Said of a planet when in extreme closeness to the Sun, the limits variously placed at from 3° to 8°30′. The characteristic effect to which the term applies is probably confined within an arc of 3° and is more pronounced when the planet rises after the Sun. Older authorities, including Milton, have described it as … Read more
Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, and Virgo, because they were deemed more powerful by virtue of their nearness to the zenith. The assumption that these command while the other six obey is hardly warranted, even for this reason – since the Earth is actually at the opposite end of each polarity. Actually they might with … 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 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
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
Uranus, which combines both teh magnetic and the electric elements, producing sudden effects. 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.
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 Dragon’s Head. v. Moon’s Node DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.
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