Catahibazon
An Arabic term for Cauda Draconis. v. Moon’s Node. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.
Glossary
Cauda Draconis
The Dragon’s Tail. v. Moon’s Node. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.
Cazimi
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
Celestial Sphere
If one pictures the sphere we call the Earth, enlarged to embrace the visible heavens, the resulting concept can be called the celestial sphere. If it is a true sphere, any circle drawn around it can be termed a circumference. To locate any particular circle as a circumference, implies the selection of some point of … Read more
Ceres
Daughter of Ops and Saturn; a Roman goddess of growing vegetation, particularly corn. Her day of celebration occurred on April 19th. (2) The first of the Asteroids (q.v.) to be discovered. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.
Chaldeans
First a Semitic tribe, but later the magi of Babylonia, astrologers and diviners. From among them came “the wise men from the East.” We know little of Chaldaean astrology, but some idea of their teachings are to be gleaned from the Chaldaean Oracles. With them Astrology was a religion, but of a far different type … Read more
Chaldaean Oracle.
An Oracle venerated as highly by the Chaldaeans as was the one at Delphi, by the Greeks. It taught that “Though Destiny may be written in the stars, it is the mission of the divine soul to raise the human soul above the circle of necessity.” The Oracle promised victory to any one who developed … Read more
Character
The sublime strength of Astrology is in its delineation of character. As destiny is subservient to character, no prediction should be ventured until the patterns of emotional stimulation and environment are understood. Character is the cumulative result of the aggregate of experience. Daily cosmic stimulation through birth receptivities constitutes a portion of the aggregate of … Read more
Baal (Lord)
Among the Phoenicians the chief male divinity who appears to have symbolizedBgod of fertility of soil and increase of flocks. In successive periods of the history of the ancientSemitic races, the name was assigned to innumerable local deities. The Baal of Tyre wasintroduced among the Israelite settlers by Ahab. Hannibal was so named because he … Read more
Babel, Tower of.
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.