Glossary

Birth Moment

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What is generally accepted as the true moment of birth is the moment of the first inspiration of breath after ligation of the umbilical cord. At that moment the infant ceases to  receive blood conditioned through the mother’s receptivities, and in response to the law of  adaptability must grow channels of receptivity to cosmic frequencies that … Read more

Blend

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A term employed by Maurice Weymss to indicate a relationship between zodiacal degrees  (1) when the ruler of one degree is in or in close aspect to the other degree; (2) when one degree  is closely aspecting or in the same degree as the ruler of the other degrees; or (3) when the rulers of each … Read more

Brahmanaspati

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 Hindu name for the planet Jupiter. A deity in the Rig-Veda. Known in Vedic mythology as Brihaspati, signifying the power of prayer. His wife Tara was carried away by  Soma (the Moon). DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.

Buddha

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Gautama Siddhartha, founder of Buddhism in the 6th century B.C., was classed by  his followers as the perfect example of a divine godly man. His religion taught tolerance,  universal compassion, charity, love, self-sacrifice, poverty, and contentment with one’s lot. His  faith was never enforced by fire and sword. (2) Esoterically connected with the planet Mercury,  … Read more

Axis, Inclination of.

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The equators of rotating bodies appear never to parallel their orbits. Hence there is an inclination of the axis when considered in reference to the plane of the orbit. Within the solar system these inclinations arc, at this epoch, as follows: Mercury 72°, Venus 60°, the Earth 23½°, Mars 25°, Jupiter 3°, Saturn 26°, Uranus 102°, Neptune 155°, Pluto unknown. The inclination of the Sun’s axis to the plane of the Earth’s orbit is about 7°. Its inclination to the plane of its own orbit is unknown, because the Sun’s orbit is itself unknown. It is claimed by some that there is an additional motion of the Earth’s axis amounting to 50″ a century, making an orbit of about 2½ million years, in the course of which the North Pole and the South Pole successively point to the Sun instead of as at present to the Pole Star. This theory is advanced by way of explanation for successive Ice Ages.

Azimuth

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A point of the horizon and a circle extending to it from the zenith; or an arc of the horizon measured clockwise between the south-point of the horizon and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object