Planetary relations, or familiarities, which permit the unobstructed release of cosmic energy, hence conducive to harmony. (v. Aspects: Benefic, Malefic.) B. Influences. Those produced by benefic planets and aspects, either in the Nativity or by transits. B. Planets. The so-called benefics: Venus and Jupiter, by some the Sun. (v. Planets.) DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. … Read more
A varying number of dusky belt-like bands or zones encircling the planet Jupiter, parallel to its equator. It suggests the existence of an atmosphere, the clouds forced into a series of parallels through the rapidity of rotation, the dark body of the planet showing through relatively clear spaces between. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: … Read more
The Babylonian form of Baal. He was a member of the supreme triad of deities: Anu, god of the heavens; Bel, god of the Earth; and Ea, god of the waters. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.
Those which have the same declination; i.e., at equal distances from the Tropics; as Aries and Virgo, Taurus and Leo, Gemini and Cancer, Libra and Pisces, Scorpio and Aquarius, Sagittarius and Capricorn. Because such pairs of Signs were either both Northern, or both Southern, they were by Ptolemy deemed to be “of equal power.” This consideration, … Read more
Gemini, Leo and Virgo. The Moon in Sagittarius, and Aquarius is also said to signify a tendency toward barrenness. v. Signs: Barren and Fertile. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.
An astrologer: so-called because the Babylonians were famed for their knowledgeof Astrology. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.
An ancient Semitic city in the Euphrates valley, which after 2250 B.C., as the capital of Babylonia, became a center of world commerce and of the arts and sciences, its life marked by luxury and magnificence. The city in which they built the Tower of Babel, its location coincides approximately with that of the modern … Read more
A temple dedicated to the study of the planets, which were supposed todivulge the secrets of life and guide human destiny DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.