:
The person who asks the horary question.
QUESITED:
What the Querent queries. The person or matter asked
about.
QUINCUNX:
The 150 degrees aspect.
RADICAL: The birth chart, also known as
the radical chart. In horary astrology, a radical chart
is one that is likely to give a valid answer.
Considerations before judgment warn that the chart might
not be radical.
RADIUS
VECTOR: Distance at any given time of a planet from the
Sun's Centre.
RATIONAL
HORIZON: the Geocentric Horizon projected into
space.
REFRANATION: When an applying aspect is
'refrained' from reaching perfection. Often when one of
the significators turns retrograde preventing perfection
of the aspect.
REGIOMONTANUS HOUSES: A system of house
division based on dividing the quarters of the Equator
defined by the Ascendant/Descendant and Midheaven/Immum
Coeli axes into equal spatial arcs and projecting them
back onto the Ecliptic.
REGULUS:
Cor Leonis. Benefic fixed star at 29 degrees 50' Leo in
2000.
RETROGRADE: When a planet appears to be
moving backwards (westward) due to the relative speed of
the earth to the planets. This is only apparent and only
from a geocentric perspective. In horary being
retrograde is an accidental debility. In psychological
astrology being retrograde is thought to internalise the
energy.
RIGHT
ASCENSION : hours measured along the celestial equator,
starting from the March equinox (intersection of the
ecliptic with the celestial equator). The units of right
ascension are hours, since the celestial equator is
divided into 24 equal portions. Each hour of Right
Ascension is divided into 60 equal minutes.By
convention, the starting point, or 0 hours of right
ascension, is a point on the celestial equator called
the vernal or March equinox.
RISING
PLANETS: Planets are rising toward the Ascendant in the
axial rotation of the chart. Usually a planet within a
given orb of conjunction with the Ascendant.
RISING
SIGN, Ascendant, First House
RULER:
The planet assigned as influential to one or two of the
signs.
SEPARATING ASPECT: An aspect that has
already perfected and where the planets are now moving
away from the earlier exact aspect.
SERPENTIS: Considered a malefic degree of the
zodiac. 19 degrees Scorpio.
SEXTILE:
A 60-degree aspect.
SIDEREAL
DAY: The True rotation of the Earth measured by two
successive transits of a fixed star over the observer's
Meridian.
SIDEREAL
TIME (ST): The right ascension of any point on the
celestial sphere crossing the meridian at a given
moment. It measures the moment when any particular
region of the celestial sphere passes across one's
meridian. Called Star Time. Time is measured from the
fixed stars. A precise way of measuring time but not
practical to use for social purposes.
SIDEREAL
YEAR: The passage of the Sun over two successive
passages over a fixed star. 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes
and 9.5 seconds.
SIDEREAL
ZODIAC: Refers to the position of the celestial bodies
as seen against the actual constellations not the signs.
The starting point for Aries is therefore unreliable
because of precession and the 'natural zodiac' can be
disputed.
SIGNIFICATOR: A planet with specific
importance. In horary Astrology some planets are natural
significators, such as Venus in questions of love, Mars
in matters of contention.
SINISTER
ASPECT: Aspect where the faster planet is waning in
relation to the slower one. Left hand side.
SLOW IN
MOTION: When a planet is travelling slower than its
average daily motion. A form of debility.
SOLAR
APEX: The Sun revolves around a Galactic Centre along
with all the other bodies associated with the Solar
System. It moves at 12 miles per second in the direction
of the Constellation Hercules, in right Ascension 277°
and declination of 30° North at the end of December each
year, when Earth is directly behind the Sun in its
motion round the centre of the Galaxy. The point to
which the Sun's galactic motion moves is called the
Solar Apex.
SOLAR
HOUSES : Houses derived by placing the Sun on the 1st
house cusp and deriving all other houses from the degree
of celestial longitude. Commonly used in Sun sign
astrology.
SOLSTICE
POINT: Same as Antiscion.
SOLSTICE:
The time when the Sun is at its greatest Northern or
Southern Declination, on the Tropics. The Sun is then
farthest from the Equator and seems to "stand still".
The opposite point in the year to the Equinoxes. It then
appears to turn in the opposite direction. This
impression of created by the earth's tilt of 23 degrees
27 minutes and the Tropics lie at earth Latitudes of 23
degrees 27 minutes north or south of the
Equator
SOUTHING:
The moment when a celestial body crosses the upper
meridian of the observer is "Southing" that
Meridian.
