Glossary of Astrological Terms

n. Any of two or more magnitudes that determine position. Latitude and Longitude are coordinates…

From Copernicus, an astronomer of Prussian birth (1493-1543), who was the first to show that…

A fringe of light, or halo, surrounding the Sun; visible only during a total Eclipse….

The adjustment of mean to sidereal time, whereby to ascertain the correct right ascension of…

This title was suggested by Harlan T. Stetson, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for…

Something vast and systematic, imbued with a sense of magnitude and order. Webster defines cosmical…

Ancient man was convinced that his destiny upon earth was ruled by the divine power…

Two planets in opposition, each squared by a third planet, resulting in what is termed…

A theory of cosmic evolution originated by John Fiske and advanced by him as an…

 The science of diagnosis whereby the maladjustment of the individual to life can be treated…

Said of the rising or setting of a planet (or a star) when it is…

A term applied, by the Chaldeans, to the three bright stars in a constellation, which…

sign rulerships of. v. Signs DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.

Twilight. Used in Primary Directions DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.

Said of the inferior planets as well as of the Moon, when less than half…

Those which coincide with the formation, by the Moon, directional or transitory, of each successive…

Moon, Mansions of DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.

Taurus, Capricorn and Pisces; and should the Ascendant or Moon be in one of these,…

Moon, Mansions of DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.

Ascendant DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.