Circle
The complete circle of the zodiac, or 360 degrees of 60 minutes each. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.
Delineation
Climacterical Conjunction.
Said of certain Jupiter-Saturn Conjunctions. v. Chronocrators. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.
Climaterical Periods
Every 7th and 9th year in a Nativity, supposedly brought about through the influence of the Moon in its position in the Radix. The Moon squares her own place by transit every 7th day, and by direction every 7th year; and trines it every 9th day and year. Thus the climacterical periods occur at the … Read more
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.
Cold Planets
Moon, Saturn. v. Planets, Hot, Slow. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.
Colors
In the age when an astrologer presumed to find in a chart the answer to every manner of question that could be propounded he frequently undertook to tell, for example, which cock would win in a cockfight merely by indicating the color associated with the strongest planet in an Horary Figure. It also was considered … Read more
Combust
Said of a planet when in extreme closeness to the Sun, the limits variously placed at from 3° to 8°30′. The characteristic effect to which the term applies is probably confined within an arc of 3° and is more pronounced when the planet rises after the Sun. Older authorities, including Milton, have described it as … Read more
Commanding Signs
Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, and Virgo, because they were deemed more powerful by virtue of their nearness to the zenith. The assumption that these command while the other six obey is hardly warranted, even for this reason – since the Earth is actually at the opposite end of each polarity. Actually they might with … Read more
Configuration
Three or more planets in a birth map, that are joined together by aspects, whereby. any stimulation will result in the combined action of all the planets which enter into the configuration. (b) A similar combination of mutual aspects between transitory planets. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.
Conjunction: Conjoined to.
Phraseology to indicate the mutual relation of two planets occupying longitudinal positions separated by less than 7°. The exact limits, and the relative strength at different degrees of separation, constitutes a controversial point. Strictly speaking, the conjunction takes place when both occupy exactly the same degree position; although it begins to be operative when they … Read more