Astrology Definitions Dec 2017

GLOSSARY & DEFINITIONS IN ASTROLOGY: ACCELERATION OF THE INTERVAL: is the difference between clock time of birth & sidereal time. ACCIDENTAL DIGNITY: a planet is in its dignity when it is in the sign that it rules eg Pluto rules Scorpio so Pluto is in its dignity when it is in Scorpio. Also a planet is 'accidentally dignified' when it is in its own house eg Moon in the 4th House (Cancer's house) or Saturn is in Capricorn (own sign), ALMUTEN: Arabic word for ‘strongest’ planet in chart because of its essential accidental dignity. ACD: Adjusted Calculated Date: date on which a planet in a Progressed Chart culminates (reaches MC). ASPECTS: See attached sheet on Aspects/Harmonics Definitions* ALTITUDE: The measurement of a planet in degrees and minutes from the HORIZON up towards the ZENITH. It is the planet's angular distance from the horizon measured vertically. (Angular distance that a planet or point is above or below horizon). ANGLES: Points at which GREAT CIRCLES intersect the ECLIPTIC. Astrologically we call them ASCENDANT, its opposite point the DESCENDANT. the MIDHEAVEN OR MEDIAN COELI and its opposite point the I.C. OR IMMUM COELI. APHELION: (apo - away Helios - Sun): The point in a planet's orbit when it is farthest from the Sun. APOGEE: (apo - away Gaia - Earth): The point in the Moon's orbit that is most distant from the Earth and it is also the point where a planet is farthest away from the Earth in its orbit. APPARENT MOTION: refers to the axial rotation of the Earth. APPARENT SOLAR TIME: Measured by the Sun 's apparent motion around the earth. "Sundial Time" or the observable rising of the Sun one day and again the next day. APPLYING ASPECT: when a transiting planet begins to form an aspect to another planet or a house cusp. APSE CYCLE: a nine-year cycle of the Moon's orbit used chiefly for Weather forecasting. Not fully explored in Astrology. APSE or APSIDES LINE: A line connecting the two points of the Moon's PERIGEE and APOGEE, the longest axis of the Ellipse of the Moon's orbit. A Progression of this line causes the Moon's orbit to turn on itself once every 3232.5 days, about 9 years. This produces the APSE CYCLE used in Meteorology. ARC: Any part of the circumference of a circle in which the distance is measured from one point to another or, astrologically the distance travelled along the ECLIPTIC by a body over a given period of time. ASCENDANT: The intersection of the HORIZON and the ECLIPTIC. ASCENSION: LONG AND SHORT: Because of the oblique angle of the Ecliptic to the equator, certain signs at mid - latitudes take longer to rise above the horizon that others. In the Southern Hemisphere the signs Cancer to Sagittarius are called signs of SHORT Ascension and the signs Capricorn to Gemini are called signs of LONG Ascension. The reverse signs apply in the Northern Hemisphere. 1 2 ASTEROIDS: Thousands of small celestial bodies mostly orbiting between Mars and Jupiter. The largest is Ceres. Theory of origins is that they may have been composed from a disintegrated planet, which once orbited between Mars and Jupiter. They fit BODES LAW of Planetary distance. ASTROLOCALITY: or Astro*Carto*Graphy - also called ACG is a field of astrology concerned with the issue of 'space'. It shows you WHERE the planetary patterns in your natal birth chart may actualise themselves in different parts of the world AZIMUTH: A measurement of a planet's angular distance from the HORIZON in Degrees and Minutes Westward from where the MERIDIAN intersects the south point of the Horizon to a vertical containing the planet, or, an angle made by the vertical of the planet to the Meridian. Astronomy uses this measurement as ZENITH DISTANCE. BARREN SIGNS: traditionally these are Gemini, Leo and Virgo. BODES LAW: Noticed by Astronomer Bode that the relative distances from the Sun can be calculated, beginning with Mercury as numeric 0, calling Venus 3 then doubling for each planet, i.e. 6, 12 etc. Add 4 then divide by 10 gives an Astronomical unit that relates to distance. CELESTIAL BODY: Any object, planet, satellite, Moon, Comet, Asteroid, Fixed Star that is of a natural origin can be called a Celestial body while it is in space. CELESTIAL EQUATOR: (equinoctal) Is the terrestrial equator imaginarily projected outward from the Earth and on to the background of the stars. It intersects the ecliptic at an angle of 23 1/2 degrees). It is ‘A GREAT CIRCLE’ passing through the Earth's Equator, projected into space. It forms a perpendicular to the earth's axis. (‘The projection of Earth’s Equator on to background of the celestial sphere’). CELESTIAL LATITUDE: the angular distance (measured in degrees and minutes of an arc) that a planet or other celestial body is located above or below