SPICA: A
benefic fixed star at 23 degrees 50' Libra in the year
2000.
SQUARE :
an aspect formed when planets or points are 90 degrees
apart. One of the five major aspects defined as
Ptolemaic.
STAR :
Self luminous celestial body as distinguished from a
planet which shines with reflected light.
STAR TIME
: Sidereal time.
STATION:
A planet makes a station when it appears motionless
before reversing direction in its orbit as viewed from
the Earth. It can occur when going from retrograde to
direct, or from direct to retrograde.
STELLIUM:
Cluster of several planets in the same sign or house.
Margaret Hone determined three while De Vore specifies
five or more. Some astrologers consider it necessary
that the leading and final planets be in orb of
conjunction. Also called Satellitium.
STRICTURE
AGAINST JUDGMENT: Same as Consideration Before Judgment.
SUCCEDENT
( Lat: succedere = to follow) : A term describing
Houses 2, 5, 8, and 11.
SUN: The
luminous celestial body around which the Solar system
revolves. Once thought to revolve around earth, it
appears to do so because of the geocentric position of
observation. Astrological ruler of the sign Leo.
SUN SIGN
ASTROLOGY: An oversimplified and generic version of
Astrology for syndicated media and popular consumer
consumption.
SUPERIOR
CONJUNCTION:
SUPERIOR
PLANET: Those planets whose orbit lies outside that of
Earth, i.e. Mars to Pluto.
SWIFT IN
MOTION: A planet travelling faster than it average daily
motion.
SUNRISE
CHART : A chart calculated for sunrise in the absence of
a birth time. The cusp of the 1st house is the degree of
the Sun's celestial longitude at sunrise. All other
house cusps are derived from that degree in quadrant
systems.
SUN SIGN
: The sign containing the Sun at given times during the
year. Usually referring to the date of birth of an
individual. Also called Birth Sign.
SUPERIOR
CONJUNCTION: The conjunction of the Sun and Mercury or
Venus in which the planet is on the opposite side of the
Sun from Earth. Distinct from Inferior conjunction in
which the planet is between the earth and the sun.
SUPERIOR
PLANET : A planets whose orbit is outside that of Earth
- Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune Pluto and
Chiron.
SYNASTRY
: Comparison of aspects and charts between two or more
persons.
SYNETIC
POINT : Sidereal longitude of the vernal point in the
precession of the Equinoxes.
SYNODIC
MONTH : Mean synodic period of the moon.
SYNODIC
PERIOD: The time taken a body to reach from one
conjunction with the Sun to the next. The Synodic period
of the Moon is 29.5 days, or one Lunation to the
next.
SYNTHESIS: (Gk: syn = with
tithenai = place) Chart interpretation or drawing
together of all the components of a chart into a unified
whole. Distinct from delineation which is the process of
identifying the parts to be synthesised.
SYZYGY:
New or Full Moons occurring near the Moon's Node.
TAURUS : Sign of the zodiac defined by the
Sun's transit between approximately 21 April and 20 May
each year. Its symbol is the Bull or Cow.
T CROSS :
Another name for T Square.
T SQUARE
: A major configuration creates by two planets or
sensitive points in opposition ( 180 degrees) each
square ( 90 degrees) a third planet or sensitive point
at their midpoint. Orbs are allowed.
TEMPERATE
ZONE: The area between the TROPICS and the North or
South Pole of the earth. By subtracting 23°27' - the
position of the Tropic, from 90° we get latitude of
66°33'. These mark the Earth's Arctic or Antarctic
circles (LESSER CIRCLES). At the Solstices, the Sun does
not set in these regions but remains above the horizon
for 24 hours.
TERM: A
division of each sign into five (unequal) divisions each
ruled by one of the 5 visible planets (not luminaries)
In Horary Astrology, a form of essential dignity.
TERRESTRIAL : Anything connected to earth (
Lat: terra = earth)
TERRESTRIAL POLES: North and South Poles of
the Earth, where the Axis of the earth's rotation meets
the surface of the earth.
TERTIARY
PROGRESSION: A method of progression based on the
premise that a day in the Ephemeris is equal to a lunar
period. Ration of 1 = 27.32
THEOGENES: Astrologer to Caesar
Augustus.
TIME
ACCELERATION: a minor correction in chart calculation to
account for the difference in Sidereal time and mean
Solar time.
