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.
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.
Markers of Time. (1) To the ancients the longest orbits within the solar system were those of Jupiter, 12 years, and Saturn, 30 years. Thus the points at which Jupiter caught up with and passed Saturn marked the greatest supercycle with which they were able to deal. This phenomenon occurred every 20 years at an … Read more
The original supreme deity, superseded by Zeus (2) In ancient texts, the planet Saturn (q.v.) DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.
The complete circle of the zodiac, or 360 degrees of 60 minutes each. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.
Said of certain Jupiter-Saturn Conjunctions. v. Chronocrators. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.
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
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.
Moon, Saturn. v. Planets, Hot, Slow. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.
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