the ecliptic. It is measured North & South of the Ecliptic. CELESTIAL LONGITUDE: the number beside a planet in a chart - which expresses its position in terms of a degree/minutes of a particular sign. (“a projection of the Earth Latitude and Longitude into space”). CELESTIAL MERIDIAN: A great circle passing through the north and south points of the plane of the Horizon. The EARTH'S MERIDIAN is the equivalent of zero LONGITUDE, projected into space. CELESTIAL POLES: A projection of the TERRESTRIAL POLES into space. CELESTIAL SPHERE: The apparent canopy of the stars, which prescribe a visual sphere, which is a projection of the earth sphere into space. The co-ordinates of the Earth grid can be "projected" to give Celestial measurements. CHIRON: the orbit of Chiron is between Saturn and Uranus normally. COMETS: Bodies orbiting the Sun most of which have a luminous tail visible when near the Sun. The tail always points away from the Sun. Some orbit in an ELLIPSE, and return at regular intervals, others orbit PARABOLIC, which is an undefined ellipse. CONJUNCTIONS OF PLANETS (See ‘Planetary Conjunctions’ ) 3 CONTRA-PARALLEL in declination : When two bodies are in the same Latitude but one is North and one is South of the Celestial equator. I.E. They are in opposite declination angles. (Eg. 10 degrees South & 10 degrees North or N 4S51 & R 5N01)) CONSTELLATIONS: Groups of Stars of varying sizes. CULMINATION: The point, at which the ECLIPTIC and the MERIDIAN intersect, called the MIDHEAVEN or MEDIAN COELI. COSMOBIOLOGY: a contemporary from of scientific astrology that uses statistics, analysis and computer programming to study the influences of the cosmos on individuals. It uses Ebertin's 360 degrees zodiac circle on the inside with a 90 degree dial on outside as well as a midpoint system. Cosmobiology is based on the 4th Harmonic. DECANS: Each sign of zodiac occupies an arc of 30 degrees and every sign is subdivided into 3 decans or decantes of 10 degrees each of which is associated with 3 signs of the same element. Eg. Scorpio - a water sign is subdivided into a Scorpio decan (0 - 10 degrees), a Pisces decan (10 - 20 degrees) and a Cancer decan (20 - 29 Scorpio). Decans indicate a subsidiary influence - eg. a person born with the Sun in the middle of Scorpio can be slightly influenced by the sign of Pisces. DECLINATION: the solar system lies in one geometric plane, however, most celestial bodies do not lie exactly in the same plane, but are located North or South of the celestial equator. The angular distance of these bodies N or S is their declination. This is measured in degrees N and S of the Celestial Equator which is defined as 00. When 2 planets are in the same degree of declination - the effect is that of a conjunction or an opposition. This is called a 'parallel of declination'. The Sun reaches maximum declination of 23x00' 28z at the summer and winter SOLSTICES and 00 or no declination at the EQUINOXES when it passes from S to N and back again - i.e. crosses the equator. DIURNAL ARC: Measurement in degrees of a planet from rising to setting also called Daily Arc. DIURNAL CHART: refers to ‘planets located above the horizon’ (Houses 7 – 12). DIURNAL MOTION: refers to the Earth’s daily rotation as well as the passage from Midnight to Midnight of a planet across the Ecliptic. ‘DOUBLE’ APPLYING ASPECT : when 2 planets are moving towards an aspect. Eg. one planet is moving forward (direct) towards a second planet which has been moving Retrograde (backwards) DRAGONIC MONTH: 27 days 5 hours 5 minutes 35.8 seconds EAST POINT - (also called Equatorial Ascendant) is the point where the Eastern Horizon intersects the Prime Vertical and the Celestial Equator. Similar to the Ascendant. 4 ESSENTIAL DIGNITIES : ECLIPSE: The Total or Partial blocking of light of one heavenly body by another. This is also called OCCULATION. The SOLAR ECLIPSE occurs when the Moon is between the Sun and Earth. The LUNAR ECLIPSE occurs when the Earth is between the Sun and Moon, thus blocking light. A Solar Eclipse can only take place when there is a conjunction of Sun and Moon at New Moon and when they are parallel in declination and within 9 degrees of the Moon’s Nodes. A Lunar Eclipse can only take place when the Sun and Moon are in opposition, at Full Moon, contra-parallel and within 9 degrees of Moon’s Nodes. *An Eclipse depends on the astrological relationship between Sun, Moon and Node. ECLIPTIC: (via Solis, the Sun's path) The ecliptic is the ORBIT of the Earth as viewed from the Sun. It is the apparent path of the Sun across the sky! For astrological purposes, the ecliptic is taken to be the orbit that the Sun appears to describe around the Earth (via the Sun's path).

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