TIME
ZONE: A division of the earth's longitudes into Zones
for the convenience of measuring time in a uniform
manner. Each Zone is of 15° of longitude and accounts
for 1 hour of time, East or West of Greenwich. East, the
time is earlier and West time is later as the Sun rises
from East and Sets to the West. i.e. 10' of longitude =
4 minutes of time.
TOMBAUGH
CLYDE : Discoverer of Pluto.
TORRID
ZONE: Area of Earth between the Equator and the
Tropics.
TRANS-
SATURNIAN PLANETS : Those planets more distant in orbit
than Saturn - also called Modern planets because their
discovery depended on the use of a telescope.
TRANSIT:
The passage of a celestial body across the upper or
lower meridians. Broadly speaking it refers to the
travel over a given period, of that body. Interpretation
of a horoscope by relating the position of the planets
today, or for a particular time span to the position of
the planets in the birth or mundane
chart.
TRANSLATION OF LIGHT: When a third planet
faster than either of two significator is separating
from an aspect with the first significator and is
applying to an aspect with the second significator. The
third planet transfers the light between significators.
If these significators might not otherwise apply to an
aspect, the third planet acts like an intermediary.
TRANSPERSONAL PLANETS: Those planets more
distant in orbit than Saturn. Their influence is
determined as generational rather than personal because
of the length of time they remain in a given sign.
TRIGONALIS: Jupiter and Saturn make repeated
conjunctions approximately every 20 years in a sign
particular to an element. When the elemental emphasis
changes it is considered an important economic and
political point in history. This is known also as a
Great Mutation.
TRINE: A
major aspect where two planets or points are 120-degrees
apart.
TRIPLICITY: The classification of the signs
in groups of three based on their elemental distinction.
The signs as "fire", "water", "air" and "earth". An
essential dignity in horary Astrology. Traditionally
triplicities are assigned Day and Night rulers.
TROPIC of
CANCER: A "Small Circle" 23°27' North of the Earth's
Equator where the Sun reaches its highest declination
North. This relates to the sun's position there at the
Solstice. It is the same angular measurement as the
Earth's tilt to the plane of the
Ecliptic.
TROPIC of
CAPRICORN: A "Small Circle" 23°27' South of the Earth's
Equator where the Sun reaches its highest declination
South. This relates to the Sun's position at the
Solstice. It is the same angular measurement as the
earth's tilt to the plane of the
Ecliptic.
TROPICAL
SIGNS : Cancer and Capricorn because the Sun reaches the
Tropics as it enters those signs.
TROPICAL
YEAR: (Tropos - to turn) The tropical year of the Earth.
Successive passages of the Sun through the Vernal
Equinox or first point of Aries. 365 days 5 hours, 48
minutes 46 seconds. The Tropical year is just over 20
minutes shorter than the SIDEREAL YEAR. Sometimes called
Solar Year.
TROPICAL
ZODIAC: (Tropos - to turn) This refers to the
astrological system based on the calculation of the
planets motion through the SIGNS of the Zodiac starting
at a logical and calculable starting point, the
intersection of the Equator and Ecliptic.
TRUTINE :
Ptolemaic formulae. For example, the trutine of
conception states that at the time of conception the
Moon should be in conjunction with or in opposition to
the natal Ascendant and the Ascendant in conjunction or
opposition with the natal Moon. This formed the basis of
the prenatal chart or lunar epoch chart introduced by
Sepharial
UNDER DURESS: When a significator is
besieged by two malefics within tight orbs.
UNDER
SUNBEAMS: When a significator is within 8.30 degrees and
17 degrees of the Sun.
UNIVERSAL
TIME (UT) is the time at the longitude of Greenwich
Observatory in England.
UPPER
CULMINATION - Same as upper meridian - the point at
which any given heavenly body or point reaches its
highest point after rising in the east and before
setting in the west.
URANIAN
PLANETS : Hypothetical planets Cupido, Hades, Zeus,
Kronos, Appollon, Admetos, Vulcan, Poseidon.
URANIAN
SYSTEM: Also known as the Hamburg school. Developed by
Alfred Witte.
URANUS:
Major planet - the first of the planets not visible from
earth with the naked eye. Discovered by Sir William
Herschel on March 13 1781. Modern ruler of the sign
Aquarius it has a sidereal period of 84.02 years.
