Circles of Position

Circles intersecting the horizon and meridian, and passing through a star: in terms of which to express the position of the star. Their use is not obsolete. However, Circles of Position were not so used by Ptolemy or Placidus, who measured the distance of every star by its semi-arc. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New … Read more

Clairsentience

An occult term indicating psychic sensitivity; a “hunch” or “that peculiar feeling that something is going to happen.” Almost everyone possesses instinctive and intuitive clairsentience to some degree, largely dependent upon the nature of the configurations in which Neptune is involved. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.

Climate

The precursors of the modern Tables of Houses. They were calculated for every 30′ shortening of the diurnal and nocturnal semi-arc as one proceeds north or south from the Equator. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.

Collection of Light

When a planet is in aspect to two other bodies which are not within orbs of each other, a collection of light results through the action of the intermediary planet. It denotes that the affairs represented by the two bodies whose light has been thus collected, will be forwarded by a third person, described by … Read more