The conjunction of an inferior planet, Mercury or Venus, with the Sun is an inferior conjunction when the planet is between the Earth and the Sun; a Superior Conjunction, when the Sun is between the Earth and the planet. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.
Some 90 subdivisions of the heavens, mostly named according to some outline traced among the principal stars within the area. There is no sharp line of demarcation between the various contiguous constellations. Twelve of these groups lie along the ecliptic, and are thus known as the Zodiac of Constellations. At about the commencement of the … Read more
Those houses which fall away from the angles; the 3rd, 6th, 9th and 12th houses. Cadent Planets are those which occupy Cadent Houses, and whose influence is thereby weakened. v. Houses. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.
The Crab. The fourth sign of the zodiac. Its symbol presumably the folded claws of a crab, probably is intended to symbolize the joining together of a male and female spermatozoa — as indicative of the most maternal of all the signs. The Sun is in Cancer annually from June 21 to July 22. Astrologically … Read more
The mountain-climbing goat. The tenth sign of the zodiac. In Hindu astrology, Makarar – and considered by the ancients to be the most important of all the signs. Is it possible the ancients recognized in the Winter Solstice the point of gravitation that controls the Sun’s orbit? Its symbol represents the figure by which the … Read more
The Dragon’s Head. v. Moon’s Node DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.
Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn — whose cusps coincide with the cardinal points of the compass: Aries, East; Cancer, North; Libra, West; and Capricorn, South. v. Signs. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.
The term used by astrologers to imply the calculations necessary to be made, prior to the delineation of the nativity. v. Figure. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.
Uranus, which combines both teh magnetic and the electric elements, producing sudden effects. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.
An Arabian astronomical term applied to the center of the Solar disc. It is employed to describe a planet located within an arc of seventeen minutes (17′) of the Sun’s longitude: or by some authorities within half a degree of the Sun’s center. It is then said to be “in the heart of the Sun.” … Read more