URSA
MAJOR : The Big Bear, third largest of the 88
constellations with seven stars. In America they are
called the "Big Dipper" and in Britain the "Plough" One
of the most easily recognizable groups of stars in the
northern sky. It is circumpolar because it never
completely sets below the horizon, but is visible in
northern skies year-round.
URSA
MINOR : Little Bear. Constellation near Ursa Major,
contains the star Polaris. The whole sky seems to rotate
around Polaris once a day, since it is located near the
north celestial pole.
VENUS (and Mercury) MORNING STAR AND
EVENING STAR: Because of Regular Retrograde motion these
planets sometime appear in front of or behind the Sun in
position on the Ecliptic. This occurs when the planets
are at their greater elongation East or West of the Sun
so appear during the dark hours.
VENUS : A
inferior planet orbiting between Earth and the Sun.
Ruler of Taurus and Libra. Sidereal period of 224.7
days.
VERNAL
EQUINOX : Same as Vernal point - when the Sun is at the
start of Spring in the Northern hemisphere. On the
equator day and night are of equal length.
VERNAL
POINT: The beginning of measurement of right ascension
on the celestial equator or of celestial longitude on
the ecliptic. O degrees. The Spring equinox in the
Northern hemisphere. Due to precession the synetic
vernal point is now in Pisces. In the southern
hemisphere this marks the Autumnal Equinox, thus calling
into disrepute, any notion of a seasonal zodiac.
VERTEX:
The western intersection of the Prime Vertical with the
Ecliptic. Discovered by Johndro and Jayne, independently
of each other.
VESPERTINE : A tern describing a planet
setting just after the sun. Opposite of
Matutine.
VIA
COMBUSTA: The region from 15 degrees Libra to 15 degrees
Scorpio, considered a malefic zone.
VIGINTILE
: Also called Semidecile. An aspect of 18
degrees.
VIRGO :
Sign of the zodiac identified by the Sun's transit
between approximately 23 August and September 22 each
year. Its symbol is the Virgin or handmaiden.
VOID OF
COURSE: A planet is Void of Course when it no longer
makes a major aspect (0, 60, 90, 120, 180 degree
aspects). In the modern definition, the Moon or a planet
is void of course if it makes no further Ptolemaic
aspects before leaving its current sign. Lilly says the
Moon is void of course when it is not within orb of
applying to a major aspect with any other of the seven
classical planets (Moon through Saturn).
WAR TIME: Adjustments made to time during
World War 2.
WATER:
One of the four elements. Water is associated with the
emotional processes. The Triplicity of Water signs:
Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces.
WAXING:
The part of the Moon's cycle from New Moon to Full Moon.
WEST
POINT: The point at which the Western Horizon intersects
both the Celestial Equator and the Prime Vertical. Not
to be confused with the Descendant.
WINTER
SOLSTICE: identifying the start of the Northern
Hemisphere Winter, when the Sun reaches highest northern
declination.
WITTE
Alfred ( 1878 - 1943) Founder of the Hamburg School of
Astrology, also known as the Uranian School. Based on
midpoints, hypothetical planets - Cupido, Hades, Zeus,
Kronos, Appolon, Admetos, Vulcan and Poseidon - and
sensitive points, part of the Hamburg school system was
later developed by Reinhold Ebertin into the system of
Cosmobiology.
ZADKIEL :
ZAMINIUM:
Another term for "Cazimi".
ZARIEL
SYSTEM: Another name for Meridian system of house
division. The celestial equator is divided into 12 equal
sections starting with the Meridian.
ZENITH
HOUSE SYSTEM : Equal House system dividing the ecliptic
into 12 equal segments beginning with the Asc whichi s
determined as the first house cusp.
ZENITH
PROJECTION: The Zenith projected onto the Ecliptic by an
Azimuth circle passing through the North and South
ecliptic poles. Also called the Nonagesimal. Should not
be confused with the Midheaven.
ZENITH:
The point on the Celestial Sphere, directly overhead. A
line from the centre of the Earth through the observer
will go through the zenith. The opposite is the nadir.
ZODIAC: A
belt in the sky 8° either side of the line of the
Ecliptic where all the planets appear to travel. "Circle
of Animals" named after some of the constellations
coinciding with them. There are two distinct Zodiacs -
the TROPICAL and the SIDEREAL. Because of precession the
tropical moves backwards in relation to the sidereal.
They may have coincided around AD220 but are now more
than 24 degrees apart.
ZAMINIUM: Another term for
"Cazimi".
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